New Britain herald., 1930-12-04
HYDE TAKES FLING
 AT FARM SUBSIDIES
Fails, However, to Make Direct
 Mention Of DebeDtureS

Washington, Dec 4. R)-Cutting through the maze of political and economic theories of farm relief, Secretary Hyde's annual report for inc department Of agriculture went 10 the President today with full statement of policy on controversial issues.
 Probably the most outstanding point, because of it's bearing on the export dcbcnture-now the chief concern Of farm legislation was the sccretary's criticism of "subsi- dies
 He did not ment'on the debenture by name, but opponents of the plan charge it is a subsidy and pointed to Hyde's declaration that subsidies would increase rather than restrain production.
 While denied by the debenture's rrien1s. the accusation has been made that it would result in the dumrj ing Of American products abroad and create foreign retalia- tio1. Hyde said the dumping of sur- pluses abroad was not feasible and recited world resistance to low priced Russian wheat.
 No Specific Reference
 Touching close to the farm boards retirement of 110,Go0,000 bushels of wheat from the market, Hyde said without specific refer cnce-that the. indefinite storing of surplus tends to prevent rather than to cause to a rise of prices.
 By this time" the secretary said, Tit is evident that supply and de- mand conditions cannot be set aside by legislation."'
 The secretary proposed voluntary curtailment of production as the only logical remedy for the surplus problem.
 The answer to overproduction is less production" he said. Many farmers think production cannot be controlled by controlling areas, since output also depends on the weather and on insect pests and plant diseases.
 Production Uniform
 LOCdIlN tIlS IS U uc. but tdhilS the country as a whole production per acre is surprisingly uniform. In the last 25 years the average yield of wheat per acre has been 14.5 bushels. In the long run man rather than nature controls the vol ume Of farm production
 Elimination Of high-cost acres vas the keynote 10 his curtailmcnt Of acreage plan.
 Everywhere" he said, the gen. eral principle of the rcadjustmcnt process should be the same. In cdch region or locality it would transfer the highest-cost acres to other uses and thus tend to reduce average costs of production. This obviously would be an advantage In world competition.
 Not Contradictory"
 "ACtion taken to control the VOL ume Of production cannot save the consistently high-CoSt producer. lie must either got out or accept low standard Of living.
 increasing efficiency is not Tn contradiction with the need for re- ducing production. Sometimes u is accompanied by increased out put, but that is rot an inevitable relationship. Efficiency should re- duce costs of production while or ganization regulates the total vol unle. these two principles, far from being antagonistic. arc the twin pillars of agricultural pros perity.
 Urges United Action
 Farm credit conditions drew f,om the secretary the conclusion that if the supply is to be ade- ouato and the cost low, farmers and bankers must unite in action 10 lessen the hazards of the agri- cultural industry.
 On land utilization, subject or bitter controversy, the secretary said the national reclamation pol icy should be reconciled with the need of restricting farm produc- tion.
 Hyde said that although agricul- ture benefited by the 1880 tariff revision, tariff duties are not effec- tive on commodities produced l,r-c1y pNnort