Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1920 — We Must Begin by Making It Possible for the Farmer to Handle the Job. [ARTICLE]

We Must Begin by Making It Possible for the Farmer to Handle the Job.

By H. A. MOEHLENPAH,

Federal Reserve Board.

Money and credits should be mobilized and swung to the weakest place in our whole economic program and put behind the farmer in sufficient amount as he goes to his summer’s work, to make it possible for him to make good on the task we have laid upon him. Our government, through the operation of the federal banks and the joint stock land banks, can do much by way of extending credit for long time at low rates. But it remains for the country banker to use these longtime credit facilities of the government so that he may always have ready and ample funds with which to meet the'short time credit demands of the farmer and other legitimate demands of his community. Greater production in all lines is urged by statesmen and economists. Financiers are admonished that every available American dollar should be turned into productive channels. But if we are to increase the nation’s output of essential products we must begin by making it possible for the farmer to handle the job we have cut out for him. Otherwise, not only will there be a shortage of food and clothing, but there will be also stagnation in many related industries. So, let's get behind the farmer.