Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
FARM CONGRESS
PLAN OF PRICE
CONTROL FAILS
Secretary Wallace Says Pro-
posal is Impractical
and Dangerous
COMMITTEE REJECTS
Agricultural Bloc Indorsed by Con-
Observation-Disclosures is Praised
in Committee Report.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The panacea
of price-fiXing on agricultural pro-
ducts or a guarantee of minimum re-
turn to the producer was thrown out
Of the medicine chest of the National
Agricultural Conference yesterday
when the Secretary OF Agriculture,
Henry C. Wallace, said such remedy
was impractical and dangerous.
Secretary Wallace made this state
ment at talk with newspaper corre-
spondents Just before the adjournment
of the afternoon session. 1t was pre-
sumed that he spoke for the Admins
tration, and since no scheme OF price
guarantee could be made effective
without the approval of the ADMINS.
tration and Congress, the attitude OF
Secretary Wallace was construed as
ending such agitation as exists IN tne
conference for this form Of relief.
The Committee on Marketing earl
ier in the dav rejected price-guaran-
tee scheme, and substituted propoSal
that Congress be petitioned to con-
slider means to bring the purchasing
power of the Farmers dollar" to
naritv with the purchasing power OF
the dollar Of other industries.
Outside of the views Of Secretary
Wallace, which are given more IN de-
tail below, Yesterdays session OF the
agricultural conference was one OF
oratory and adoption of committee
reports. There were slight outcrop,-
pings of dissent here and there, put
the conference machinery was web OIL
ed and effective.
For instance. one truly rural IN
surgent offered a minor amendment
to a committee report and demanded
standing vote, observing: i just
want to see how many real farmers
are here"
Chairman Anderson announced 20
had risen in the affirmative and 81 IN
the negative. About two-thirds OF the
delegates didn't exhibit energy enough
to vote either way.
Committe reports already adopted
with more to Fcome-carrled long
preamblcs and resolving clauses call
ing upon Congress and the Admins
tration to do many things.
Promised remedies for the indus,
trial situation which were approved
range from demand for more sta
tistics on livestock to the insistence
that Congress devise a method Tor eX-
tending credits to foreign purchasers,
so they may buy American farm pro-
ducts and put life into our exports
figures.
s As a rule, the reports were adopt
ed with little discussion and by almost
unanimous vote. William Tyler Page
of Maryland, clerk of the House of
Representatives,. was drafted by
Chairman Anderson to read the long
reports, and his trained voice reach
ed and satisfied all delegates.
Mrs. j. c. Ketcham, of Michigan,
woman member Of the committee on
farm population and farm home, flat
tered the mere men of the conference
so that her report received the loud
est chorus of "aycs" Of any committee
resolution.
When called to the platform by the
hartman, Mrs kGtcilam rather dit-
fidently said: at is rather embar-
rassing to face an audience of SO many
good looking men," daughter and
looks of self consciousness on the part
of the males, who smootfed down their
hair, adjusted ncckties and otherwise
posed as though being photographed.)
Every word in this committee re-
port was given careful consideration
by the | / men and II women compos-
ing the committee. We think there is
not word that shouldn't be approx
ed, and am sure no intelligent set of
men would fail to adopt such a re-
port
And there the discussion ended and
the report went through with whoop.