Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27

early Winter this year and the time
when the 1880 crops will 60 on the mar
ket," declares the Buffalo Evening News,
while the Pasadena Star-News offers
the comment on the situation: ut would
be impossible, perhaps, for the Federal
Farm Board to devise any constructive,
ehective plan for actually aiding the
farmer without some measure of dis
rupting certain established business con-
ditions. American interests are SO
huge, so diverse and so complex that
| any Encouragement affecting a group
so large as the farmers must needs af-
feet other groups and interests. Clash
ing OF interests IS inevitable. Here the
| rule OF the greatest good to the great
est number should be invoked"
AS to the matter Of low money rates
for co-operativeS, the Milwaukee Jour-
nal argues; Under the circumstances
and considering what Government does
for other business, we do not think It
can be fairly condemned on that
ground. Besides, since the law says
that loans to co-operativeS or stabili-
at rate equal to the lowest rate on
Government obligations Of issues sub
sequent to April 6, 1917, and shall in
no case exceed 4 per cent, it was the
mandate OF Congress that cheaper
money should be provided for these CO.
operatives. We do not hear the
United States Chamber of Commerce
protesting against doing (similar things)
for ship men or United States Steel
For this reason, their protest against
doing. these things for the farmer leaves
us cold"
1.-THE farms are for farm marketing.
Congress has gone in with it." asserts
the Topeka Daily Capital, land the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
representing induStrialism, Is against it.
This Is the lineup. The farm can thank
the President that he picked a fighting
chairman for the Federal Farm Board"
Tributes to the fighting qualities Of
chairman Legge are paid also by the
81. Paul Ploneer-PreSS, the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch, the st. Paul Daily News,
the Raleigh News and Observer and the
Spokane Spokesman Review. The James
vile Gazette remarks: 1.-THE suueal Of
the commission men and Mr.. Barnes
raucous note have been the first music
the grain farmers have had in many q
moon" The Flint Daily Journal OBJ
serves that "it seems as though the
Federal Farm Board is on the right
track" The Lexington Leader advises
that IF the farm industry fails to take
advantage of this great piece Of legisla-
ton, 1t will be no fault of the Govern
ment If it continues to anguish"
A note Of warning Is sounded by the
Fort Worth Record Telegram, with the
statement that IAN element of contro-
versy should not be permitted to intrude
itself into the ministrations of those
made responsible for farm relief"
That paper adds: 1.-THE United States
Chamber OF Commerce is a we'll eStab-
lished organization, with no particular
set of axes to be ground on the grind
stones OF any set of interests. On
theory OF foundation and past perform
ances, the sympathieS of the greater
number of American producers will be
found with the older organization"
The Muskegon Chronicle believes that
the Farm Board will have to exercise
successfully its moral influence against
increased production If it's experiment
Is not to be colossal failure"
"A buShel of wheat on the farm" 1t
Is pointed out by the Duluth Herald,
lis a long way from being bread on the
consumers table. The change involves
the labor Of many hands, as well as
thought. organization and capital. The
grain exchanges have through years of
experience provided that service and
did 1t well. If now a better system has
been devised, 1t will be adopted, but
only time can show whether the new
system Is better. In the meantime why
not give the middlemen, who have
served so well, credit for that service
instead Of kicks?"