Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-05
Farmers Feel Congress
Should Enact Much
Needed Legislation
Rv JOSEPH A. WISE
(Staff Correspondent, Information
Labor News Serviee.l

(Staff Correspondent, international
Labor News Service
Chicago. Feb. 2.-The American
farmers can get almost anything they
want from the present session oil
congress if the farmerst will only get
together and agree on a program, ac-
cording to Washington newspaper cor
respondents and various and snndfy
statesmen on the nations pay roll.
The trouble, according to the puzzled
gentlemen who are trying to formul-
ate legislation to fit the needs OF the
farmers. is that the farmers can't or
won't tell just what they want.
In as much as President Green OF
the A. +. of l.. said in his recent ad-
dress in Chicago that the Federation
would go along with the farmers pro-
gram, even though TO do so would re-
suit in greatly increasing the price
of far mproducts, international la
Dor News Service set out to get me
Tow down" on the situation from the
farmers viewpoint.
Seek 10 Becloud Issue.
The only conclusion that could be
reached was that the statesmen and
newspaper correspondents at WASH
ington were trying to becloud the
issue.
1t will be recalled that President
Coolidge came here early IN December
and told the delegates TO the conVen-
ton of the American Farm Bureau
Federation that he was opposed TO
Federal creation of an export corDor-
alton for the disposition Of surplus
farm products.
President Coolidge had no sooner
left Chicago than the assembled dele
gates unanimously adopted a fesola-
ton indorsing the very thing which
Mr. Coolidge had condemned. Not
withstanding this unmistabable an
swer to the powers that be as Wash
ington, there is still puzzement ami
bewilderment in administration circles
if the dispatches to Chicago daily
newspapers are to be believed.
Farmers Stated Program.
The farmers declared that they
wanted an export corporation without
a subsidy. They also favored CO.
operative grain marketing, but dis
agreed with President Coolidge that
the latter was all-sufficient as rem
edy. THEY WANT BOTH.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton has not made any further dec
larations as to its position. Sam II.
Thompson, the newly elected president
of the organization, has not issued any
statements in reference to the matter.
The American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton officers feel that its convention
made its position clear and that 1t is
up to congress to enact legislation en-
bodying the views thus expressed.
Several Bills Before Congress.
There are several bills containing
good points now before Congress, but
none of them is likely to meet with
the full approval of the farmers. A
composite of all of the bills, with
amendments, might come nearer to a
realization of what the farmers think
best.
There will be a midwest conference
of Farm Bureau presidents and sec
retaries here on February rs and 26.
II the leaders in congress are still
in doubt as to what the farmers want
up to the time that this meeting is
held, the chances are that the repre-
sentatives of the farmers will empha-
size the declarations made by the
convention of the American Farm Blu
reau Federation.