The Hereford Brand, Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1921 Page: 3 of 12
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That indicate* the wide rangv of In
twamHiio that they get. and the lack
tt accuracy In connection with It. But
here on pagr 35 it sajra:
hna llfr ■ttiiiien ail look toward
Development' of
Right Relations
fa Community
At Emm la CiHim o t the
WM Howe on the state at the Ualea
M nadar consideration the hUl <H. A.
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hj chrll expenses of the Ooeeraaaat
tor the lacal nar ending Jane SO, 1KB.
and tor other parpw,
Mr. JONBM of Tena. Mr. Chalnaaa.
1 rhm to Hnart the aawndawmt of mr
«iiMfw. I we here aa pnge 41 of the
~ sy lags that Pr. Tplor ***** I grew up in the country, and until I i
sa a general way. tae cost or pro- WM frWB , ^ Uvwt
•i • KnakAi „„ ,1. 'y* if" oa the tarm where I waa horn. This
.iTv . « •00* place ay tether la atill running. 1
on the different fsrms in Kaa klKW mmHhlD€_ ^refore of the prmr
tk-al aide of life in the iMtulrr. ami 1
know that it i* idle to talk about hotter
lng living condition* in the country or
f waking farm life more attractive ex
• ept In rate way. and thla U the only
way to Ktop the preaent drift from the
aatadjr of the methods of Improving | country to tike i4ty. The way to nitim
tt 3 J*waafc|
Man of
halter living conditions under whtrh
the fanners, the ranchmen, and atoch ;
tormeia of Aawrtca are living. Thla la:
all very well. It geae without aayla«.,
all thaae thlnga would be appreciated j
and enjoyed by the people who live la i
the country, but to suggest thia aa a
or to start trying to change J
tiou# after thla fjmhioa ia putt tag
the cart before the hone
country life and making It more at
IWMHIiii from the atandpoint of the
feNBe and the community, but with the
puatar emphaaia here upon the com-
aranlty and the development of right
Ntntlons In the cummunlty. I ahould
My that thla work at the present time
|i ia thia stage, that communittee that
have a better organlasd life and a mora
•atlafactory country life are being
■tadled and the reaulta being publlahed
with a view to atlmulatlng leadership
la other communities where leaa derel-
apment has taken place, but U all Cen-
tura upon making farm life more at-
tractive and keeping In the country the
hotter element of our rural population.
I eubmtt that there baa been too
much attention paid recently to efforts
«a the part of varioua people to try to
make farm life more attractive. There
ll aways some sort of an upllfter going
around who imagines that by the war-
ing of a magic wand or through some
aubtle proceaa be will be able to make
term life attractive, and bewails the
tert that there are many conveniences
which men have in the cities which
men in the country do not possess.
There ia one sure way. and only one
way, to make farm life attractive,
that is to make it profitable, and
these other things will come in
ttK natural course of events. They do
not lave these conveniences now, not
beci ue they do not appreciate them,
but .'arm life Is not profitable.
Now, I submit you are not going tn
get anywhere with the klud of conduct
and the character of Investigation* that
are shown to have lieen carried on by
the people under this appropriation,
and I believe that we could very much
better afford to appropriate more to
aouie finnan or organisation < f govern-
ment that Is trying to get a better sys-
tem of distribution iu this country.
That is the real problem. i Applause, i
Even If you are going to make this
aproprlation, I would rather transfer
it to the Bureau of Markets or strike
it out altogether. I would transfer it
to the Bureau of Markets, where some-
pilah this is to make farm life a paying
buaineaa. On no other baais will coudi- 'a better system of ruraf credits ahould
tiona ever be changed, ami If farm life he deviard.
la made more profitable the modern ! ,n lny Jo,lglIIN,t ,h„ sudden placing
conveniences, the attractive places, and of tlM> graduated system of redta.vunt
all of tbeae other thlnga will follow aaj^^ i,y f j,,. Federal reserve system all
mere Incident* They have not come|at om. thn(. 4nd thf, raM9qaM|t head
heretofore, not because the people have j,on|t (l<,fl(lt,on mmn , Of
not wanted them, tout because of the|M>uriM, Mrryone realises that « me de-
flation waa neceasary. hut such as waa
necessary should have been begun
earlier and done gradually. It la aim-
ply the difference between being In a
10-story building and desiring to coma
down with the choice of two methods
first, to Jump out of the window, and.
second, to come down the stairs. It
seems that those In authority chose the
method of jumping out of the window.
