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Show FARM CONGRESS IKESJINDS Extension of Credits, Ban on Immigration, Higher Tariff Asked KANSAS CITT; Mo . Dec. 10 Extension Ex-tension of credits to the farming Industry, In-dustry, formulation of a uniform labor policy fur the country, restriction of immigration, legislation to pre Vent what was characterised as "gambling of necessities" ami legislation providing provid-ing for a protective tariff were urged in s lengthy declaration of principles adopted by the fifteenth annual International Inter-national farm congress here late last night. The preamble of the declaration as? pert 1 that We have P e utmost faith In the ability of our financial system to weather successfully the ftorm of the readjustment period," and continues: con-tinues: The foundations of American agriculture agri-culture remain unshaken and our faith In American Institutions Is undiminished un-diminished " The declaration urges against the granting of special favors to one class of industry, bill says: "If farmers insist in growing crops for which there Is no demand in normal nor-mal market:; they have only themselves them-selves to blame for the natural consequences; conse-quences; lut when they have respond- e,i in appeals from their government for ISrgi : production and then suddenly sud-denly find thernsi-lves confronted with demoralized markets and lack of credits, cred-its, it would seem but fair for their government to do everything, reasonably reason-ably possible to lessen their losses. " With regard to the tariff, the declaration declar-ation includes the lollowInK st:.ie-ments: st:.ie-ments: 'American agricultural and livestock live-stock industries have entered an era in which they must have protection from unrestricted competition of countries coun-tries where land Is cheap Or labor meanly paid, if they are not to sink to the approximate level of such countries, coun-tries, pending the enactment of tariff legislation, wc urge an embargo against the importation of agrlculthral prodhi ts.' |