The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-11-15


ers-Remedies Suggested - Cor
troversy on Grain Rates-Bora
to Try to Curb Powers of Suprem
Court-Wet Issue and Twelve
Mile Limit Agreement.
Washington, Nov. 5.-Limitatio
in the number of visitors to tn
White House tells its own story. TIL
President, like any other normal ex
ecutive wants time to work. II
must submit a document to Congress
next month which will withstand tn
onslaughts of self-styled and ambi
tious critics. 1t must impress tn
public generally, for millions turn t.
his as a leader.
The current investigation into con
ditions surrounding the sale of hos
pital sites has convinced the Presiden
that a separate department must bt
created for the grouping of socla
agencies. He favors change. The
charges of graft and mismanagemen1
in the Veterans Bureau indirectly al
fects the President as there is nc
Cabinet officer responsible for the
work of the organization. 1t is an
Independent body reporting directly
to the Chief Executive.
d
The manoeuvers of Poincare OF
France have not increased the con-
fidence of this government in SINGER
ity of the French. The White House
spokesman have made it clear that
the connection with the PREPARATIONS
question was solely as an economic
and business propositions broad IN
curry into Germans capacity to meet
the French demands. The Admins
tration feels that attempts to limit the
terms, as the French have limited late
ly, would prevent American partici-
patton.
Even the acknowledged leader of
the Farm Bloc" doubts the ability
of the next Congress to enact help
full legislation. Senator Capper, OF
Kansas, knows the true story of the
agricultural situation and freely
admits that all farmers ills cannot
be remedied at Washington. Mr..
Capper is thoughtful student of
economics and politics and as con-
sequence, has a well-balanced mlnd.
His statements will probably upset the
well-laid plans of a few radical as
sociates in the Senate who are oblV-
iously DESTROYS of making political
capital out of the farmers economic
ailments.
Quite significantly, Senator Cap
per says Congress cannot change
economic laws by government edict. f"
He believes that it is imperative that
the farmers dollar must be brought
up to the general level and buying |
power. This opinion is shared by |
John A. Prescott, president of the
Investment Bankers Association OF |
America, who told his fellow bankers |
here this week that tanners still suf-
fer from disproportion between prlc-
es of some of their products and the
cost of their purchases. These two
men, representing widely different
interests, agree that the operation
of the natural laws will do more to
alleviate the situation than legisla-
ton.
1t is generally agreed in Washing
ton that Senator Capper has written
the legislative program of the So
called farm bloc for the next dis
count situation. Indications are dis
claims any connection between the |
agrarian group in Congress and his
suggestions for legislative relief for
the farmers. The Capper plan is to
purchasing power of the farmers dol
lar by reducing the spread between
producers and consumers prices.
At least three of his suggestions
harmonic with proposals made by
the Administration. President Cool
idge has asked the railroads to re-
duce the rates on certain farm pro-
ducts, particularly wheat. He has I
made it a personal matter with the
railroad executives. Senator Capper
wants Congress to give this matter
attention. The Capper program al
so calls for the development of the
European market in order that farm
ers may obtain fair price for their
wheat and other grain crops. The adj
has already taken action
through the War Finance Corpora
ton in an effort to perfect a financ-
ing scheme for the export of wheat.
Mr.. Capper wants further reduc-
tons in appropriations. Financial ex-
perts of the Government contend
that the Budget Bureau is engaged in
the unhappy pastime of pruning de-
partmental estimates on expenditures
The Department of Agriculture re-
ports that it is doing everything in it's
power to assist cooperative market
ing. Hence, in the last analysis, the
farm bloc program leaves only one
legislative objective-the enactment
of the truth in fabric bill, measure
which has failed in previous sessions.
If Mr.. Capper has his way, Con-
gress will accept Henry Ford's offer
to develop Muscle Shoals; approve
the st. Lawrence waterways project
to aid in reducing transportation
costs; pass the bonus bill; provide |
amendment prohibiting
further issuance of tax-free bonds;
oppose ship subsidies and rail mergers;
approve more vigorous enforcement
Of the Vostead Act; oppose any re-
1uction of large surtaxes without cor L
reduction to taxpayers
less able to pay; repeal of the guar
anty laws of the Transportation Act.
This program, like all others of its t