Practically at the same time thla was
done those In charge of Its operations
chose to discontinue the activities fo
the War finance Corporation. In my
Judgment, the Congress acted v-ry
wisely In reviving the work of thla
Itody, as It will tend to give us better
try life more attractive- and the one j market* in this country sud ahroaii for
way to make It attractive Is to make It (the raw product* of America,
remunerative, for when people have j \\V must have s Ix-tter marketing
money they are able to surround them- .system in this country. A plan uni t Is*'
selves with conditions through which devised to secure for the priHlueer a
they can make life attractive -thla (larger pen-enlace of what the ultimate'
question will lie In a large measure set- {consumer pays. We have always paid j
tied. Compare In your own mind the too much attention to forms and not
average home in the country with the enough attention to the substance of
average home in the city; contrast the ;things. If we will transfer iu thU Mil |
home equipment, the furniture that the ; the appropriation* and the activities |
average farmer is able to u*e a* com >from come of the useless thing* to the
pared with the average man who lives-fur more iiMcful and practical problem i
in the town or the city: compare the j,,f bringing the producer and consumer j
conveniences of these homes of the city
prevail lag prices the farmers and stock-1
men have received they were not able
to afford tbeae thlnga.
If the conditions are changed about
so that farm life will be more profitable
than life In the cities there will he a
real back to-the-farm tendency. Many
people do not appreciate the dlfficultlea
under which the farmer labors. Many
men do not understand the uncertain -
ties of the seasons, the hardship* which
he has to face. The drift from the
country to the city cannot he stopped
by a mere alogan. You cannot drive
the American people by a mere procoaa
of lecturing to them.
On the other hand, by making coun
man which the average farmer does
not posse**; compare the average re-
turns of the man on the farm with that
of the man in the city; compare the
hours which he works, and you noon
know the secret of the desire of the
iMtys to leave the farm and go to the
crowded city. The permanent prosper
lty of every tnnu who lives in a town or
city Is necessarily dependent upon the
prosperity of the man who prtsluces
the necessities of life.
thing tangible and real Is under inveatl
•gatlon, and through which information I w||| never he able to get people to till
of real value Is being furnished. jtl„. nt (l„. (>|,j (inure, one can well
Mr. BLAXTON. I want to call at- the conditions that might prevail If
tentlon to the splendid proposition ,.vi.ryh(*ly moved to the town. We
which our colleague (Mr. Simmers of
Texas) has now brought In to relieve
that very altuatlon. At present lie can
not get It out of committee.
Mr. JONE8 of Texas. I am glad the
gentleman suggested that. I have tak-
en occasion to read the measure of our
colleague and his comments In refer-
ence to the same, and I believe that his
■may articles and commodities tn the
United States for which the producer
gets very little bnt before they reach
in closer touch with each other, we
will perform a work that is really
worth while.
In my judgment, also, legislation
should Im* enacted to abolish the wild
iMOiltliritf in futures of farm product*
through which, by means of Juggling,
certain persons are able to tpaiilpulat*
the price* of such pr<*lucta in viola
tlon of the legitimate laws of supply
and demand. Of course, everyone
realise* the necessity for legitimate
trading exchanges, but the wild, slmurd
It is Just as certain as can lie that we a,„j Npeculutive gambling should be
checked.
