Show RADICALS Will ILL ILLI I HAVE NO CHANGE CHANCE CIN IN FARM RELIEF Coolidge Admi Administration Leaders Sound Both Branches of Congress If TARIFF ARIFF REVISION NOT CONSIDERED Western G. G O. O P. P Managers Managers Managers Man Man- agers Say Good Crops Will Change Farmers By Bv FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Written for The Telegram WASHINGTON Jan 12 Farm Farm leaders at conferences In fn Washington Wash Wash- ington ton will be promptly informed j that agrIcultural relief on anything anything any any- any any- thing savoring of radical Ules lines lilies is out of ot the question The Thel Coolidge administration has made careful soundings on Capitol hill since the called so-called farm arm revolt set in a month ago It has convinced Itself Itsel that the presidents president's program for meeting the farm situation on wholly conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive the lines commands adequate If not overwhelming support in both houses of congress Measures to help the farmers help themselves themselves- an extension of the Coolidge prIncIple principle prin prIn- ciple that the agricultural world must bear the lions lion's share of 01 working out Its salvation salvation are are as asfar asfar astar far tar as aa the administration is prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to go It can an be stated on high authority authority authority au au- au- au that thumbs are down all along the line Une on the question ot of tariff revision The G. G 0 O. O P P. P organization organization organization or or- has decreed that it would be politically unwise In the highest highest highest high high- est degree to sanction anything Inthe Inthe in inthe the nature of a tariff agitation at this stage SEE CAMPAIGN FODDER Leaders declare that tariff tampering tamperIng tampering tam tam- on the t ve of the toe 1926 congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional election n would put a club In the Land add sot Republican insurgents and the tho regular Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic opposition that might be wielded against the o Republican party next November ember with disastrous disastrous trous results It has hag been determIned determined determined deter deter- mined therefore tc to adhere to the program laid d wl by President Coolidge at the American Farm Bureau federation convention In Chicago last last month month namely namely that the existing tariff system Is a blessing not a 0 blight as far as agriculture Is concerned Nor will the administration lend ear to any Haugen l legislation legislation leg leg- In whatever form orm clothed No scheme o of government government subsidy or government price fixing for tor export agricultural surplus will be approved by the president ent or his Ma secretary of agri agri- culture It If the farm tarm editors and farm leaders like former cover Gove r nor Frank 0 O. O Lowden or Sam Thompson the radical radial Illinois Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- association or Aaron the operative co-operative marketing expert have any program program program pro pro- gram for tor remedying the surplus problem short of direct government participation It will be considered and if possible approved I AID MUST BE INDIRECT Government agencies s should not shrink k In President Coolidge's view from promoting such measures with all the power at their command But federal aid must be indirect he asserts and devoid of any suggestion suggestion suggestion sug sug- that the government nas gone Into th the farming business One of or the foremost agricultural leaders in con congress ss a man now in inthe the forefront tore ron of the crusade to secure a squarer deal for the farmer at Washington said to this writer writer not not f for r quotation for tor obvious ob obvious obvious ob- ob reasons reason that reasons that that if it there is a abig abig abig big crop this this' year the farmers farmers' troubles will vanish into thin air Our folks always feel goo good when their pocketbooks are full he explains ex ex- ex- ex plains It U the harvest Is bountiful and prices good th the farmer will face an autumn and winter of prosperity and it will take take his mind off his woes Soth So tha best befit t ally the admInistration administration administration admin admIn- and the Republican party can an have next summer summer is weather favorable to the farmer and farmer and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps some short wheat crops elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where In the world JARDINE RATES HIGH If U farm lead leaders rs In conference with Secretary Jardine in Washington tell telI him some of the things in common common common com com- mon currency In in the rural world some homely truths will find ex ex- ex One of the observations most frequently made for tor example is that the would do well to listen to the advice of teal real farm rm coun counselors lors like his secretary of agriculture and not lend quite so ready ear to authorities who call all themselves farm but who are without real knowledge of or actual conditions in the agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural West Vest There are those who say that some of ot the Coolidge administrations administration's administrations administration's administrations administration's tion's present hour farm tribulations are the result of the wrong kind of advice at the White House Others say t that at the advice is not only wrong but comes from too many different people The administration has been amPly amply amply am am- ply aware during the past three weeks that assurances ot of good will willand willand and other examples of platonic love for the farmer will not break the farm revolt Nor will conferences conferences conferences confer at Washington do so BO There are many diverse views as to Just what can can j be done The farmers themselves are a house divid divided d against Itself Use But they are fairly a unit on one point That is that something tangible has got to be bedone bedone bedone done and done soon Action not applesauce Is called for Copyright 1926 1928 |