The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-06-06
FARM EXPORT
BILL AND REVIVE
PROSPERITY, PLEA
Carl Vrooman Says Out
let Must Be Found
for Products
Nv QUICK


WARRINGTON. June 1.-The
farmer n being Hmothorcd In his sur
pluq crops. II. remains now To be
seen whether he h going to be pro-
vided with export markets now, on a
post norton later"
These are the words Of Carl Vroo-
man, foi MGR assistant secretary Of
agiicuiture. In his manifesto calling
for the passage OF n law forming The
Agricultural Foreign Trade F1nanc-
Ing corporation. b corporation
Will do wnet any good business does
Given h goods TO start with. n
good business generates the credits
TO carry u on senator Norris has
Just introduced such n bill.
Unless given "a foreign outlet for
their surpluaes. n million farmers will
go bankrupt before fail" SO says
NrOoman. who IN a farmer on a large
scale In Illinois. 4 think he under
states the crisis. They are going
bankrupt all the time.
And no crisis In this country IL az.
bad as one which reaches dOwn aud
wipes out the farmer. For II u n
crisis which runs ON for years and
years. II wipes out herds. II leaves
fields uncultivatcd. II scatterE our
farm population. the slowcst TO move
and the Eiowost TO rally. II kills
railway business. Il destroys mer-
chandising. II weakens banks. IL rs
a slow poison 90 all business.
We have shipping lying idle ready
to carry the products. We have
everything except "a credit system cs-
peclaliy created to start this line OF
frozen credits moving. when II gets
started Il will carry OF by It's own
momentum. A simple law viii start
II.
Let only lend so million
dollars OF the money the treasury
made out OF the United States Grain
corporation Co "a corporation author
insl Ca Issue dcbenturcs to carry On
the trade In foreign nations which
bittcrly ~ our cotton, corn, meats
and other farm products. aud he
thing viii go.
II mus be a corporation FOR the az
| ricriturai products only. That job iH
big enough. and Il should be Ia the
hands OF experts In farm products.
our ablest and soundost statesmen
approve the plan. hut say that public
opinion needs % be aroused.
These articles are written 60 you
who are Interested. whether you are
on the farm. or connected with any
business or occupabon which will De
beneficial, NO that you may help TO
arouse public opinion.
AlNAANN a iAAf VI NhA 'fAANh - W.
ing spu IN saxon mills ION shares"
Let's credits to send Il 20
any mill anywhere that wants u.
Hides and wool said TO be from Ann
erica are being worked M In Holland
on the same basis. TIL dcal IN safe.
Let's clear out the surplus.
switzerland established a Goods
Exchange Center" az long ago az 1918
20 tradt decker. sell or barter goods
7 -. 49, H-HaLI.wHWw A.aHmHeNLa AHHa
make n big enough FOR all thu
farmers 81 the United States.
Czecho-SlOyakia h. moving TO get
Australian products. which mean
wool and wheat. and 20 trade glass
ware. gloves and leather products.
among other things. Tor these things.
Surely such q corporation as We want
could handle such deals.
other peoples have been working
at these things; but ever since the
armisticc. except for charities, the
American business community has
been dead on It's feet. II has been "a
with regard to farm products at least
and look at the plight Of our far
mcts!
We are getting back into commcrc,
with Germany. According to New
York bank statements. Germany b.
now our third best customer In the
world. Our commerce with Ger
many. according To n statement OF
the National city bank. has ~ grow
that it now h running well over q
million dollars n day. II h cqua'
in dollars to our prc-war trade.
A million dollars a day. Give ms
the Agricultural Foreign Trade Fl.
nancing corporatiou-glve u to u'
now-and wen soon swell that mil.
lion dollars a Gay 40 you won't recog.
niAe n; n Wen give tonnage Z,
railway and ships. snd work 90 mil