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Show MORE PATERNALISM. Apparently some of tbs professional I farmers are not satisfied with the? pro- ! posed legislation to enable the tillers ' of tbc soil to obtain monev on easy terms at a comparatively Ion- rate of interest- The late?t proposition is that the government lend tbc money d'-re.'t to the farmers. Tho matter came up at Ibe national convention of the Farmers' Educa'.ion-i and Co-opcratiro Union of A me rica, now in Me--ion at Fort Yorth. Texas. L. M. Rhodes of Tenne'v. chairman of the national board of directors of ihe union, unburdenr-d himsHf in this .vi;c during the debate: ' ' They can I talk all they witb about credit, but what vrc need is ca:-.h. There is plenty of monoy in the t reaMiry in reserve funds. Wc are t'oiii to have that moury in this cri-i.s or vacate the capiral at Wafjhinjiton. " One would naturally think that rith wheat Belling at $1.01;, corn at HO rents and oats at f0 crnts per bushel, ton average farmer was in a rnther healthy financial condition at this "cri-ii.'' He ccitainiv in far better off than the fellow who works by tho day or on salary and in compelled to pay war prices f'or t'of-d f"r his famttv. Tt is true that the cotton market id "off''! on account of the war, but po arp any, number of industrial ent erpi i.en. Tt is one of the function of a government gov-ernment to bring happine-fe and prosperity to tho people, ho far as it, is able without working injury in-jury to one clas while helping a not her. J f monev were to he t nkr n from the treasury and loaned direct to the farmers it would work den '11 y in-jury in-jury to the hanks as well hh the ner,-financial ner,-financial fjtern about to bo put into operation. The bank i;-; (he natural channel through which all rlasr-eM of ejti.r-.iiK can ilo a b'gitiiii.ito bu.si imhs. The merchant and manufacturer are juH fin inuch entitlH fn money direct from the t rerun ry ;i the, farmer, and tJ1(; ' profeyit.nal man, the mechanic, and the common laborer could not very well bo f-hut out and not tjiven a sharo of the "p'':" if the treasury ault.H aro to be emptied of their content. In view of which we ere no nef eiry for yielding to thn rlemandu of Mr. iiho'ie?; of 'Yiiiipmt. or vacating the capital at Wan hi ngton, whatever ho mav har mi ant by tho latter expression. |