Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-28
PRESIDENT HARDING
LISTENS

WHY was the present special
w session of congress called?
The answer is coming out plain
siy now.
Two purposes stand out in bold
relief.
The first one is the effort Of
President Harding to push through
his ship subsidy bill before the
congress which has just been chosen
gets to Washington. 1t is his last
chance. Evidently, the pledge has
been given to the men who w
ships. The whip is lashing the
heels of the men who will not
stand in line. The congress has
passed a tariff bill which will not
let us ship our surplus products
abroad. and the administration at
Washington seems to think that
fhe people ought to make good IN
taxes whatever loss there may be
to ship owners thereby.
The second cause for this ses-
sion of congress is the counting OF
the votes. The farmers of the
United States voted against the re-
publican administration in the re-
cent elections SO strongly that the
legislative branches Of the govern
n1ent were nearly lost to the party
in power. 1t is clearly seen that
something must be done to paclty
these farmers before the next pres
idential election or there is no hope
for the election of Mr.. Harding,
or any other republican for that
matter.
So we hear the announcement that
congress is TO rush some laws
through for the relief Of farmers.
Doesn't it sound ridiculous2 The
legislation of the last two years
has fixed it so that Europe cannot
buy our surplus agricultural prod
uets and now the administration,
the party that has suffered by a
monster adverse vote, PUSHES into
special session to pacify the farm
ers whose crops it has nailed down
in the United States so that they
cannot be sold in other parts OF
the world.
Did you note what Senator Wat
son, republican Of Indiana, said to
President Harding on Saturday,
He surely told the truth when IN
substance he informed Mr.. Hard
ing that the present difficulties
could not be surmounted by pass
ing distress legislation in the IN
terest of the farmer. He told the
president that what the farmer
needs more than anything else IS
chance to sell his products at some,
where near the price which is palo
for them by the consumer. How
true that is. Why right here IN the
state of Montana we have sect
APPLES rotting on the ground II
the Bitter Root valley when th'
same product was being sold II
Great Falls at $1.5o or $500 pei
box. w have see cherries rot
ting in the Flathead valley wfei
thew were being sold at prosperity
prices elsewhere in many parts O
the state. 1t will be a great bless
ing in this United States when Oh
legislation does something reall,
to establish prosperity for tn
farmer. How much more abundan
will that blessing be than the buy
ing of seed grain or the loaning 0
money when he is broke or hal
broke.
What the farmer needs is
chance TO actually do more busi
ness at a profit and not SO rnucl
through the profiteers.
Agriculture will never win per
manent prosperity throngn the gaze
way Of red tape l~oaning bureaus.
If the farmer could get anywher
near for his products what the cor
sumner pays for them, there woul
be mighty few instances when II
government would need to furris
him seed grain or any other KIN
of special distress aid. =
At any rate, that is our opir'o
and we are glad to read that Pre-
ident Harding listened to Senate
Watson with deep interest. IN
president certainly needs to iisse
and then think upon these thing
Listening, therefore. may do som
THE TRIUMPH OF TRUT