Show THE FARMERS' FARMERS HANDICAP I EVERY 17 VERY autumn in New Kew York the time money under the present banking s system stem is carried in nev never never- rending r- r ending flow to tho the speculative markets of the country choked clicked up p and held away from tho the farmers 1 1 This statement was made by boY Senator Fletcher of Florida a n member of the tho farmers' farmers commission appointed appointed ap ap- pointed to investigate in farmers farmers' credits in in foreign lands on the time eve evo of soiling sailing for Europe on that mis sion The senator and his fellow commissioners will find in inin in Europe a 3 different financial in condition for th time the farmers from that which exists in this country They will find French Fench farmers pa paying only 43 per cent for forlong long loner loans The They will find German farmers obtaining l loans at 4 per cent and less when war is not threatened They will find Danish farmers prosperous prosperous pros pos an and aud progressive with easy mone money operation co-operation and scientific aid nid Even E among the time ignorant tillers rs of or the soil in Eg Egypt pt they will find borrowers of money at tt low rates impossible to the tho most moat responsible Amer i ican mean farmer There Thero i is is mOTe more than one reason f for r this discouraging ing ng contrast But the principal one is the timo fact that in no other great leat country than the lie United States is the tho stock ex exchange hange virtually beyond public control So Somebody cruelly suggests that all the fin United ted States Mates con consuls bo be subjected to a mental al te test t. t Many an of of them m sine since m last March arch seem to have hn forgotten ip what t politics thoi-politics is lB |