The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21

| in and out several times, finally was
restored on amendment. Having been
carried in the bills Gs it passed the
House it will not be effected by the
conference committee. The effect was
made to show that the people to
whom these seeds are distributed did
not want them but the Missouri Sen
ator countered this by a declaration
1 that the chief objection came from
Icommercial seed houses which would
profit by ,discorainuance.
Senator lodge undertook to Say
that thirty per cent Of M the seeds
would not terminate butjSenator Reed
pointed out that if the seeds were not
good it was the fault of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The Senator insisted there was lit
tie or no political advantage in the
distribution, saying he had never re-
ceived any benefits from it and re-
marking, as a sly dig at Senator
Newberry, ~ do not conduct my cam
paigns with either garden seeds or
chicken feed" Following his talk the
roll was called and the amendment
adopted
DIR. f. B. Clements, chairman of the
Republican State Committee of Mis-
souri,, has been making medicine" in
Washington during the last week and
at several quiet little luncheons has
been trying to get line on the man
the Republican delegation in Con-
gress would favor for the party SEN
atorial candidate. These pow vows,
it is understood, failed to develop any,
thing tangible, save that out of the
fourteen Republican congressman full
ly one-half would be willing to "make
the great personal sacrifice" provid-
ing they are sufficiently urged.
Postmasters nominated for Nilsson
ri towns last week are: c. P. Dorsey,
Cameron; Florence Gilkeson, Garden
City; W. Arthur Smith. Purdin, and
Lorenzo T. Mckinney, Marceline.
Gov. f. Mont Reilly of Porto Rico,
formerly of Kansas City and widely
heralded as "the original Harding man
in the west" still continues to be a
storm-center and no little embarrass-
ment to the administration Being in
dicted by a grand jury he propmtly
removed the district attorney and is
now awaiting further developments.
Missouri received but $4,000 last
week as its allotment by the War
Finance Corporation for the relief of
financial distress among farmers and
stockmen, which was less than that
received by any other state on the list.
The annual meeting of the Missouri
Society in Washington was held Sat-
urday and officers elected as follows:
President, Rep. Frank C. Millspaugh
of Canton; Vice President, Dwight l..
Davis, of the War Finance Corpora
ton, and Mrs. Bessie P. Bruggemanx,
chairman of the U. S. Employees
Compensation Commission, both of St.
Louis, and Secretary, W. o. Deans of
Springfield. recently discharged by ex-
ecutive order from position he had
long held in the Bureau of Engraving.
The Post Office Department has
announced that the following Missou-
ri towns have been raised from fourth
to third class offices: Alma, Eugene,
Kingsville, Leasburg and Leslie. The
salary of the postmaster in each of
these towns becomes $1,000 year.
Senator Spencer is confident he will
be able to hold the increased allott-
ment for river and harbor work voted
by the House during the progress of
the bill through the Senate committee.
Of which he is a member. If he is sue
cessful, however, the river advocates
rely, upon Senator Reed to load a fight
for restoration of the needed appro-
priation and he has indicated he will
do so.
The farmers of the Middle West are
to be requested to join with those of
the South in obtaining adequate pro-
lection for their products at meeting
of the Southern Tariff Association,
which will be held in Kansas City the
last of this month. The Farm Bureau
Federation has denounced the tariff
bill as reported to the Senate last
week and will endeavor to obtain a
number of changes by amendments Of
fered during the debate.
RHODES CANDIDATE