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Show I SAY CRISIS IN FARMING IS NEAR Farm Bureau Federation Outlines Out-lines Measures for Agricultural Relief CHICAGO. Sept. 22. The Amu-., farm Bureau fedora t Ion. In a Btatt mnt summarizing lt Investigation into in-to business, Industrial and agilcultur.il conditions, declared th.it America "1 facing an agricultural economic condition con-dition which, if not Intelligently dealt with, will lead to coneec r.. i crave as to affect all Industry to the point of Imperiling the serial order' The statement sas Carmen must be given immediate help In transportation, transpor-tation, finance and labor, and recom mends the following as remedial efforts' ef-forts' HfcX OMMKM) TIO.s MADE. Preferential treatment in transportation transpor-tation to all farm produce held for shipment ami to all goods consigned to farmers which are necessarj lr' c onducl th business of farming More profits for farmers, better distribution dis-tribution systems which would tend to eliminate middlemen, and stabilized prices. Ample finance, with rural banks as-suming as-suming the obligation of finani inj? the farmei with long and priority credit!. Protection from "wlldeut" Invests mcnts, which were saltl to he taking millions of dollars from farmers annually an-nually Equalization of agricultural and Industrial In-dustrial wages, which, the statement declares, can be accomplished only by lowering indus'rlal wages or In-i In-i reusing farm wages. Kncou ragement of immigration. We have tried to rehabilitate our countr by every method xi i ,t through sweat of the brow. ' the statement state-ment says. Many Industries have been stimulated to the point that the' an-top-heavy Liberal credit has had the effect Of inflating Values Abnormal uJ-'ln extensions granted manufacturers manufactur-ers of luxuries and nonessentials have been largeh expended In drllng up wages and I he cost of living while the producci of essentials havr- been overlooked over-looked We need more capital rather ha n more credit. The nation's prosperity depends primarily upon bumper crops for agriculture ag-riculture Is the basic foundation of every human endeavor. "We are facirg on ape in whi h agriculture and industry must mov-forward mov-forward hand in hand. Leaving the interest of the farming class entirely ' out of the question, it will he to the advantage or the nation to grant preferential pref-erential consideration to agilcultural requirements, even though other Industries In-dustries may be temporarily handl-j rapped." OUR 'fit IXSPOR1 VI ION. Concerning transportation, the statement state-ment says, "It will be months und een years before our transportation systems sys-tems can be restored to their normal efficiency' and that preference must be granted agricultural produce lm-. mediately, so as to move this years crops. oncerning profits, the statement adds that more profits for the farmer would not necessarily mean higher costs to the consumer. The consumer need not pay more, but the producer recele more," it says. "In most cases we will find the remedy rem-edy In elimination of excessive middleman's middle-man's profits " The statement, in uskihg encouragement encourage-ment of Immigration, declares that this is neeesgury. to supply labor, and adds that the mere fact that ft man cannot speak American does not mean he will not be g good citizen " The statement closes ith a plea that the farm and farm life he advertised, adver-tised, to overcome the tendency of farmor boys to flock to cities. "The home lifo on the farm must bfc tfh en added attractions.'' it .;;. .' 'There must be more amusement, and a.-slsts to overcome the lure of the city which temporarily intoxicates the furm boy s brain ' Ol MA Hl'RTIXG GYPSY FORTUNES (By International New Service) 81 LAIKSVILLE. Ohio The oulja board Is hurting one business. Gypsy women, who rely on fortune telilng for their pin money," are not be ng railed upon to repeal the future as fraquently this year as during former for-mer touring seasons 'J he blame the ouija boards for the d reasej demand for 'fact of the future." |