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Show LULL SAYS AGRICULTURE IMPROVES Director of War Finance Corporation Is Visitor in Salt Lake "The flnlnclal condition of the Wee tern farmer and tho livestock man la improving alowly but steadily, stead-ily, and as e reault the war finance corporation la being called upon for comparatively few new loans." declared de-clared Frank W. Mondell, director of tho war finance corporation and former Republican floor leader of the houae of representatives, upon his arrival here today after a two montha inspection of the condttlona of the corporation In the West "In my two montha' Inspection I find the farmera eteadliy gaining more confidence In the outlook for better conditiona," he continued, "it la gratifying to see so much voluntary volun-tary liquidation of the loan a heretofore here-tofore made by the finance corporal corpo-ral "The corporation waa authorised aa aa emergency meaaura and It la natural that aa soon aa conditiona Improve the loana will gradually be taken over by the regular loaning agenclea of the country." Mondell aald. "After April, 24, no new advancea will he made by tha war finance corporation, but It la authorised au-thorised to make renewala and extensions ex-tensions and it will continue to do oo." - BXPLAINI SITUATION. In explaining the mrang of assuming as-suming the credit of the farmera after tha war finance corporation disappears, ha aald: "Aa conditiona require there will be In addition to the extenelon of the war finance corporation tha aaaletance afforded by tha regular banking eatabllah-menta, eatabllah-menta, the new Intermediate credit bank and agriculture loan agenclea provided by the last aeaalon of congress. con-gress. These agenclea will In due course of time afford the credit accommodations permanently which havo prevtoualy been afforded by the corporation organisation. "In the territory that I havo traveled trav-eled through In .the Weet I have found no evidence of any well organised or-ganised farmer-labor party," Mondell Mon-dell aald. whea asked If the "third party" movement would make an Impreaalon on tho older political Travelers Puzzled by Strange Course of Florida Rivers TALLAHASSB. Fla.. Sept. II (By A. P.J The traveler In weetern Florida, Flor-ida, unfamiliar with the scenery of that eectlon. should oreutre himself for some curloua freaka of nature. Otherwise he may waate unneceaeary time groping for an explanation or Ihs strenge behavior of three of the atate'a rivers. The old pea and ahell game expreaslen. "New you eee It and now you don't," appliea le parte of all of them. A description of theae etreema haa been written by W. A. McRae. eora-mtsoloner eora-mtsoloner of agriculture, who quoteg a young man who haa apent hla life on the banka of the waterwaya. Tha aunntanre or It followe: panire. NO NEW a. I LI IF. "There la little likelihood of any additional emergency relief lor farmers contemplated In the next aeaalon of congress." he aaid. "In my opinion, tho naw agenclea referred re-ferred to, auch aa tha Intermediate credit bank, the agriculture banka and tha livestock banka. In addltloa to tho regular hanking Institutions will afford adequate support for tha farmera." Mr. Mondell paid a high compliment compli-ment to Salt Lake, making the atatement that at thla time of the year It la one of the moat beautiful cities In the United States. Tha Utah committee of tho war finance corporation met at"! o'clock thla afternoon with Mr. Mondell. The meeting adjourned aobul I p. m. after a dlecuaalon of the affalra of tho corporation, xnoatly pertaining to the Utah committee. The meeting meet-ing waa an executive aeaalon. St. O. Howard, chairman; Krneat Bamberger, Charlea S. Burton. U. A. Maxr. J. K. Coagrlff and J. T. Farrer. membera ot the Utah com-mltttee. com-mltttee. were In attendance. George A. Crltchlow. secretary of tho committee, com-mittee, stated after adjournment that nothing of public Importance waa achieved. |