Show A WORD TO THE WISH WISE farmers who think they have nothing at stake la in tho the wage hour bill now now pending in congress congieta Con giesa are duo due to receive some rather nasty surprises tf if that bill becomes law congressional iq sponsors of tho the measure who represent farming districts point pint to tile the sections exempting agricultural labor and conclude it wont hurt the farmer but ignoring the fact that the bill will raise the cost of things the farmer buys look ut at tho the record a minute wim tho the nula NIRA tho the blue ha glo gle you remember was conceived tho the farmer was loft left out of that but soon the planners discovered that you limit tho the production of la dmitry which buys farm goods gooda and processes processed pro cesse s them without limiting farm farin production otherwise huge farm surp surplus lusses sea would have plied piled up so NIRA was followed by AAA next congress passed tile tho social security act taxing employers for pensions anil ami unemployment payments to industrial employees farmers Farmer fl wore exempted hut but to day there Is tremendous pressure f in washington Wes hington for ammend ments to that act applying tho the taxes to fa carmera too tho the very fact that the now new wage hour bill exempts farmers Js Is a declaration of its belief that it has haa the power to fix tho wages waged and hours of farm hands what congress actually la Is saying isi la j wo IWO can ifie alx wages and hours houra for farm workers but wo we wont do it now i 1 once that bill Is on the statute books a simple three line amendment can bo be introduced extending it to farmers farmere that it ii will bo be to Is at to by the and by the drive of labor unions to enroll farm workers |