Evening star., 1925-12-27
FARM COMMISSION
BACKED BY G. O. P.
TO CUT SURPRISES

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proposal that may be advanced in
ample time for action at this session.
Government to Aid Only.
The plan now tentatively advanced
as "a possible solution of the export
surplus problem does not contemplate
having the Government do the pusl-
ness Of the farmer, but does propose
that the Government shall aid the
farmers TO do their own business.
Whenever a surplus OF farm prod-
uce. corn. wheat, or other slapie
becomes apparent. the proposed com
mission would Immediately SCI 10
work among the farmers and with
the hanks to devise some plan where.
bv the handling of the surplus could
he SO financed as not to bring about
a great drop in the prices OF the com
modify concerned.
The Co.operative organizations OF
farmers, which are 10 be tostered pF
the Government under the bill already
introduced. in the opinion OF secretary
Jardine may become the agencies
through which the surplus may be
most advartageously handled for eX-
port or other disposition. In fact. ne
regards the development of the farm
Co-operativeS as the essential feature
OF any plan for the Improvement OF
the farmers business.
The information that the admins.
tlation is planning to deal with the
surplus problem was hailed yesterday
with satisfac ction by some o. the mem
berS of the Senate and the House from
the Middle West and the Northwest,
who have insisted that something be-
side the co-opera tive marketing bill
should be put through "a. the present
session OF Congress.
Modification Is Seen.
In some quarters which have been
;nimical to the adminiStrati ton because
of its opposition to the creation of an
export commission to buy and sell
farm products il was interpreted as a
modification of the administration S
previous attitude. Even in quarters
which have been friendly TO the ad-
miniStration, but which have been dis
appointed because nothing has been
done so far to deal with the surplus
problem. it was regarded as a change.
Secretary Jardine. however. insist ed
that he has all along declared that
some steps must be taken TO deal with
the surplus and he pointed to the
language of his last annual report in
support of his assertion. He declared
attitude whatever.
Speaking of the surplus problem in
his annual report. the Secretary said.
| in part:
This is one of the ma jor economic
problems of the Nation. II is we'll
known that small surpluses exercise a
depressing effect on prices altogether
disproportionate to their amount.
Measures to regulate the movement
nf nj M iIy CT. z hot
unnecessary price fluctuations can be
avoided and speculative hazards less
ened are urgently needed.
The discussion of problems of sur
pluses is entering more and more upon
common ground, and / look forward
to an agreement upon the principles
of a solution along the broad lines
here suggested"
Says Need Long Recognized.
Instead of the administration hav-
ing been forced into a different atti-
| tude toward this problem, it Is Secre-
| tary Jardine's contention that it has
all along recognized the need of deal
ing with it effectively.
Should the Government undertake
| to do the farmers business for him, as
has been proposed in the various plans
for an export commission, buying and
selling products. Secretary Jardine
feels that the cooperative movement
would be discouraged and the farm
| ers would lean upon the Government
and not upon their own initiative and
resources.
| Senator Capper Of Kansas, chair.
man of the so-calIed farm bloc, said
| yesterday that he hoped some plan
would be worked out to deal with
the surplus farm products. The farm.
| ers, he said. have in many cases be
come convinced they are not getting
a square deal under the present eco.
nomlc system, and unless something
Is. done they are prepared to assume
a position antagonistic to the protec.
tive tariff which protects from foreign
| competition many of the things which
the farmer must buy, while in the
main he has to sell in the world
| market.
Will Support Coolidge.
| Senator Capper made it clear that
| he desires to work with the admin.
istration in it's efforts along this line
ana that he would not approve OF
any measure which was set up to
embarrass the administration.
| Chairman Norris of the Senate com
mittee on agriculture, who has been
supporter of the plan for an ex
port commission to handle the farm
ers surplus products. is ready. he
said. to aid in any plan the admin.
istration puts forward which he be
lieves will be of real benefit to the
farmers, even though that plan does
not go as far as he believes it should
Representative Dickinson, who has
been at work for some time on a hill
which shall deal with the surplus
problem. with other members of the
Iowa delegation in Congress left yes
terday for Des Moines, Iowa, to at.
tend meeting with bankers and farm
representatives at which an effort will
be made to form plan to meet the
serious situation in Iowa largely
because by the decline of the price OF
corn last Fan. He conferred with
Secretary Jardine at the Department
yesterday just before leaving Wash
| ington. and it is expected he will Law
| before the conference the nlans nt