Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-03
REMEDIAL FARM MEASURES
COMING BEFORE CONFERENCE
Meeting on January 10 in
Washington to Draw Agri-
cultural and All Correlated,
Lines

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Reme-
dial measures to meet the present
! farm situation and the laying down
of a permanent policy for develop
ment of self-sustaining agriculture
are expected to result from the ma
tional agricultural conference to be
called by Secretary Wallace at the
request Of President Harding. The
conference. it was indicated today,
probably would meet about January
Is in Washington.
Farmers and representatives of
correlated lines interested in farm
ers' products will make up the per-
sonnet of the conference, which, it
was said today, would number be-
tween 100 and $50 farmers. Farm
ers' organize tons, manufacturers of
farmers products, transportation in
tereStS, marketing agencies, shipping
interests, fertilizer-makers, farm i'm
.plement manufacturers, state agri-
cultural and state agricultural col,
lege representatives, cotton, grain,
livestock, fruit commission men, ex.
perts on rural social problems and
bankers are expected to be included
in the membership of the conference.
An official Of the agricultural de-
partment today asserted that the
conference in finding measures for
relieving the distress of the farmers
would at the same time be reviving
business of all lines through restora-
ton Of the farmers purchasing
power.
Secretary Wallace and his advisers
worked hard today, completing the
list of those who will be asked to the
conference. Special attention was
give nto each prospective name in
order to get the best qualified and
constructive membership possible
from a national standpoint.
The conference, it was indicated
authoritatively, will first meet anc
map out it's own program Of work
1t was suggested that the members
probably would then divide them
selves into committees along lines
of production, transportation, manu-
featuring and marketing, and these
in turn would have subcommittee
ucts such as wheat, corn, cotton, to-
bacco, fruit and the like.
Questions of transportation, agrl-
cultural financing, utilization CT
land resources, forestry, policies on
land leasing which would include
contracts and rents, various aspects
Warehousing and terminal develop
ment and rural social life in the
opinion of agriculture department
officials, probably would be on the
progra moi the conference.
Dbl Of
production and involving control of
animal and plant diseases, it is
thought, will evolve from the con-
ference deliberations. This would in
cludc a new national policy for
fighting the boil weevll which work
ed such disastrous results in many
sections of the cotton belt last year
and for eradication of the corn borer
which tas appeared on the edge of
the corn belt.
The conference, it was explained,
will work in the fullest harmony and
cooperation with the joint congress-
ional committee which has been in
vestigating agricultural problems.
Chairman Anderson and his col
leagues, it was said, undoubtedly
will be invited to sit in the confer
ence and give the delegates the ben
eft of their opinions in graphing
with the problems which will come
before them.
While preparations for the confer
ence We're being made today, the
farmers national council through its
headquarters here issued a state
ment which IN part sad:
"The presidents proposed confer
ence of farming interests plus the in
terests related thereto, that is, inter
ests which have exploited agricul-
ture, will doubtless be the same sort
of bluff and fraud as the pres1
dents conference on unemployment
and the presidents conference to
limit the limitation of ornaments"
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
TO AID FARMER GIVEN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-On the
heels Of the ADMINISTRATIONS call
for an agricultural conference here