Evening star., 1925-02-12
Anticipated Coolidge View.

win Coolidge's counsel of many
months afterward that the farmer g
most effective salvation is to help
himself. said:
vice from outside. They only want
to be let alone to- work out their own
problems. The farmer be-
lieves that he has not been getting
square deal and / believe he is
right. He has had to pay too much
for the things he has had to buy.
He is wondering how long this can
last. But he is not asking for char
ity. He wants a square deal. He
wants our business men and our leg
islators to make it possible for him
to buy the things he needs at a rea-
sonable cost. and he will do the
DIR. Jardine strongly favors the
Capper- Williams bill that has been
before Congress for a year and which
provides for the creation Of some
such Federal cooperative marketing &
board as the Coolidge commission
favors. DR.. Jardine wrote In the
Nations Business:
II have examined this measure crit
ically, and l have had others In whom
] have had confidence examine It
carefully. ! think 1t TO be the sound
est proposal that I have had the op-
portunity of examining for the as
sistance Of agriculture.'
supports Preaident.
Dr. Jardine's ideal Tor the type o:
governmental action required by the
farming industry is the setting up
of agencies, which regulate the in
terests in questions like the Inter
state Commerce Commission, the Fed
eral Trade Commission, the Federal
Reserve Board and the Federal Land
Bank. A Federal cooperative mar
keting board would not feed the
needy farmer with Treasury cash, or
render direct emergency aid in time
of stress. It's function would be to
help agriculture to help itself In
that direction, as President Coolidge
reminded the recent Washington con-
vention of cooperative marketing &
councils, the farmers share will be
the lions share" Dr. Jardine un-
reservedly supports that view. , :
Such Federal board as the Cap
Williams bill proposes" he says
does not inject the Government into
business. 1t provides primarily for
Federal action which will serve
chiefly to encourage and safeguard
Intelligent and businesslike procedure
in cooperative marketing OF agricul-
tural products. 1t helps to set up
machinery that will enable the farm
ers to engage in commodity market
ing in a fair, high class and unob-
jectionab BILE manner"
Praised by Capper. =.
DR.. Jardine was made president OF
fhe Kansas State Agricultural Col
1ege- during the governorship of
Arthur Capper in 1918. Senator Cap
per predicts a brilliant career for
Jardine s Secretary Of Agriculture
II the Presidents choice finally falls
upon him. There is likely to be an
important break with certain "tradi-
tions" and practices within the de-
partment. Even some significant
changes in personnel may occur
Certain authorities of special infiu-
ence at the White House in agricul-
tural matters have long scented a
quasiradical spirit at work in the
department. This would be checked
and disappear under Jardine secre-
taryship. The kansan, it is predicted
by those who know him best. will
speedily establish teamwork In
the department and In, the agrictl-
tural world outside. especially among
the bureaus, oranges, federations- and
councils, which do not always work
together like band of brothers
Copyright. 1921