The New York herald., 1922-01-23
SEEK MORE CREDIT
AS AID TO FARMERS
Many Plans for Government
Assistance to Be Urged at
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Agricultural Farley.
Specie, Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau

Specie, Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c.. Jan. 22.
More than 100 proposals for Govern
ment assistance and for special legis-
lation will be laid before the opening
session OF the national agricultural con-
ference tomorrow by representatives
OF organizations of general farmers.
dairymen, cattle raisers. wool growers
and other AGRICULTURAL and allied inter-
ests.
Plans for relief TO be presented TO
tile conference were being worked cut
tonight By representatives OF a score
OF organizations. Among them are the
American Wool Growers Association,
American Live Stock Association.
Southern Tariff Association, National
Board OF Farm Organize tions, National
Association Of Railway Executives, Ma
tional Dairy Association, American
Farm Bureau Federation and the Ma
tional Highways Transport Association
Exact details Of the various programs
were available here tonight only in
part The complete program OF each
organization will be known tomorrow.
Extension OF credit by the Govern
ment characterizes many OF the pro-
posals. Others include higher tariff
rates. good roads, reduced freight rates
and cooperative marketing.
Through the agricultural bloc In Con.
Eress, many of the farm organizations
hope to get their plans written incu
the nations statutes after receiving. II
Is hoped. the approval of the conference
Many organizations are planning to
take advantage Of the conference to
cali attention TO bills already laid be-
fore Congress by members of the bloc
The National Board of Farm Orgnni-
sation. claiming TO represent moro than
100000 farmers. is one organisation
which will ask the conference to in
dorse legislation under which credit
would be extended 10 farmers. Charles
=. Barrett, president OF the board ana
q delegate 10 the conference, said:
The conference will be a failure uu-
less 1t adopts some plan by which the
farmer will be assured OF a fair return
for plentiful crops. Big crops are
needed by the United States and by the
entire world. But In the past when tho
farmer has produced In abundance this
has been used against him In depresa-
Ing prices below the cost of production"
The legislative program to be placed
board includes legislation for extending
credit TO farmers. authorization of CO.
operative buying and selling by farmers
now more or less under the blight of the
antitrust laws preservation OF the
Federal farm loan system and losiAia.
tiOn to compel the correct branding and
labelling o, all commodities from manu-.
facturer TO consumer.
4 high TARIFF on raw wool win go q
Ions way toward solving the problem Of
the farm business accord
ing to wool growers. who will Bo largely
REPRESENTED In the conference.
Cattle raisers want a high tariff on
ridcs and lower freight rates. To raise
good bearing animals now is nearly nm. |
ttey declare. because the rail- !
roads take most ~ tha rnsh chat IL re- !
reived from .hc meat packers over ana |
acove the rost of production OF the
animals. The cattle men. too. want I
gomc assurance that they viii be able 10 I
obtain loans ~ loY rates Of Interest /
In the last few months loans were made
possible for them only through the or |
Of private pool Of Western
bankers.