South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-21

members of the - ~
organization with -
The action OF the -.
senate this week
by the passage OF
an amendment to
the federal re-
serve law. which
virtually iusurcs -A 81 ---
G ericuituraI rep JAMES HINES.
Iesentati0u ON that body. To IS be
levrd that mo- developed opposition
viii be encountered iu the house, and
Prae't Harding has indicated his
Willingness 90 promptly name far
mer 20 the board with the enactment
Of the necessary legislation.
Farmers n This section see IN the
appointment OF n man who under
stands their problems the initial step
Iu obtaining wen balanced program
OF federal legislation However.
producers OF soil products and live
stock breeders OF this and contigu-
Gus counties want 1T emphasized that
their attitude is not one Of Domino
tlou. but rather of cooperation in
ceta hlishing and maintaining stabil-
ized prosperity no one will attempt
To deny until agriculture is placed
on an operating basis of az least de-
diving "a reasonable profit on prod
ucts can the great industrial and
commercial business Of the nation
hope 10 go forward
To bring about this there must be
active and un-elhsh coordination.
Farmers here have made this de-
sire plain iu correspondence to sena-
tors and rcpresentatives- Ii is ar
gued IF the plan proposed by Sen.
Cappcr of Kansas TO work out a mar
keting system. guaranteed by the
government. confidence i'm the future
of agriculture would be greatly en-
Couraged in that products would not
Doe raised az cost far i'm excess of
selling price.
Bloc" Converts Harding.
During the last 10 days the change
in disposition 90 the farm block in
the senate by the administration has
been marked. Harding. IL WI be
recalled. when the suggestion was
made by Sens. Kellogg. Smith, Cap
FER and McComber that agriculture
should be represented on the federal
reserve board discouraged the idea
Press dispatches at the time asserted
that ne made plain his opposition
and would not hear TO the suggestion.
however. with slight notifications
the legislation was passed. Only
mine senators voted against it. Word
was promptly cOnveyede to leaders
or the farm block that the president
vcgII ua Glad TO see that agriculture
had 81 ST 1kesmau ON this important
financial body.
While Harding has not indicated
who will bee named 20 the office, in
wen informed quarters I'M the ma
tional' capital, it is declared it Will
probably be a man from the middle
west. and one who is satisfactory to
tho bipartisan members of the farm
bloc
Deny Class Legislation.
Eefuting the imputation that
farmers are organizing for class IA
Noritusm and legislation. member
Of tho county bureau had this TO say:
.It lis true that tho bulk OF the con-
>tructive legislation enacted during
49, --. ....i,,., of ,-o-,-,,s- ,,-.s i'm
-1c irtcr.ef of tho FARMER. because
b, ,r,s realized that ecoromt. world
conditions had put Thorn iu dis
tressful condition Farmers did not
l,.,. q, ur.ct MARTY limos 10 Obtain
the relief given tbem not for politi-
.,l reasons bUt for Tho reasons has
.5 ,.- i,..,i,... and ri.-rt ,r5 c.oDoulic
-owmou sense
.r, IN. legislative. n~or-a1, MAN
,...1 ort Cor tbe ir,,,afiate future
rl,. wishes ,f arriru1fura win prob-
..bte b. r,st To be .rirc Tho bloc
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