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Show AMERICAN FARMS I WORTHJILUONS I Prosperity of Country Depen- SgS dent Upon Agricultural Re- LMc sources Laws Inade- p8 quate. I'M CREDIT IMPORTANT H Farmer Paying Twice the In- v' v terest He Should Should I Be Helped to Finance U Work. St. Joseph. Mo., Dec. 11 Farm "I the United States, estimated at forty billion dollars, should be the basis on which the prosperity of the country rests permanently, yet there " Is no adequate law In existence under c v in. h to finance the farm. This was the condition disclosed here to- da at the interstate tgricnltaral Con ;. gross by W. C. Brown former pres-Ident pres-Ident of the New York Central rail-Way, rail-Way, and now an lown farmer. Farm Credits Important Question. 1 ' "The establishment of farm credits Is one of the most important ques-tions ques-tions before the nallon." Mr. Brown s.i Id The farmer is now paying twice the interest he should. Long time loans at a low rate would en able the farmer tn properly finance ! Is work, aud it Is this financing up-on up-on which depends, to large degree. the future prosperity of the country ' Mr Brown said the people should endorse President Wilson's plan for a land bank. E K Slater of Chicago, who was desi ribed as "the friend of the cow," also spoke. . oo |
