Evening star., 1928-03-31
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL J.. COLLINS.

by omitting all reference 70
prices, carried IN the House-2I4 yeas.
l78 nays; carried in the Senate-47
yeas 80 nays. vetoed BY President
Coolidge on the ground that it provided
that all losses, costs and charges Of
operation" we're to be collected from all
raiSeTs Of the respective COmnOd1tleS,
whenever such commodities appeared ~
any market or IN transportation or az
mills for processing. That was ruled by
the Attorney General as deprlying O.
property without due process Of laT.
That is what Is known As the .'equaliZ2-
ton clause Yet that same provision
appears in the bill TO De considered III
tho Senate next Monday. There were
minor objections also cited by ths
Presidents veto.
Now comes Senator Br0okhart CT
Iowa with a radically different measure.
providing that without assessment Of
equalization" against Size farmers.
there shall be an appropriation Of $780,
100000 out Of the Federal Treasury
20 CaCitalize the Federal Farm Board
buy up all surpIuses Of farm products
and sell the SurpluSes N the Wcrid
market az market Drlces-of course, az
cost OF getting the surplus out Of the
home market. SO as 10 enhance me
home market prices 10 the profit o. the
farmers at the expense OF, the city
mechanic and other consumers, shall
be borne By the consumers rather than
the producers. besides enhancing home
market prices 70 these same CONSUMERS
Otherwise than as 70 the personnel
Of the coSt-burden bearers the Brook
hart scheme is like the MCNary-
Haugen bill. but II goes the veteran
farm relievers one better by shifting
all the burden onto the consumers.
Some economists fear that al arti-
fetal swelling OF farm pTofitS VIII only
increase farm production, and ,hevecr
aggyavate the embarrassment Ci SJE-
p!uses The way 10 keep agriculture
normal trey argue. Is 70 maintain is
depression 50 the farmers viii know
how tc talk.
The enorui;y Of the farm surpiuses
Is pictured by the Department Il Com
me:cc which declares that ic taxes
$4,000 400 acres of farrlS 60 produce
the crop surplus That Is equal 20 the
entire area % Nebraska or ScusG
Dakota, Or the srea Cg al. Virginia.
Maryland and the two Caro.InaS. in
Guiding mountain rcg}00S.
Vet .t would b. no solution - ihc
farm surplus % lessen the cultivated
land tina; much, for the factor q I,G-
certainty ot weather and pests, make
it necessary u have great margin o.
production. The problem OF taIfG pros
pPr!ty lies IN the VAoieSa,s marketing
or TIE surplus bur the farmers can
nos set together nationally without
legislation
When the objection IS raised ,ha.
he plan means Government social
ls,N, The reply comes tNAs il Is idcuG-
cal IN principle with the socialism
ot protecting Industry by Fedora.
tariffs, and conducting transportation
by y system 'Cf bayEeS on tAe NiSSlS-
S.|pI, v}u oy the Government or ship
Ping on che ocean rs merchant
marine Fpn by the United States
shipping Board
\ proposal made since ere question
E1s. been under consideration, Is tea.
the revenue from ;3r,G protection SS
manufactures wJ<bJ ee used Ge su5-
sSdlre reports og farm SGrpNI>c> Ter
hal> that tallleS WitN sac BryOShar.
scheme At once thS objection H. raised
tGAt d&ty ON exports IL forbidden by
sac Constitution ENg Subsidy is g,oc
q da>\ LII encourages. instead ct re-
StyICupg, EXPORTS 1t Is argued that
siu<r the Constitution provides Icy .NE
uphUNUlas oI industry, &c q EIu1e V&eu
Was strugElinS ANA agriculture
MAS universally SelG-S&>yaioiNg xNg
pIurtple q; Government ald % ",Ut&n,
Industry should apply ~ principle e.
Government assistance 50 iNvaAd aS@-
culture, and t6e metASd mast 0t sAs
@vct> aud conditions
"a. - ,.s
mat the trainers of tae CoWstlsutl,I
AEFccd 10 the clause tNyoldJuS gaNA-
.ion ON rNpVrtS
"ENport> eeula net be taNtGn" eN-
,sa;med Mi NH}S IN tAe constitutional
.20tEtencS Is :NlS yraSnUAelr2 Wa8s
axe me gtc4t NNltcts Nt the general
eN>tSM First defense AEaHlst tctrILu
INVASION. secondly against MgefHa. sc-
2it'3} Nov WNV S3}> farmers axe
/, dlJ(uUsA
Vou,eyn>ur M>sr.s alea,d ,tht .eN-
.Ns oS SNp2}l> t1 hv H MANY ,s>,-
1&htN pNl1G NlgGn}a, AS SslU ats
.ouud N,4 auT>vsas .s sANgus t:h.-,A
All yeuu0sg> atv,ns peculiar araC.es
AK the eNpatta(too ag thvm- as tr.,a,,
her WHlsS aNd hyaN1tvs A 1a\ oo a.n-
hef Wpusd tah eN thc West Ind.yo anna
NgntSh their yeSutcsloNS cn Nuy tf36e
Ene same Is gyt,e cf i've stock anL n
sWpe degIve If yl14u
Ny sherman declared "A poNer 20
aN eNGNAgts Wol,d shipWgveS the VoNle,"
Nt kN1aimou> argued Incidental
lutieS cu tobacco and ftNuC ueteG nave 4
'eeu, and never can he. considered AS
iNtsss vo eNpqts
SO gha dehAse ta2ed ,ay after say
q ls Qtgojed hefe to point 0at Whst
'aftoW y49ane eUF farmers thgn had
&a30 heln2 taN@@ instead et s8NssJ}a2d
Va theJ eNesWsous exports
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