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Show . I Timely Topics BETTER DAYS FOR THE FARMER. It I not difficult to guther, either In reading Mr. Harding', speeches, or In talking to coming Secretary of Agriculture Wallace that the farmer la going to have larger recognition In the future than he has ever had In the past. He Is going to be " reprenented on the various administrative boards, especially those which have to 4o with our trarie relations with other eountrtea and which cover the financial pollciea of the administration. "The farmer will not only be permuted but encouraged encour-aged to form cooperative associations for the marketing market-ing of his products," said Mr. Wallace. "The department of agriculture wl give much time tn scientific study of farm economics with special attention atten-tion to production coats and to the factors which control con-trol farm prices. An effort will be made to find some way to get rid of violent fluctuations in prices of farm products. Thre win be no further meddling on the part of the government with tha prices of farm products and no further government drives for the purpose of beating down farm prices. It benefits the consumer but little and It only serves to Impoverish the producer of those products. The guilty party It touches not at all. "We are pledged to encourage farmers to form association, asso-ciation, through which they can secure larger personal eredlt. especially for tenant farmers who have not been sble to carry on diversified farming because they lack capital. "We are -also pledged to study thirouchly the whole problem of land tenure, not wllh the Idea of renting! i land that ran be done sway with, but with the thought that a better ystm of land tenure can be devised and having especially in mind preservation of the fertility of the soil. "Furthermore, the administration will recognize the need of protecting the American market from unfair competition with farm products of other countries which are grown by the cheapest of labor and on cheap land. "Attention will be given to enlarging our foreign outlet out-let of farm products, lakewlse, the aericullural production pro-duction of other countries will be studied and our farmers kept posted as to What competing farmer are doing. "our task la to help put American agriculture on a thoroughly sound foundation so that the people of the cities ran depend upon a steady supply of food at steady prices and so the people of the oin country can feel reasonably sure of getting Just price for their crops. "And we must have it constantly In mind that the fertility of our soil Is our greatest national material asset upon the maintenance of which our very existence J depends." Chesla C. riherlock. In Leslie . I |