The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-07
PUT FARMERS ON
WITNESS STAND
FARM BUREAU HEARING AT CITY
HALL NEXT MONDAY AFTER
NOON, JULY II
COUNTY AGENT B0YTS CR0SS-EIAMMER
Farmers and Business Men Will Be
Asked About Troubles That
Confront Farmers.

The Brookings county Farm Bureau
will conduct a hearing OF the case
of the Brookings county farmer next
Monday afternoon at the city hall in
this city at 200 p. m, July IL, for
the purpose of securing information
for the congressional joint commits
sion of agricultural inquiry recently
appointed by congress. Farmers, BUSH
ness men, bankers, teachers, preach
ers, grain merchants, and any others
interested in agriculture are asked to
attend the meeting. The hearing will
be conducted in the manner of a court
trial, H. J. Boyts, county agent, acting
as the attorney who does the cross
questioning, and the representative
farmers, business men, bankers, and
others, being the witnesses. The pur.
pose of the hearing is to find out the
main trouble that is confronting the
farming business today and the sug-
gested remedies. Hearings of the
same nature are being conducted in
every county over the country on the
same day. A complete stenographic
report of the hearing will be made and
sent to headquarters by special de-
livery.
The questions asked at the hearing
are expected to throw light OF the fol-
lowing questions, upon which the con-
g%ressional committee must report:
The causes of the present condition
of agriculture.
The cause of the difference between
the prices Of agricultural products
paid to the producer and the ultimate
cost to the consumer.
The comparative condition of indus
tries other than agriculture.
The relation Of prices of commodi-
ties other than agricultural products
to such products.
The banking and financial
and credits Of the country, especially
as %effecting agricultural credits.
The marketing and transportation
facilities of the country
When the farmers of BrookIngs coun
ty are put on the witness stand to
testify as to their greatest needs, it
is expected that freight rates will be
one of the most important mentioned.
The rates at present are working a
great hardship upon the farmer. An
other point is the decentralization of
the foreign grain markets due to the
lack Of buying power in Europe and
~unfavorable conditions of foreign ex-
change. With the improvement of
the European markets, demand for
grain would increase and the price
would be enhanced sufficiently to
make farming profitable. These and
many other interesting things are ex-
pected to come up. Witnesses will be
asked questions concerning the cost
of production, methods and costs Of
distribution, the relation of selling
price of farm products to the buying
price of manufactured products, credit
facilities, transportation, profits and
losses, social consequences and sug-
gested remedies.
The congressional committee is
composed of Senators Lenroot of Wis,
consin, Capper Of Kansas, McNary Of
Oregon, Tobinson of Arkansas, Pat
Harrison of Mississippi, and Represen-
tatives Anderson of Minnesota, Funk
Of Illinois, Mills Of New York, Ten
Eyck of New York, and Summers of
Texas. They must make their report
to congress including recommends
tons for legislation that will remedy
existing conditions, within 80 days.
Nv. s. S.