Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
.M'NARY SAYS FARM
BILL WILL Be READY
Measure Can Be Put Before
Senate as Soon as Mes
sage Is Read, He Says.
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legislation to permit to qualify properly
rs farm relief. They are:
Il. 1t should make the tariff effective
on all farm crops so that SURPRISES win
not be permitted to depress the dones-
tic price TO the world level Of prices.
-. 1t should be Of such nature that
the control and disposition of agricul-
tural SURPRISES adequately are provided
for.
IS. It should contain provisions,
which are automatic In their operation,
to check overproduction.
-. It should provide for farm owner
ship and control of marketing organiza-
tons with due consideration to the CO.
operative associations already estab-
lished."
The letter was signed by c. e. Hun.
president Of the Farmers Union. L. j.
Taber, master of the National Grange,
and 8. H. Thompsoris president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
Committeeman Left in, Doubt.
while the representatives of these
organizations have agreed on what they
cali In their letter the fundamentals
and offer their services to the Senate
and House committees, there Is omitted
the important details Of how these
fundamental requisites are to be car
ried out, which leaves members of the
committees In some doubt. As IL was
pointed out last night, the National
Grange would look to the use of the
so-called debenture plan for handling
the surplus problem. in all probability,
while the Farm Bureau Federation
would stand for the old equalization
fee principle to do the same job.
The heads Of the farm organizations
In their letter also urged that Congress
should make tarif adjustment suf-
ficient to give the farmers Of our Ma
ton the domestic market" although
they said that they realized the tariff
was matter, which would not come
within the jurisdiction Of the commit
tee on agriculture.
Without any definite suggestions
therefore. from the farm organization
leaders, the congressional committees
are likely to deal with the problem be-
fore them In the manner they deem
best and most practical from the point
OF view of getting through as legisla-
ton. The McNary bill authorizes the
purchase Of farm crops when necessary
to bring about more orderly marketing
and to prevent glut Of the nfarke,
and lowering OF prices. To that ex-
tent 1t may be considered as meeting
the requirement, that provision shall
be included In any farm aid bill for
dealing with the surplus problem.
Fund Size to Cause Discussion.
The size Of the revolving fund which
shall be set UP by the Federal govern
ment out of the Federal treasury and
the question whether the Federal farm
board proposed shall be an independent
board or shall be within the Depart
ment of Agriculture" are matters which
are likely to be the subject of con-
siderable discussion In the committees
AS Senator McNary originally wrote
the bill, which he offered In the last
session OF Congress md which had the
Endorsement of the Coolidge administra-
ton, the sum fixed for the revolvine
fund was $500. 100000. He has now
increased this to $500 ,000, 900. There
is q distinct sentiment IN favor of the
larger amount among Senators from the
agricultural States.
That the proposed Federal Farm
Board would be an independent board,
! has been the. general impression. But
the question whether 1t should be
within the Department of Agriculture
has been raised and Secretary Hyde Of
the Department of Agriculture has said
that the board should be within the
department.
In some quarters, the revision Of the
tariff to aid the farmers Is regarded as
Of greater Importance than the passage
Of the so-called farm relief bill. TINS
Is the view taken By Senator Boran o.
Idaho.
Borala's Program Brief"
The idaho Senator has program OF
farm relief which he puts succinctly:
Preserve the domestic markets 1oi
the American farmer and see to II that
he Is not robbed getting his crops to
market"
An adjustment Of the tariff on 9
number of products would. IN The
opinion Of Senator Borah. go far 20
ward solving the whole problem OF the
farmer, certainly that Of the so-caueo
exportable surplus. The Idaho Sena.
tor believes that raising the tarin wal
to preserve the domestic market Tor the
American farmer on certain products
like fiaxseed, for example, would give
American farmers the opportunity O
shifting over from one crop to the more
protected crop. thereby taking over the
domestic requirements for tiaxSeed,
great quantity Of which is now import
ed. and hating overproduction Of an
other crop. say, wheat.
Many nations are watching with keen
interest what Congress Is about to &c
with the agricultural schedule IN the
tarin law. Argentina and other South
American countries, through which,