| Show soma aspects of farmers problems I 1 lift last weeks it A two colum article ii bv beinard M baruch on some aspects of the formers farmers pro I 1 ains A ins mi reprinted from tte lie it rime came in u in pi af ite tc form that is ce already to print without the nee necessity tv of out oui setting etting it up and the two column 1 which ipp speared eared week was wal pull onh the beg beginning be pinning or almost two of the hi chapters chapter of the i article artitles 4 if yon van started to reid read it iou noticed that it laded ended rather chec abruptly without mal an ate III it t would old be cont 1 muel or osbar otherwise e that abruptness abru pe resulted so cited fr erom the fact that the plate e was ra nc t like ike the he proof which accompanied it a I 1 ind had which showed that the second ch lii pter ended with the second co am dmn another two columns appear in this 9 isae ica slid and the of the art mirtyle itch will be printed in the next oile to connect up with last it I t week A artale raj for far the b benait et a of those thol a who 1 lead I dit it and who wish to continue it vw wi I 1 be recalled that the author that w dl dang ng the time when fed faim in products are marketed stating thit t they are 1 ger amill marketed marke ketel tei at a time onlan there them is congestion of both transportation and fi finance tarou etc mal ani the sentence Bce which started at t e end of th the second d colum 1 iad and is li finis lied in n the first lines of this wc wel A read it is in a tb 1 ai tt it diw th el are to elac d of the risk 0 a 11 charging e gang market by selling sellin sr at oft but they am are quite quit will etc ate eti ell in nc to tule late the adds chance I 1 the pi rable one alo ali Is 1 choice awl nil I 1 hey ly fun mi lid fair AI themselves ic pun PAM tilsia r t the we arnke 1 edoor cloitre that are re imi HUI arm in 1 good rector ad bud bad with III aili h p clr und and low im wl while I 1 1 a in n CIA he nun at 11 the me farmer mu must eli al of at I 1 h ill I 1 alie time e of f ill the mearll of 1 ermis crops he colant siam suspend d n 1 in to toto iv R he an go ad UD n pah 1 if 1 li a 1 1 1 iu go in and if alie old US to ha 1 I an tile the most ad lie ran do is if to curtail pro prel but littlon blittle little or her alter Us its far had ilnia h ot u e tie he la IS in 1 the dark a B to PH ilie drbal H demand for far his hia goodma he be am only to fulop from the frying pun pon into the tire ore taking the ile cu consumer umer with wit him even been the dairy farmers whose out eat p put A I 1 not seasonal camplain that thai they d no mid hanood a A at a if ased 1 1 in the he marketing of their productions production especially raw milk 1 ik because of f the hints high costs of 1 distribution d 1111 b lot which atie altay must us mth ultimately rode y b bar III now that tbt the farmers farmer tire are tilting til ring tolzin thinking g nd ad uniting calling as H never before to eradicate these inequalities they ole are objected to at tern economic 1 lec tures al and mi are met at with the accusation tha they hey 1 are demanding and are the hd ame of special PH privileges b 1 et UH see what pile privileges the b government ove rown a haa conferred fahrd fAr rd on A the it farmers I 1 much be fiaai been made of section is 6 or the claaton clavton AA tn anti anil realm act which put pur ported parted to permit thom them to conAl combine lp with immunity under certain conditions admitting that thai nominally this ex as n wailin of i special emmil PH III thom ti it I 1 lukk it I 1 was n in open lance rather that than he 1 in far c and that the courts hall nullified it liy icy judicial interpretation will tilt it he far pors lie ile to at c mour fill bv be r co op helb methods 11 what otter oilier are am already tiling hy by to cip in 1 the ill form of hat min 11 7 it if it be proper for or men to form by h aurim of existing corporations corpora tlona ur or other ile A corp ami ratch eliat alual control cents the he entire products in of a mahaily commod liy aall A nr a large A part pam Q of iff it wh why Y abbi 11 not AM proper lot for a kroup of bannera lic ali to c unite the ag for its A I 1 MI at their co mitton products either in one or r ln in several bae laral wiling ailing agencies why arnould anould it I 1 b be right agh for a hundred thousand corporate m mm ate hure lodders to direct 25 or 30 or 40 per cent ceni of an and wrong tor for it hundred it thousand it en operative farmers to control a A no larger 1 alon I A of the wheat crop or 1 cotton 1110 or 1 say any hit other at product the department deperre al of if agriculture la i s often apohen of as a a special a conce islon jo n to the b formans fan nera but in it its co aw lal t a of 1 11 a inch ill 11 r he 1 PH huvers at and H d consumers of agricultural products ms as to m or else een more I 1 do not suppose that anyon anyone oppose 1 sea the berie benefits flor that thai the th f farmer mads derive ive from the educational and re tell work of the department or 1 the help net P alini it at li it alvea III as them he in in working out improved cultural u 1 tural act methods its and pro cices tices in d lev 1 pin c bet better a yielding