The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-04-13
A BOOST FOR ALL BUT THE
FARMER.

Irreparable injury win be done +
our foreign trade if the present OPP
portunity TO aid American shipping
through congressional aid is lost, dc
elares Senator Wesley l.. Jones o.
Washington, in statement to the Ma
tional Merchant Marine Association
Everything possible viii be done, Sen
ator Jones indicates, to avoid delays
and to have the Shipping Bill reach a
vote in both branches of congress be
fore adjournment. 1t is impera-
tive that the bill pass before congress
adjourns -
This bill win put bounty, subsi-
dy on our shipping industry. By it
the American ship owner will receive
gift in cash from the government on
every ton of freight he carries in his
boat. And why all this haste to get
it through this session of congress
Possibly after the people have voiced
their sentiments at the coming fall
election this congress will caango its
mind on the subject; and also on var
ious other subjects Possibly.
If there is 10 much need of aid from
our government for American ship
ping, ism t it fact that there is far
greater need and reason for aiding our
basic industry, that of farmingg If
any further government aid is to be
provided for our industries, the coun-
try will be most benefited by the
farmers getting it. Place reason
able bonus on the four principal farm
crops for three years and the farmer
will not only regain his normal status,
but he will start all the wheels going
full time. He is entitled to this as a
square DEAL
Through lack of any protection
whatever, the farmer has had to take
extreme losses in the readjustment of
things and is given no chance to get
back on his feet, which condition
blocks the whole commercial machins3
cry. Here is fair statement of his
case in the following extracts from an
article by E. Davenport in last week 3
Saturday Evening Post:
" For nearly two years now exceed
ingly low prices have ruled for farm
products, while for portion of the
time such standard commodities as
wool and hides have had no market
value whatever. On the other hand.
every possible influence has been ex-
erted to maintain city prices at war
levels, and with so much success that
no reasonable ratio now exists be-
tween what the farmer has to sell and
what, under normal conditions. he
would expect to buy. In the meantime
taxes have greatly increased and, TAX
en- all in all, the farmer is out of the
markets except for barest necessities.
All of this is bad enough for tho
farmer, but when operating in full
force it will be infinitely worse for
the city. The farmer has already suf
fered most Of his share of the Difficult
ty, but the city has yet to feel the
consequences of this impossible situa-
ton. We have closed our eyes to the
perfectly obvious long enough. and the
time has come to stop predicting that
in spite of these discrepancies prosper I
ity Is just around the corner.
1t is economically impossible to
maintain widely different price levels. ?
one for the country and another for
the town, and still expect that the
two will continue to do business with P
each other, knowing, as we all do, that Q
whenever business ceases to be profit v
able 1t will die out. The farmer has u
been Debated by natural causes fol- "
lowing great war. The rest of the
world must sooner or later accent the u
inevitable with the best grace posi-. q
bic, and the sooner it comes 10 tb;s o
conclusion the better for everybodv- =
unless, indeed, we wish to repeat the .
experiment of Russia in irving on a =
national scale to get something for =
nothing.
"A dead animal is not worth 9
sklhning today on any farm in Ameri- =
"a; yet it will take the full years pro-
nuee OF an acre of land to buy pairI,o
u shoes Of corresponding grade; that :
$ to say, while shoes differ in price.
. DO lands in yielding power, but it
VIII take the full produce of an acre
y three hundred dollar land to buy.
eaiiy good pair of shoes or boots. .
foolen bed blankts retail at fifteen J
Q eighteen dollars the pair, though
nade up when wool had no established
market price. 1t takes ten acres /
+ wheat to buy comfortable bed
nth its outfit of linen and coverings
n common springs. Whether |
re like it or not, these are the com.
arisons which the farmer is maxine
nd is forced to make when determin. 81
ne basis on which he can do bus.
ness with the town; what he can af. u,
ord to buy and what he can oct alone
how far, in other words he h,
an play the game according to the W