Evening star., 1925-01-10
Farm Experts to Suggest
Remedies for Most Pressing
Agricultural Problem.
REPORT TO BE PLACED
BEFORE COOLIDGE SOON
Financing Can Be Handled With
out Legislation, But Hide I'm
post Is Up to Congress.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


The first report of the Presidents
agricultural conference will be trans
mitted to the President within day
or two. It Is expected. 1t will deal
with the most pressing OF the agri-
cultural problems, the live stock sit
uation. Remedies for the situation.
which Is admittedly acute, probably
will be proposed along at least two
lines:
First financial aid. through CO.
operatives and the intermediate
banks.
Second, tariff on hides. Hides
are now on the free list and come
into the country in large numbers
Some OF the directors OF the inter
mediate credits banks have been in
Washington and in conference with
the agricultural conference and the
Federal Farm Loan Board during the
last week. The act OF 1923 provides
not only for intermediate banks, but
also for agricultural credit corpora
tions formed and conducted by the
farmers themselves. 1t Is understood
that the organization OF these lat
ter corporations will be strongly ad-
vised as means of bringing aid to
the cattlemen.
The members OF the Presidents
agricultural conference.-the care
fully selected men of wide knowledg ge
and experience in agricultural mat
ters-have been hard at work since
they reassembled here Monday. They
plunged at once into the cattlemen' s
problem and have given their entire
fn N q
morning and evening, long hours.
No New Agencies Needed.
The details OF the recommends
tions which will be submitted to the
President are carefully guarded, MEM
bers of commission declining to dis
cuss them. 1t Is understood, how
ever, that the conference believes
that the proper financial aid can be
rendered to the cattlemen through
existing agencies. without creating
any new commissions, boards or
banks: that the problem is largely
sns of proper rducation- as to what
can be done through the existing
agencies This will appeal strongly
to those who are somewhat appalled,
by the large number OF Federal
agencies OF one kind or another
which have already been created
dealing with every conceivable phase
of life. and to those who are eco
nomically inclined.
Furthermore, il it is possible to
bring about better conditions for the
cattlemen through agencies now ex-
listing. it can be done much more
quickly than II new legislation haG
to be enacted.
There are many farmers and live
stock men who do not make use OF
these agencies, it is explained, simply
because they have not been mad+ 10
understand just how they are TO use
them. This matter of education in
the use Of the agencies-including the
intermediate banks-will be strongly
urged, 1t is said.
When it comes to leVying tariff
on hides, however, Legislation Will DC
required The President is permitted
under the so-called elastic provisions
of he Observation-Disclosures tarih act
TO increase nr reduce by - per nj
The tariff rates carried in the law
after investigation and report by the
Tariff Commission. But there is
no tariff now on hides, this provision
cannot apply. it is argued, for. % pcr
cent more than nothing is still moth
ing.
A bill to amend the tariff law NV
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