at iding to a detles through breed breeding log and selection in introducing new varieties societies fl from 1 re mote come I 1 i arm aria of the flo world or id and dancing them cor to A our fi and d economic con a ll 11 bhim and I 1 in neviline nevi IJAR sine practical 1 I 1 meas a toe Z ure for the ole diminution elwool or r control arid of dangerous danne roii and destructive animal and plant diseases insect inlet pest and ad the like all thew these things thing manifestly tend to lin and enlarge production iad nd uh their it general beneficial effects are obvious it 11 1 la complained that whereat whereas the law restricts federal reserve bank to law three months the time tim a tor far commercial the farmer for met to la allowed six 12 man month an h bis a notes this thin Is nc not A 1 special eb at time privilege liege but merele such 8 of business conditions As fl domitio Ho makes it possible for country book banks in do bu ap with country people rie rhe crop ama farmer ar has at one are turn iver r a 5 fear while the merchant and brer juice hae 1 incidental I ly I 1 note that the federal reserve thourl hus bus lust jolt the fell fed eral I 1 hanks banks to discount export paper for far a period of rf six months to fon foria to the 11 nature tars of the that bual luiu tile the pami facto loan banks are pointed in 10 A an an instance of special govern ment favor for farmers are am chev not net abher the th outcome met of laudable efforts effort ro rural and ad urban condl lons hona and about all the government a ine there 1 it to Is holp help act et up an A 4 and tell lend a title ittle credit at the start eventually 11 lie farmers will provide all the rant ot lal and 1 I ma carry all the liabilities the them rry til delves as it bu la A true e that hat farm far loan are tax exempt but ao are bonds of municipal light and em trac millo tHic identa and new housing 1 Is to be ex AS erupt cap from mo taxation cation in new york for ten a Is venra on the other hand the fertile fanner read it if plans tor far municipal housing pi ems that run mch into at the billions billion of hun bun ireda of millions million annually spent on a f rhe he ni merchant erchant marine lie he reads read that iw rel railway are being bain favored fia with ith IAd increased A rate and A it virtual u 1 mate of af by the g government e werm with the esula t r to A him of af an ricce ncr ased eased to toll in A A all I 1 fiat 0 f Is he sells R A and ad A jj h that hot he be avs he be a bears re of many in manifests ilona of governmental concern for or per par industries and tea res ling the railways train from IM 1 11 li 1 undoubtedly 1 1 for the benefit of the country aurdry a whole but what can be of more gene general red benefit than ime enczur A or argement of ample production of the principal necessaries necess arlea of life and their even ell flowron flow from nin contented to tiered a while it oa mal be conceded con the thai pealed a a aid may 1 essary ry ID 1 the ile general interest we must all 11 aree A that it la difficult it to we see wim aerl culture and the he i ducton duct ln and III adli cebral I of tam farm products are ad n it ae ac corded it the same mine opportunities that are am provided lor for other businesses espe ale chally tell as the by the far farmer of uch such opportunities would appear to b be tea crom more contributory ta t the if oral 1 bood mui ite than I 1 in th he tine of other the industries abe 1 be spirit of Amer american icam democracy la Is A unalterably mill bly opposed like to emitted special privilege and pe 10 it tie privilege pro vileo of 0 unequal op po Kuty that art ale automatically from almon thi the failure schim li 1 to A correct act mil co nomie 47 it I 1 am opposed abam b to ih he injection c of government im into ss awl I 1 do believe that it II I 1 Is an essential it f function in of 1 dem democratic ralle P gnu eminent to cona equal lre 74 opportunity se 0 o far as it 1 la within its an power war I 1 to do m a whether by the repeal capital of thalme or the enactment of modern due I 1 if f lie file sell anti trust laws keep the farmers from end endeavoring ealor 1 A 9 to integrate their industry othile other hid industries waric thol find A sm way to meet or conditions w without lug violating men ell tat 11 mas lies then it would sea seem reasonable 1 to find a way ay for a the ile farmers to acrea them under the some game conditions edition T the a law should operate loci equally ally in ID fact lt VU decoo le structure el a on one a ide aide is IB no injustice to the other side aido which Is in in 11 good repair rodi we have ai traveled r sale way from A the old conception of government r A I 1 as merely a defensive and policing agency and regulative ell corrective or equally in ink legislation lahl which apparently it of a special fanire 1 Is of often of the most geneal general beneficial benell cial consequences consequence fla even the he first bat it congress pulled passed a tariff net act ahat he was 1 am ifor for the pl protection protect ballo inn of manufacturers but a B protective tariff ff alwn he has been defended A aa A meant means of pramot promoting aiau the P penell ra good on through a part