The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-24
Al, HARVEST RISKS
WILL BE INCLUDED
,.ruoD OF sTABILIzING AL
" - TO BE DISCUSSED AT
.cp1c1vLTURAL MEETING.
Is CALLED BY THE PRESIDENT

n.,,,c;re Production With Con-
Da a',-nn+ion Another Topic to Be Con-
s;ds+ed at Conference That Opened
IN washington Yesterday
WASHINGTON, D. C.-lnsurance
..,s &C a method of stabilizing
.;.ss oi farm products is expected to
\ W. ons Of the many suggestions put
sard at the National Agricultural
Son T@I which opened. here Jan
,o U| 2}rd for Inclusion in perma-
E@n{ national farm policy.
IN D;.russjon within the conference is
. n5st to develop whether the pro-
, "per should recommend that the
On, ,r.,-ance he carried by the farmers
Eo,,onrratively, by private companies
T. through government AID. :,
tIaI insurance has already been tried
ii +nbacco growers, and storm insur--
!.a ;s in force in some sections OF
f. west. but for the first time ex-
- expect to see the question pre-,
Ranted for an insurance against all
&rop risks.
Tests Prove Successful.
Il r-oo insurance has been tested to
certain extent, it was declared, Doth
Il. mutual farmers companies and by
sy;rate insurance companies, and agri-
s,,lt~ra1 experts declare it has proved
successful. -,
Balancing production with consump-
az ;s another important topic which
h. conference leaders expect to see
son,e IN The relation of the supply
crops and foodstuffs to markets has
Song been studied, and suggestions
mich are likely to come from confer.
snce delegates, it was SAID, range all
41e wav from the old acreage hmlta--
8on to a more careful study OF world
PRODUCTION and consumption. Along
R,ith this would go crop surveys IN
America, which would enable the pro-
fucers. in the opinion of agricultural
kaders, in advance of crop paintings
h guage the consumption demand.
81 The importance of developing sta
Estical information was pointed out by
zxperts in discussing this subject. They
said that for a number OF years hg-
res on production have been fairly
somplete. but similar data on con-
sumption have been shy.
Valorization Still Demanded.
Valorization of price fixing was said
Ia be on the minds OF several dele
oates, and while economists declared
b such efforts invariably in the past
have failed. nevertheless it has failed
b settle the demands. Bills on this
subject are now before congress and
uggestions from the outside have
kOme iOr minimum price guarantee tor
Pertain staple commodities as wheat,
'eorn, cotton and the like.
81 Extension OF the cooperative move
Aent is expected to be proposed to
R#e conference. Smaller cooperative
organizations have proved successful,
agricultural authorities said, and adj
locates OF extension of the movement
s&llI be in the gathering OF delegates.
n Leaders OF the conference predict
fhat the labor question inevitably will
Alse, since the presence OF railway
Executives and Samuel Gompers, pres
Aent OF the American Federation of
Aabor, and OF many representative
employers as conference members
I'M bring the two sides of the ques
hon together
Farmers Interested in Labor.
The farmers, it was said, are vitality
Rterested in the labor question
frough its effect on Transportation
H#teS and because Of a realization that
Aage scales are reflected in the pur-
89&aSng power of labor.
he purely agricultural nature of the
Rnierence, agriculture department Of
1alS SAID, has been kept in mind and
dlrt farmer" will be fully repre-
8i'eq. Hall OF the personnel is made
OF farmers and farm leaders, and
other hall OF industries which are
pendent on prosperous agriculture.
NaTe Will be taken, officials declared,
8at the findings OF the conference will
III thoroughly considered in the lights
'aer legal standing, and they will
nnaily promulgated with this as
IN mind.
georgia Viii Be Represented.
w, b. Hunter, president OF the
forgia Fruit Exchange, and Martin
.NLorrous, prominent Cobb county
T Ne! have been invited by Henry
Wallace, U. S. secretary of agri-
t.ue; TO attend the presidents agri-
Iqral conference.
Inc Georgia Fruit Exchange, or
El - IN 1909, has developed the
nIH,eti91g OF the Georgia peach to
~ OF perfection. During the past
III more than $500 cars were dis
Duleq by the exchange in 2O4 cities
oa l9 the country, with a reve-
" Inc member growers of $780,
sr'' Amorous has for some time past
prominently associated with the
,to '.Nallon campaign of the Georgia
''On Growers Association.
NAToR PENRosE HAD