Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-27

clared there was no over-production
now, but there was under consumption.
| The United States is approaching a
condition of adverse food balance and
must decide whether to retain proper
| ration between agriculture and In
dustry or permit the latter to take a
dominant lead at the expense of the
former, DR.. Ball said The nation S
balance between the two fields of en-
| deavor will be lost, he warned, unless
the tendency toward industrial domi-
nance is made one of the major
problems for national consideration. y
,, Must Reorganize National Life
"The critical period in which de-
termination must be made is close at
hand" he declared, adding that the
| situation requires complete reorgani-
cation of the national life. since the
problem of increasing the food supply
for an increasing population must
concern every industry.
America. DR.. Ball asserted, can re
tain its commanding position in world
affairs only IF she continues to grow
| and develop. and it is for this nation
as a whole to decide" whether this
| shall be done 1t is tremendously
important to the world,p he added,
that the nation holding such a posi-
ton be democracy. The decision, he
said. depends largely on agriculture
because national progress in the fu-
| ture must rest even more on the food
producing power than it has in the
past
Forests Continue To Vanish
Clifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania, pre-
senting the need for a national forestry
| policy. drew applause when he told
| the delegates there Is group of
men who sit up here, most of them
not farmers. who have earned the
everlasting gratitude of every farmer
in the United States for what they
have done for them"
With five e-sixths of the virgin tim
Der in the United States gone, we are
replacing by growth only one fourth
of what we cut. Mr.. Pinchot told the
conference.
Mr.. Pinehot advocated a national
forestry law. to become effective at
once. If the 4s.000,OO0 acres of tim
Der land remaining produced 80 cubic
feet per acre per year they could
almost meet the present needs. he
pointed out. adding that only Is cubic
feet per acre was now produced.
New Policy of Research Urged
Another plea that the United States
lend Europe the helping hand was
made to the conference by Richard T.
Ely, professor of economics of the
University of Wisconsin. Mr.. Ely re-
commended a national policy of con
servation TO be applied to forest aud
mineral land as well as agricultural
land.
r. A. Pearson. of Iowa, chairman
49, j.
of land grant colleges. stressed the
Importance of new policy tor agrl-
cultural research.
If American agriculture is to sue
ceed in competition with the skill.
natural resources and cheaper labor
of other countries, I'VE must depend
mon our superior knowledge. presi-
dent Pearson said.
New methods for reducing cost Of
production, the better distribution of
farm products and better methods of
marketing are sorely needed at this
time" he said. adding that such met
hods will help to reduce the cost of
living"
Spectator Joins In
A national policy for agriculture re-
search. Mr.. Pearson said, should have
federal and state financial support.
Higher salaries, ne sald, were hteh'a
to attract able men to the research
work. since the scientific ranks we e
being depleted rapidly by industrial
concerns offering greater remuneration.
He also advocated special scholarships
and fellowships to provide competent
men for the work.
A stir occurred in the conference
hall as the noon recess was being
taken when spectator, who gave his
name as T.. H. Francisco, Of San Diego.
rising in his seat. demanded recogni--
ton. The recess motion was carried
before he could be heard but later to
a crowd that collected about him he
declared he had come all the way
from California to see if relief could
not be obtained for farmers in the
west who. he said. were not worrying
about Europe and didn't care where
the boundary line is between Franc,
and Germany.