The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-18
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Senator Gooding expressed himself
as favoring the late President Hard
ing's world court proposition. be-
cause he believes the American people
should be a factor in helping make
the world better for humanity. The
influence of such a court, he believes,
would be a mighty factor in the
settlement of some questions between
nations by arbitration.
Has Faith in People
In closing his address, Senator
Gooding said:
81 have faith and confidence in the
American people, and | am satisfied
that if the wheat growers will or
ganize, and all those who live in
wheat growing districts will cooper
ate with the wheat growers in pre-
senting their case fairly and squarely
to the American people, some emery
ency legislation can be enacted that
will give the wheat growers of this
country some relief. l understand
fully that it will be a mighty under
taking to organize the wheat growers
into a national organization in every
state in the union, but it must be
done at all costs, for as 1 see our
country, no branch of agriculture can
be prosperous without organization,
and / am satisfied that the condi-
lions surrounding those branches of
agriculture that fail to organize in
the future, will be but little better
than that of slavery"
French Analyses Plans
The feature of the address of Re
Burton L. French was
an analysis of the various plans pro-
posed for fixing an adequate price for
wheat.
Mr.. French declared that he be-
lieves in team work and that he is
ready to support any program that
those chiefly interested in the produc-
ton of wheat shall believe to be most
On the other hand, he
outlined his judgment on the differ
emit methods proposed from the stand
point of what he believes to be bene-
tits to the farmers and feasibility of
legislation.
The bounty plan, under which
bounty will be paid to growers of
wheat shipped to foreign countries,
Mr.. French analysed as follows:
First: Of doubtful appeal to con-
yress as the congress, generally, is |
opposed to subsidies.
Second: If established, of probable |
benefit to wheat growers, though Mr.. |
french believes there would be a
great tendency to drive down the
rice of wheat in the world outside |
# the United States rather than to
Increase the price within the United
states. He did not believe the en-
ire bounty would constitute an in
rease in price.
On the plan for purchasing two
undred million bushels of wheat, Mr..
'rench said this plan could succeed
it were distinctly understood.
First: That all foreign importa-
on would cease.
Second That the two hundred mil
on bushels would be taken from the
larkets until the price of the bal
nee would reach an adequate figure
Third: That it could be taken from
lie markets only by two feasible
ethods:
(a) Through government purchase.
(b) Through the farmers holding I
ack the amount themselves. (This
tier Mr.. French said could only be
'complished by thorough co-opera-
On of the farmers.)
Fourth: The plan for raising the :
ice through tariff, Mr.. French said,
ould need to be considered with the Z
ior plan because:
First: Generally speaking, tariff \
not beneficial when a commodity =
flowing from country and find
g a market abroad.
Second: To be effective the far =
srs would need to hold back some 9
o hundred million bushels of wheat y
d this could be done practically Y
ly through cooperation of the far 8
RS. Mr.. French believes that I'M 4
r any plan where cooperation of