Evening star., 1922-01-22
FARM TROUBLES UP
FOR 5DAY STUDY
National Conference Opening
Here Tomorrow Will Aim
to Remedy Distress.
LASTING POLICY SOUGHT
President and Secretary Wallace to
Start Program Covering Wide
Field of Industries.

Five days have been allotted to the
national agriculture conference which
meets here tomorrow to study the
conditions of the farmers of the
United States and suggest remedies
to meet the situation.
The program made public yester-
day 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 consideration
of a permanent agricultural policy
designed to avoid periods of depres-
sion such as at present face the
farmers
President Harding will open the
conference tomorrow and will be fol-
lowed by Secretary Wallace, who will
outline the purpose of the gathering
Representative Anderson, Minnesota,
chairman of the joint congressional
commission of agricultural inquiry,
and the present situation.
Speakers From All Sections.
l The present agricultural situation
sented tomorrow afternoon through
reports from representatives of the
leading agricultural regions. Z. B.
Cornwell of Middlebury, VT. will pre-
Sent the situation in the northern
states. James A. Morton of Athens,
Ga, will speak for the south; A.
Sykes of Ida Grove, Iowa, for the corn
belt; John L. Hagen of Deering, N. D.,
for the wheat regions, and Fred
Bixby of Long Beach, Calf, for the
orange country.
Representatives of allied Industries will
follow with minute discussions, tell
ing of the effect Of agricultural depres-
sion on other industries. The program
gives these speakers as William Black
of Louisville, implement industry;
James F. Nell of Minneapolis. milling
industry: Thomas F. Wilson of Chicago,
packing industry, and =. A. Mcdowell
of Chicago, fertilizer industry.
European Situation Enters.
The European situation in its relation
to American agriculture will be dis
cussed Tuesday by G. F. Warren of
Ithaca, N. Y, followed by Eugene
Meyer, jr., managing director of the
War Finance Corporation. on the finan-
cial emergency in agriculture. The
financial policy in its relation to price
levels will also be discussed Tuesday by
Wesley Mitchell Of New York.
Beginning Tuesday, the afternoons
will be given over to committee meet
ings, into which the conference is ex-
pected to divide along the general lines
of production, financing, transportation
and marketings. The mornings will be
taken UP with general sessions Of the
conference.
Discussions from the floor under the
fve-minute rule will be permitted at the
close Of each conference session.
Marketing to BE Topic.
Fundamentals of cooperative mar
keting will be outlined to the dele
gates Wednesday by G. Harold Powell
Of Los Angeles, and the position of
the Independent distributor by Will
liam L. Wagner of Chicago. Ten
minute discussions of marketing will
also be heard Wednesday from Gov.
John M. Parker Of Louisiana, Carl
Williams Of Oklahoma City. Okla;
Robert McDougal. president of the
Chicago Board Of Trade. and B. NJ
Anderson Of st. Paul, MINI.
e. D. Ball of the Agricultural De-
partment on Thursday will discuss
the subject 1T a food supply for an
Increasing population, and Clifford
Pinchot of Harrisburg, Pa. a national
forestry policy. At the same session
Richard r. Ely of Madison. Wis, will
discuss a national policy for land
utilixat tion, and r. A. Pearson OF
Ames, Iowa, a national policy for
agricultural research.
Committees Of the conference are
expected to have their reports ready
for .submission Thursday and Fridax