The daily star-mirror., 1923-12-19
CHAMBER ENDORSES
FARMERS ACTION
ENDORSEMENT OF GOODING BILL
APPROVED BY MOSCOW BUS
MESS MEN

A resolution endorsing the action
taken by Latah county farmers in
endorsing last Friday the Gooding
bill for the stablization of the price
sof wheat was unanimously adopted
this noon by the Moscow Chamber of
Commerce at the regular weekly
luncheon meeting. The resolution
adopted follows
Resolved, that the MOSCOW Cham
ber of Commerce endorse the action
taken by the farmers of Latah coun-
ty, Idaho, in mass meeting on Decem-
sber IA, 1928, at which time the Good
ing bill for the stablization of the
price Of wheat was unanimously rec
commended for passage by the present
session of congress of the United
States.
"And be it further resolved, that
the Moscow Chamber of Commerce
go on record as offering it's fullest
support to the furtherance of this
much needed legislation for the re-
lief of the wheat farmers"
Discussion Is Interesting
The resolution was offered by Bert
C. Rowe, secretary of the chamber,
whose motion for adoption was sec
onded by G. P Mix. The motion was
discussed by Dean e. J. Iddings, head
of the college Of agriculture of the
University of Idaho, o. S. Fletcher,
Latah county agricultural agent, Mr..
Rowe and Mr.. Mix.
The chamber endorsed the efforts
cof the Panhandle Poultry association
to have the poultry show at Moscow
next year designated as an official
American Poultry association gold
medal show and the action of the To-
cal association in petitionlng the
state commissioner of agriculture for
funds available to promote the poul-
try show. G. A. Hagan and Prof. H.
w. Hubert were named on cham
ber committee to carry out the cham
.ber's endorsement The motion for
the chambers endorsement was
made by County Agent Fletcher.
Hubert Suggests Endorsement
Prof H. w. Hubert, secretary of
the Panhandle Poultry association,
reported on the recent ninth annaul
show of the association in MOSCOW.
He suggested that the chamber en-
dorse the next show in Moscow as
gold medal show and that an effort
be made to get the $3.50 allotted nor
thern Idaho as state aid for poultry
shows for the Moscow show.
County Agent Fletcher reported on
the meeting of the farmers in the
auditorium of the Farmers Union
store on Friday for the purpose of
discussing the Gooding bill and other
measures designed for the relief of
the wheat grower. In commenting
on the Gooding bill Mr.. Mix authoriz-
ed the following statement:
Vol To Ron
'eI was much in hopes that Presi-
dent Coolidge would, through sug-
gestion of some kind encourage the
farmers to take on new courage which
would cause them to stay with the
farms which they are giving up now
at such sacrifice. 1 do not expect
to see land go any lower in price.
There will be an adjustment between
the prices of the things which the
farmer buys and those things he has
to sell within a very short time and
when this comes about land values
will come back to where they were |
during most of the war for the very
reason that population is increasing |
while land itself is not. In fact eli
matte conditions through destructive
washing and erosion are causing
thousands of acres each year to be-
come unfit to the raising of gran,
this is especially true of the hilly
country which constitutes by far the
greater part of the wheat land
"Babson states that 100000 farm
ers have left the farms which means
they are working in other more luc-
rative trades. This means of course,
less production on the farms and it
does not require prophet to see that
when an adjustment comes there will
be strong return to farming which
in turn will bring prices of farm land
back to where they should be. The
wheat growers are not asking the
government to assist them at the ex-
pense of any other industrial class.
1t is, however, within the scope of
good reason for this government to
come to the rescue of any great in
dustry in times of stress and strain
and in fact it has done this many
times for the manufacturer, the rail-
road and in fact all lines of industry
excepting the farmer himself yet the !
biggest industry at this time is the
hardest hit. Thru the policy of the
war wheat acreage was extended to
the very limit through the efforts of
the government and it is not easy to
reduced after the land is once t
put under cultivation.
Farmers Need Assistance t
"At the close of the war the gov
came to the assistance of f
the war contractors, manufacturers
and practically all industries except i
ing the farmers who had to face the I
reconstruction as best they could and i
hundreds Thousands have lost the
efforts of a lifetime through this a
short-sighted policy. What we need c
is for the American people to look at n
the question through the eyes of fair v
ness instead of prejudice. That the L
of the farmer is necessary | Ii