New Britain herald., 1924-03-08
SEN. MILAN FLAYS
 FARMER AID BILL
Declares It Would Be Government PaternaliSln Run Wild
BY GEORGE II. MANNING.


 Washington Bureau of \. E. Herald) Washington, D. c., March S.-'rhc Norbeck- Buriness bill which provides for appropriation of s50,000,00O to aid the farmers of the northwest in diversified farming. especially in the development of dairying, was Sigor- ously attacked in the senate yestcr- day by Senator George r. Mclean of Connecticut, who asserted it was governmental paternalism run wild and in inc end would prove dsas- trous hindrance 70 the farmers who it is aimed ot assist. 1 The farmers Of Nebraska and the Dakotas are not tine only ones sur- 1 fcring from uafavorablc market con | ditions. Senator Mclean declared. and pointed out that dairying in Connecti- cut has been very unprofitabic for several years: that tho potato grow CTS Of Maine nave suif.red from a lack of market and good prices and asserted that farmers in many other sections have suffered flna ncial hard ship.
 Connecticut Dairying Hit. Taking up tho statements of the , northwestern senators that tho farm CTS of that section want to go into the dairying business and need loans from the treasury to establish them selves in it, Senator Mclean pointed out that Montana last year exported l 50,000. .000 pounds of butter 10 Japan: that 5o0,Oo0.0oo pounds of dairy products were imported at the east ern ports from Europe, and that hundreds of farmers in Connecticut had found dairying very unprofitable and had been compelled to entirely abandon it.
 Senator Mclean asserted that after reading over the report of the inves- l tigation made upon which the Nor beck Burtness bill was based, it seem- cd to him there was no condition existing in the Northwest to warrant the appropriation asked 10 meet an emergency that congress cannot con- trol, and an emergency that will con- tinue so long as the natural disad- vantagcs of climate and soil continue Mclean Forces Delay
 Tho attack on tho bill. in which
 
 Dial of South Carolina, democrat raised such havoc with it that tho sponsors Of the measure had further consideration Of it put over until next Monday.
 Farming as whole In the north western states, and throughout this country is at a low ebb," declared l Senator Mclean, "Thc cotton men are having better days just now, but it is only short time since the senator from Alabama tMr. Hefiin) called our attention to conditions which were most distressing. No only agricultural conditions but conditions in all other activities are subject to their ups and downs. Certain sections may be pros porous at times, and then whenever oSer-production comes or for some other cause, prices drop.
 "I wish 10 repeat that if the farmers Of North Dakota were suffering for want of the necessities of life | would say, Find out who they arc and make tho contribution direct to relieve tho distress: but do not adopt proposal that, in my judgment, will defeat its own purpose and in the long run be 1 regretted by the very men who pro- pose it today I say that. Mir. Prcsi- IEent. because this legislation violates the fundamental and vital principle upon which the social and industrial life Of this nation is based. In the first place, 1t takes $50, 0,o0o.000 out or the treasury of the United States and gives it to the secretary Of agriculture, and authorizes and empowers him 10 use it in direct competition with the existing credit merchants Of the coun- try, to compete with tho federal farm-o loan system, 10 compete with the tcrmediatc-crcdits system. to compete with the state banks. di- rcctly or indirectly; and the capital which is represented, inc amount of money that is taken out of tho treas ury. is more than tho combined capi- tai of tho federal reserve system and the land-bani system when they were formed.
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