The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-01-27
SAYS PRICE FIXING
WOULD RUIN FARM.
Wallace Wants other Means to
RehdbIIitate Agriculture.
FIGHT ON MATTER CERTAIN
Question is to Be Brought 5efore the
Rational Conference BY Its Support
srs-lndorse Farmer Bloc.

Washington, Jan. 27.--Uppusltion 10
price fixing on agricultural products
was expressed by Secretary Wallace
al conference with newspaper men.
Al Ihr same time the secretary de-
ciared h" favored plans to restore the
farmers purchasing power and make
iIis dollar worth Is much as that of
ans other. Price-fiSiag, he said, would
nos lead 10 stabIiizarion, hut would be
ruin0u> lo the very agricultural i'll
dustrir~ ii was deIiM iMDed lu heHetit.
Secretary Waiac" mace his State
IN AT al almost the .,ane time chair
inan Anderson was telling the Nati0n.
al Agricultural Conference that the re-
p"cl of ihe marketing committee
wauld be taken I'll d later session OF
tLA conference. the fight on price
liking was expected to center around
It's report.
Financing Of exports of surplus
farm commodities through credits au-
thoriZed by congress, investigation by
th" Interstate commerce commission
of the adNi>Hhility nt extending prefer
eGtiai export freight rates to other
agricultural! commodities. enlargement
~ the Wthh-rnmercnr act covering
combinations Of concerns in export
!Iade and opposition to any tariff on
Potash We're among recommendation
of The agricultural conferences COM
p,ttlec on foreign competition and de-
G,and, which We're adopted.
Other recommendation adopted de-
cared for tariff protection for agri-
cilturc equal 10 that of other indus
tiles and for d tar;if board TO admin
i~ter permanent flexible tariff which
>nauld contain ani.-dumping prOvis-
Ions. Increased support was asked
for the international Agricultural H.
S.itute at Rome, and recommends
;inm Was mad" that agricultural al
caches bC Stat'nu"l =: american en-
hassies abroad
Communication Of the agricultural
3inc" in congress was voted unan'-
5 f6OUSiy by The national conference,
hrOugh unanimous adoption of the r,.
Issrt of The committee on Agricultural
nd price relations.
T
nd The conference adopted resolutions
urging the government IL use its ofii-
ceS to aid in the economic rehaoiliIa-
tion OF Europe and expressing The hr
lief thar such steps should he take
as necessary 10 limit acreage of par
dcular crops to balance production AMI
restore the farmers dollar To its nor
NAL purchasing power.
Other resolutions reported by the
committee, which were adopted, in
cluded approval of the program u.
the American arms conference delega-
ton, commended the investigation by
the departments Of commerce and jus
tice Of retail prices: urged more Vlgor.
Gus action in placing of agriculture OIL
parity with other Industries, advocate,
the gathering and distributing of 70.
eign markets, and production repOrt
by the department OF agriculture, AMI
urged investigation by congress OF
plans % stabilize the dollar and equal
tariff protection.
The resolution cC!Imending The agri-
cultural bloc also commended Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary Wallace
for their ;ction in calling the confer
ence
The conference also adopted Il rt-
port of its crop and I-arketing statiS-
ties committee. urging collection aud
dissemination by the department OF
agriculture of complete reports on
everything Of interest to producers
census Of live stock every five years
by the United States and annually by
states, and hi rnnial census Of manu-
farturers.