Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-24
MEET
OPENS At CAPITAL.
FOR BUSY SESSION
Program Made Public Satur-
day Includes James A.
Morton, Of Athens, as
Speaker for South

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Five
days have been allotted to the ma
tional agricultural conference which
meets here Monday to study the con-
ditions of the farmers Of the United
States and suggest remedies to
meet the situation.
The program, made public today
by the agricultural department,
showed that the present acute dis
tress of the farmers is to be given
first consideration, after which the
conference will take up cOnsidera~
ton of a permanent agricultural pol.
icy designed to avoid periods of de-
preston such as at present face
the farmers.
President Harding will open the
conference and will be followed by
Secretary Wallace, who will outline
the purpose of the gathering. Rep.
resentative Anderson, Minnesota,
chairman of the joint congressional
commission of agricultural inquiry,
then will speak on agricultural
prices and the present situation.
The present agricultural situation
and suggested remedies will be pre-.
sented Monday afternoon through
reports from representatives of the
leading agricultural regions. e. b.
Cornwell, of Middlebury, VT, will
present the situatien in the ncrth-
eastern states; James A. Morton, OF
Athens, Ca, will speak for the
south; A. Sykes, Of Ida Grove, Iowa.
for the corn belt: John H. Hagan. of
nnn1,iYoor fnYs tho VnHnof
gions, and Fred BiXby, of Long
Beach, Cal, for the range country.
To Discuss European Situation
Representatives OF cities will fol-
low with thenminute discussions
telling Of the effect of agricultural
depression on other industries.
The program gives these speakers
as: William Black, of Louisville, i'm
plement industry; James F. Nell, OF
Minneapolis, milling industry; Thorn
as e. Wilson, of Chicago, packing
industry, and c. A. Mcdowell, of
Chicago, fertilizer industry.
The European situation in its re-
lation to- American agriculture will
be discussed Tuesday by G. f. War
rem, of Ithaca, N. Y, followed by
Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing direc-
tor of the war finance corporation,
on the financial emergency in agri-
culture. The financial policy in its
relation to price levels will also be
discussed Tuesday by Wesley Mitch
ell, of New York.
Beginning Tuesday, the afternoons
will be given over to committee
meetings, in which the conference
is expected to divide along the gen:
eral lines of production, financing
transportation and marketing. The
mornings will be taken up with gen.
eral sessions Of the conference.
Reports Last on Program
Discussions from the floor under
the five-minute rule will be permit
ted at the close of each conferences
session.
Fundamentals of cooperative mar
keting will be outlinel to the dele
gates Wednesday by G. Harold Pow
ell, of Los Angeles, and the posi-
ton of the independent distributor
by William L. Wagner, of Chicago.
Ten-minute discussions of market
ing also will be heard Wednesday
from Governor John M. Parker, Of
Louisiana; Carl Williams, of Okla
homa City, Okla; Robert McDougal,
president of the Chicago Board OF
Trade, and H. M. Anderson, of st.
Paul, MINI.
e. D. Ball, of the agricultural de-
partment, Thursday will discuss the
subject of a. food supply for an in
creasing population, and Clifford
Pinchot, of Harrisburg, Pa, a ma
tional forestry policy. At the same
session Richard T. Ely, of Madison,
Wis, will discuss a national policy
fer land utilization, and r. A. Pear
son, of Ames, Iowa, a national pol
icy for agricultural research.
Committees of the conference are
expected to have their reports ready
for submission Thursday or FRI
day.
More Delegates Named
Secretary Wallace tonight made
public an additional list of thirty.
one delegates to the conference.
TheJ were:
Ed. O'Nean, Florence, Ala; e. J.
Bodman, Little Rock, Ark; William
pinney. Suffield, Conn; A. B. Peet,
Milford, Del; Js les W.. Morton,
Athens, Ga; Martin Amorus, Mariet-
ia, Ga; A. H. Sanders, Chicago; G.
w. Fulk, Bethany, ILL.,; o. w. Ray
mond, Watseka, ILL.,; M. Leith, Ware
Iowa; r. M. Gum, Buckingham
wa; r. E. Sheppard, Jerome, Ida
no; H. M. Hill, Fredonia, Kan; A.
Kaplan, Crowley, La; Bryan Ards,
Shreveport, La; r e. Milling, New
Orleans; George Roberts, Fremont,
Nebr.; I. H. Kent, Fallon, Nevada;
G. M. Putnam, Concord, N. H.; Oil
yer Lee, Alamo, Gordo, N. M; N. F.
Webb, Cortland, N. Y; A. r. Mar
sha. New York; Wesley c. Mitchell.
New York; George w. Sissons, Pots
dam N Y. TT O. POWELL New YOrks
l.. I. Morre, Newbern, N. C.; r. W.
Ripner, Pendleton, Oregon; T. III.
Hillard, Wilkesbarre, Pa; George r.
White, Brady, Texas; w. w. Tur-
neY, Elpaso, Texas, and j. s. Abbott