Evening star., 1926-01-21
FARMER CONTROL
OF SURPLUS BODY
URGED BY JAROlNE

t
Wontinued FROM First PaceD
! sun that can guarantee the wellbeinc
Of the inefficient produced
The second angle of approach to
The problem he termed the public
angle which must function when the
| individual farmer has put his house
/ in order. The case of agriculture,
must he understood in terms OF ma
/ tional welfare rather than merely
partisan gain.
.Jardine's Program.
In the program for improvement of
The fundamental agricultural situa-
ton. Secretary Jardine considered
portance:
Taxation. land policy farm credit.
! freight rates. roads. waterway de
velopment cooperative marketing
, and the surplus problem.
Redistribution OF the lax burden
between State and local government
,, unite would contribute greatly IN
ironing out many Of the inequalities
nf the present situation. where
farmers place high taNcs second
only to low prices as . cause Of their
trouhlo&. he gaid. inequalities in
asee eSHments should he reduced AND
greater consideration given 10 the
carving power of land.
The time has come to shane nur
public policies of land utilization def
nitely to the advantage OF asriCul
ture as whole he said. The Gov
ernment should not embark on uneco-
nomic development projects"
Where credit conditions have been
aggravated by bank failures the sit
uation can be met by setting up aSri-
cultural credit corporations. through
which new funds can he brought into
;hc community through the intermedi
.ste credit system he s:4ii anent tirn
credit. Organization of these new az
Cicultural credit corporations he did
not advocate where established credit
agencies already arc serving the
farmer
Freight Rate Eeadiustments.
\ believe We musl have .uhst4n
tial establishments in freight rates."
lhr secretary declared. "Iiich freish,
rates constitute one Of the many
causes that have contributed to the
depression III farm prices. especially
IL areas distant from the market"
The problem Of surplus is one ''un.
DERIVING the whole q agricultural stu
atom. he said. Quoting from his an
nual report, he told of mean MS TO deal
with II.
In the field of production Govern
mont agencies can furnish farmers
with a background of economic infor-
nation which will serve 10 guide in
tellicert programs Of production.
In the field OF distribution the
Government can provide essential
background Information guide TO
orderly mark etinc. \ compre-
henSiVe system of standards and
grades for farm products should be
set up. Warehouses and ter
ninal storage facilities should b,
made adequate. and stored farm prod.
ucts given credit status on par
With other commodities. Some
phase of our credit machinery must he
evolved which will permit much broad
er storage of perishable crops.
Face Three Problems.
Cooperative marketing orca nizations
face three problems. he believed: The
adjustment OF production to market
needs. the improvement of marketing
conditions and the improvement Of the
bargaining power of the producers.
Il am anxious TO promte the develop
ment of cooperative marketing along
sound lines. In order that the depart
ment may render Co-Opera tiveS even
greater assistance than in the past, ]
have given my support To a measure
now before Congress expanding the
Department. work in the field of
marketing. research and service
This particular section Of the Coun-
try does not lack successful Co-oDera-
rives. Your farmers cooperative ele,
vators are among our best examples Of
successful cooperation. II is my opin-
ion that YOU have the foundation on
which 10 build thoroughly effective
marketing organiza ton
Form Exporting Nation.
The overproduction Of american
agriculture iS not the farmers prob
lem alone. because the whole Nation
had A hand in bringing il on. declared
Sam H. Thompson. president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
He made his farewell address to the
Illinois Agricultural Association as
president
Agriculture" said Mi. THOMPSON.
has been extended through the dec
AIDES when expansion Of the Industry
and its production was the chief ma
ionsl policy for the farmer 10 the
point thai there is 4 normal surplus
over what the homo market con
Sumcs. which sets The price on what
the home market takes as we'll as that
which is exported. Protection Of such
crop by the ordinary Tariff duty is
farce.
Some people talk ~ though the
Surnlus iG new thing. due TO over
production brought or by the var.
Nothing could br further from the
ruth. We have been q farm export
Ing Nation. as long. almost. aS we
have been q Nation
This normal surplus and the other
forms of surplus which appear in the
farming business have 4 great deal
to 90 with our farm problem. How
can we dispose of 1t so that the farmer
can get an American price for what
he sells at home, and thus afford him
The opportunity TO market his crops
under the same highly protected con-
dition AS that under which he is com
PEELED 70 produce them
IF il were possible for farmers to
forecast exactly The return from their
nj ,,tipps and foreca demand