New Britain herald., 1927-01-18
HAUGEN EXPLAINS FARM RELIEF BILL
Declares Government Should
 Pay for Experiment

Washington, Jan. 1S.-P)- The relief which the McNary- -Haugen bill aims to give the farmers is an eX- pertinent in the public interest and, therefore, the government should as- sume the risk of the pioneering work, Chairman Haugen declared today in reporting the measure for the house agriculture committee.
 "The principle is well established, he said, that the government shall assume the risk of pioneering and experimenting in many fields where the public interest is involved and to do so in behalf of the public well fare"
 The problems of American agri- culture have become so profound, he added, that they are beyond the power of individual farmers or their relatively small organizations to solve" Admitting that the bill carries a arge appropriation-S25o,- 900, ,000-he held nevertheless that this was merely to set the plan in motion and was no different than advantages the govdnment had eN- tended to various lines of industry. He explained the provisions of the bill, which carries the controversial equalization fee, as compared with the Curtis Crisp and Aswell measures, they do not include such ! a fee 10 control crop surpluses. There was no subsidy or price fix ing element In the McNary- Haugen bill, he said.
 The equalization fee" he assert | unit (bushel, bale or pound) makes to common fund for the commodi- ty This stabilization fund for wheat, for example, makes it possible for an agency set Up and controlled by the wheat growers, In cooperation
 with the federal board, to say how much Of the surplus of wheat shall be removed from the domestic market at any time.
 within limits dictated by busi- ness sense. it enables wheat farm CTS to adjust the supply of wheat to the needs of the domestic market at an American price. II would mean the same with rice.
 American exports are nearly two i thirds of the worlds international trade in cotton. Such a fund for cot ton would make it possible for cot ton growers to feed cotton into the markets Of the world as fast as the world wanted 1t at a reasonable price"
 Othere commodities upon which the fee would be levied are corn and swine.
 "fhere are differences in opera. tion,' Mir. Haugen said but the same principle applies to each of the five commodities. Notwithstanding the tremendous up-and- down hoye- ment in corn prices, we produce on the average little if any more corn than We need here. Variation in corn yields keeps the farmer in the corn belt in an endless seesaw between corn and hogs. To help check this is one of the purposes of the measure"
 Haugen held that the so5O, ,00O,- 900 revolving fund is not different in principle from the monetary reservoir which began the functions of the federal reserve board, or that contributed to the stabiization of railroads. After the plan is once set in motion, he added. the equalization fee will provide necessary funds to keep it going.
 Haugen gave as the cardinal ob- jectives of the bill. the following:
 To give producers of farm crops power to influence their market as effectively as industrial groups.
 To afford orderly marketing of crops of which the American supply is dominent factor in world price.
 To secure a protected market for crops of which a relatively small surplus enters world trade.
 To enable meat producers 10 maintain stable level of swine and cattle population by steadying prices
 To promote cooperative associa- ton.