Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-01

market his own wheat, but should let
them market 1t for him so they can
make q profit out Of It,"
1.-THE agricultural marketing act" adj
vises the New York Sun, should not
be tinkered with until 1t has been
thoroughly tried; the Farm Board
should be allowed to prove itself. The
present system of farm relief is at least
the best that legislative ingenuity in
the United States has thus far been
able to devise in years Of laborious
effort" The Sun quotes what it
dominant conservative opinion Of the
Corn Belt" In q statement by the
indianapolis News: while not even
agriculture Is agreed that the Govern
ment-aid experiment Is altogether prac.
ticable, as formulated. the premise on
which it rests is approved and support.
ed. This is that farmers, in order %
gain q reasonable financial return on
their investment and labor, must have
more of voice In the disposal OF their
merchandise"
Critical comment comes from the
Salina Journal, which contends that
the present farm bill surely will have
to be amended If 1t Is to bring home
the bacon" and that "the curtatlment
plhlA' dS dppIleu 70 tAlUSS ScCtiOL1A WueLU
wheat is the sole crop, is purely tdeels
istic, impractical, and viii not work"
The Syracuse Herald points out that
the Sterilization Corporation has re-
moved more than 100, 900 600 bushels Of
wheat from the competitive market by
cash purchase, but no relief Is visible
in the current prices of free wheat; and,
what is more, the existence Of the enor-
nous stored surplus, with It's implica.
fiNr1 rf f1akY 1nc
aggerated the existing price depression"
Difficulties that have been encoun-
tered in world markets by producers Of
rubber, coffee, sugar and copper are
mentioned by the Detroit News, which
concludes: THE wheat and cotton in
terests are in different hands. They
have back of them the almost unlimited
resources of the United States Govern
ment. What will be the outcome? The
whole world is watching"
u
The situation is described by the
Chicago Daily News in the statement:
THE exportable surplus of wheat and
other cereals. experts say, must be
wiped out by organization and enforce
ment of an agreed program of curtailed
production. The Soundness Of this ad-
vice cannot be doubted, the situation in
world markets being what it is. But
is causing so much trouble and loSsP
Cannot private and public benevolence
take the American oversupply to China's
starving millions? The demand for
American wheat in that quarter Is in
tense indeed, though ineffective eco
nomically because of the poverty Of the
stricken provinces"
should prove eventually successful"
says the GAINESVILLE Times Recorder,
while the Fort Worth Star Telegram,
observing that 1.-The Farm Board is
wisely taking one thing at a time In
prosecution Of a job that is long and
complex" and that it lis entitled to q
sympathetic hearing on its fully con-
be that the project of inducing the
farmers to hold down their production
will fail. That has been the invariable
record of similar projects In the past.
But this is the most ambitious attempt
OF them all, and 1t is the only one that
has had solidly central direction"
The appeal Of the Farm Board plan
to the farmers Is attested by the Cham
paign ews-Gazette. The Topeka Daily
speculative question and the Farm
Board plan an experiment. as the entire
farm act Is. It has seemed to us rea.
sonable to give 1t a trial. Mean
while those who are so bitterly con-
curtailment are not Offering
anything at this time as a practical
substitute" The st. Paul Pioneer Press
holds that with permanent and ade-
quate physical facilities for storage Of
grain as necessary, the prospect for a
farmer-owned and farmer
controlled system of orderly marketing
would be infinitely advanced"
"Our whole theory of bidding I'D the
home Market" AYERS the Des Moines
Capital. "has been to keep the
Industries above the level OF foreign
That is the theory on
which nearly all the changes have been
made in the new tariff. Why. If that
Is our theory, is It impracticable to sell
'arm SURPRISES abroad at world price
md maintain the home market for the
est, as we do for the industries? Why
should we 60 on one theory for the
Industries and on the other theory for
he 1axm?"