Evening star., 1926-01-10
The Story the Week Has Told

| for" the farmers as generously as il
! has provided for other classes of the
| community, grows ever more insist.
ent. This, it is urged. might be ac.
complished by revision of the tariff
in the farmers favor, or it might be
accomplished by an arrangement
which should insure sale Of their crops
entire, including the "eXportable sur
plus" with handsome margin of
total profit. In the dilemma thus
presented to the Republicans the
Democrats see their opportunity.
| Hardly, goes the argument. can the
| Republicans, without selfstultifica-
ton. go very far in either of the di-
reCtionS above indicated.
Only a day or two ago the PreSi-
dent reiterated the inVincible oppoSi-
ton of the administration to Govern
ment price fixing. whether direct or
indirect. or Government buying and
selling of farm products, either direct
or indirect" And of course revision
of the tariff by a Republican Con-
gresS to the extent necessary to
| satisfy the protestants is unthinkable.
But that sort of revision is precisely
Democratic doctrine of the holiest, and
the Democrats can promise that,
should they be returned to power, they
mands. Apparently the Democratic
leaders hope by such representations
to win over Republican farmers in
numbers sufficient to insure Demo
cratic victory in the coming elections
for Congress. SO according to one
set of quidnuncS it may be- how
! ever, that as some Republican big
| wigs assert the proteStantS are more
! remarkable for vocal energy than for
| numerouSneSS. or SuppoSinE them
| dangerously numerous. that the Re
| publican high command will find
| means of reason and persuasion
wherewith to nip insurgency in the
| bud. At any rate, the development
| is exceedingly interesting.
Having studied the methods of Add
el-krim. the Democratic high com
mand has begun with "haras ssine
| attack" Senator King Democrat
has offered a resolution calling for
| investigation of the Tariff Commits
sion, by a special senatorial commit
tee. The preamble presents ter
rible array of sins of omission and
commission chargeable against the
| commission. Senator Smoot proposed
| an amendment referring the proposed
| investigation to his own finance com
mittee. his idea being I'VE are told
! prosecuting such an investigation with
| a zeal and efficiency which Spe;
| cial committee could not outdo, would
| less perturb the public.
Representative Dickinson of Iowa
| leader of the House farm bloc, has
| proposed a bill whereof the following
| description is given by the Associated
| Press. 1t provides for "the disposal
| through cooperative associations. OF
| the eXportable surpluses of wheat
corn, rice, cotton, tobacco, cattle AND
| swine:
'The machinery to be set up to han
die the surpluses would comprise (
| Federal farm advisory council and {
Federal farm board of seven members
| including the Secretary of Agriculture
within that department, and six Others
| to be selected from is names, sub
mitted by the advisory council
THE first step in marketing sur
plus would be a declaration by the
farm board that an emergency exist
ed in one or more basic commodities
! Cooperative agencies would then be
INSTRUCTED to buy the commodity sc
designated at the domestic price anG
sell it at the world price. Later, the
agencies would be reimbursed fol
losses thus sustained from funds oh
tained by the collection of an equali
zation fee levied on producers"
| What. then, Is the attitude Of the
administration toward this bin