Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1921, Page 18

28" THE . SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 14, 1921—PART 1.° SENATOR KENYON TELLS HOW CONGRESS IS AIDING FARMERS Describes Aim of the Senat;orial Bloc to ! Restore Prosperity to the Agricultural Industry and What Has Been Done. The American farmer is having his day in the legislative halls of the National Capitol—though he is having a rough time back home. Never before has the voice of the agriculturist been so potent avhen it comes to lawmaking. Why? Because a group of senators, with- .out regard to party affiliations, who hail from agrcultural states banded themselves together at the outset of the new Congress for the purpose of “alding the farmer.” The farmers had been harder hit by the after-the-war readjustment of prices than any other group or class in the country. This group got together—each sen- ator intent upon doing the best for the farming element—and determined, first, upon an organization or coali- tion, and, second, upon a program of farm legislation. William Squire Ken- Yon of lowa was chosen chairman of meetings of the agricultural rou Efenator Kenyon is one of the most modest men in Congress. He invari- ably endeavors to put the !_ofl pedal upon any publicity about himself. as the writer knows from long experi: ence. And when the writer went to him in search of an interview regard- ing the now famous “agricultural bloc” of the Senate, the first injun yon down as the “head” of the organiza- tion. Bloc Without a Head - “A number of the senators, intent upon aiding the farmer. have or- ganized this ‘bloc’ as it has come to be called.” said Senator Kenyon. “We all of us have the interests of the agricultural class at heart—none more so than any one of the others. Nevertheless, Senator Kenyon is the hairman of the meetings of the “bloc.” and he has been one of .the leading figures in the movement for legislation to help the farmers out of a hole. 1 “I noticed that one of the newspa- per recently asked, ‘Who is this agri- cultural blochead’,” said the senator. with a twinkle in his eve. “As a matter of fact. the bloc has no head. Long before the organization of the present bloc in the Senate. Senator Kenyon was engaged actively in leg- islative work to help the farmers. He comes from one of the great farming states of the country. and one of his great pleasures is to get back home to the “farmers’ picnics where he‘can talk to the people and get their angle. He is a farm owner himself, though he says distinctly that he does not wish to pose as & farmer. He is a lawyer. But he lived on a farm when he was a boy, and worked on_a farm. 1 remember that when I was fif- teen years old I ran away from school 1o g0 to work on a farm,” said Sen- ator Kenyon. “The reason I ran away was that every Fridady all the pupils were called on to recite poems. ete. 1 couldn't stand it. But I made up my mind that I would get over that feeling of nervousness when I addressed an audience, and- later I returned to_ school. went through academy and then college. 1 joined all the debating societies I could. just 1o force myself to learn to speak in public. For my earllest ambition | was to becomie a lawyer. I determined that when L was thirteen years old. Senator Kenyon's Career. The Iowa senator is big, clean cut, hair gray though abundant. He is fifty-two years old. but doesn’t ]Dul'(rt jt. He has been in the Senate te years, taking the seat of the late Senator Dolliver. Before he came to the Semate he was an assistant at- torney “general under the Taft ad- ministration, having charge of the “trust busting” work of the depart- ment. Before that he was a district judge and a prosecuting attorney and a successful lawyer in his own state. He overcame his awe of speak. ing in public. but admits that up un- til a few vears ago, he used to have Qualms before beginning an address. He speaks forcefully and clearly. and | | comparatively rarely in_the Senate. What was the need of the farmer bloc>” “That's a fair enough question.” re- plied Senator Kenyon. ~The farmers of the country were in desperate condi-| tign—they still are. They had suffered ! than any other body, due ‘the deflation after the war. They are the backbone of the country. They pro- duée the food which the whole country ve. It was imperative that some- thing be done for them. “At first there was an inclination in some quarters to treat the farmer group lightly. But senators from the east now tealize that much depends upon re- storing prosperity to the farmers.” 