Evening star., 1926-03-29
COMPROMISE FARM
BILLS PRINCIPLES
GIVEN COMMITTEE
Organizations Offer Outline
of Chief Points of Pro-
posed Measure.
PRlCE-FlXING DECLARED
NOT INVOLVED IN PLAN
No Government Subsidy Asked,
Says Statement-Project Is United
View of Relief Backers.

In the interest of economy OF time,
a prepared statement summing up the
principles, purposes and workings of
the compromise" agriculture relief
bill now before the House committee
on agriculture was submitted today
with the united support of the organi'
cations pressing for agricultural re
lief at this session of Congress.
This report is signed by the legis-
lative committee of IL, +. W. Murphy
vice chairman; the American Farm
Bureau Federation. by S. III. Thomp-
son, president; the National Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
of America and the National Board
of Farm Organizations. by John
Trimble, vice president of the Farm.
ers' Union; Corn Belt Farm Organi-
cations committee, by William Hirth,
chairman; American Council of Agri.
culture, by Frank w. Murphy. chair
man of the board and the North Cen
trail State Agricultural Conference by
George n. Peek. chairman of the
executive committee of %.
Price Fixing Not Involved.
This statement asserts that the plan
on which these agricultural interests
have united does not put the Gov
ernment into the business of buying
or selling farm products. 1t does not
involve Government price fixing. 1t
is a sincere legislative attempt TO give
producers of farm commodities some
voice as to the price at which their
products move to market
1T does not involve Government
subsidy" the statement continues,
"since the Government funds that are
advanced for use in anticipation of
equaliza ton fees to be collected are
repayable to the Treasury.
This plan udlizes economic forces
and institutions to enable producers to
adjust supply to demand in the do
mestic and world markets at the fair
est price obtainable. 1t is economi-
cally sound and cannot fairly be at
tackled by those who support as sproaer
other legislative devices that operate
for the protection and stabiliZation of
other groups in our national life.
Represents United View.
I'VE respectfully urge that the
committee on agriculture accept this
statement. in which we concur, as
representing our views and wishes on
legislation to establish a national
farm policy and program for agricul-
ture. There are several features
which, the committee will recognize,
are vital to the operation of the plan
embodied in this bill. We are not in
favor of legislation which does not
give the farm board power and funds
to stabilize prices by managing the
surplus, assessing the cost upon the
industry benefited"
The statement presented to- the
House committee gives the principles
and purposes. as follows:
This measure creates a board so
chosen as to make it always repre-
sentative of agriculture.
ut provides for equalization funds
for the four principal American cash
crops. to be raised by an equaliZa-
ton fee collected from such commod-
itv group. These funds are to be used
to promote farm price stabillZatlon
and to make the tariff, otherwise pro
yided for, effective upon the domestic
nrice of such commodities as are
dutiable.
Reaches Main Problem.
"'rhe plan of this bill was worked
ont by concerted efforts of leading
national. regional and State farm or
carnations. 1t reaches the propiem
for which agriculture in the United
states. with practically one accord. is
seeking solution. 1t embodies the
general principles of the Dickinson
bill. with some important structural
changes.
"The object of the proposed legis-
lation is to secure a greater degree Oh
stability in the price levels in the prln-
cinal cash crops. 1t is proposed to do
this by placing at the disposal of the
PRODUCERS a mechanism with the as
sistance of which they can control the
handling and marketing OF crop sur
pluses thereby preventing Vlolent
price fluctuations, and securing IN 40.
mestic markets the price DeneEts ol
the import duties
Snecific advantages to be derived
from the operation of the plan em-
bodied in this consolidated bill are
cited by the united representatives OF
farm organizations as follows
Secures Protected Price.
'It will secure a protected price to
the producer Of crops like wheat, or
which relatively small surplus enters
world trade.
1T will afford all the advantages of
orderly marketing, through control OF
surplus to the producer of crop like
cotton, of which the American supply
is the dominant factor in world price.
1T will enable producers of meat
animals to maintain a stable level OF
hog and cattle population, by steady
ing prices and by promoting carry
over of corn from years of high pro-
duction to years when yield Is low.
1T will promote cooperative asso-
Citations by making it possible for
them to control the movement to mar
ket of temporarily unneeded quantl-
ties of commodity without imposing
on their members alone the entire
burden of withholding, removing and
disposing of them"