The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-27
ALABAMA SENATOR
 CRIT|CIZES FARM
 FARLEY IN SPEECH
Administration Fighing Agri- cultural Bloc, HefIin Says. Wannamaker FavorS Gov
 ernment Price Fixing
By Associated Frees

value of farm products en . par
 ity Titk those of other comnaodf-
 ties was asked of Congress ana
 President Harding tonight by the
 national agricultural conferences
 through the unanimous action on
 . resolution to tknt effect The
 resolutioE was contained in re-
 port from the marketing commft-
 tee and members said It's adoption
 meant that "nOmething must bs
 done by the President and Con-
 Ereas imme mediately."
 Washington, January 26.-The na- tional agricultural conference, after a day marked by several addresses and action on the recommendations of number of committees, met to- night to take up the report of Its marketing committee.
 sharp debate on governmental price fixing for agricultural commod tiles was expected to develop during consideration of this committees re- port. advocates of the plan, defeated in committee having announced their intention of carrying their argument to the floor of the conference.
 The conference today also entered discussion in the Senate and at the hearing of the Senate agriculture committee on the Ladd price stabili- z&tion bill.
 Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, in the Senate expressed hope that the corfarauca x.,ouid raattft fr, soma oood and criticized the selection of It's dele gates. The whole administration, he declared, from the President down." is losing no opportunity ito rap" the congressiona agricultural bloc. which was unanimously indorsed today by the conference.
 LaFoiiette Speaks
 Senator L.aFollette said that condi- tions was the inevitable result of forcible deflation brought about through control of the nations credit by the will Of few great financiers and could not be cured by the reso- lutiors of any conference" | Mehnwhile, at the Senate agricul- tural committee hsaring, J. $. Wan l hdhldhtF or SOutn 0dTOllnds Oeie- l gate to the conference, declared agri- culture could be saved from bank ruptcy only through governmental fixing of prices for cotton, corn and wheat. He agreed with Senator Page. republican, Vermont. that fixed mini- mum prices could not be maintained without embargoes barring imports of these commodities and he estimated 1t would cost the government not ! more than $500, 100000 in purchasing farm commodities to stabilize prices Wallace Opposes Price Fixing In conference with newspaper mon later in the day, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace voiced opposition to price fixing, which he said would prove ruinous to the farming indus try. He declared he favored plans 10 restore the purchasing power of the farmers dollar to a parity with that In other industries.
 The conference today took up com mittee recommendations and resoil- tions Immediately after hearing A series of addresses by R. A. Pearson president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. pr. B. D. Hall, director of scientific work of the department of agrfcul- ture; Richard F.. Ely, professor of economies of the University of Wis consin. and Clifford Pinchot of Penn sylvania.
 The resolution offered by the com mittee on agriculture and price re- lations, which included the indorse- ment of the agricultural bloc" in Congress. coupled with this commen- dation of President Harding and Sec retary Wallace for their action in making possible and calling the con ference This resolution was adopt ed unanimously