Show WILSONS SERVICE TO AIMIE RICAS FARMERS remarkable record set forth I 1 I 1 in letter by the president on signing bill NEW LAWS NEW OUTLOOK farm loan act federal reserve cank bank Provi alone for warehouse and marketing facilities are part of pro gram executed by democrats no administration hns hag ever dono done so BO illuce to advance the agriculture lit in lit corfits rests of tile the united states as u unit of president wilson the record la is set forth chiefly dilella und and effectively in it a letter written by the president to con gr pressman essina A P F lever of tie the coll cittee on agriculture of tile the house ot of as ai follows follOw li THE WHITE HOUSE washington all august gust 11 1010 my dent mr hir lever it lifts has given me much satisfaction tu to approve bodily tho the bill racking it up for the department of agriculture for the flacil ending june ao 30 1017 and for other purposed sei bl because the bill nut not only vry very generous provision for tho the improve anent of farin production in tile tho nution aind for investigations und and demon tlona tn ill the lie held field of ilia marketing of farm crops end and of the of rural rura life but diso con contains tallis ahr three L 0 well conceived men measures designed t to 0 im improve prove market practices and the storage and financing of staple crops As the passage of tilts tills bill marks th the 0 practical completion of an im important t part of the program program for the betterment f of rural life which was mapped out at the beginning of tile tic administration I 1 feel that I 1 cannot let tho the occasion pass without conveying to you and your associates clates in both houses 1 my appreciation of 0 tile the service ren dered to tile the nation irl in strengthening its ita great agricultural foundations the record legislative as aa well as i administrative Is a remarkable one it speaks for itself and needs only to be set forth I 1 appreciation ot of tho the Import of agriculture has been shown through greatly and intelligently increased lil appropriations for its ita support 2 particular piling have been taken take rl to foster production by every promising promise ng menus and ami careful thought hns has been given especially to the matter of increasing the meat supply of the nation 3 greatly inen ism provision he has 11 been inn made 10 through tile enactment of tile alio operative cooperative co agricultural exten eiten slon art act for conveying agricultural information to fa banners and for inducing S them thein to apply it tills this piece of legislation Is one of tile most anost significant and far tren reaching ching anen measures for the education of adults ever adopted by any government gm eminent it provides for co cn between the states and j the lie lateral pid ral governing Go vernin tit this Is a 11 highly lil ihl important and signi flenn 1 ln n CIPIO when the act Is 18 lit in full rrt ra V tion there will bo be expended linw anni my illy under its terms from froin federal ant and state sources alone it total of over S OW in tile tho direct education of the former und and tills amount la is being and will be increasingly I 1 icren singly supplemented by contributions from froin local sources cour ces it will ivill the he placing in each ot of the rural counties of the nation two farm farin demonstrators orators and specialists who will arill as assist the demonstrators in the more difficult problems confronting them 4 systematic provision for the first time has been made for the solute solution on of problems in that important halt half or of agriculture which concerns distribution mur marketing rural finance 1111 and I 1 rural organization 5 provision was made promptly for thy the creation of an cf 0 markets and rural organization ant dal the appropriations tor for tills including ing those for enforcing new near laws dei signed to promote better marketing have been increased to the more dini cult problems of marketing tire are being investigated and plans are lit in operation for furnishing assistance rance to producers of perishables through a market news newa service A similar service for live stock interests will be inaugurated during tit the year 6 the problems tot of securing the uniform grading of staple crops of of regulating dealIn dealings Rs and traffic in them of developing a better system of warehouses and of providing more available collateral for farm loans has been successfully dealt with I 1 under the cotton futures act standards for cotton have been established the operations of the flIt futures ulm exchanges have been put under supervision and the sale or of cotton has been placed on a tinner basis 3 8 the united states grain ards act will secure uniformity in the grading of grain enable the farmer to obtain fairer prices for his product and afford him on an incentive to raise better grades of grain 0 9 the united states warehouse act will enable the department of P agriculture to license handed bonded warehouses in the valous lous states it will lend end to the development of better stor ng ag facilities tor staple crops and will in lattice possible the of v debouse recep receipts ts which will be vide p 1 and sine emsily negotiable W U ot of no lesi jesi tw ag angrl ri caltune aud tor kar the develop |