o twelve regions andopened a Federal Land Bank inn each one of these regions (McDuffie 139) Wilson alsomade the rate of interest towards these farmers very low and affordable. Wilson realizedthe importance of the farmer upon American society, a fact that many other politicians ofthe time easily ignored. So with his idealistic visions, Wilson brought a little ease upon thefarmers of America. In 1916, Wilson helped get the Warehouse Act into effect. This actauthorized loans on the security of staple crops (Bailey 709). Both of these acts were inessence Populist ideas that the Populists wanted into effect for some number of years. And it was only President Wilson who brought these issues to light and made a differencefor these common people. It is obvious that Wilson was concerned of the farmers and hetherefore acted upon the concerns and made life that much easier for them.Wilson was also very concerned with the average workers of the U.S. His flood ofsocial welfare programs was clearly send and felt by hard working American citizens allaround the country. The combination of new acts being put in place targeting business ingeneral, along with those targeted specifically for the betterment of the welfare of workingAmericans. In 1916, Wilson imposed the Workingmans Compensation Act. Under thisAct, assistance was given to federal civil service employees in the time of disability. Also,Wilson put into place the Child Labor Act in the same year. Though this law was declaredunconstitutional in 1918, it was a definite step in the right direction. For it did not allowthe shipment of products that had been made by those under the age of fourteen or the ageof sixteen (the age limit was different for different products). Also in that same year, theAdamson Act was put into effect. This law required a maximum of no higher than aneight hour work day. This law was mainly meant for railway workers. This law wasconsidered a major victory...
