Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-17
RELIEF PLANNED
FOR The FARNE R.
OUTLINE of THE PROGRAM THAT
is FAVORED BY PRESIDENT
AND CABINET OFFICERS.
Rx EDWARD B CLARK

Coulter, president OF the Agricultural
college of North Dakota. DR.. Coul-
ter was at one time connected with
Harvard and is recognized as a con-
structive student of agricultural sub
jects. Washington has given heed be-
fore this to much of his advice.
Bills are pending in the house and
senate to provide aid for the smaller
wheat raisers who are in hard con-
dition and WHO seemingly have no
means to raise money to start any
farming Of other kinds. 1t is under
stood the administration will get be-
hind these bills in an endeavor to
enact them into law.
The program of first aid for these
smaller farmers is said to be the one
referred to by President Coolidge IN
his message when he said that tenn
porary assistance might be granted in
certain cases. 1t is understood the
plan is approved by Secretary Wallace
of the Department of Agriculture, and
Secretary Hoover of the Department
of Commerce.
Outline of the Plan.
81 Here is an outline of the general
plan as taken from an article written
by j. F. Essary of the Baltimore Sun:
1.-THE plan is designed particularly
to meet the emergency situation in the
Northwest, but it's provisions are gen
eral in scope.
s'The pending bills authorize an adj
vance of $5O,OOO,O0O from the treasury,
$20O00,O00 to be available up to July
1, a like amount for the following
fiscal year, and $1O,O0O,O00 for the
year thereafter. They propose to set
up a federal agricultural diversified
ton commission to handle the money,
the commission to be composed Of the
secretaries of agriculture, commerce
and the treasury.
"The intention is that loans not to
exceed $1,000 to any one farmer shall
be made to wheat growers who want
to buy dairy stock or hogs, or other
wise change from wheat farming alone
to more diversified activities. The
government, If the bills become a law,
as they have good prospect of doing,
would take a farmers note and lien
on the cattle, hogs or dairy STOCK,
granting easy terms for amortizing the
loan. The interest rate would be q
per cent.
1.-THE bills provide that the commits
sion shall act through the agricultural
colleges in the one-crop wheat states
covered by the act, and local foreign
agent committees are to be organized
in the counties to work with county
agents and agricultural colleges to
pass on applications of farmers and to
examine their intended use of the bor-
rowed money. In every instance the
loan must be used for diversified farm
ing"
There are further provisions to the
effect that government agents them
selves may undertake the purchase of
hogs or cattle and give the farmers
the right to buy at cost. The inten-
ton is. to give the small farmer the
advantage Of carlot shipments of stock
to the counties from which the deals
are directed.
Called Inadequate by Some.
Very soon the agricultural commit
tee Of the house and senate will open
hearings on these measures, which, it
Is said, have the full support of the
administration and the three depart
ments of government which have to
do with all the matters involved-agri-
culture, commerce and the treasury.
Judging from some Of the COM
plants which some Of the representa-
tives and senators in congress make,
It would appear that these proposed
bills to aid the small Wheat-growing
farmers are only as two drops of wa
ter in what needs to be, according to
the compliments statements, bucket
of the water of relief.
Some of the senators end represen-
tatives who are neither farmers nor
capitalists, but just ordinary business
or professional men, say it is hard to
learn just what needs to be done for
agriculture, because of the fact that
there unquestionably is calamity howl
Ing on one side and bowling on the
other side that no calamity impends.
There have been attempts In other
sessions of congress to help agricul-
ture. The world knows the financial
relief measures that were taken, and
other things that were done, but still
it is said that nothing like enough has
been done and that If the farmer is to
get the relief that he needs and is to
stay contented on the farm, there re-
mains much to be accomplished in
legislative way.
If anything further than the enact
ment of the two bills which have been
outlined is to be attempted this year,
it seems doubtful If final accomplish
ment will come. Taxation, bonus and
some other things are troubling con-
gress today, and there is an evident
desire on the part of leaders in the
two houses to do only the things
which 1t is absolutely necessary shall
be done before adjournment is taken.
Two Ex-Fiehters May Be Opposed.
Laymen in Washington find them
selves wondering once in while what
the political and office-holding future
is to be Of certain semi-prominent Re
publicans and Democrats now holding
office in this city. Some-day leaders