'he farmer bloc has never had more thin twenty-two senators at its meetings, ator Kenyon said. But it has worked ther so effectually that it has forced urgs for farm aid out into the Sen- ath, and once these measures were before thel Senate, other senators have, perforce, ed in their support. 'When this session of Congress shall hate @djourned,” said Senator Kenyon, “pngress will have put through a pro- of legislation for the farmers that be pointed to with pride by the lead- erfy, and which will have put agriculture on the road back to prosperity, and the ntry along with the farmers on the it il t be due alone to the repub- rate on joint stock land banks from 5 to 53 per cent, with no increase in the rate of interest charged on loans to the farmers, thereby making it possible to sell these securities in competition with other securities. 3. The so-called packer bill, for the regulation of the meat-packing industry. Rural Credits. The big thing that the farmers’ hloc will fight for In the next session of Con- gress, Senator Kenyon said, would be a better system of rural credits, so that the farmers would be able to get long- time credits on their paper. The banks are not able to handle their credits as they should under the present system, he said. Other measures that will be demanded include a co-operative mar- keting bill, a pure paint bill and a truth-in-fabric bill. The farmer bloc, he sald, is now backing the demand that railroad freight rates be reduced, and the agricultural interests wHl appear jn force before the Interstate Commerce Commission soon to ask that rates be lowered Although he comes from an inland state. Senator Kenyon has a strong love for the sea. Whenever he can get away from his duties here, which is not often, he goes to the sea. He likes to be on it and in it. He owns a cottage up on the Maine coast, and makes flving trips there. He took a trip to Ireland a few months ago_just to spend a month on the oceun. He was chalrman of a com- mission that went to the Virgin Islands to, investigate conditions there. “I belleve 1 inherit my fondness for the sea.” Senator Kenyon said. “My father came from Scotland and lived by the sea there. He went to Princeton and later became a professor there. Then he became a minister and, as many ministers did in those days, moved westward, first to Ohio.” Senator’ Kenvon is a great walker. He is up at 5:30 in the morning and not long after 7 he is tramping his two or three miles down to his office in the Capitol. Not infrequently he is joined in his walks by Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture. 4. A measure to regulate grain ex- changes, so as to prevent control of grain prices by the gamblers who do not produce a bushel of wheat or corn. 5. A measure to give agriculture a representative on the Federal Reserve Board. 6. The Norris bill, as amended by the agricultural committee substitute, pro- viding additional credits to aid the farmer in marketing his crops, partcu- larly his surplus which has hitherto been shipped to Europe. Farmers’ Big Problem. “To find markets is the big problem of the farmer.” said Senator Kenyon. “The passage of the Norris bill, or rather the committee substitute, will mark the high tide In legislation for the farmer. It 'has been charged that the agricul- tural bloc split over this measure, and sustained a defeat. I deny it. The substitute measure gives practically ev- ervthing for which the agricultural bloc contended. It goes farther than any one dreamed Congress would go before the opening of this session. The agricul- tural bloc forced this legislation. It prevented an adjournment of the Senate July 8, and made this legislation pos- sible, There is no doubt that the party lead- ers in the Senate look askance at® ihe agricultural bloc. They fear that it spells an end to party leadership, and some of them fear that it means the organization of a new political party. ‘There is absolutely nothing to the report that there is to be a new political party formed, with the agricultural bloc as a nucleus,” said Senator Kenyon, em- “Murco” Li Paint not onl gredients that upon. Impossible to Make Better Paint Than The Lifelong Paint - Made from highest quality in- gredients—that is to say, 100% pure lead, pure linseed oil, pure tur- pentine and Japan drier—“Murco” gives perfect satisfaction, and you're assured there's no better paint made. Ask any one who knows about paints and they will tell you the in- “Murco” Paint cannot be improved E. J. MURPHY CO. 710 12th St. N.W. Plain Drunks, $3; Noisy or Sleepy, $5 Under New Schedule CHICAGO, August 13.