Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
.FARME R WILL GET
0VERNMENT help
WALLACE AND HOOVER WORK
ING OUT PLAN FOR SUBMiS-
SION TO THE PRESIDENT.
RECENT BILLS CRITICIZED
It Is Now Easy for the AgricuIturist
to Borrow Money, but Difficult for
Him to Market His Wheat Profit
ably.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK
Washington.-It is apparent that
the pSesent administration intends to
"dig Nnto agriculture" This does not
mean that President Coolidge intends
to give agriculture dig, for that i'm
plies injury, but that definite promises
have come from the White House that
every effort will be made to help out
the general farming situation, and the
wheat situation in particular.
How is it going TO be dcne? at this
writing no one can say definitely, but
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and
Secretary of Commerce Hoover are at
work formulating plan which will
be submitted to the President for APP
prevail. Secretary Wallace has not di-
vulged just what his plan is, but it
will come along later, and if it does
for the farmer what seemingly the
farmer wants to have done for him, it
may be that all will be well in field
which has been as fruitful of doubts
and perplexities as it has. been Of
crops.
thinks that more help may be given
to the agricuIturists through the min
istrations Of the War Finance corpor-
alton. Congress re-established this
corporation two years ago and since
that time it has given credit to the
farmers through various banking in
stitutions to the extent of $35O,0O0,-
600. Further credit may be extended
in order that the crops may be moved.
Easy to Borrow Money.
When congress was considering legis-
lation intended to extend credit to
the farmers, some of the opponents of
the measures said all that it did was
to provide means for the farmer to
run himself further into debt. These
opponents of bills intended to be
helpful were sympathetic with the
cause in hand. They thought that
some other means might be found to
accomplish a desirable end.
1t is said today that the wheat rails
Ing farmer is having no difficulty at
all in borrowing money. His trouble
is that he cannot sell his crops read
lily because of the difficulty of find
ing a market for them. This means
that the wheat raiser is looking for
more direct market rather than for
a more direct means of getting credit
Bankers and farmers OF the Mime
sofa federal reserve district came to
Washington a few days ago to dis
cuss the general wheat situation with
Secretary Wallace and with the Pres
ldent. They discussed matters also
with Eugene Meyer, the director of the
War Finance corporation. 1t is said
shat the members of the northwestern
delegation went away satisfied with
/ Che results of their visit and that the
promises were held out that if it were
humanity possible the situation would
be relieved.
Just before leaving Washington the
members Of the delegation appeared
before the tariff commission to urge
in increase in the duty on wheat.
What the result of this plea will be
cannot of course be known until the
commission has had time to go over
the pros and cons in the case. There
is high dispute among party men as
to whether or not the prevailing duty
on wheat materially affects the stu
sation. The tariff always can be de-
pended upon to raise a sharp inter-
rogation point.
Governors May Be Embarrassed.
In recent letters from Washing
! ton something was told of the COM
ing conference between the Presi-
dent of the United States and the gov
ernors of the various states on the
/ general subject Of law enforcement.
/ There is a rumor of something i'll
Washington which, If it is based upon
fact, may put some of the visiting gov
errors into embarrassing positions.
1t is solemnly stated in this town
that the intention of some one of suffi-
Gent standing to give his words
weight, is to propose publicly to the
assembled governors that each one of
them shall declare his intention not to
take drink Of liquor, beer or light
wine so long as the prohibition laws
stand on the statute books of the
United States.
OF course the supposed object Of
/ this attempt to put the governors on
pledge is that the people may have
high executive example of self-re-
straint and voluntary obedience to the
law. 1t is whispered in Washington
that if some of the governors learn in
advance that such a pledge is to be
put up to them, they will not be seen at
the railroad ticket offices buying their
transportation to the capital of the
country.
Some of Them Like a Nip.
1t is known in a general way that
some few governors of the states Of
the Union are not averse to the taking
of a quiet nip now and then for their
! physical well being, or for some other
reason. Probably none of them would
suffer if the occasional nip were fore
gone, but there are some of the ex-
ecutives who hold that man, even
governor, has right to take drink.
legally come by, if he wants to.
There ere many American citizens