Show FARM BUREAU PROGRAM ENDORSED BY HARDING in his message to the congress president harding reiterates the administrations strong endorsement of the operative cooperative co marketing program which has been vitalized vitali zed and develop ed by the american farm bureau federation the president said something more than tariff protection is required by american agriculture 4 to the farm has come the earlier and the heavier burdens of readjustment there is actual depression in our agricultural industry while agricultural prosperity is absolutely essential to the general prosperity of the country congress has sought very earnestly to provide relief it has promptly given such temporary relief as has been possible but the call is insistent tor for the permanent solution it is inevitable that large crops lower the prices and short crops advance them no legislation can cure that fundamental law but there must be some economic solution tor for the returns production it is rather shocking to be told and to have the statement strongly supported that bales of cotton raised on american plantations in a given year will actually bo be worth more to the producers than bales would have been equally shocking is the statement that bushels of 0 wheat raised by american farmers would bring them more money than bushels yet these are not exaggerated statements in a world where there are tens of millions who need food and clothing which they cannot get such a condition is sure to indict the social system which makes it possible in tho the main the remedy lies in distribution and marketing every proper encouragement should be given to the operative cooperative co marketing programs these have proven very helpful to the operative cooperative co communities muni ties in europe in russia the operative cooperative co community has become a recognized bulwark of law and order and saved individualism from engulfment in social paralysis ultimately they will be accredited with the salvation of the russian state there is the appeal for or this experiment peri ment why not try it no one challenges the right of 0 the farmer to a large share of the consumers pay for his product no one can dispute that we cannot live without the farmer he is justified in rebelling against the transportation cost given a fair return for his labor lie he I 1 will havo have less occasion to appeal tor for financial aid and given assurance that his bis labors shall not be in vain we reassure all the people of production sufficient to meet our national requirements and guard against disaster |