San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-23
will Not Call Congress Un-
less They Have Plan
to Aid Farmers.
TO PLEASE
Coolidge Gravely Impressed
by Story Of Condi-
tions IN West.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

|
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 22.-Pres
ident Coolidge has given to the "farnl
bloc" in Congress its most difficult
task.
The "farm blocers" have found that
the new President is a pretty hard
headed politician and executive.
Mr.. Coolidge is as much interested
as anyone else in giving relief to the
farmers.
1t should always be remembered
that he stepped direct from the hay
fields of his fathers farm into the
White House.
But Mr.. Coolidge has said in ef-
feet to the members of the farm bloc
i'll both the Senate and House:
Bring me a concrete plan for the
relief of the farmers and l viii call
an ezra session of Congress.
Until we have a plan, why bother
with Congress"
insistent and clamorous demands tina t
nave come u HIN from mdHy ulrec-
tons urging that Congress be called
into extraordinary session to pass
some sort of remedial legislation.
AS the prospective candidate of the
Grand Old Party for the presidency
next fall, Mr.. Coolidge is as DESTROYS
as any of the men OH Capitol Hill
that the farmers of the country should
be appeased as to temper and given
relief as to their financial ditfcul-
ties. III
But Mr.. Coolidge does not believe
in calling an extra session without a
definite plan. thus raising false homes
which cannot he met and which might
cause n reaction decidedly disastrous
to party prospects Mt the polls in No
yember' 1924.
Story IMPRESSED Him.
President Coolidge was grovelv i'm.
pressed NV the story of farm condi.
tions in the West brought TO him
Inv Senator Rorab of Idobo
The senator said conditions couI1
hardly no worse
Tho Denartment of Agr;cuIturo Is
nor ;ncl;ned 70 tato 60 cloomy n Wow,
Of the situation and ;ns;st that Tho
remedy for the farmer lies in his own
hands
Tho ooverrr,ont !. 10 cortordoJ
can neitber guorontee fbe nr;co of
wheat nor nrov;da n fore;cp r,orLe a.
fo. II
NV
IL Tue TURNER'S oi the west gre" an
| over-abundance of wheat this year, an
| ticipating a foreign outlet. thew were
| idea,
The prevailing opinion in Washing.
| ton still is that the United States
should keen out of Europe and the
American wheat farmer will have to
take his chances along with all the
rest of the country or the consequen.
ces of such policy.
That the farm bloc senator's who
have no plan which he regards as
| practicable at this time is indicated
| by the fact that President Coolidge
I has intimated within the last -
hours that he sees no reason at this
time for calling for an extra session
of Congress.
He will not close his mind to such
| an idea, however, and il the "blocers e
can give him something definite to &c
on. lie will act.
Otherwise, Congress will not con.
vene.
DepartinenI vi asricul.ure oiiiclaiS
are s.r3Hs III thelr opposi.lon 10 an.
pan wnlcn Involves government
price guarantees Ior farm crops.
| 1Iey say tnac II Tue government
snoulu suarar,ee 'ne whta. iarinei
9l.H pushei Ior ms wheat, ther'
wouid De an lmmeuiate anu just ue
mahd that the government aiso guar
ahtee tne price Oh corn per Dushei ano
the price OF COTTON per pound &c
say nothing Oh oats, rye ana pota
toes.
Senator Borah told the President
that corn and sugar beets were thu
GASES in the desert of western farm
prospects.
The truth is that corn never suffer,
the violent fluctuations that are com
mon to wheat, so wheat, an easy crol
to raise, is always more or less of ;
gamble.
| tho Upvarnp1nnf ShnnlI ta vhnl1