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Page Eight
FARMERS ARK
ENTITLED TO PROFITS
(Manufacturers' Record)
It is understood that a chief pur
pose of the new Secretary of Agri
culture is to popularize the depart
ment. He wants the nation to know
what it is doing and why it is valu
able. That is a laudable purpose,
and we wish it success.
But agricluture in the United
States must be popularized, not
merely the department which the
government has instituted to keep a
watch over it. It is unfortunately
true that for more than half a cen
tury there has been no such thing as
a national agricultural policy. Be
fore tin' Civil war there was a polit
ical group which was agricultural in
thought and purpose, It protected
agriculture in congress and saw to it
that there was such an adjustment
of interests that neither manufactur
ing nor farming was the recipient of
undue favors from the' government.
But it was a <roup that was section
al, and tho war wiped it out. This
left the field clear for what :,i"
termed the industrial interests, and
it is not an exaggeration to say that
lor half a century the manufacturing
industry has dominated the policies
of the nation.
The same course was followed in
England, where agriculture was all
but wiped out; but in France a con
trary policy was followed. The world
may be grateful for it, since* it was
the French peasant, owner of the
land he loved, that breasted the Hun
tide and held It back until the rest
of the world could make ready.
For years this nation insisted that
tho cotton crop should be sold at ri
diculously low prices. It was cotton
that was maintaining the balance of
trade, it was COtton that was
paying the interest on our debts
abroad, and yet the strange fallacy
persisted that it was not of interest
to the nation as a whole to see to it
that the cotton producer received a.
fair price for his product. How many
billions of the' national wealth were
simply tossed away by this policy it
would be hard to estimate, but the
total must have been enormous..
For years the western mortgage
was a joke in the comic papers, but
it was no joke to the mortgagors.
They toiled and sweated in the sun,
but the fruits of their labor went in
to other pockets than theirs. It
came to be accepted in the cities that
it was the natural lot of the farmer
to be a beast of burden, that poverty
was his destiny, and that he ought to
be content and thank Providence that
he was permitted to live. And even
unto this day that fallacy has per
sisted, so much so that fat city dwell
ers can be found in numbers now
who denounce the wheat-producers
as profiteers and vent their spleen in
bitter denunciation of the cotton
growers. So long does it take for
the worm to turn!
The trouble throughout has been
the refusal on the part of the govern
ment to protect its farm assets. It
has protected industry and by wise
policies has enabled our manufacture
ers to build enduringly. But the cry
of the farming element, unfortu
nately, too often was turned by
scheming politicians into a pursuit of
economic fallacies Instead of unit
ing to develop a powerful voice in!
Washington that com 1 speak out in'
favor of sound fundamental princi
ples, the farmers tied themselves to
a series of isms, none of which em
braced any fundamental or had in it
the nucleus of a lasting and benefi
cent program.
Moreover, it is a black eye for the'
agricultural interests that today i
there are a number of so-called agri- !
cultural bureaus iv Washington, i
some of them manned by profes
sional farmers, which spend their |
time trying to form alliances with;
union labor politicians and exertj
themselves otherwise iv misrepre- j
seating the element for which they j
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are supposed to speak.
One of the first essentials in put
ting agriculture back where it be
longs in this country is an education
al campaign to show that the farmer
is just as much untitled to profit as
anybody else. It is time to disabuse
the public mind of its delusion that
every farmer is a hayseed and that
every hayseed ought to be an eco
nomic slave.
The next thing is to bring Wash
ington to nil understanding of the
fact that, the nation's- farms are still
far and away the greatest asset the
nation has, and that it Is just as es
sential to be' concerned about the
farmer getting a good price for his
crops as it is to see that the union
workman gets so many dollars for
eight hours' work, together with
compensation insurance and a multi
tude of other benefits. The business
world rejoices when American stoel
is sold for a good price in Argentina
or anywhere else, ami tho business
world should rejoice equally when
American cotton or American wheat
brings, a price in foreign markets
that enables the producer in this
country to earn a reasonable profit.