There are some men in this House
and elsewhere throughout the country
who smile In a cynical sort of way
when a plea I* made for relief of the
American farmer. The man who treat*
lightly the problem* of the American
farmer Is shortsighted. The American
producer faces real problems, and his
In view of the many things that have prot>|(
■m* are the problems of the whole
been aald here aa to the terrible condi- eountry and the problems of the human
tiona prevailing and as to the remedies r)l<T | want to say to everyone who
that might he put forward, 1 thought It <|oes not take this matter seriously that
wlac to submit these thoughts In eon- „u hu„y prosperity of the cities, their
build
would all starve and yet a great many
more peiy}Ie could move to the country,
not only without starving but with the
effect of making conditions better In
this country.
bill Is practical with reference to a
method of distribution. There are I "T. ...I —"" "u,,, V* !""
lt. . nection with the aolutlon of the proo- skyscrapers, and their towering
lem. ings of brick and marble, which make
To my way of thinking there are two such Inspiring skylines, with ail the
(imsumer"the"consumer 'rnust pay ! "ay * *** '^Hionn In this bum and spin of industry are alike de
fclch prices couatry may l*> materially Improved: pendent upon the succi~«* of the pro
If we refer such matters to the hu-1 First, by securing a better, more «ffl- ducer, and their bu.y wheels will no
reau in the department that la doing l^nt. *"d >** wasteful sy*tem of dls- longer be heart! and those evidences of
something worth while, there would be , trlbution In this country, and. second. pro*,*.rit> srill become waste p aces of
some excuse for It; but to appropriate Increasing or bettering and furniah decay unless the farms and ranches of
half a million dollars to some people «*">lrl«. rebahlllta .s| nd op
who are investigating something tfiti'or the raw prralucts of the land In portunlty furnished them to share In
Is of no value, either to the prod.icer or " ''<-h we live. As an incident to these that prosperity
the consumer, la pure folly. I suggest 1 . - - ■ ""
that all we are able to appropriate by i
the Government at this time should be
appropriated toward securing a method i
af distribution In this country, and the'
atudles that are carried on in the De- j
part merit of Agriculture should lie de-
*ot"d primarily to the Investigation of;
better methods of distribution In the
t.'nitcd States. For that res son I think
the paragraph ought to go out (Ap> j
plause )
|fuch has been said recently of the I
necessity of securing some measure of |
relief for the farmers and stockmen of
thla country. All men agree that prac-
tically all the farm produce that haa
been grown thla year and practically
all the stock have been sold at leas tnan
the coat of production. This is a con-
dition which can not continue If thia
country Is to flourish and the prosper-
ity of the Nation la to endure. TT is
situation brings directly before Con-
gress and before the people the moat
serious snd important problem that the
Republic haa faced In many years.
Aa a matter of fact, one of the great-
sat causae of the trouble Is that so
many people are living In the cities and j
too few people are willing to undergo,
the burdens of farm Ufe. Thia condi-
tion ia getting worse. In the early part
of the history of this country only
about 15 per cent of the people lived In
the city, snd there were no large cities,
la those days about 85 per cent lived la
a country. Km 40 ysars ago to per
, cent lived la the cities snd 55 per cent
.lived tn the country. At the present
mme. according to the latest statistics
which are aeallabta, about 5L4 par ceat
of the people of the United Btataa lira
Bbstracts and loans
1. tfranh £otts
Maps, Deaf Smith Co —60c.
ran
Feed
Headquarters
G?t our price# on Tankage.
Oyster Shell*
Floor
Just Phone Your Order
No. 1
Well deliver where and when vou want it.
Jones & McLean Grain Co.
Quick, Prompt Delivery Get Our Prices First
The Most and Best
For Your Money
IS OUR MOTTO
Your individual purchaHe is not at* important to ut
as your permanent patronage.
We prefer even a meager profit oa your business
month after month to a large profit oa one sale or two.
This is why we give you die moat and best for your
money. We give you STYU5 and QU ALITY, at prices no
higher than others charge for ordinary merchandise.
This is why Thrifty Buyers Trade With Us.
The secret of living WELL at Small expense, is COR-
RECT BUYING. You can do that at our store.
HUGHES & CROUCH
"The Big Store With the Little Prices"
SAMSON
The Practical Tractor for
the Average FARMER
Mechanical Features of the Model "JM
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fuel—I.a rjf<- tsru "Hnpartaral tan* tw«>utj two
gMlUiOH
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The Hereford Brand, Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1921, newspaper, February 17, 1921; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254084/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.