Show apat A released by western ne newspaper SP per union ray PAY FARMER FOR R RAISING SING THINGS WE NOW IMPORT THE EFFORT to solve the american farm problem cost the united states last year that was seven times the cost for 1933 for 1940 the total amounted to an average of per farm but the farmers did not get all of that county administration costs amounted to an average of just about per county that county administration cost represented 6 per cent of the total government appropriation an increase from wi 2 per cent in 1935 these county administration costs do not cover the salaries of county agents and still the farm problem is not solved we have on hand today more than one full years average crop of cotton and practically one years crop of wheat with the surplus in all products prodoc ts growing each year our world markets decreasing and and agricultural ri imports from otiler other countries continuing and in some lines increasing each year we are importing agricultural ri products which we can and to some extent do raise in this country to the extent of 1 billion dollars if the american farmer was encouraged to raise the products we are now importing it if he were paid a small price for raising them and then given a protected market in which to sell them we might find a solution to the american farm problem the farmer is not seeking government charity he is asking only fair play manufacturers were given protected markets to offset the wage scales in this country as compared with other nations the american farmer wants the same kind of consideration and should he get it would be better off financially than he is now even though the government is paying him for limiting production an amount that far exceeds the entire cost of government 25 years ago the american farmer would prefer to be paid for what he does rather than for what he does not do he likes to stand on his own feet when that is at all possible some day both major political parties may make that discovery V U S WILL BE ONLY CREDITOR NATION LATE IN OCTOBER of 1918 andre tardieu then a member of the french cabinet said to me in paris france cannot again be the customer of america that she has been in the past burlack our lack of resources will force us to produce our own foods and our own raw materials we must grow our cotton in the niger valley of africa and in indo china more intensive cultivation of french or french colonial farms must produce our foods unless america is willing to finance us that is just what happened to the foreign market of american farm products not only in france but in other european nations when the present war is over there will be nothing left in europe with which to buy the united states will be the one big creditor nation of the world we must learn the methods of a creditor nation we must buy if we would seu sell and we must not make the american farmer carry all the load today we buy farm products from foreign countries that we may sell those countries manufactured products pio ducts that is not fair to the american farmer he is entitled to his home market 0 0 0 A GREAT MAN IN COUNTRY journalism AS I 1 PASSED through oregon city ore recently I 1 recalled one ot of the outstanding men of country journalism who died about a year ago edward E brodie and his oregon city enquirer aided materially in making oregon city the thriving little city it is edward brodie and his newspaper led the way and people of the community followed that lead I 1 knew edward brodie in many places throughout the nation and the world president harding sent him to siam as american minister later he was transferred to finland and was a favorite with the finnish people he served the national editorial association as its president and did much for the advancement of country journalism he knew the value of rural america to the nation and the value of the newspaper to the rural community he was one of the great men of country journalism NONPAYING NON PAYING BRIDGE JUSTUS CRAEMER railroad commissioner of california Cai fornia proposes as a defense measure that the goldena goldea gate bridge be turned over to the federal government subject to the debt it carries the government permitted the building ot of the bridge on condition that no tolls be charged to federal employees including officers and men of the army navy marine corps and other government services because of that condition more than one third of those using the bridge do not pay |