Show FAVOR MERCHANT A million and a quarter american farmers grouped in 2000 organizations are strongly back of 0 tile the legislation to aid amerman american shipping wilding pending in cong congress ress says united tates stales senator joseph lr E Kan iZan suell this is shown by the action ot of lie american farm bureau federation whose president J R howard lias has written to president harding arding II I 1 announcing that the federation J approves it govern governmental menta I 1 am aid until the american ine rican lug flag can call be on lie high seas this endorsement of the shipping legislation is the most striking ting evidence livi dence of the realization by the american Amei ican farmer of 0 the necessity ot of an adequate american merchant 1 I narine larine when the world war broke out in 1914 about 9 per cent of jur ur foreign commerce was being carried in ili american ships when the german ships were interned and hips of other nations partly withdrawn there resulted a paralysis in ili ur export commerce we shall never tor get A great part of our grain atlon meat products lumber copier er and manufactured goods ready or r export could not be moved it was the farmer who was fored forced d to pay the most extortionate leight rates by the reduced forean hipping hip that remained in service these facts have brought home 0 us all ali the need of american ships to handle american goodis the american farm bureau federation functions actively m n practically every state in tho union while the Ajner Aine ican rican iann arm bureau is opposed to any subsidy on principle we Teall ze the necessity lol loi developing the Aine american rican merchant marine as naval auxiliary and as an ail agent in the development of lot foreign trade wo approve aid temporarily jintil our nag flag can call be on oil the high seas but no longer sub adles like tariffs sli should be ba flexible and not continue alte after r industry becomes self b it if we me subsidy be supported oil on naval grounds ground s it A Is s essential that mere nant ships I 1 bo be available and llaca training iraln lug of jf naval reserve j albert D lasker chairman ha irman ol 01 of the shipping board says that the action it f the american par parin n bureau fed ration is most moat import ant and adds addi to me tile the great ene la Is hat it endorses what the rhe president bays that today no one has greater interest in ill the establish ment of tile the american merchant marl marine io than the alie american farmer tile the administration and tile the shipping board full fully y il anrce aco with mr howard that aid only exist until the flag is established esta Wished on oil the high seas j i 1 y J |