Down In Texas some of the oil
makers are quite jubilant because'"
they have discovered that they can
bring in peanuts and soya beans from
the Orient at a lower price than that
reigning in the American market.
They say they are going to import
great quantities of these oil-bearing
materials. The" American farmer is
just as much entitled to protection
against the cheap farm labor of the
Orient as the American manufacturer
is against the pauper labor of Europe.
If Chinese peanuts can heat Amer
ican peanuts down to the point where
the American can no longer compete
and earn a decent profit, there ought
to be a tariff on Chinese peanuts,
and it ought to lie a stiff one.
The case is merely typical. A year
ago, for instance, Washington per
mitted the British to unload great
quantities of Egyptian cotton on the
American market, with the result
that American high-grade cottons
were depressed in price until they
sold below cost of production. Yet
all the time the government was
withholding from the market great
quantities of its own war materials
in order not to break prices. That is
the kind of treatment the farmers
have been getting from Washington
right, along for more than half a cen
tury. That is why they need group
representation at the capital. They
have been i neglected because they
permitted themselves to be neglected.
The boll weevil has cost the na
tion hundreds of millions or even
billions of dollars, but whenever it is
proposed in congress to appropriate
a few millions with which to combat
the pest, there is an immediate pro
test from senators who have been
taught from infancy to believe that
no farmer is entitled to any consid
eration.
T^ere would be plenty of money
available for fighting the boll weevil
and the corn borer and other destruc
tive agents if there were groups In
the house and senate definitely com
mitted to the protection of the agri
cultural interests of the United
States.
Today the factories are robbing
the farms. There is no equality of
attraction in wage or hours. Men
who labor long and sweat much in
th.- open fields can make far more
money by laboring little and sweat
ing less in the manufacturing estab
lishments. So they go to the fac
tories. The drain is a steady one, so
steady that already it threatens the
nation with an absolute food short
age. As a people, we are getting
perilously near the rocks, and we
are going to run afoul of them vn 7
less we turn honest and give the toil
er in the fields a fair show.
We suggest to Secretary Meredith
that he do not content himseir mere
ly with popularizing his department.
We have noticed, too, on the part of
bis subordinates what seems to be a
tendency to assume an apologetic at
titude when stating the case of agri
culture, as if the farmers were ask
ing some favor of the nation. They
have no need to ask for favors; it is
their duty to demand their rights
We should like to see Secretary
Meredith trumpet from one end of
the country to the other the simple
truth that the farmers are not profit
eering; that they are not even get
ting as yet a fair return for their
| toil; that it is their government as
much as it is the government of any
other set of laboring people, and that
they expect to gel a fair deal from
now on or know the reason why.
Under bis wise direction the De
partment of Agriculture is sure to be
come popular, but what Secretary
Meredith has to do also is to bring
agriculture back to a parity with oth
er industries; to make it as attract
ive as are other fields of endeavor.
Wo hesitate to say so, by the fact
is that not a single one of the presi
dential aspirants seems to have the
slightest apprehension of what the
agricultural problem in this country
is. Most of them have' something to
say, but it is the merest slush. They
talk about 'nothing must be permit
ted to interfere with ample produc
tion." and concern tehmselves might
ily for fear tho cities may not have
enough to eat, but none, so far as
we have been able to discover, has
made even one intelligent statement
which has the farmers' necessities in
mind. It would be no less a relief
than a surprise to see some one of
these major statesmen boldly an
nounce what is only the truth, name
ly, that the wheat-producers have
not been getting too much for their
wheat and that cotton at 40 cents or
more is a national blessing, not a na
tional calamity.
We hope no man will be elected
president of the United States whose
heart and mind are not devoted to
the Improvement of the farmer's con
dition and the protection of him by
definite national policies, deliberate
ly formulated and adopted. It is in
the hands of the farmers, whatever
their political convictions, to insist
that the great industry of which they
are a part, be given that considera
tion by the government which it de
serves, and which it must have if the
prosperity and well-being of the na
tion are to be preserved and magni
fied.
