Evening journal., 1921-01-12

Il wonder when you put on your
clothes, eat wheat bread, brown
bread. rye bread and the hundred and
one products from the farms il you
realize what conditions the farmers
nave been and are working under to-
day 2" said Uncle Ted, while Jack and
Ruth were walking with him around
lhelr grandfaiher's farm.
don't think about IL at all"
spoke up Jack.
That's just IL, Jack" replied his
uncle. The people siving in the
ci'ies lltlie realize just how they are
aDle 10 eat each day and what il
nieans e 10 get the products OF the
farm 10 them. The farmer Is Inn
against serious matter. but thanks
10 Republican Congress thev may
now De able 10 pull through their
troubles. The price the farmer has
peen getting for the years products
mas fallen TO the bottom. while the
COST 10 him OF materials and equip
hieht ne has TO buy has gone down
nut very little. This condition
reached the point where the farmers
found they had TO get help or face
financial ruin, which would mean a
mishty bad thing for everybody. The
lnis year up until the time when the
farmer had something to sell, when
Dang, they dropped"
What Will happen?" asked Ruth.
simply this. Ruth, would happen.
II help isn't given the farmer-the
country viii suffer terribly, because
II the farmer can't sell his products
FOR at least what 10 cost him to raise
them, he will go out Of business,
which viii mean no food"
Wei, hasn't anything been done TO
hcip ihem?' asked Jack.
les, Jack. a Republican Congress
working against a President who
fused 10 sign the bill 20 help the fa
mtrs, has succeeded in passing il
over his veto. This bill. or rcsOlu-
ton. as 10 is called. brings back into
existence a body ralled the War FL
nance Corporation which WORKED
during the war.
"Ihe resolution, which was intro
duced in the senate by Senator A. J.
Gronna, chairman Of the Senate Agri-
culture Committee. was passed by the
senate and the House some time ago
but President Wilson returned it 10
the senate with a message saying ht
would not sign 10. To make II a law
u was necessary for the Senate and
House 10 rcpass 10 by a tWO-thirds
vote. The very day 10 was returned
by Mr. Wilson, and almost before
the clerk Of the Senate had finished
reading his message, the Senate
voted again and passed 10 over Mr.
Wilson's head by "A vote Of SO 10 D
The next day Tie House voted on Il
again and they passed 10 over Mr.
Wilson's veto by a vote Of $50 10 c.
Work has already started on rcViv.
ing the corporation and within a TO-
tie more than a month they viii be
gin making loans. There is already
balance to the credit OF the cor
pOralion I'm the United States Treas
ury Of S375 600, but this vii
probably not be used as it woun
mean a lot OF What is known as rec
tape The corporation will proha
make its loans by am issue OF bond
instead. Through this body the far
mcrs may be able 20 sell their sur
plus products 20 European cOuntric
and keep the products moving. Real
lN. what the War Finance Corpora
ton does is 90 aid the farmer VIII
wants 30 lend his products 90 Europe
90 be paid for as soon as Europe cal
get money"
II dnt understand that, Uncle Ted.
spoke up Jack.
well. Jack, I'll give you an oX
ample Of what / mean. The bank
I'm The little country Of Czecho
SlOvakia and the industries iher
making ciothes wanted TO buy fror
MS about 100000 bales OF cotton. Ina
little country is strong from a bus
ness standpoint and is a leader j
Europe when 70 comes TO the recon
siruciion necessary since the wal
She saw a chance to sell cotton good
made I'm her factories. II she coul
get the cotton. She could pay 70
na~f M a In cash and OF course SD
lylnird credit on the rest until sh
\ could make the goods and sell then
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