Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-06 | Page 4 | Will They Help the Farmer?

I- WILL THEY HELP THE FARMER? Farmers of the country are .doing their best to offset the situation situa-tion created by big private banking interests who have tied up in the supreme court the constitutionality of the farm loan act and thus stopped loans to farmers at. this critical period in the history of the country. Through the Farmers' National Council, farmers of the country ' have asked congress for from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 for the pur-i pur-i pose of purchasing livestock, machinery and other necessities to keep the farms productive. Benjamin C. Marsh, the national representative, representa-tive, as asked both houses for the enactment of such legislation be-, be-, ; fore the convention recess. It is to be in the form of a "revolving fund" to be repaid by farmers as crops mature. It remains to be seen whether congress will bn as solicitous for the food of the people as it was for the demands of business as to j adequate transport facilities. There was no difficulty providing a ''revolving fund" for the railroads when they were turned back to their private owners. There certainly should be no difficulty in pro: viding a way to help the" farmer.