Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-07-27
REEDS CLAIM OF BEING A KY
FRIEND OF FARMERS DENIED
BY DR.. HENRY ]. WATERS
Former Member of Wheat Price Fixing Committee
Declares Senator Devoted Efforts to Obstruct-
ing Hoover's Program Instead.

boy, will be, of interest to every
farmer.
BY Curtis A. Belts. a Staff Corre-
spondent of the Post-Distpatch
Kansas City, Mo-, July 22--TheI
Long campaign of Kansas. City yes
terday served to bring from DR..
Henry ]. Waters. former dean of the
College of Agriculture of the Uni-
yersity of Missouri, and a farmer
member of the Wheat Price-Fixing
Committee, complete denial of
Senator Reeds claims that he was
: the friend of the farnsf. pr Waters
who was in Washingtoa during
nearly al the war period. and who
was engaged in that time in fighting
for the interest of the farmers, de-
clared in speech introducing Long
that Reed did not once go to the aid
of the farmers, and that while meme
bers of Congress from Missouri aid
ed him in his efforts to obtain all
possible for the farmers, Reed at4
tended none of the conferences, and
was Conspicuous by his absence"
DR.. Waters frankly told his audi
ence that the price of wheat had
been fixed too low, and that Herbert
Hoover had erred in his attitude to-
ward the price of wheat, but said
that was beside the question, and
that the real matter for the farmer
to consider in this campaign was
that Reed had done nothing to rem
edy wrong when his efforts might
have counted.
"The only time Senator Reed is
interested in the farmer is when he
is running for office and needs the
farmers votes" DR.. Waters, said.
Senator Reed has been no more
faithful to the farmer than he has
been to the Democratic party or to
the nation when we were in the
war" ~,
Posing as Friend of Farmer"
Senator Reed is making his cam
paign in the country districts on his
record as a friend of the farmer"
DR.. Waters continued.
During the war Sandt in the defla-
ton period following the war ,whea
the farmer needed friends as he had
never needed them before, Senator
Reed was in better position than any
other Missourian to help the farmer.
Yet it does not bring forth from his
record in the Senate or as a citizen
one constructive act in the farmers
behalf. Instead, he spent his time
abusing Herbert Hoover personally
instead Of working 4sanely and seem
structively to remedy some Of the
mistakes Of the Food Administrator,
of which there were many.
"In fighting the Food Administra-
ton, if Senator Reed thought he was
helping tiie farmer or America, hegis
q man without good judgment and
is incapable of knowing when he is
doing harm. In fighting the. admin
istration in its efforts to increase
food production and to bring about
! reasonable economy of food con-
sumption in this country, Senator
Reed obstructed the United States in
the conduct Of the war, His record
there was inexcusable and on par
with the condoning Of the sinking
of the sLusitania and the Obstruction
Of the passage of the universal draft
act
'flkakes Msch of Wheat Price"
Senator Reed makes much Of tbs
fixed price Oh wheat. but he fails &c
remember that before the price o.
!, wheat was fixed and even before ar-
thoriiy had been given the President
to SIT a price on wheat. Congress
10 encourage wheat production, pass
ed an act guaranteeing 81 a, bpshe
for this grain. spent good dea
of time in Washington urging thu
passage OF this bill and. while Dc
not recall how Senator Reed votet
on the measure and assume that h
favored it, YET ! do distinctly recSl
that we had no considerable hell
from him in the passage of the inea
sure. Democratic Senators from tn
cotton states joined with Republican
Senator's from wheat states like Kan
sas. Minnesota and the Dakotas Y
push this measure through the Sen
ate. But for this act Of Congres
the wheat price fixed BY the Presi
dent would have been at least :
cents lower than it was and woub
have cntailed loss to the farmer
Of Missouri Of from Si0,0O0,QoO +
go 100000 years during the war,
aThe Wheat Price FiKing Commit
Tee, il will be recalled, was qompose
Of representatives Of labor, agricul
,sture and the general public, Will
this committee was in session, q
ganixed labor was active through \
representatives and Senators n hell
ing 10 hold the price Of wheat dow
Consumers leagues, social wcrkeI
from the city and capitalists employ
inE labor and loaded with war cor
tracts were bringing powerful pres
sure to bear upon the members rel
resenting the general public tc estal