Evening star., 1925-11-13
FARM RELIEF MEN
SEEK COMPROMISE;
APPEAL TO JARDlNE

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set up an export corporation, financed
| from the United States Treasury.
| Recently at conference of CO.
| operatives here a program was ap-
| proved. to which Secretary Jardine
| has given unqualified Endorsement rs
| the only form of relief that he be-
| lieves will really aid the farmers. This
program has not yet gone to the
| President, awaiting an opportunity for
| other cooperative agencies to sign up.
| Now comes the Iowa delegation's
| solicitation that Secretary Jardine
support the Dickinson bill, modifca-
ton of the McNaryH Haugen bill, with
machinery to control surplus crops
! as an important objective.
! The McNary Haugen crowd have
made some important concessions, and
! the Dickinson bill is not their last
word--they are willing to make still
! further concessions to get the indorse-
ment of the Secretary of Agriculture.
| 1t is equally fair to state that Secre-
tary Jardine Is also ready to grant
! something and so there are hopeful
signs that the farm legislation doc
tors, who in the last Congress dis
! agreed, may now come to some sort of
compromise, and bill may be
passed.
SO the tentative draft Of the Dick
| inson bill seems TO be the ground
work for compromise, and on that ac-
| count is important Discussing the
] provisions of this tentative draft
| Representative Dickinson said today:
| Urges Farm-Named Body.
II is essential that the Federal
! commission, which my bill proposes,
/ I.a far ~ fnr
| that the viewpoint of such a commits
! sion must always be the producers
| Viewpoint, and when the personnel is
! selected otherwise it may be chosen
! for the purpose of discouraging or de
| feating a program that the producers
! feel is essential to the protection of
! their interests.
! provides for the selection of a farm
| council, consisting of men from each
/ of II land bank districts, o" so men.
! the members of such council to be Sc
/ lected by til farm and marketing or
/ ganiZationS under rules to be formu-
| lated by the Secretary of Agriculture
| and later by the Federal Farm Com
mission. The members serve without
J pay except n per diem when in ses-
| sion and travelling expenses. The
| council is vested with power to make
recommendations to the Secretary of
| Agriculture and the farm commission
covering legislative and economic pol
! icies for their benefit, and also to NOM
! nate Is names to be sent to the
| President. from which 6 are to be Sc
lected as Federal farm commission.
i "A Federal farm commission is,
therefore, created. and the require
| ments of the bill are that one member
| of this commission shall be chairman
! OF the board and the others named
I with due regard to their knowledge
/ and experience in producing and mar
| ketlnS the following commodities: tD
! Grain. t2l live stock, 81 dairy and poul-
/ try, 4) cotton and tobacco. and (5)
! fruits and vegetables
4, Protection Sought
Securing commission nominated
by the producers themselves. expert
enced in the problem of production
and marketing of the various com
modities. ought to be acknowledged by
everyone as giving TO the food pro-
ducers of this country wonderful
opportunity not only to protect them
selves against objectiona BILE legisla-
ton in the future, but ought also to
make the producer secure and make
him feel that future legislation will
direct his affairs into a safe economic
status on a parity with other inter
ests. 1t would also permit them to
suggest future plans and policies as
the marketing and processing Condi-
lon of any commodity might war
rant.
Certain Government requirements
would be a decided handicap to the
cooperative program. Permission is
given in this bill to encourage and
assist any cooperative program. but
not 20 license, regulate or audit. The
less Government regulation co-opera-
.
will make in handling their own com
modify. 1t is now practically agreed
that to get real relief for the pro
! ducers some organization under their
! control must become active in the
/ large marketing CenterS to prevent
! discrimination and speculative manin-
ulators. This bill seeks to encoura ge
/ such program and will assist in its
! development.
! This bill. further, gives the farm
! commission certain control of exports.
| When certain conditions exist among
| the same. being the recommendation
! OF the co-operativeS engaged in such
! commodity. an operating period can
! be declared for control, OF exports on
such commodity. This connects the
| export control up with cooperative or
| ganizations engaged in such com
modify.
( OF.
The bill further charges that in
! disposing of such surplus the com
! mission shall deal with all existing
| agencies for such purpose. II such
! commodity is marketed comparatively,
| it will be much easier for the commits
| sion to make the necessary assess
ments for equalization. However, if
! this is not desirable. IL huShel tax on
grain could be levied in market chan
nels. or a pound tax in live stock chan
nels. to create such an equalization
| fund.
| The right of the commission to buy
and sell is probably debatable ground.
! The right to negotiate with existing
agencies, to care for the same. ought
not to be debatable ground. The right
to create an organization to care for
the same must be conceded. This does
! away with the ratio price which was
| construed as Government price-fXing.
| 1t is purely a matter of market con-
! troll or a control Of market channels.
! 1t is the creation of a Government
agency around which can be gathered
the necessary machinery to prevent
| the sale of a small per cent of a good
commodity in export, rejecting the
price against the balance Of such COM
modify domestiCally consumed. 1t Is
! an effort to direct the way by which
! food producers can have the same pro-
| lection that industrial commodities
! now have by reason of the close unity
among manufacturers in the sales end
of their business.
1.-The finances necessary to be placed
behind the commission created by this
i bill will depend upon the authority
| ieet~ ciI