The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
Shrewd Yankee Farmers
Receiving Billions
in Return
TRIM WAR SALARIES
Prosperity for Farm ers
Means Prosperity
for Cities
F-om N, warrington ro,l

"""hIn pi"uurH ot tho pluW ana
grazing land at the rate OF nearly
''nU,onn,U00 ycar according io rc-
ports &" iho commerce department
Grain. l.Y cotton. cattlc' and
meats aud Humr vegetables are flaua
lug boo a siondy stream Out OF every
port IN the United States In return.
billions ut dollars are pouring toward
tho United states to IN tho pockets
Of aEriculturistq.
Farm Prosperity Helps city.
Prosperity for American farmers 7
means prosperity for residents ot the (
hiE nhies The rural population con
Rututos more than 81 per cent Of
the total population of tho United
Stntos, and when farmorB nave .
money u flows toward the cities for !
supplies farm machinery Automo-
hilcs clothing. paint for barns. sub |
scrlpiions for newspapers ana maEa- Z
zines, electrical cOutrivauccB TO make I
Caey houspwurk for tho farmwlfa
and the purchase OF commodities
Buying by tho rural population
means busy mills and factories, em-
pluymcnt OF more workers and cash
IN tho banks available for loans and
commercial purposes.
Farmers, slowly but surely, are
helping the nation work out of oco-
nomic depression, government de-
by month, In reports TO the labor de-
pnrtmcnt, shows how farmers are
helping To bring the long awaited re-
NlNul of business. Farmers, first to
feel tho pinch ~ economic dcpres-
tison. now are the firM to feoi the
beginnings of better times and pros
perity.
Produce Exports Revive.
From tho standpoint OF the iudl-
Nidual farmer, who still IN many
parts OF tho country Is losing money
on cotton and other staples. this may
selm prcmaturc prediction on tho
ptAt OF officials. But. taking n
bird's-cyc view OF the national agri-
cultural outlook. It liz not overdrawn.
officials believe.
In September. more than $4,000
600 worth OF products of the farm
ana ranch were exported iu the form
OF crude foodstuffs and food animals
ana partly and wholly manufactured
foods. The Vlume Of such cNporta-
Tons, Il ~ admitted, was far below
that OF September 1920. when the
total waa more than 100000, 900.
But II must br remembered that "a
year ago prices OF nearly all farm
products were much higher than
now, Tho tonnage OF goods moved
this september was not far below
Nthst of the same month last year.
Revival OF tho war finance corpor-
alton and other measures taken by
congress ana the administration to
assist agriculture are given as the
reasons for tho better situation OF
agriculture now than few months
ago;
Finance Corporation Aids.
To give impetus 10 the eNporta-
tion OF farm products, the corpora
ton has LENT nearly s6O.oOo,OOO. Al
most one-half OF this was IN the
shape of advances TO permit the OK
portation OF cotton. But growers OF
cattle. grain, fruits and vegetables
also shared In the dispcnsatIon OF
credit by the corporation.
Through the efforts OF Eugene
Meyer tru managing director of the
war finance corporation, "A private
pool ut more than 100000. 900 was
set up hy western bankers to finance
cattle growers IN preliminary stages
ut growing, Similar private pools
have been formed in other parts OF
the country to finance general farm
ers In the cultivation and sale Of
grains ana oil products
Cotton finance corporations now
nre operating In several parts OF the
south.
Formation OF Edge law export
banks also has hoou encouraged by
the financial officials Of the govern
mcnt,
Farmers Quick to RctrCnch
Agriculture, It is believed here, has
made probably greater progress
along the path OF prosperity than any
other form Ot business enterprise iu
the United States This docs not
mean that farmers are Vet out of the
financial woods In the south. many
cotton growers are selling their
product at prices which barely en-
able them to cover cost OF operation
Farmers solved the wage read
lustment problem months ago. before
thc manufacturing industry had
poally begun to tackle IT, Early IN
the spring farm bands began accept.
ing Jobs for lcsss than 50 a day. Last
wear farm hands demanded and wcr,
able, In most cases, To get more thar
50 a day. ln some parts OF the coun
try this WAS In addition TO board
and lodging.
Throughout tho spring ana sum
mcr however farmers stood pat al,
most as "A body In refusing "a pan
more than 81 Some offered 81 ;
day In most districts there wcr,
plenty uf hands willing 60 work fol
these scales In one or two distriCt'
the hands held out FOR last year,
wages From the same districts tn,
agriculture department received re-
ports OF curtailcd planting. The far
mcrs were planning 20 cultivate onh
80 much as each could handle will
the aid of his sons and neighborS
Thus. i'm a measure, they broke VIVA
assumed the proportions Of a nation
wide strike OF farmhands.
stand tirm on Wage Question.
THE closing of many mills and fac
tories in the cities assisted the farm
managers In their efforts To reduce
WugN scales. II Is admitted that
without 5000 900 or more joblos4 In
lnv cities the farm strike might have
succeeded. Despite this. however
the farm managers are receiving
credit for having forced rcadiust
ment of wage scales. with the result
that food throughout tho cities this
winter will he cheaper than It was
last winter in all probability.
Farmers contend that "city folks'
are not getting the fun benefit of tho
reduced prices that have been forced
on them by middlemen for theh
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