The way to change the urban in
rush into a rural exodus is to let the
farmer also make a little profit.
TO AILING WOMEN
A Little Sound Advice Will Help
Many d Sufferer in Pullman
No woman should consider her
self healthy and well if the kidneys
are weak. Poisons that pass off in
the urine when the kidneys are well
are retained in the body when the
kidneys are disordered. This is the
true cause of many bearing-down
pains, lameness, backache, etc. Uric
poisoning also causes headache, dizzy
spells, langour, nervousness and
rheumatic pain.
When suffering so. try Doan's
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•Mrs. H. D. Haynes, 113 Cedar St.,
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NOTICE OF SALE OP STATE
LANDS
Notice is hereby given, that on
Tuesday, the 6th day of July, 1920,
between the hours of ten o'clock in
the forenoon and four o'clock in the
afternoon, commencing at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, in front
of the main entrance door to the
bounty Court House in the city of
'olfax, county of Whitman, state of
Washington, either by the County
Auditor of said county or by a mcm
>er of the Board of State Land Com
nissioners of the State of Washing
ion, the following described state
ands, together with the improve
nents situated thereon, will be sold
it public auction to the highest bid
ler therefor, to-wit:
Application No. 1084t<>
NE 1.4 of SEA and S% of SE'-.of
section 36, township 15 north range
12 east W. M., containing 120 acres,
more or less, according to the gov
ernment survey thereof, appraised at
18,348.00. Improvements appraised
it $2,650.00.
The above described land will be
sold subject to tho right of the own
er of the crop to remove samp
Application No. 11083
NWV of section 16. township 14
north, range 45 east W. M., contain
ing 160 acres, more or less, accord
ing to the government survey there
of, excepting and reserving the right
of way for railroad purposes here
tofore granted to the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company by act of
Congress, appraised at 1,556.99;
subject to an easement for right of
way for railroad purposes hereto-
THE PULLMAN nERALD
fore granted to the Northern Pacific
Railway Company over the NH ot
NW «4 and SE M.ofNW % . Improve
ments appraised at 19,230.00
The above described land will be
sold subject to the right of the own
er of the crop to remove same.
Said lands will be sold for not less
than the appraised value above stat
ed and upon the terms and conditions
following:
Terms and conditions of sale. —■
Not less than one-tenth of the pur
chase prico must be paid at the time
of sale to the officer making the
sale. The purchaser, if he be not
the owner of the improvements, must
forthwith pay to the officer making
the sale the full amount of the ap
praised value of the improvements,
is above stated. One-tenth of the
purchase price must be paid annually
thereafter with interest on all de
ferred payments at the rate of six
per centum per annum, together with
accrued interest on any balance at
the same rate: Provided, That any
purchaser may make full payment of
prictpal, interest and statutory fees
at any time and obtain deed or state
patent. The purchaser of land con
taining timber or other valuable ma
terials is prohibited by law from cut
ting or removing any such timber or
materials without first obtaining con
sent of the Commissioner of Public
Lands or the board, until the full
amount of the purchase price has
been paid and deed issued.
All sales of state lands are made
subject to the reservations of oils,
gases, coal, ores, minerals and fos
sils of every name, kind and descrip
tion, and to the additional terms and
conditions prescribed in the act of
the legislature approved March 20,
1907, being section 3 of chapter 256
of the Laws of 1907.
Said land will be sold subject to
the terms, conditions and reserva
tions of chapter 109 of the Session
Laws of 1911, relating to easements
for rights-of-way and the carrying of
timber, stone, minerals and other
products over the same.
The above described lands are of
fered for sale in pursuance of an
order of the Board of State Land
Commisisoners. and an order of sale
duly issued and certified by the Com
missioner of Public Lands of the
State of Washington row on file in
the office of the county auditor of
said county.
CLARK V. SAVIDGE,
Commisisoner of Public Lands.
may2Bjuly2
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