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Show DEMOCRATIC LAWS THAT m FARMERS Federal Employment Bureau But One of Many Achievements Achieve-ments of the Wilson Administration' MONEY FORCROP MOVING Rural Credits, Federal Reserve Act', (loud Kouils, (iraln Standards and Many Oilier lleuefltN. lly FRANK (1. OI) ELL Editor of the Nebraska Farm Magazine Do you know that your post office Is now an employment bureau? That Is ono of thc now thlngB Undo Sam hns started during tho present Ad. ministration. Secretary Wilson ot tho Department ot Labor has tackled tho task of bringing tho Jobless man and tho mnnless Job together, and now every post office Is nn agency of the United Suites employment service. I Tho postmaster Is equipped with blanks for listing applications for In. bor or for employment nnd Is instruct, od to help get tho worker nnd tho Job in contact. Whllo this might appear to bo prln. clpally In tho interest ot tho worker, It Is really one of tho numerous far. reaching things started for the bene, fll of the farmer by the Admlnlslni. Hon of President Wilson. Tho Incrcns. cd scarcity of farm labor has bocomo a problem to tho fnrmor, especially In the wheat. growing nnd fruit. grow. Ing sections. This labor, which Is of a seasonable character, necessarily must bo poi formed largely by ltlnornnt workers. Somo agency which will meet this demand nnd rollovo tho ln. borer of tho graft of employment ngcuelcs Is ucccssnry. Undo Sam has started It. A slnglo Illustration will show how tho system works; In tho Willamette Valley of Oregon thousands of tern, porary workers nro needed In hop. picking tlmo. On August 20 tho Ore. gon Journal of Portland printed n nows nrtlclo about tho now govern, ment employment agency, stating that six hundred families could ob. tain Immediate employment Jn tho hop yurds by applying at tho Portland division of tho Federal employment sorvlce. This Is another Item added to tho mass of accumulating ovldenco which shows that Hie Wilson Administration has tried to give both labor and the farmer a square deal. For tho first time In history, this Administration has placed Hie needs of rural districts squarely before Congress as of equal Importance with the Interests of II. iianelal renters. And why not? Miinuelal centers would not amount to much without tho nlne.bllllon-ilollar crop of tho Amorl. can fnrmor. Hut tho intrests of tho fnrmor havo not always been so promt, nontly nnd favorably considered by Congress ns they hnvo durlu; tho past H tin en years. Tho record ot Democrat. HH Ic claims for farmer support is a ro. HH cord of accomplishment. It roads llko HH this In the passage of lawn and nil. HH mlulstrallvo acts: IBJ What Has Keen Done lor Hie Farmer. jHH CLHHKNCY ItKFOltM. Tho Ked. HH eral Reserve Act under which tho iHJ fanrvr's paper Is given special con. IHI sldcratiou, Including permission I HH National llunlis (o loan on (ho security B of farm lands. HBJ lU'ltAI, CRKDITS: An cpoch.mnk. 11H Ing legislative measure which will ro. HH llovo tho fnrmor of tho Incubus of tho short. tlmo loan nt oxtortionnlo Inteiv HH est. This measure uloiuv, when 1n HU full force, will save tho farmers of tho HH Palled Slates one hundred nnd flfjy H million dollars nnuunlly tit Interest HH charges. HJ GOOD ROADS: SovciUy.tivo mill. HH Ion dollars mndo avallablo for tho HH development of roads from tho furm ifl to tho market, undor conditions which Bfl will prevent wasteful imo nf tho mon. HH AGRICULTURAL KXTKNSION? jD! Tho passage ot tho MinlthrI.over Art !HJ I brings to ovory American farm, Ija9 through tho Joint co. operation of tho 'R'S'i Federal Government and tho Statqt, 5jA tho help of these agencies In solving j tho business problems of tho. farmer. , 1 COTTON FUTURES ACT: Denis " i'lfS n death blow to gambling in this great staple, II UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE! Ii fl ACT' Enables owners ol stored pro. H jj duets to obtain loans on wnrchouso HH receipts moro nearly approximating nH the full value of tho product. WRm OKA IN STANDARDS- A law en. wM acted last August authorlm) the See. IU rotary of Agricultural to establish ofll. HH clul ginlu standuids. Thiu law la HH working. The farmer who has been HH robbed through Juggled grain grade HH for years will appreciate Its value. HH CROP MOVING: Tho surplus fundi H of tho Treaibtiiy Dcpuitmcnt havo been HH placed directly In tho bnnkn or tho HJ South and Went to nld In moving cropH H during (lit uistiimnry unison of money HH shoitage. HJ INTEREST ON GOVERMENT DEL HH POSITS Hanks holding government HH deposits arc now required to pay two HB per cent Interest. This cuts oft a big Si graft which formerly eamo from tho HB free usu of liugo sums of the pcoplo's HB money. More than ono million dollars HB revenue annunlly Is now derived from BH this source ulono. BB IMPROVED MARKETING SYS. jB TEM. Thr farmer linn for years felt HB tho power of tho maikct comblno, HB with Its wuHte, Inrlllclouqy and dls. HB honesty Tho olllco or Mnikets anil H tho Rurnl Organization Service, es. HI tnbllBhcd In tho Department ot Agrl. HJ culture during this Administration, nro HB working on scientific Hues to promoto HB bettor marketing und co.operntlvo H busluoss organization among farmers. HB These benrfltflcnt measures, with BH many othtis, show why tho farmer H Is pretty well satisfied with the Wll. jH son Administration. HB |