Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-01-27

III resolution follows:
at is the sense of this commit
tee that the congress and the pres
ident should take such steps as
will Immediately re-estabish fair
exchange value for all farm prod
ucts with that of all other COM
modities.''
Minimum Price Plan Rejected
The conference rejected a resolution
Of the National Farmers union. Of
fered by J. S. Wannamaker of South
Carolina, which would have called for
a government minimum price guarantee
on farm products.
e. B. Page of North Dakota asked
for minimum guarantee on wheat for
two years.
The conference previously had adopt
ed resolution which read:
"Wifh respect 70 the question of
governmental price guarantees. we
feel there should be comprehen-
siye study Of this subject. There
fore, we urge that the congress
cause careful investigation OF
this whole problem tc be made by
some proper authority which viii
report its findings as early as prac-
tjcabIe."
lGIS D}SCuSStOU III 0UH0SS
Co-operation of farm marketing was
recommended and indorsed.
The conference also was discussed
In the senate and at the nearing Oh
the senate agriculture committee On
the Ladd price stabilization bill Sen
stor Heflin, democrat, of Alabama, in
the senate expressed hope that the
conference would result in some good
and criticized the selection Of its dele
gates The whole administration. ne
declared. from the president down"
IL losing no opportunity to rap the
congressional agricultural bloc. which
was unanimously indorsed by the con-
ference.
At the senate agriculture hearing. }.
Il. Wannamaker of South Carolina.
delegate, declared agriculture could be
saved from bankruptcy only through
governmental fixing of prices for cot
ton, corn and wheat. He agreed with
Senator Page. republican. Of Vermont,
that fixed minimum prices could not
be maintained without embargoes bar
ring imports of these commodities and
he estimated that it would cost the
government not more than S5O0.OO.O0o
in purchasing farm commodities to
stabilize prices.
Export Financing Demanded
In a conference with newspapermen,
Secretary Wallace voiced oposition to
price fixing which, he said, would prove
ruinous to the farming industry. He
declared he favored plans to restore
the purchasing power of the farmers
dollar to a parity with that in other
industries.
In adopting the report of its com
mittee on foreign competition and de-
ha
as favoring:
Financing Of exports through cred
it's authorized by congress.
Investigation of the interstate COM !
merce commission to determine the ad
visibility of extending preferential ex-
port freight rates to agricultural COM
modities not now affected.
Tariff protection for agricultural
equal to that afforded other industries !
Flexible Tariff Urged
Establishment of a tariff board to
administer permanent flexible tariff |
law with an anti-dumping provision.
Opposition to q tariff On potash.
Increased support of the Interna
tional Agricultural Institute at Rome.
Assignment Of agricultural attaches
to American embassies in foreign coun-
tries.
The report of the committee on crop
and marketing statistics, which was
adopted, urged collection and dissemin-
alton by the department of agriculture
of complete reports on everything Of |
interest to producers, federal cen
sus of livestock every five years and |
state surveys each year and a bi-cn-
NAL census Of manufactures.
Plan for Better Homes
Adequate safeguarding of health.
free circulating libraries and increased
school facilities were rccomm ended in
the report of the committee on farm
population and the home. which was
adopted. Other recommendations of |,
this committee included study of rural
problems, cooperative marketing. APP
pointment of farm women on farm or
ganizations and federal and state
boards; encouragement of farm home
ownership and an increase in the num-
ber of public extension workers.
PRISON RIOT FATAL TO WARDEN
Marquette. Mich. Jan. 26.-T. r.
Catlin. warden at the Michigan state
prison, has died here from injuries re-
cciyad in a prison riot month ago.