—Revis- ed uchedulen of fines for varie ous degrees of drunkenness, which take effect Monday, were | ounced today by Judge ries F. McKinley of the Chi- e police, court. The incrense is denigned to offset the rising cost of feed rin- oners. drunks will cost $3; runks, $5; drunks who Ko leep in public plnces, $5; drunk and wanting to fight, $10; drunk and fighting, $10 to Schedules to be announced moom will cover incre: for misdemeanors, other offenses phatically. “But we intend to see that the farmer has justice. “There always has been a manufac- curers’ bloc. It has been built up largely through the system of the protective tariff, which originally was devised to jBive Pprotection to American manufac- turing, as Alexander Hamilton so well explained. ~The farmers have had lit- tle from the tariff. But they see no reason why they should not be given protection on what they produce, since they find that other producers are given protection on what the farmers must T ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 13 —In the presence of a large crowd, the Old Dominion Boat Club held a regatta this afternoon. There were thirteen events. Fannon and Howard were the stars. The results of the Single canoes—Fannon, first, Bales, second; Howard, third. Single gig—R, Dyson, first; Rey- nolds. second; Young, third. Double _ canoes—Fannon and H. Howard, first; Beeton and Bales, sec- ond: Goods and Francis, third. Tail cnd _canoes—Fannon, Moore, second; Goods, third. ble sheli—Beeton and Reberts first; H. Howard and Shuman, second. Upset cunoe—Fannon and H. How ard, first; Bales and Moore, second P. Howard and Friedlander, third. . fours—F. Frances, | Fa Bales, Beeton. Uhler and_Moore, second: P. | Howard, L. Hoy, G. Hoy ‘and Curtin, third. Tilting contest, won by Fannon and H. Howard, who were opposed by Bales and P. Howard. Gunwale canoe—H. Howard, first; Moore, second; Goods, third. Duck chase. won by Fannon. Others in this contest were Moore, H. Ho ard, Curtin, Uhler. Bales, L. Hoy, King, P. Howard, Oiiver, R. Dyson. Double gunwale — Fannon and Howard, first; Bales and Moore, se P, Howard and Friedlander, first; Swimming race—Uhler, first tin, second. and Corsa, third. Canoe sixes, won by a crew com- posed of F. Dyson, G. Hoy. Uhler, s Frances, Fannon and H. Howard. { Their competitors were Curtin. Oliver, | Bales, Beaton, Moore and P. Howard. A meeting of the superintendents of the varous Sundav schools will be held at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night in the Westminster building. for the purpose-of making arrangements for the Sunday school picnic, which will be held Labor day, in which the va- rious schools that have been in the Sunday school attendance contest will take part. which is still on, will be the guest { of the losing schools. The standing | of the Sunday schools in their respec. f tive order follow: Second Baptist | St. Paul's Episcopal, A South, First Baptist, Trinity M. E. and Sec- ond Presbyterian. Martha Washington Chapter, Cur- No. quid Paint lasts longer, but go .into making The winner of the contest, | 42, Order of Eastern Star, will give its annual excursion to Marshall Hall Tuesday. It is expected that it will be largely patronized. This city at 7:45 o'clock tonight was visited by a severe electrical and rain storm, which lasted about half an hour, although not a drop of rain fell in Washington. The rain belt extended - from Arlington Junction southward. A number of members of Alexandria Lodge, No. 758, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, have planned. to go to Hagerstown, Md., next Tues day, to attend the annual meeting of the Maryland Lodge of Elks. Secre- tary George W. Bontz, ir., of the local lodge requests those who will attend to notify him at once. Members of Russell Mitchell Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of this city, will, Monday afternoon, attend the funeral of Corp. Russell Mitchell, which will be held at Arlington at 2:30 o'clock. They will assemble at 1 0'clock that afternoon at the armory. Corp. Mitchell was killed in action in_France, October 16, 1918. Funeral services for Orlando Brooks will be held at 4 o'clock Monday aft- ernoon at his late residence, 2006 Duke street, and will be conducted by Rev. Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery. Membpers of Alex- andria Council, No. 5, Order of Fra- ternal Americans, will attend. A Rotary Club is being organized in this city. It is expected that plan: for its institution will shortly be com- pleted. Built 170 years ago, the old Ram- say house, at the northeast corner of King and Fairfax streets, is now un- dergoing repairs at the hands of con- tractors. Weatherboarding on the south side of the three-story frame structure is being renewed. 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