Evening star., 1927-10-30
M'NARY DEMANDS
FARM BILL BASED
ON SURPLUS CROPS
Relief Legislation Must Be
Passed at Next Congress,
He Holds.
SENATOR'S STEMENT
is PRAISED BY B0RAH
Measure Minus Equalization Fee
Clause May Become Law,
IL PREDICTION Here.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The drive for a compromise farm
relief bill took on added impetus yes
terday when Senator McNary, Re-
publican, Of Oregon, chairman of the
committee on agriculture, returned 10
Washington and issued statement
saying:
what form this legislation fakes
Is not important so long as our Guloe
is the principle that agriculture must
be restored to its former place OF
equality with industry. transportation
and labor"
Surplus Crops Stressed.
The Senator from Oregon pointed
cut that surplus crops were the reai
nroblem. and provision must be mace
for handling them. His statement
said further: 49,,
",rbe measure vetoed during the
last session by President CoolldSe
uhe McNary-Haugen bilD undertook
to do this. The debenture pi"h AZ
dorsed by the National Grange onu
takes to do the same thing ana II
interpret correctly the stateiieh'
made by Secretary OF Asrlcul'uLe
Jardine. he would attempt u uo "a"
sape thing by loaning large sums oi
,,onav tn the co-operatives TO resu-
sate and withhold the surplus rom il
sale. thereby stabilizing prices pt;ess, oS
nreventing violent price nuCtu ~ Snna.
The statement coming hlor. of the
tor McNary, one OF the t.nrded as
HgcNarv.Haugen bill, is regarded as
,,a ,,a,ticularly significant. Senator
porah of idaho, of the group OF pro,
grassive Republican Senators lIoin
e. West which has been conslderins
farm legislation In recent 49,
rrnnounced Senator McNary' STATE
p,t ..admirable." He voted against
the McNary-Haugen bill IN tne ias,
congress, believing it uncohstltu,,' .,,.;r
because of the equalization lee p,id
ciple contained in 1t, "nich IF
parket;nr p,a the surplus crops If there
was a loss.
Expected to Lead Debate.
Senator McNary, as chairman OIL .as
Senate committee on agflcunulS a tha
senate at the last session, Is eApee
- take the lead in future discus
s;ons of farm legislation here amoils
Wastern Senators. This was the
LEV exnressed by Senator Borah,
,,,ho has been a leader in the receIit
conferences. Other members ol tn0
rroIp have expressed similar views;
If a farm aid bill can be put throusn
Congress at it's coming session. WIZ wiz
will meet the objections Oh tha
coolidge to the bill of last session. the
Agricultural problem, as an issue IN
the coming national campaign, may
rass out of the picture. rms ls
Contingency which is scarcely calcu-
1ated to please either the supporteIs
IF former Gov. Frank o. Lowden OF
illinois, for the Republican nonlIia
fion for President, or the Democrats.
ON the other hand, if such measure
can be put through ana peconle
law. satisfying the great BODY Oh
farn,ers in the West, Senator McNary
becomes at once the outstanding Re
n,hlican figure in that section
A nossible stumbling block In the
mans for a compromise bill is found
in the farm organizations whlch nave
fought, bled. but have not dieo' IN
the cause of the McNary- Haugen blii
with it's equalization principle. Much
will depend upon how these orgdillza.
1ions. particularly the Farm Bureau
federation, line up. If they begin
again their campaign for the old
ATcNarv-Haugen bill or nothing, whlcn
was SO effective in the last Congress,
it may have lis effect upon the senate
and House.
Get Tariff Benefit.
The debenture plan, favored by the
National Grange and mentioned by
senator McNary in his statement, IN
the final analysis, gives the exporting
farmers the benefit of the tariff
When a farmer exports 100 bushels
of wheat, or any number, he receives
certificate for the difference between
the price he obtains and the domestic
price for wheat plus the tariff duty on
the grain. This certificate he may
dispose of to an importer who must
nav the duty on imports he is bringing
into the United States. He may use
the certificate in payment of the duty.
The effect is to make the tariff duties
which would go into the L. S. Treas
1,rv on all imported goods available
to help the farmer dispose Of his sur
plus crops abroad.
The debenture plan so far has not
met with approval of Senator Norris
of Nebraska, the candidate of the
progressive Republican group for
President, who considers it merely
another form Of government subsidy
to the former. Senator Norris has
been opposed also to a direct subsidy
from the Government Treasury TO the
farmers, and has considered the ad
Yninistration plan such a subsidy.
The statement of Senator McNary
does not mention the equalization fee
principle as absolutely essential ir
farm legislation. In fact, the state
ment does not mention the equalZa
tion fee in so many words at all, al
though it does refer to the bill which
carried that principle.
Seen a Success.
If Senator McEary and other West
eru Senators get behind bill which
docs not contain the equalization fee
which has been the chief cause of op
nosition to the old farm relief bill
snch a bill may become law. Indeed
there were predictions last night tha
such would be the case.
The McNary statement in full
follows:
"From advices have received there
sppears to be no appreciable abate
.ment of the agitation for farm relic
Iooislation since Congress adjourned
What form this legislation takes il
NOT important so long as oui guide Ii
The principle that agriculture must b
restored to its former place of equal
itv with industry, transportation am
labor.
"a satisfa ctory solution of the prob
lem involves the segregation OF th
surplus beyond domestic requirement.
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