The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-12-31
GOVERNMENT TOAD
EXPORT BUSINESS
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AND SEC.
REAARY JADINE AGREE ON
FARM POLICY
FARMERS DEMAND HELP
THE MEASURE WILL BE DRAFT
, ED FOLLOWING SERIES OF
& d CONFERENCES

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Washington, Dec. 26-The admin
istration's farm relief program will be
broadened to provide for some ma
chinery for handbag surplus crops.
Just what form this new aid will
take has not been determined, but
both President Coolidge and Secre-
tary Jardine have reached the con-
clusion thasasurplus crops present one
of the dominating problems of agri-
culture and that some governmental
step must be taken to afford relief.
Tremendous pressure has been
brought to bear recently on the adj
ministration by the congressional
"farm bloc" and western agricultuM
al leaders to create a federal coi1-
mission with powers to direct the dis
position of surplus farm crops in I a
way which would enable the produc-
ers to at least get the cost of pro-
duction. ID -
Heretofore the White House Eas
been silent on the subject, but today,
after the President had conferred
with Secretary Jardine, which was
the elimination of series of confer
ences between the two, it was dis
closed that the administration was
prepared to indorse conservative leg
islation fostering the sale of surplus
crops in the export trade with a gov
eminent commission as a directing
agency.
The issue was brought to a. head
today a few hours before the depart
ure for Des Moines of the Iowa con-
gressional delegation, members of
which were invited to attend a meet
ing there of farmers and bankers to
discuss means of marketing the sur
plus corn crop.
Representative Dickinson, Repub-
licap, Iowa, talked with Secretary
Jardine just before he left and it is
understood that the secretary, who
had come direct from the White
House, authorized the Iowa represen-
tative to tell the farmers of that
state that the ADMINISTRATION sympa-
thized with their difficulties and was
prepared to support some measure
for handling the surplus crops pro-
vided it did not put the government
in business and fix crop prices.
Secretary Jardine, in laying the
foundation for the bill, plans to fol-
low the same course he pursued in
preparing the cooperative marketing
bill when he called in cooperative
leaders for advice. He will invite
farm leaders in all parts of the coun-
try to offer suggestions.
At present, the secretary believes
that surplus crops can be handled
through the cooperative marketing
system with government commits
sion as guiding hand. He is CIV
ing consideration to the proposal to
empower such a commission to de-
clare Emergency periods" when some
particular. farm crop is under pres
sure and to designate some agency to
handle it.
Farmers, through their own or
CARNATIONS, have most powerful in
strument to control the movement of
surplus crops into consumptive cham
nels," Mr.. Jardine said today. with
the confidence have in the co-opera-
tive movement, I have always opposed
government price fixing, either direct
or indirect, and the handling of farm
products by government agencies with
the most certain feeling that a gov
ernment guarantee of this nature
would eliminate the one real incen-
tive for collective effort.
AFTER a thorough study of the
problem, have come to the conclu-
sion that there may be legitimate
functions which government board
or commission might render which
would encourage rather than dis
courage initiative on the part of the
farmers along the broad lines I con-
stantly and consistently have held
for"
A bill to aid cooperative market
ing already has been introduced in
senate and house, with administra-
ton support, but there has been no
open Endorsement by the White
House of any other relief legislation
now pending. In view of repeated
assertions by the President and some
of his advisers, reminding the farmer
that he himself must remedy many of
the conditions with which ne is con-
fronted, farm boo senators and rep
resentatives have acted on the as
sumption that no further legislation
would be proposed by the White
House.
Heavy pressure in favor of various
projects, including export corporation