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$100,000,000 Available 

 for Rural Electrification 



This Fund Is For Loans, Not Grants, To Groups of Farmers 

 Who Want Electricity 



Tlu' list of (lata presotited Ih'Iow must 

 accompany applications for loans for 

 nual ileclrilicatioii according: to infor- 

 mation ri'ceived from Chester (iray. 

 Wasliinfrton representative of the Amer- 

 ican Kami Bureau ['"edeiation. 



Groups of farmers desirin^r electric 

 service need not employ enfrineers to as- 

 semble the necessary information, he 

 says. Senator Boiie of Washington re 

 ceiitly prepared a statement on the suli- 

 ject "Who Will (let the SKKI.dOO.IHM) for 

 I'aim Klectritioation" which was deliv- 

 ered in the I'nited States Senate on Alay 

 15 anil later printed in the C'(Uijrressional 

 Record. Copies can he had hy writin'r 

 the A. V. B. F. Washinsftcn office in the 

 .\Iunsoy Building'. Senator Bone outlines 

 procedure to be fidlowed so that most 

 of the benefits of the fund may accrue 

 to farmers who need the service rather 

 than to the utility companies. 



..Applications containing the followinjr 

 information should be sent to Morris 

 Cooke. Director Rural Klectritication 

 •Administration. 2 .Massachu.^etts 

 .\ve.. N. W., Washington. I). C. 



Data Desired in .Vpplicalioii for Rural 

 Klectrification Loan 



1 — The name of the organization or 

 proposed oiKanizatioii making appli- 

 cation for the loan and the name, 

 title, aiul address of the official rep- 

 resentative. 



2 — A county, townshi]) or road map of 

 the area on a reasonable size .scale 

 on which should be drawn the pro- 

 posed lines and those houses which 

 would be served if the electric lii|.' 

 is built. 



• ! -The lentrth o( each line should be 

 given, together with the wholesale 

 price per kilowatt hour to be pa;d 

 the service company for the enertry. 

 (If there is no iireseiit source of 

 energy, this should be stated.) 



■1— The voltatve of the line With which 

 you will connect, and if available the 

 lennth of that line from its point of 

 supply. 



•>— The total number of customers on 

 each line proposed, and th« esti- 

 mated kwh. Consumption per year of 

 those prospective customers, ex- 

 pressed i>erhaps in the monthly 

 chai(;e each coo|itrratT)i(; customer i.s 

 willing to pay. 



*>— -An estimate of the aLount the av- 



erajre customer on each line coubl 

 spend each month for appliances 

 (refrijrerator. electric raiifre, water 

 heater or motor) in addition to the 

 amount he would pay for current. 



7 —The estimated cost, if one has been 

 made, of the project. 



H — Who will operate and maintain the 

 project ? 



'.'-The suirjrested rate for customers 

 who will connect to the line. 



10 — Kstimated revenue for each line. 



11 -If any power load in excess of five 



horsepower is contemplated, Rive 

 size of the load to be connected, and 

 show on the maps submitted, the lo- 

 cation of this i)ower load. . 



12 — Will the projeet compete with any 

 existiii(jr facilities? 



l.i — IIow soon could construction work 

 be started, and what do you estimate 

 the len;;th of time to complete? 



Observations 



(Continued from pane 12) 

 whipped. With this he started his tramji 

 across country. If he was cauKht be(r- 

 trinn- he was punished, tiut every evenin>; 

 a village constable, if Bose eould find 

 one. had the duty of providinji him with 

 food and lodjrintr. When Bose at la.-t 

 reached Stockbridtre. if there was money 

 in the poor box. he tould pet somethintr 

 for food, and later he mitrht be Riven 

 work on the land or on the mads. If he 

 was too old or too feeble for work he 

 would (jet a license to bejr. If he re- 

 fused to work, he miRhl be put int-i the 

 "house of correction," as it was then 

 called. 



In Knj;lat:(l, as in this countiy. th,' 

 unemployment problem became acute 

 with the rise of industrialism ami con- 

 gestion of people in the cities. When 

 the I'nited States was largely agricul- 

 tural it had lui unemployment problem. 

 Due to the general derangement of our 

 industrial system it is i|uite p.issible that 

 we are in for a long siege of unemploy- 

 ment. England has had the di>Ie ever 

 since the war. 



Henry Ford who has thought more 

 deeply on this (|Uestion than most other 

 industrial leaders is attempting to work 

 t.ut a solution. .Most of his factories and 

 sfssembl.v plants are in the country or at 

 itne edge of industrial centers. .Many 

 •^fi.rm boys not needed at home are em- 



A. F. B. F. and I. A. A. Join 

 in Effort to Secure 

 Less Expensive Roads 



.A telegram requesting Secret. -iry of 

 Agriculture Henry .V\Vallaee to ci>nfine 

 federal work relief funds marked for 

 secondary iiukIs to the building of a less 

 expensive all-weather type of road in- 

 stead of the more expensive, permanent 

 type of construction heretofore orderi-d 

 by the Bureau of Public Roads, was dis- 

 patche<i by directors of the .American 

 Farm Bureau Federation meeting in 

 Chicago .Fune .■>-•>. 



The resolution which was largely 

 <lrafted by President Karl C. Smith 

 points out that "what has been termed 

 both primary an<l seootulary road build- 

 ing by the Bureau of Public FJoads has 

 in reality been confined largely to the 

 building of main arteries <if traffic of a 

 permanent and «-xp«'nsive type. We l)e- 

 lieve that the expenditure of all funds 

 allcK-ated for secondary road building 

 should now be confined to the building 

 of a much lower tyfie. less expensive, 

 all-weather construction with the dual 

 purpose of providing work in u much 

 wider territory and rend<'ring service to 

 niatiy more jK-opIe through the construc- 

 tion of many more miles of roads. 



"We believe that specifications for 

 secondaiy roads should be reduced to a 

 minimum comnK-nsurate with traffie 

 needs." the resolution continues, "that 

 sucli action by you will meet with the 

 approval of rural citizens of the I'nited 

 State-. ■ 



The resolution telegraphed to Secre- 

 tary Wallace and F'resident Roosevelt 

 was signed by IMward .A. O'Xeal. presi- 

 dent of the Federation. It supports ac- 

 tion taken by dek^gates «t the recent 

 annual meeting of the Illinois Agricul 

 tural .Assi>ciation, and coincides with the 

 purpose of the F.ohmann and F.antz road 

 bills now pending in the Illinois Gen- 

 eral .Assembly supporte>l by organized 

 farmers. 



ployed in these plants. Workers from 

 the cilie> are eiadumged to acquire a 

 piece of laiKl on which they can live in- 

 expensively and raise pari of their fooil 

 >upply when the fact<.ry shuts down. .At 

 the llegewisch plant, south of Chicago, 

 a substantial number of young men who 

 live on nearby farms are employed. Thev 

 drive buck and forth daily to work. W 

 the fact! ry closes tliey still have a home 

 and a means of support. 



Kxperinientatii.n by government in 

 solving unemployment relief will prot)- 

 ably continue. The problem is one in 

 which farmers, through organization, 

 must lake an active interest because it 

 affects the taxes we payand ti.e market 

 for farm commodities. — K. G. T. 



JILY, F9.3.-, 



