The Washington herald., 1922-01-14
Presidk mt Will Assure
Agric ulture Farley of
n is Support.
NO HAElD AND FAST
PROGRAM PLANNED
Secretary Wallace Indi'
Gates Probable Proce-
dure Cd Conference. {.

Tne position OF the FARMERS Oh
the United Sta ties will be made
plain to the po ople of the country
soon.
The Harding farm conference will
meet on January %. Then. the peo-
pie will know what the farmer
wants.
OF course, Pres sident Harding will
announce why he has called it. But,
after all, that is incidental.
The President himself has ad-
: fnitted this. Brtt the opening ad-
dress of the Chi eff Executive prob
ably will be ,one Of the most
important uttera ces of his admin
istration to date.s
Mr. Harding at that time Will
make II plain th:lt the farmer now
has the right of way. The farmer
has suffered moreS than any other
Industrial unit in q re United States
since the war endef !. II will be ad-
mitted-
President Harding will emphasize
that he and the m embers of his
administration are r, iady to go the
limit to make good TO the agricul-
tural interests just nhat they have
sacrificed to keep the United States
IN front rank LIlc tihhc
and the late economic fight
No Rigid Prot ram.
There will be no h ard and fast
program for this col Iference. To
get one would be a gr at job. Sec
retary Wallace, the din citing genius
behind the gun, laugh when any
suggestion along this Inc Is made.
Every individual offici ally attend
ing this conference can say all he
pleases. He can sugge 1t remedies.
There is no violation Of confidence
when IL is stated that this Is one
thing that President H erding, Sec
retary Davis and other 1nembers of
!. the Cabinet would like to compel.
A free and complete exchange OF
ideas on what Is the mai tteer with
the United Statesy' cou pied with
another suggestion of what the
remedy ought to be, v'SIld please
the President and his advisers.
They have had all of thso troubles
facing them poured forth. The ag-
ricuIturaI bloc" in Con: eress and
other suggested divisic ms have
made open complaint. BUT the ad-
ininistration frankly says now. and
has said so for week, that it Is not
SO concerned with complaints as 1t
Is with wnaL Ine IeIncuy = ioh w.
Chief Divisions. to RepoArt.
Last night Secretary wallace
suggested what his program will be
in dealing with the conference.
After the opening address by
Pre- sident Harding, the first clay Of
the conference. Secretary wallace
explained, probably would he de-
voted to a canvass of the gisneral
agricultural situation throughout
the country.
From the Northwestern delez gates
there will come a presentati1 Of
conditions in their section. From
4 the range country will be pres nted
a survey of conditions there. with
similar expressions of conditions
prevailing in the cotton belt, the
I, grain belt, and other producing
areas
In that manner, IL is assured, the
entire conference may be given a
birdseye view of agriculture as a
whole, the conditions prevailing IN
each of the chief divisions, and tn e
problems thus presented.
Following the discussion, the COM
ference, Secretary Wallace state'i
last night, probably would wish tio
divide into committees, each com, :
mittee to consider some Important
phase Of the work and report back
to the main gathering.
Committees to Meet. i
No attempt has been made. Sec
retary Wallace also pointed out, to
lay down a hard and fast program
in advance for the conferences con-
sideration- Suggestions will be
made to the conference from time
to time in keeping with President
Harding's ideas in proposing that
the gathering be called.
The general sessions of the sec
ond day of the conference probably
will be devoted to several short
addresses as to what might prop
erly and profitably be done to i'm
- prove conditions in certain phases
Of agriculture. The conference will
hold general sessions in the fore
Moons and utilize the afternoons
and evenings for group committee
meetings to consider specific de-
tails.
Attention will be called to the
European situation as it affects the
American farmer. and discussion
will be invited as to what possible
readjustments might be made here
10 relleNe tne slluauOh. Inere also
viii be discussion. in all PROBABLE
fty, Of financial affairs relating
both to the present emergency and
the future.
Forestry Policy . Topic.
Looking to the future, as the
President suggested in his letter of
December 80. the suggestions Of the
conference win be invited as to
best methods to be pursued in
formulating a national agricultural
policy.
Encient ways of providing for
the future food supply of the ma
tion as the population increases.
and the entire subject Of land
utilization win come under this
general head for discussion. ac-
eording to Secretary Wallace. In
ciuded with these two topics. as
matter Of policy for the future,
VIII be a discussion of the national
forestry policy. It Is vital to the
nation. Secretary Wallace last night
pointed out, that there be a sound