The Washington times., 1930-08-19
S5,OOO,O0O IS
ALLOTTED
SHIPPERS
Rate Cuts Given; Byrd Plan to
Distribute 100000 Blu.
of Boards Wheat Taken Up.

While soothing showers naCneo
many sections Of the Nations
drought-stricken areas, Govern
ment authorities today were ex-
tending emergency relief to some
parched districts and planning a
future program for aiding agri-
culture during the winter. .
The comprehensive relief plan,
suggested by Former Gov. Harry
Flood Byrd, Of Virginia, won the
earnest attention Of President
Hoover, Secretary Of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde and other Gov
eminent officials. Byrd pro
posed that, as an initial step, the
Government distribute $4,000, 900
bushels Of wheat, now held by
the Federal Farm Boar d,
throughout the stricken areas for
the purpose Of feeding livestock.
He suggested the wheat be sold
at low prices on credit as a means
Of providing immediate relief to
farmers, whose herds lack feed.
$5,OOO,OOO Allotted
The Government may take
some such steps, although Alex
ander Legge, head Of the Farm
Board, has declared it would be
less expensive in some States to
move the cattle to good pastures
than to ship feed into the stricken
districts. The board meanwhile
set aside a $5,000,000 fund to be
used by the National Livestock
Marketing Association to aid
cattlemen in getting their herds
to market. It was said some
Of this fund would be allotted
to the international Livestock
Marketing Association to take
care Of the situation in Montana,
where cattlemen were pleading
for emergency relief.
Another phase Of the Byrd pro-
gram given serious consideration
by Federal authorities was his
suggestion that the Government
purchase feed, such as hay, straw
and cotton seed meal, at whole
sale prices for resale, without
profit, in the stricken areas. He
declared this measure OF relief
would prevent profiteering in
livestock feed and prevent profi-
teers from utilizing the reduced
freight rates, already ordered by
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Rate Cuts Extended
The extent of the nations
plight was demonstrated anew
when Secretary Hyde announced
a new list Of districts in which
freight rates will be reduced.
He sent the American Railways
Association a list Of 172 counties
to be granted an emergency re-
duction in rates on feed and
cattle. The list included four
counties in Ohio, one in Virginia,
73 in Arkansas, 81 in Missouri
and 80 in Illinois. His first list
included a score of counties in
Kentucky and Tennessee.
The President meanwhile was
waiting for the stricken States
to set up their own emergency -e-
lief organizations, before taking
up the subject Of credit relief or
stricken farmers. The President
plans a conference here Of all the
financial representatives Of the
various State governments as
soon as. their organizations are
completed. At this conference, a
plan for providing cheap farm
credit next winter and the follow
ing spring will be determined.
While the resources of the ma
ton were being modified, nature
today had furnished the parched
areas more emergency relief In
the form of gentle rain.
All along the Missouri Valley,
from the wheat belt to the corn
belt, summer showers helped to
relieve the drought. There was.
scattered rain in other sections.
Government weather authori-
ties predicted more rain for the
stricken States during the week.
The dry Ohio Valley, which has
suffered while other sections re-
ceived rain, may have its local
drought ended within the next
few days. The weather prophets
predicted showers for the Ohio
Va1lev and Tennessee probably to-
morrow and again probably
Saturday.
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