New Britain herald., 1926-03-03
VARIED PROPOSALS
 FOR FARM RELIEF
Hearings Are to Be Started To.
 morrow at Washington

Washington, March P---Widcly divergent proposals for farm relief logisla'ion await consideration of the house agriculture committee, which will open hearings on the subject probably tomorrow
 More than a score of bills rclat- Ing 10 agriculture huvc accumulated during the three months Of the scs- sion. They include proposals that the government 20 into business with the farmers, buying their crops and selling them on the market. and various price-tlXng plans, while others would have tho government laid the producers to ind markets and to obtain reasonable Iriccs.
 Prcdominutng in the suggestions for legislation is the demand for as- sstance in dispOsing Of surplus crops. These bills now are before the house committee.
 By Representative Dickinson. re- publican. Iowa -- To create q fed Cral farm board, under whose dircc- ton farmers cooperative associations would buy surplus crops at the domestic price and sell them at the world price, being reimbursed for any loss by fund obtained by col lection of an equalization fee from ! the producers.
 1 By RcprcscOiasiy Aswcll, demo- crat, Louisiana-To establish the interstate farm marketing associ- ation. which. through a system of regional organizations, would provide for storing, transporting. processing and marketing commodities,
 By Representative Chrislophorsou, republican, South Dakola-To form ! the American stahililing commission, 10 purchase @r1ius and store or 9"li them within ifs discretion. The plan would he financed hy 3 loan Of %5i".- o10, ,o0n from fin" Federal R'sorN" bank
 , By R"rrc&ont9tiv" Snol9ir. rcpuh-
 iran, North Dahota To direct th' president 10 oproin' commission Ito inGuir" into a general system for the op,r"tifo marketing of all products. Also q hil tn finance on' of inc treasury a &ino, ,"o"."0o cor porarion 10 buy end s''ll crops.
 By Erpr"s"nra'iy" Adkins repVh- Gcan. Illinois To m'hori2" 'ho gov ernmrnf to jSsu" on exported agri- cultural products dybrnlur"s to b. accepted as pnvm"Ot Of duties on articles mport"I into t)" l'nit". States. '.his iq int"gd"I fo pla"' the farmer on greater equality nu- ior ,h" tariff l""@
 By Eopr"r0jali1" lj0j". drmo- .crat, KdnsH@-- To uutnor&e Inc sec .rrtary of agriculture to buy, sell and
 export wheat. under |n approprj- .ation of >tu",04", ",hoo.
 By Kopr,srntati}e Strong. rrpullj.
 can. Kansas--ro cStahli>h the fod- ' .ral market GndinG board 'o as, '.,'
 in domrSric and foreign mark tiu~
 By Ecproaor'"ijIn oldtlrld, d'nG-
 rrst, Arkausa@- 'ro form the iuru
 urs' export corporation. capitalize hy tho guv"rumcnt at &2oo.oo",""' a fluI markets HHl pro,id- credit: TOT exporting surplus crops.
 By Representative rich"r. lcruhli an, Kansas To present diS"rjnlL"
 ton agains' farmers cooperative or .:anilntions hy boards of trade Ut similar organizations.
 By Rcpr"sD0rru'o MrLou@hitn ! ,rrpuhlrnn. Nehrasha To rroat" Ill., rorrorafion of ""o0oni" cujd1uCe oi 2griCultur", to h" r1p1'"lil"d hy tn'
 Eoycrnmont at 1@"". ."o", ,0"o, Whlc! %oun be collected through q saIe, : -9x on crops, Ii would oud"avor tc achieve q balanced prodNrtjon n
 staples by purchasing and Sorin- surplus crops and ivy other means, Bv Rnprcscntafiv" B"rh, rcpuhli an. Wisconsin n--To Incorporate 'h'
 'nitcd States agricultural coonora
 i've marketing as~n"io'ion whir' . would provide national cooperative
 marketing system.