The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-11-29
Made No charge. Saws Rorah.

III.
n The Chronicle, this week is in re
/ celpt OF letter coming from Senate
/ William Il. Borah, copy of the on
0 sent to President O'shea of the Fed
eral Land Bank, of Spokane, Wn
e which is self explanatory, and n,
! doubt viii be of great interest t,
farmers in this section. Thousands o.
, dollars have been borrowed in this sec
! tion through the Cottonwood Nationa
Farm Loan Association, the money il
every instance coming from the Spo
kane branch of the Federal Lano
Bank.
The letter is dated November l2, Ia
I'D. G. O'Shea, president, Federal Land
Bank, Spokane, Washington and reads
as follows:
My dear Mr. 0 shea:
] have before me the Spokesman Re-
view under date of November 4th, and
1 find an extended statement from you
under the head Land Bank Head Re-
flutes Borah 8 Foreclosure Charges.D
| have made no charges whatever,
except such charges as would result
from the presentation to the author
tiles here of the letters from your de
partment at Spokane to the farmers
Throughout the state of Idaho who
have made loans with your bank.
These letters, either the original or
copies, have in my files and needed
mo other statemtnt to the department
here than the letters themselves to JUS
tify my contention. Anyone is privi-
legged TO see these letters or have
copies of them who desires them, al
though / deem it is not necessary to
send them to you as they are direct
from your office. One of these letters
reads as follows:
Your payment due on September
l1th in the amount of blank has not
been received
~ now wis hto notify you that un-
less payment is received on or. before
the close of business October first,
foreclosure will be commenced without
further notice.
The point is that this mans default |
was on September l1th and he was re-
quired to meet the matter in less than
twenty days or be subjected to the de-
structiye expenses of foreclosure.
simply give this as an Illustration of |
5he kind of letters which these farm !
srs received and which were presented
% me while I was in the state last
summer and others which have been |
sent to me since my return here.
/ took these letters and went to see
he secretary Of the treasury and talk
ID the matter over with him fully. ]
vent to see the President in regard to
he same matter Within the next i
'ew days two members of. the board
lere came TO my office and we went
,ver the subject. I presented the mat '
er fully from the farmers standpoint
o all who were in authority and who |
lad to deal with the subject, and !
while I presume it is not for me to say
what was said, was satisfied with g
he result of the interview. / contend
ID that to imperiously demand pay j
nent under present conditions in Ida K
10 and throughout the Northwest and
upon failure to pay promptly to pile 4
40 costs of foreclosures upon the farm
ers was neither good business sense
nor Justice. And am very glad to
,av that / found those in authority
who agreed with me.
Now, if there is anyone who is deep
" anxious about the facts as they
were presented and as TO these letters
which are being sent out and as to the
numerous letters in the way of appeal
TO me from the farmers, | shall impose
upon my office force the burden OF
him with the letters in case
he calls for them.
I did not lodge any charge against
your department or against you OF /
nature. I simply objected to
this driving policy at tits particular
time and under these conditions and
circumstances And / shall continue
to believe that my view is correct
one and pursue like course in the /
future to that of the past.
Very respectfully, !
VIM. E. Borah. /