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Show THE FEDERAL FARM LOAN SNAIL THE Federal Farm Loan Act signed by President Wilson last July was hailed as the greatest legislation ever passed for the farmer. It is, too. But its snail-like operation is driving thousands thou-sands of farmers to the verge of desperation. des-peration. When a farmer or any other man of business needs funds with. which to extend his operations or to make improvements, or for any purpose, he needs it muy pronto. When a farmer wants to build a barn to house his dairy cows, a granary to protect his crops, funds to pay off a mortgage or to purchase pur-chase a ranch, if he applies for a Government Gov-ernment Farm Loan early in the Spring , he should have a right to have action taken upon his application for the loan before the cows die of old age, or the grain is fed to the neighbors' stray stock, and before the ranch owner tires of waiting and declares the ranch deal off. The farmer has a right to know sooner than six months whether his ' loan is to be allowed or turned down. Uncle Sam demands quicker action than that from his postal employes and from his soldiers, why not from his Farm Loan department? Several Farm Loan associations were organized organ-ized in southern Utah last Spring and Summer and we do not know of any that has even had a visit from the Government Gov-ernment appraisers; none in Beaver county. One of the members of the Minersville and Milford associations needed the money to make improvements improve-ments in preparation for the winter. There are lots of honest men available for appraisers, men too old for army service but whose judgment on land values would be better than some one outside the State. Why not let the farmers know ? The weekly bulletin issued by the Loan department is all very interesting but has very little that is new to the applicant. ap-plicant. What the applicant wants is the money or the knowledge that he must go elsewhere for it. |