The Washington times., 1930-08-25
SKY.
GREETS n. Y.
AND MD.
Ritchie and Hoover Farm Aid
Committees Study Credits
For Burned-up Crop Areas

BALTIMORE. Aug. 25.-Unless
there is rainfall today. despite
a cloudless horizon, the Balti-
more section will set a new
drought record Of more than so
days. The sixtieth day of the
local dry spell, q record which
has stood for years, was reached
today and indications were that
it would be topped at midnight.
New York State has also had
a 60-day record for a long time,
but forecasts give promise that
It, too, will be broken. Through
out the Maryland and New York
sections the weather bureaus
foresee at least two more days
Of heat and aridity.
Aid Body COnfers
The first meeting Of Governor
Ritchie's drought committee was
to be held here this afternoon
in the offices Of the State Board
of Agriculture. Extension OF
credit to farmers whose crops
have been destroyed is one Of
the problems for discussion under
the program Of the Maryland
governor. The committee COM
prises IL agriculturalists, nine
bankers, three railroad execu-
tives. three representative Of the
State Agricultural College and
the presidents Of the Baltimore
Association Of Commerce and the
Baltimore Chamber OF Com
merce.
Appointment of subcommittees
to direct the relief work Is one
of the objects Of today'S meeting.
Hoover Aides Ask
Use of Local Cash
President Hoover's drought re-
lief committee turned its atten-
ton today to the problem OF IL
nancing through another crop
season.
A vast FederalState credit sys-
TEN for aiding farmers through
this year and the planting season
next year will be determined at a
conference here tomorrow be-
tween banker members Of the
Presidents commission and II
nanciers from the various States.
The conference was suggested by
the President in accord with his
program of offering every Federal
resource to aid the States in
meeting their problems.
Loans Planned
The Presidents advisers will
propose that each State or each
section Of the affected areas or
ganize its own credit corporation,
Financed by local funds to lend
cash to needy farmers on crop
liens. The Federal intermediate
credit banks will discount such
paper, thus relieving the local or
ganizations Of the burden of
credit. In turn, the intermedi-
ate credit banks will he backed
by the entire Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn. This program would make
available some $5OO,00O,000. al
though Government authorities
predict $50.O0O,000 will meet the
problem. Virginia. Illinois. Mis-
souri,, Kentucky. Indiana and
Iowa will send banker representa-
tives to the conference.
Government agencies mean
while continued extending emer.
gency relief to distressed districts
The Department Of Agriculture is.
sued a bulletin announcing the To-
cation Of feed supplies for cattle
in the parched paStureland Of the
West. It also recommended to
the American Railway Association
a slash in freight rates on feed,
seed and cattle in 20 more coun.
ties in Virginia. Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Hyde Due Back
In the far West, the local cat
tlemen'S associations were moving
beef livestock out Of the Sun-baked
grazing lands into nearby sections,
where good pasture survived the
heat. These movements were be-
ing financed locally but on the
siren gth h of credit extended
through the Federal Farm Board.
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