Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-01

4 FAIR trial for the recently enacted
n agricultural marketing act known
to many as the farm relief bill
Is urged by Scott Leavitt, representative
to congress from the first Montana dis
trict.
Characterizing the Measure as a fair
and honest attempt by sincere friends
OF agriculture to bring relief through
Sterilization Of prices and other ave-
nues, Representative Leavitt says spon-
sors OF the bill expected it would be
attacked and discounted both by those
who believe it should have gone further
IN providing, remedies for farm ills and
by those who for political purposes
desire to shake confidence in it.
Urges Honest Effort
But it Is a law" Mr.. Leavitt said.
"a measure written at last into statute
form, and my judgment is that those
genuinely interested in the permanent
welfare Of tAmerican agriculture will
get behind it in good faith, help
strengthen the cO-Operatives and the
Sterilization corporations provided for
in order that their purposes may be
fulfilled, and thus give it a fair op-
portunity to succeed"
Quoting President Hoover to the eff
feet that an adequate tariff is the basis
OF farm relief, Mr.. Leavitt explained
the provisions Of the tariff bill recently
passed by the house and which the
senate will consider when 1t reconvenes
August 10. Mr.. Leavitt further de-
clared.
1.-THE present law gives live cattle a
protection of u cents a pound on ami
mails Of less than 1850 pounds and 2
cents a pound on heavier animals. The
house bill would give 2 cents Oh cattle
OF less than 300 pounds and az cents
q pound on those heavier, thus in
creasing the protection one-half cent
on all cattle except those between 300
pounds and 1850 pounds which would
receive IN increase of one full cent.
Beef and veal from foreign countries
would pay six cents a pound instead
OF three cents as at present.
Sheep are increased from $500 q
head to $500 a head and mutton from
"a cents a pound to five cents q pound.
Hogs and hog products are similarly
increased, Milk rates are increased
from az cents to five cents per gallon
n the rate on butter, now eight cents
q pound, would go up to IL cents. Live
chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys
WOuld get six cents a pound, and dead
poultry eight cents q pound. except
turkeys which would rate at 10 cents
a pound. The tariff on eggs would BE-
increased by two cents. to 10 cents
per dozen in the shell and to eight
cents per pound when frozen or pre-
pared and to 10 cents when dried. The
present AZ cents rate on wheat wlaict
was raised by the president from
cents under the flexible provision &
the law, would be so fixed by law IA
would make it subject to q SO u AZ
increase from that figure 10 adj
vantage of u protein wheat. Sugar
is increased from l.76 cents a pound
to "a cents to the advantage OF our
beet sugar industry. The proposed In
crease on flax seed from 40 cents a
bushel Of Sc pounds up to 60 cents a
bushel is Of great importance, since
by making flax production more profit
able several states may be able to re-
duce wheat area sand the surplus. 1t
Is hoped this rate will be made even
higher.
The Farm Bill
1.-THE question Of farm relief legiSla-
ton has been n Of the burning issues
before congress during all the period
OF my membership. Preliminary skir-
mishes had previously taken place, but
the major battle began with the intro
ductiOn of the first McNary-Haugen
bill in the 68th congress in 1924. With
the succeeding congresses, the 69th
and the 10th, there came into the
arena new bills bearing the same name
because introduced by the same gentle
men in the senate and in the house of
representatives.
THE law is entitled An Act to Estab-
fish a Federal Farm Board to promote
the effective merchandising of agricul-
tural commodities in interstate and
foreign commerce, and to place agricul-
ture on a basis Of economic equality
with other industries
Its declaration of policy should be
considered in full and it is stated in
the language Of section one of the law
itself:
ut is hereby declared to be the poll