Every other business depends upon it. butthe farmers as a class receive less benefits from legislation than any other group. Industry has its tariff that increases the price of manufactured articles above the world level. Labor has Its immigration law that keeps out competition and the Adamson law that regulates Its hours. The railroads have the Interstate Commerce Commission. "a Government agency that fixes the price of transportation. and the EschCummins law that keeps rates high enough to give them interest on their investment. The banks have the Federal Reserve Board. "a Government agency." that fixes the price of credit. and the Federal reserve banks thatprotect them In times of need. Before the war the Tincher bill might have served. for at that time we were a debtor nation. We owed billions of dollars to Europe and each year paid our interest. our shipping charges. and other debts by exporting large quantities of farm products. Since the war. however. we have become a creditor nation and the postwar reversal of trade balances. the passage of the Adamson law. the immigration law. the EschCummins law. etc.. have placed the farmers at such a tremendous disadvantage with other economic groups that it will not solve their problems or give them the desired relief. It Is said the farmer tills the soil that plants may grow that man may live. The farmer is natures agent In promoting life by cultivating the soil for the growth of plants for food for animals and man.
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