The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-09-07

0kdCiVe marketing ASSOCIATIONS. Tne
object Of this measure was to place
the marketing organizations under the
ownership and control of the farmers
themselves. The other measure was
known as the Curtis Crisp Bill. Its
object was to enable the farmers to
stabilize their markets against undue
and excessive fluctuations; to pre-.
serve advantageous domestic mar.
kets; and to minimize speculation and
waste in marketing.
Republican Record
Without the help which the Repub.
hcan party has given, the agricultural
situation would be infinitely worse
than it is. The Capper-V olstead Act
gave to the farmer the right to engage
In collective buying and cooperative
selling. In every possible way the
Republican administration has en-.
deavored to give practical and sub
stantial effect to that right.
The Department of Agriculture fills
an important place In the work of aid
Ing and dvising the farmer. It is our
policy to widen each year as much as
possible the scope of the Departments
effectiveness. In the last year alone,
$2,298,172.00 was spent In particularly
valuable research work covering nu.
merous classes of agricultural prod.
ucts. incluling cattle and swine II Is
estimated that s4.157. $500 will be re-
CURED for this work for the ming
year. Nearly S3,000,000.00 is expend.
ed annually by the Department of
Agriculture in broadening agricultural
M cts.
The development OF inland water.
ways, and water transportation in
general, is Of great value to the agri.
cultural sections of the country. An
extensive project in this regard Is now
being executed. The last Congress
has provided for a barge line to ex.
tend from St Louis to Missouri River
points, which when In full operation
will bring decided relief in the difficult
ties and cost of transporting farm
products. When the loss of the for
eign market for our products was
imminent because Of insufficiency of
ships in which to transport them, yes
sells Of the United States Shipping
Board were reconditioned and placed
In service, thereby saving the market
Tariff protection against foreign
competition always has been given to
farm products. The Fordney-McC Cum.
Der Tariff Act carries higher rates Of
duty on agricultural products than
any tariff law in the history of the
nation. It has been found that Ger.
tain Of the duties are not high enough
to give adequate protection to some
of the products of the farm, and I be-
lieve it is the duty of Congress to
provide rates high enough to protect
such products against foreign COM
petition. In addition, by this act, the
duties have been lowered on most of
the articles the farmers buy or they
have been put upon the free list.
Appropriations have been made
freely to aid the farmers in time Of
crop failures. The Federal Farm Loan
System and the intermediate credit
banks have made available to farm
ers, on loans at low rate of interest,
more than $2.50O,OOO.0 100000.
That effective help has been given
to the farmer by the Republican party
since 1t took charge on March 4, 1921,
Is indicated by the statement Of the
Washington Office Of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. On page
one of its Annual Report dated April
6, 1928. there appears the following:
"The passing Of the 9th Congress
into history marks an epoch in the
undertaking Of the American Farm
Bureaus national legislative cam.
paign. 1t is not too much to say that
the twenty-six laws passed by that
Congress, which were initiated and
supported by us, are Of far more i'm.
portance to American agriculture than
all the legislation relating to Agri.
culture passed since the adoption of
our Constitution"
Though much has been done to anne.
liorate the farmers situation, still
more remains to be done, for there
exists today depression in Agricul-
ture which in the best interests Of all
Of the people, must be relieved.
Women In Government
Since the beginning of civilization,
the right to vote. which is the right
to have decisive voice in the affairs
Of government. has been coveted and
fought for. When obtained, 1t has
been cherished by its possessors;
hedged around with restrictions and
qualifications; and extended to others
only with reluctance. During the
early period Of our own government
It was not every free man who was
entitled to vote. Our present policy
of universal suffrage is the growth Of
the years. and the recognition Of
woman's rights was particularly slow.
My personal stand on the question
was at all times firmly and openly IN
favor Of permitting women to vote
It Is known and recognized that my
active aid and support were instru
mental to no small degree in procur
ing the action Of the Senate on June
4, 1919. by which the 10th Amendment
to the Constitution was proposed to
the legislatures Of the several states
and woman's right TO the ballot be
came effective August 26, 1920.
The mere right to vote, not exer
cised, Is useless. AS q matter Of duty,
women as well as men should exercise
that right. There are In the United
States today between twenty-six and
twenty-seven million women over the
age Of twenty-one, entitled TO vote
AS the years pass, these women are