The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-03-20

with the general price level, this
congress emphatically urges upon
the congress of the United States
that immediate steps must be taken
to give agriculture, particularly in
the wheat growing districts, the
same degree of actual price protec-
ton that now is given industry under
a protective tariff. We endorse the
plan as embodied in the McNary-
Haugen bill to make an agricultural
tariff effective by establishing a gov
eminent export corporation, all costs
and losses through the sale of crop
surplus abroad to be met by an ex-
else tax on the commodity benefit
ted by the operation of the corpora
ton.
Recognizing that correct informa-
ton regarding soil structure and po-
tentialities should be in the posses
sion of the state so that it can be
made available and useful to new
settlers, we urge on the proper state
and federal agencies the wisdom of
preparing a longtime plan looking
toward the assembling of such in
formation by cooperative action of
the United States department Of ag-
riculture and Montana experiment
station, along the line of which a
start has been made in northeastern
Montana.
1t is also appreciated hat accu-
rate information of water supply is
necessary in the development of ir-
rigated districts and we urge the
continuation of stream measurement
through the cooperative action of the
state engineer and the United States
geological survey.
We urge on the state legislature
the wisdom of providing for ade-
quate revenue to finance this work;
and for providing means whereby
the information thus assembled can
be brought into shape for distribu-
ton and use through the state de-
partment of agriculture as need de-
velopes.
Commend Farm Survey
We commend the Montana State
college in conducting and publishing
results of the farm experience sur
vey, as a result of which there is
open to farmers operating under
identical or similar conditions de-
pendable information as to causes
of failures and principles of success.
We urge that provision be made as
soon as possible to extend this work
to other localities.
1t would be of vast help to Mon
tana and other states of the northern
Great Plains area if there could be
established through cooperation of
large landholders or other private
agencies with the state, demonstra-
tions and experiments in settlement
to work out for the guidance of
others the most satisfactory and sue
cessful form of relationship between
owner and tenant, or owner and
buyer. In this manner certain prin-
ciples might be ascertained and made
known, which, if put into general
private practice. would make safer
the progress from land tenancy to
OWIlerSIlp.
Recognizing that an exceedingly
important part of Montana's agri-
cultudal land is irrigable, and one
of the chief h~inderances encounter
ed in the development of our irri-
gable land is our inadequate system
water right laws, we favor the
enactment of a water code similar
to that found suitable in other ir- =
states.
Endorse Montana Products"
Recognizing the apparent eager
of the Montana business men
md urban population to work with
he farmers and stockmen of the
tate to build up a prosperous agri-
we wish to point out the
Montana Farm Products for Mon \