The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-05
TWO PIcTuBEs-sTUDY THEM.

Nohf5 ASootAtuA W III ~ UOOOy q INCL
Der from the Hoosier state, made
speech on March 2, last, extolling I'll
National administration, and tn;
speech was made part of the Congre
sional record and as such is now bein
"franked" through the mails to a
parts of the country. 1t is sort o
skirmish line of the propaganda tn
administration will use to influenc
next years election. Mr. Wood is a.
optimist as well as partisan. Afte
celebrating on the overlooking pros
perity which his party has brought t.
all other lines of industry in our coun
try, he winds up with the farmer il
the following language (read it care
fully and be convinced):
"The farmer is getting on his feet
This is evidenced by the fact that he
is paying off his debts-debts held by
private banking institutions, debts
held by national banks, and debts held
by such governmental agencies as the
War Finance Corporation. 1t is proved
by the fact that he is coming into the
market for agricultural implements. 1t
is proved by the fact that he was the
largest single purchaser of automo-
biles last year.
According to the Department of
Commerce, the average price of all
kinds of farm products, including live
stock and grain, was II per cent high
er in 1922 than in 1921.
According to the United States
Department of Agriculture g crop re.
port of January 81, 1923, the prices of |
all kinds of live stock averaged higher
in 1922 than in 1921. Lambs aver
aged 1884 per hundred pounds more
in 1922 than the average for 1921. De-
spite the fact the receipts of hogs
were over 100000 head, or over per
cent more in 1922 than in 1921, the
average price on hogs for 1922 was II
cents per hundred pounds higher than
in 1921. The receipts of cattle at pub
lie stockyards during 1922 were $780,
900 head greater than in 1921, an in
crease of over II per cent. 1t was the
largest receipt of cattle since 1919 and
has been exceeded only once in eight ]
years. Despite this tremendous supply
Of cattle, the net advance for cattle ]
for the year amounted to $1.5I per
hundred pounds. IL
The foregoing detail of facts es- t
ablishes beyond all possible dispute t
nat our country today is in splendid r
BUSINESS and financial condition. The a
uture is full of promise for still great Y
business activity
That is some picture, drawn bv q
rafty politician. All of you tillers or h
ne soil know how true 1t is; or how !,
ntrue. But the thing in it that hurts. =,
lat makes it mean and low down. IS i
le fact that it will gain credit in the !,
opuious centers of the east, where p,
any do not know the real conditions !,
the great farming sections of the 80
est, and they will be influenced
gainst any relief measures which ths
rmer must have ere he can make i,
ont ON his crops and Herewith start !.
9 wheels of commerce a-going again ~
getting into. the buying market. i,
me other picture is drawn by Henry i,
Waiiace secretary of agriculture
president Harding's cabinet. 1t is
the form of report given out for ~
bhcation on March go, and is -
ltement of fact. Read it thought ~
ly and hold it for comparison with
'paganda of the viii r. Wood TYNE 'ai
'retary Wallace said: 'i.s
AS our civilization become more i p.o
npiex, the relationship between ac no
liture, industry and general basi- '''N
becomes more and more intimate
at hurts the one will critically hurt a
Others. In general, what helps one aoV
help the others. They must work moi
ether for the common good. sucl
There has always been a taeit eler
ignition of our national dependence tha'
agriculture. We have given an 'nes
lleetual assent to such statements poci
The farmer is the backbone of ana
nation A prosperous nation dc. sour
is upon a prosperous agriculture. lcan
rleulture is the basis of national same
and so on. The truth of such thin
sments has never baen dr;uon ava,
to us so effectively as during OF t
last two years. ment
The drop in prices which hooa /, Euro
in 1920 is familiar history. Farm pay,
we're the first to suffer and suffer Wall
lost. Taking prices of 1918 as req. must
lting 100, the prices of farm nro- many
in May, 1920, stood at 23S. Dur Wall
hat month they began to fall. and moi
re the decline could be arrested are ]
had dropped below the 1919 level have
mig at "a in December, 1921.
we had a terribly vivid illustra. /
Of our dependence upon agricul- "p
and the intimate relationship be. lets.
aiieuilurai prosperity and bus gestiC
prosperity. Many farmers could me