The Princeton union., 1922-10-19
Senator Capper's Tribute.

Senator Capper's Tribute.
Senator Capper Of Kansas, who is
recognized as the leader Of the agri-
culture block in congress and an ar
dent supporter of all farming inter-
ests paid the following high tribute to
Senator Kellogg in his recent address
at Austin:
"You people Of Minnesota are to be
warmly congratulated on the type OF
senator you have in Frank B. Kel-
logg. He is one of the big men of the
senate. We of the senate have come
to have deep respect for his charac-
ter as man, his learning as a lawyer
and statesman, and his patriotic de-
votion to his country" With this in
PRODUCTION he continued:
sYou are too familiar with his rec
ord for me to take time to recite it to
you. His splendid fight for prepared
ness in the days before Americas en-
trance into the great war, his contri-
buttons to the numerous war meas
ures, all of which were made sounder
by his efforts, and many of which
would have been even better had his
advice been followed by the democratic
majority then in control of congress,
are an old story in Minnesota. His
tremendous fight to obtain fair price
for wheat during war time when the
selfish interests of other sections
sought to beat down the price is
known not alone in Minnesota but
throughout the great grain-growing
sections of the country. That victory
stamped him not only as staunch but
a wise friend of the producing classes
of this country, on whose welfare the
prosperity of all the rest depends.
"Without parading or over-empha-
sizing his devotion to the great agri-
cultural producing population, Senator
Kellogg has been one of the best
friends the farmer ever has had in
congress. He was championing the
just cause Of the producers before
many who have since become con-
spicuous in their championship were
known outside the borders of their
own states. Never has that loyalty
to his home people ever lessened, but
always has the doughty Minnesota
fighter been in the forefront of the
fray.
Senator Kellogg is an active and
valued member of the farm bloc.
He has been an author of some and
and advocate of all the great measures
calculated to encourage and stimulate
agriculture that have been enacted
during the administration of President
Harding. He is the author of the
bill that places dirt farmer on the
federal reserve board. He was the
author Of the bill, substituted for the
Norris bill, authorizing the war fin
ance corporation to approve loans on
grain, livestock and other farm pro-
ducts which had the effect of sreliev-
ing in great measure the financial de-
preston under which agriculture suf-
fered so severely during 1920 and
later. Under the provisions of the bill
more than $12 1000, 900 was advanced to
farmers through institutions in Mime
sofa alone r.-
"Besides these measures, of which
Senator Kellogg was the author, is a
long list Of measures to relieve agri-
culture which have had his support
in framing and passing: In all of
these agriculture bills grave and legal
problems were involved and his abili-
ties as a great lawyer were always at
the service of those of US devoid of
legal learning in meeting the legal
difficulties encountered. It has been a
fine thing for the farm bloc and for
the champions of this progressive
legislation that we have the legal ser
vices of Frank B. Kellogg in meeting
our problems.
"Beginning with the eme~ren~
tariff, which proved of immense bene-
fit to farmers, Senator Kellogg has
been on the firing line for every one
of these great constructive measures,
whose operations will be beneficial
not merely to a class but to the whole
people. The packer control law had
the support of Senator Kellogg from
it's inception to its passage. The CO.
operative marketing law is a better
measure because Of his assistance in
framing it and helping to put it
through. The law regulating future
trading in grain and seeking to elimi-
nate the gambling in futures had his
support. The bill increasing to $780,
100000 the capital of the farm loan
banks, which Immediately brought
down the interest charge on farm
mortgages, even by private concerns,
was supported by him.
~ am sure the people of Minnesota
must appreciate the fact that in win
ming places on the great committees