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Show - I PROSPERITY DEPENDS ON FARMER Washington, April 13. (Special Correspondence ) "Agriculture la tho basis ot national prosperity" Is a, principle with Hepresentntlvo Charles U. Ward of Now York, a promlnont mombcr of tho commlttoo on agriculture. Although wo may turn our eyes to our military strongth 4n the army anil navy, Mr. Ward believes tlwt tho tlmo will nover come when tho statement cun bo proven untrue that tho 12,000,-000 12,000,-000 farmers In this country form tho bulwark of our nation. Tho monoy valuo of tho products of agrlculturo Is not tho only way In which the benefits ben-efits of tho farm aro to bo estimated. Mr. Ward contends that tho Incentive Incen-tive to outdoor life that It furnishes, i and tho consequent conservation of; our national health, Is a direct result of agrlculturo that should bo takon into account. Scott OpK)SC8 Unworthy ProJcctH. Congressman Frank D. Scott of Michigan haB a large number ot rivers riv-ers and harbors in his stato, having a commorco that should secure for them generous consideration at the hands ot Congress In providing fed-oral fed-oral funds for Improvement, but ho objects to having such projects as tho Soo Locks and tho St. Mary's River again Mod up to what ho terms (ho "political monstrosities" In tho last river and harbor bill. " I ro- I fuse to bo sandbagged in such a manner," man-ner," declarod Mr. Scott. "Our projects pro-jects in Michigan will stand on their own merit." Itepresentatlvo Scott referred particularly to tho Trinity river In Toxas and tho St. Francis river In Arkansas, whero the testimony testi-mony shows that wator can be found unusually by digging down from eighteen Inches to ten feet in tho bed of tho stream. Mr. Scott has no patienco with such "cistern, sinkhole sink-hole subterranean propositions." Misfit Mali Ser Ice. Tho curtailments, in tho rural mall servlco which are continually taking placo aro oxusperatlng to Itepresentatlvo Itepresen-tatlvo Calvin D. Talgo of Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. Mr. Paige's district comprises 48 towns and two cities, and thousands thous-ands of his constituents depend on tho rural service for their malls. The frequent explanation of tho post of-flco of-flco department that changes in tho service nre made only after careful inspection and report has no foundation foun-dation in fact, according to Mr. Paige who cites many Instances where great injustice has been done In one caso tho route was changed bo as to have the carrier go 4,600 feet further furth-er in order to servo two additional families, while in another the route was shortened about 4000 feet resulting re-sulting in tho cutting off of 21 families. fam-ilies. "Tho people living in tho rural sections of tho district I represent, repre-sent, daclares Mr. Paige, "resent tho changed conditions." Favors Stronger Aintton Service. Uoprcsentatlvo Charles M. Hamilton Hamil-ton of New York, while opposing appropriations ap-propriations calculated to stifle private pri-vate entorprlso and extend tho principle prin-ciple ot government ownership, such as tho establishment of tho armor plate factory, Is a firm believer In tho granting of adequate funds for tho extensive development of tho aviation avi-ation branch of tho army, and during dur-ing tho last Congress gavo his support sup-port to tho greatly Increased appropriations appro-priations for that sorvlco. Tho immigration im-migration bill also commanded Mr. Hamilton's close nttontlon, and ho assisted In tho enactment of that measuro, and later in its passago over tho President's veto. Another pleco of legislation with which Mr. Hamilton was indentified Is tho child labor bill, to which he gave his cordial cor-dial support, and which is now a law, duo, In part, to his affirmative voto. |