particular app roii h and ad its ali statute books are filled filed with sets act tor for ties lie benefit of shipping commerce and labor tv IV now new what 1 li the former farmer alling without trying irving to 10 catalogue cati mill logue gue th thi re medial measures measure licit have been sue ge rested ged d in hla his behalf the pl pro aumain that bear directly a on the im in of his bis diarl bAlIng and ad mar him scum relations may be summarized as an fellows 11 first storage borage tor for cot cat too ion wool and tobacco and elevators elevator for grain of COPA capacity CIty to meet the maximum demand on nn thero them at the peak of the marketing marf cerin period the fanner thinks it that m either it it private cap caal kiil at must furnish these hese faelli thes or he slate late must net breet I 1 and ad own the sieve eleva tors and wan wara orom second weighing bong and grading of products and certification thereof to be de d e bv inho mhd ann and d disinterested public inspectors Ins this Is A ready already accomplished to some extent U hv the federal limm dimmling ling of belchem wei wel ghers chem and gradia grad Ta ra to eliminate moler underpay poy ing over charging and unfair grading and tn 1 the 11 n of 11 the 1 stored stated products as a the best basis of credit third a certa nor of credit sufficient to enable able the marketing of products product 1 ID an orderly in manner fourth the department em of 1 astir to alire should c hect I 1 ba tabulate brist summa rine and regular lv and ad rc n puh poll pL ellb and distribute to the he if c full fall information fr all the marheta of al the he world a so that her she shall he as well informed of their selling position as buyers now are of their truing pool poal glnn A fifth fre freedom com to integrate the bust bull ness ell of agriculture arld deare hy by meant an of con an citing belling agencies 9 fir 1 ing and cooperating aerstin 1 in inch nav AS aa 1 to put the farmer on an equal fing f ing with the large SHY dusera of it his products and with commercial relations in n other industries else when abit a business 1 al requires talent tt it h has to im b buy at it so sn nill 11 the he farmers far naera and perhaps the best beat way for them to get am it Is would could be to mcabe sime of nf the pret present machinery of the larg inca et ell established delino in foard farm products duct of burle if he bishea 1 ta the I 1 farmer rom mav go pontiac further an find hiros encase in flo flour milling and other manufactures if p f to food products product 1 in it mv opinion however he would he be wt wise to stop cap short of that cabill interest mav mal be IMP opposed it 1 to all 11 great grant I hut bill in bastke should that he be forbidden to the tanner former and permitted to then the cart corporate form of nf mi ann cnn not hot now me be wholly hot tida adapted told to his ob 1 becis acts and condill na AS the I 1 looser er co operative torm form seems seem more generally suitable bitable therefore he be wishes to be free if he finds it dihle desirable and f teas this to resort llort to to operatic A with ith his fellows and neighbors without run ing afoul of the law to urge the that the f famera em all should d have the same lib art eriv to consolidate and co ordinate bet pe pecullar thor elo economic bloomil omil functions which other industries in their twid fields enjoy I 1 I 1 not am taos hi weer to concede the that an any y bu hu integration implication should have legislative sanction to emeel eier clae cion donop n power tile the american people mer A are 1 as it ferroly Y A opposed to o ai 0 A to political A autocracy whether at tempted erupted by rural at or 1 bv urban be industry y for luck lack of at call united I 1 effort 1 the h farmere 1 I albl A as a whole are A still it in marketing e t their ad crops by antiquated methods or by no methods method at all but they are surround surrounded by a bodnes world that him haa be been modernized to the I 1 last minute iule mid nd is tirelessly arriving for efficiency ry this efficiency Is due 1 in large measure a to big bill hiess to united booi business hoes 1 to 1 tn eg rated bulli business the U carmera re nn seek the benefits of sue such b ba largeness gance un on ion and integration the american former farmer 1 ix a modem of 1 ill the incite moderns as in the be use of labor saving ming 1 machinery I ner and he has made vast strides in recent years yearb in scientific lOc tillage and efficient farm manage manug mem emend but as B balance in contact with other businesses Is i a one horse hone hay to ID competition with high power automobiles automobile tile the american f farmer r 1 Is ill the great greatest and ad most me intractable of individualist ld A it I 1 A wil while ile 1 pro aitio PM and all 11 ph phases 0 of the huge cum tool lial mecha mechanism in and its at bid ac q ces vet worle have articulated and co oraf d wal rated themselves all the way dav from nat ural raw materials material to retail sale bales the business bu sineas of has 9 pone on A 1 in hm much the one a man no ahio fashion of the it back wod ot of the first brat part pam of the 01 i th century often alien the former farmer il wai |
