The Sauk Centre herald., 1928-09-13
COLLEGE DEAN
INDORSES HOOVER
Right Of Agriculturists to
Organize Reorganization
operation Pledged
PLANS ARE PRACTICAL
]. F. Cox, of Michigan State
College, Says Nominees
Program Satisfactory

Chicago, Sept. 12 = Herbert
Hoover's proposals for farm relief
go father than those of the "Des
Moines Conference" or the plans
for the Committee of Twenty
two," according to a statement is
sued today by Dean J. F. Cox, Of
Michigan State College.
Dean Cox attended the Des
Moines conference as the personal
representative of the governor of
Michigan, and was placed on the
Committee of Twenty-Five as an
alternate from this state. He ac-
companied the Michigan delegation
which conferred with Herbert Hoo
yer at Cedar Rapids August %.
He declared in his statement that
Mr.. Hoover goes further in his plan
than the McNary+Haugen bill. He
said:
"Mr. Hoover's program as an
nounced in his speech accepting
the nominational further amplified
and emphasized at his great West
Branch address involves all the
basic principles agreed upon at
the Des Moines conference Of
January, 1926, and goes further
than the resolutions of this con-
ference Cor of the Committee Of
Twenty-two) and the McNary-
Haugen bill, in placing before the
nation a practical and workable
plan for crop surplus control and
agricultural stabilization of direct
benefit to one-third Of the popula-
tion and indirect benefit to re-
naming two-thirds," said Dean
Cox. ! RI
"At the DesMoines conference
which was called by Governor
Hammill and which, was composed
of governors and their representa-
tives from eleven states Ohio, In
DIANA, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri,
Kansas, Minnesota and South Da-
kota-the following resolutions
were adopted, the Dickinson biU
being Endorsed in principle and de-.
fined as
: "t1-lA measure providing for a
federal: agricultural board to ad-
minister an equalization RESPONSE
bility for the surplus farm COM
modities, any deficit that may be
incurred to be borne by the PRO-
ducers themselves, and. the. actual
buying, selling and storing involved
in handling the surplus to be done
with the support of the board by
the organizations Of the producers
themselves, with provision for the
immediate operation through other
agencies wherever producer organi-
cations cannot be organized for
immediate needs.
"'2- The right of leadership of
farmers through farm organiza-
'tions was recognized and the sup
port of the conference pledged
'3--The conference pledged it.
self not to surrender these prin-
ciples.'
Mr.. Hoover now proposes:
"a federal farm board to
work with farm co-operatives.
Governmental assistance =
and an initial advance Of capi-
tai to enable the agricultural
industry to reach the status
Of modern business operations
by which the farmer may at
tain his independence and
maintain his individuality.
Mr.. Hoover suggests the use
of several hundred million
dollars, if necessary, to init
late effective surplus control.
ga great inland waterways
Improvement program, includ-
ing the completion of the st.
Lawrence route to the sea
and the Mississippi waterway
for cheap and effective trans
portation to domestic and
foreign markets.
The greatest possible uti-
lization of the protective tar
iff for agriculture.
"To place agriculture on
a parity with other,industries,
not only industrially by all
effective means, but in other
respects.
The working-out of agricul-
tural relief constitutes the most
important obligation of the next
administration. The object of our
policies is to establish for our
farmers an income equal to those
of other occupations; for the farm
er's wife the same comforts in
her home as the other women in
other groups; for the farm boys
and girls the same opportunities in
life as other boys and girls.
These gigantic farm market
ing organizations would be in a
position to effectively deal with
crop surpluses and other market
ing problems through the millions
back of them organizations con-
trolled by their own members or
ganized to fight their own eco
nomic battles and to determine
their own destines through i'm.
proved manufacturing, sales, dis
tribution and collateral work.
"The cost of operation involved
in handling the respective COM
modities win take the place of the
equalization fee when such isl
necessary.