The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
FARM RELIEF AT LAST
Bowbells IN. d. Tribune

Congress is now convened in special session for the
avowed purpose of enactng legislation for the aid
and relief of the agricultural industries The first
and special session of the list congress opened on
Monday with the ground work for its labors already
laid out following hearings before the senate and
house committees agriculture during the past two
weeks.
The general assumption is that legislation will be
enacted creating federal farm board with wide
range of authority and sufficient funds at its disposal
assist cooperative marketing associations in handl
ing and selling staple farm crops. Such action 90
revision of tariff agricultural products is also
pected In prepared address over radio station
WRC at Washington, D. c., last Friday evening" Sem
ator Lynn j. Frazier gave comprehensive review of
the farm situation and expressed his ideas relief
measures The full context of his address is reprint
ed another page and commend it to your at
tention clear logical survey of farm conditions
While Senator Frazier appears to concur with the
idea of farm board to work in conjunction with
operatives in maintaining orderly marketing sys-
tenn, he would have it go farther and assist in handl-
ing surplus crops He tayors giving the board power
to determine average cost of production such staple
products wheat, cotton etc., and guaranteeing that
price, plus small percentage of profit, to farmers.
Any surplus over the amount of such commodity
needed for home consumption would be stored in gov
ment warehouses and receipts issued the producers
80 per cent of the world price being paid to them at
time of storage The senator believes that if such
surplus sold below the determined cost of pro-
duction it would automatically regulate the amount of
production.
cost OF food products to consumers because the
GIN between the price the producer receives and the
price the consumer pays would be cut In two 1t is
estimated that the producers receives only nine
billion of dollars for farm products while the consum-
er pays 30 billion for them Proper distribution and
handling, while not raising the price to consumers
would give the farmer the 6a billion dollars he has
been losing through disorganized selling The farm
marketing situation is compared to six million fac
torres without any selling agency and it is obvious
Cnat When farmers are compelled to sell on an unor-
gained market at prices manipulated and fixed by
organized business they cannot expect to succeed II
is not easy to confer to dsorganized industry mil
hons OF men on millions of farm, producing without
method or plan, the prosperity enjoyed bv well orya
nzed quantity production industry that paws good
dividends. 90
In respect to tariff reimbursement Senator Frazia,
cues fgures given before the agricultural COMMITTEES
showing tnat since the present tariff law has been il
Sne United States has imported an average OF
9oUU,OUOOUU more of farm products than were ex
ported, and that those products could lust as wei
nave been produced nj the United States if prone1
uarlII Were placed them to make it profitable r.
produce them here p- =
- Some congressman have insisted that Presiden,
mower write farm relief bill and let the marty no
~ III conformity with his campaign promises las
Ia, Du' Cne president would probably say: "No vol
. it." - " i = LOO Aoohsn VIII slgI
Senator McNary, head of the committee on fo
[SneI mas asked John ID. Rockefeller Jr Henry Ford
OOnarleS M Schwab, J. P. Morgan, Paul M Warbnro
Gwen I. fomg and other eminent financiers and ;n
f; aa executives to give the committee advice !,
1iiig farm measure. That interesting co1loc+;o,
vi farmers would probably tell the farmers frS+ =
al 70 organize their business eliminate 1os+ 49,;
ana time, including hour and half for ~ -:
man sd 20 harness and unharness the horses pa
M NJ, ocnwaD and Young have declined ~ adv;se
norgan is In Europe and the congressional Co.,:
WIZ nave 70 work out the problems themselves