The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 12

AU vVl The Leader’s Weekly Washington News Letter Washington, D. C. Nov. 28.—The outlook for the farmer in the coming session of Congress is punk. The outlook for the farmer in every ses- sion of Congress is punk. This ses- sion is punker than ever. At this session, in spite of most excellent and taking “programs” from high places there will be prac- tically nothing doing except about armament and preparedness. About which oratory will surpass all high flood records and more things be discovered about Europe than the European ever dreamed of. It is a pity this time, about that punk outlook, because a rural credits bilil is long overdue and we are not likely to get one. i Can’t Get by President. For some weeki a specia l [oint committee of the house and senate has been trying to draft a rural credit bill that would get past the President if by any chance it shoull be enacted. The trouble about thc President, or- one of the iroubles, is that he is dead set against any rural credit scheme that opcrates with government aid. He wants the pri- vate banks to do it all. Senator Hollis of New Hampshire and Con- A WOMAN IN CONGRESS? Topeka, Kan., Nov. 23.—Kansas may establish next year the prece- dent of sending a woman to the house of representatives. It is said that Mrs. James Monroe Miller, wife of a former reprasentative in con- gress, may be selected by the Repub- lican leaders of the fourth congress- -ional district of Kansas to make the race for the seat now occupied by Representative -Dudly-Doolittle, Dem- ocrat. ' “Take it from affiant,” .said Wiliam .Allen Wtite. editor "of 'thé Empor'd THE NONPARTISAN LEADER By William J. Rutledge greéssman Lever of South Carolina and Phelan of Massachusetts are the joint .committee. They think they have put together a measure that will turn the trick, but it is a safe bet that they haven’t. Killed the Good Bill.~ How on earth there can be a rural credit scheme that is operated by Wall Street and still be of substan- tial benefit to the farmer, is the problem. It is nothing new in this administration. The first time Presis dent Wilson mentioned the subject in a message he was most emphatic in declaring against any plan of gov- ernment aid, and to comply with his wishes the Democratic leaders ap- pointed, a committee to study the subject and hammer out a bill. Con- gressman Bulkley- of Ohio headed this ‘committee. Secretary of the Treasury, MaAdoo and Seecretary of Agriculture, Houston emphatically warned it that there must be no gov- ernment aid in the bill. Bulkl y went into the gubject utterly opros- ed to government aid and came out convinced that there was no other way to make a rural credit system tkat would work. So he drew a bill in accordance with his investigations Gazette, the other day in discussing Mrs. Miller’s candidacy, ‘she would make some candidate. She has eour- age and wisdom and tact. No organ- ization of watereyed, hanging jowled, sagging pouched barnacles wculd in- fluence her vote. She would be har own congressman, and, if sh: were nominated, Dudley Doolttle woull have-to change his name to Eli Hust- ler to get back his job in Washington. Far be it from us to mix into the Republican, row, but certainly Mrs. J. M. -MiHer -looks llke a Whlte hooe on a dark day.”” | | % : | {H ; 1 E e i i i L T L LT T e Ry FE P SR % » ' -Hox_né -office, Fargo, N. D. Anthony Walton, Minot; markets, known as the Equity Co-operative Exchange. and Superior, Wis. August 1st, 1912—a little more than three years ago. the most strongly intrenched combine in our land—The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. that institution we have ‘been maligned and slandered from the public platform and in the subsidized public press; and have been persecuted in the courts. 'But through it all we have won. week ; and prospects are that-this will soon be increased-to a million. We are building a terminal elevator in the city of St. Paul, wherein grain may be dried, - clipped, and cleaned for the benefit of the farmers. stock which sells at par for $50.00. “us grow, grow with us and become a part of our great purpose. Equity Co—o—perative ‘Exchange - General Offices; St. Paul, Minn. and Supenor, WIS. ' G. A. THIEL, Secy and: Treas. = ‘ +J. M. ANDERSON Pres. ‘Board of Board of A.W. Ditmer, V,elya; b T R R T T S A A o st e 8 and the administration had it killed and: blacklisted - Bulkley. = For th2 rest of his term he could not get a rural route and when he came up for re-election he was defeated. Bulkley- Bill Gets Axe. Mr. Bulkley’s bill, which was warm- ly endorsed by Senator Hollis, pro- vided for the forming of local asso- ciations of farmers who should bor- row money on their joint credit form special farm loan bank urder the di- rection of the Federal Reserve Board. Every year the Unjted States Treas- ury was to buy a large amount of the farm loan bonds which were to be secured by the mortgages given by the original borrowers. It was this feature that brought down the administration hammer on the measure and killed it. Now the French do thece things very much better bzacause in France the government lends directly to the farmer at a very low rate of interest and never loses a cent by him. But the average American statesman, particularly if from the South where the President was born, has a fit if you suggest anything of that kind. He can’t conceive of lending except thru a bank. McCumber Bill Slayed. . Senator McCumber of North Dako- ta is not of that order. He intre- duced in the last session a rural cred- it scheme very similar to the French, and it took some lively rarlimentary whip-sawing and side-stepping to beat it. One day when Gore, who wad in charge of the Agricultural appropriation bill was asleep, Me- Cumber got his plan tacked upon the Agricultural bill as an amendment; and in that shape it passed the Sen- ate. Indignant Privilege chased it into the House and, on the very last day of the session managed to hit it with an axe. So it died. McCumber will reintroduce it as soon as Congress gets to work, but it haiy no chance.- The axe will at- tend to its fate. McCumber is the only North Da- kota statesman that has shown up here so far. He has been here many days. From which it is inferred that Uncle Porter J. has got his fence posts in and all trued up for next year and they suit him. The farmer attends to the farm. The banker attend to the farmer. 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