The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-01-25
CALLS FARM MEETING
ICE CREAM PARTY
South Carolina Man Proposes An
ppointment of Committee on
Resolutions
SEES JAB AT FARM BLOC
Cut and Dried Program Charged by
}. S. Wannamaker; Open
Session Today

Washington, Jan. 24.-The Ma
tlonal Agricultural Conference which
was opened here yesterday with an
address by President Harding got
down to work on details this after
noon when the committees appointod
at the first session held their first
meetings. The morning was given
over to an open session marked by
addresses by Eugene Meyer, Jr.,
managing director Of the War Fin
ance Corporation; G. r. Warren, Of
Ithaca, N. Y, who has just complet-
ed study of European conditions;
Wesley c. Mitchell, New York econo-
mist, and Herbert Myrick, of Spring
held, Mass, editor Of Farm and Home.
Another open session is to be held to-
morrow morning
The first signs Of differences in
the conference appeared after the
defeat today Of motion by J. S,
Wannamakcr, of South Carolina, for
appointment of committee on reso-
lutlons. This motion was defeated
on the ground that the committees
already appointed were expected to
consider resolutions.
Attacks Conference
Mr. Wannamakcr issued a formal
statement later attacking the coy
ference and declaring "about all
the farmers and farm leaders have
to 90 in this conference is to shake
hands with the President, meet
some official dignitares and par
take of little ice cream and cake
and then go home"
"Sclcction of committees has been
made in such Manner" Mr.. Wan
namakcr said cas- to suggest that
those responsible for such scrv
ice are either totally ignorant of
the qualifications of the delegates
or have lent themselves to a cut
and dried and well backed scheme
to prevent the forward-looking farm
er representatives from bringing any
good whatever from out of the con
fcrcucc."
He was "confdcnt," he continued,
that it was "thc purpose of those
responsible for the conference to
destroy the farm bloc"
"rhc Presidents address in open
ing the conference" he continued,
indicated very clearly that such
was the purpose"
Behind Closed Doors
The committee meetings this aft
crnoon were held behind closed
doors. 1t was expected they would
be occupied chiefly today with or
ganlzation and, perhaps, prclimi-
nary surveys Of the work assigned
to them. Twelve major committees
and their chairmcn were appointed
yesterday, and these were expected
to divide themselves into number
OF subcommittee to work out de-
tails of their various assignments.
Probably one question in which
the delegates are as a whole inter-
cstcd is that Of commodity financ-
ing. One member Of the committee
on agricultural credit and insur.
ancc, which has this subject under
consideration, suggested plan
probably could be worked out to
provide for commodity loans run
ming from six months to three years
His proposition would provide for
the grading and inspection of com
moditics, endorsement of commodity
paper presented by farmers by their
local banks and the handling of this
paper through the Federal Farm
Loan Bank system, which would
either discount it through the fed
eral reserve system or issue dcbcn-
lures against the loans in the form
Of certificates Of Indebtedness to
be sold on the open market