Evening star., 1931-05-24
PLAN OPPOSED IN U. S.
O'NeaI, Farm Federation Head, Hit
Proposal of Farley.

O'NeaI, Farm Federation Head, Hits
Proposal of Farley.
BY the Associated Press.
Agricultural leaders last night placed
little confidence in the agreement at
the International Wheat Conference to
reduce acreage wherever possible" or
in the ability Of nations to enforce such
. program.
Edward A. ONeal, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
the largest and most powerful agr1cul-
ttiral business organization In the
world-said the scheme was not popular
even In this country, which recon-
mended 1t to the conference.
ONeaI Hits Plan.
"There is only one solution for the
wheat problem" O'Neal said, and that
is neither acreage reduction nor agree
meHt on export quotas. It is co-opera-
tive marketing Put the market volume
of Q commodity in the hands Of a
strong national sales agency which can
control its flow into consumer cham
neIs and the producer will be assured
OF every cent his product is worth.
IF that price yields him profit he
Will continue to produce: II 1t does not
he viii get out Of the competition until
1t does.
You can't get the producer of any
commodity to 60 out Of business or cur
tail his output so long as he is making
money"
O'Neal pointed to the Government
estimate today Of 2 per cent cut in
world wheat acreage as evidence that
below-cost-of-prod prices were
contracting bread grain areas
The reduction, he said, was the result
Of unsatisfactory prices rather than ad-
heTence TO any given plan.
He pointed out that in the United
States, where acreage adjustment has
been q major issue the new crop Of
Winter wheat is estimated to be 50,-
100000 bushels larger than year ago.
O'Neal said the economic logic In a
smaller wheat acreage was excellent but
that its principles ran counter to human
nature and the processes Of government.
Other farm leaders concurred in this
belief
National farm thought was friendly
toward the plan of the conference to
maintain a secretariat to act as clear
ing house of information on wheat and
toward the reported support Of an "or-
derly marketing program.
The latter fits into this Government S
farm relief measure as embodied in CO.
operative marketing and the farmer
merely proposes to do on an interna-
tional scale a thing the United States
has been doing through the Department
Of Agriculture for numerous crops under
Congress extension of the foreign crop
reporting service Of the Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics.
Silent on Political Effect
No comment was forthcoming from
the Farm Board. Chairman Stone
said he preferred to await the re-
turn Of the American delegation. He
was inclined to favor the action of the
conference in avoiding assignment of
export quotas and expressed hope that
beneficial results would obtain from ad-
herence TO the American theory Of
acreage reduction.
Stone would not discuss the possible
effect Of the conferences action on the
domestic acreage reduction campaign
or the political significance OF such
prominent support Of a major factor
in the administrations farm relief pro-
gram.
The indicated wheat acreage in 1o
countries, including the intended Spring
wheat acreage Of the United States
and Canada and the estimated area OF
Winter wheat in these and II ether
countries, exclusive of Russia and
China, was estimated by the Govern
ment today at 1a1 1865 900 acres COM
pared with 1S5 ,2f8, 600 acres last year
This represents decrease OF about
two per cent in the countries con-
tributing three-fourths of the tots.
world acreage outside Russia and China
Crop prospects in general were said
10 be somewhat less favorable than
they were q year ego.