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Show FARMERS PLEAD FOR EXPORT I Treasury Averse to Furnishing Funds to Promote Shipments Ship-ments to Europe j WASHINGTON'. "et. 14 Secr t.r;. Hojston reiterated today to reprc?n-t.iiivos reprc?n-t.iiivos of agricultural Interests In conference con-ference here that the ireasurj wocila not be a pnrty to the wlthholdlhgl ol any commodity from the market In j order to maintain artificially hlxtu r I prices Spokesman for the delegation were frank tn their criticism of Mr. Mou-1 Mou-1 ton's recent statement that prices unci hi gun to rocede. but the. secretary ti.la them n-j frunkly that hi statement properly represented conditions. I The deleffation oSuem mainly to ihave the treasur) review th war fi-J fi-J nance corporation. arguing tha through il thoy would be able to 0 -tain fjnds to finance cx"ri;c which the claimed wore falling cf'i creating la : t Lgi: : :.; market. Secretary Houston aaed if any members ot the delegation would loan directly on German bond "t other se-cur. se-cur. lice, explaining mat previous ap-. ap-. penis of cotton producers were that the governmeni shouic make avail able to thetn, .the (Jerjnan market. .-. i heated colloquy between the secretary ami Senator Smith, of South Carolina, follow cd. I AMI 1 I'l -.11 I I I'Oltrs "Germany must live." the senator s"tld "You know she must live. I see 1 no reason why her bond should not! 1- accepted. I wodid reply to your I direct question Yes, a thousand limes yes. for as I n.i l. 1 rman mutft Ifye or the world pays the price." Senator Smith told tne secretary that he was the one and only one." in the government who could direct resumption of governmental activities 1 I which would relieve the sltuattbn coin-1 coin-1 plained of b the agricultural Inter-; est. Secretary Houston explained thut the treasury was constantly In i.ie' market to borrow money for the pay-ment pay-ment Of current bills Me told Uiett that the war finance corporation ould obtain money only from the tredsury and that If it were to loan u meant ' only that the treasury's p'Orrowtnga WOUld ha- B to be Increased and the, government would have ;o call on the people continuously for more mor.e. PR IKS POI'I 1 K IX) AS Senator Smith declared If such WJ" neoessary was proper cpurse to pursue He said he had 1 bpc ilon to( another popular loan :C the exigency required. Secretary Houston said the decision; of the treasury not to revive the war, finance corporation had been approved by the president and numerous prominent promi-nent senators s&d rapreeentatlves He said the consensu ..f opinion was that the benefits derived from restoration Of the corporation would not counterbalance counter-balance the evil effects it would h on general money market and credit condltldns. |