The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-29


Russia wants her old position as
the leading what exporting nation
and the Danubian states whose
production fell off during the war
support her. The opposition is
likely to include Canada, Argen-
tina and Australia.
Russia Not Definite
The Russian statement, signed
by Isidore Lubimoff, does not com
NIT the delegation to any definite
proposal, but rather places the re-
spOnsibility for success or failure
of the conference with the large
exporting countries, including the
United States.
at is necessary to emphasize"
the statement said. that the es-
tablishment of a scheme based on
quotas can be acceptable only if
the largest wheat exporting coun-
tries will participate"
The other delegates declined to
comment on the import of that
paragraph.
Repudiate Definite
The statement referred to Rus
sia's willingness to accept a quota
system and said, 'but it must be
realized that our wheat one OF
the main sources for covering our
liabilities in connection with our
imports, and adequate credits for
financing wheat which must be
kept in stock in Russia must be
guaranteed"
Reputation of the McKelvie
proposals was very definite.
Conference DeadlOcked
The conference, according to the
dispatches met Friday late and
tried in vain to draft a compre
hensive plan and recessed until
Saturday morning, May %. On
Saturday the conference deadlock
ed over the acreage reduction OF
American plan, or the quota ex-
port or the Danube plan.
Opposition from Canada and
Australia as we'll as the United
States forced the abandonment OF
the quota scheme. Argentina, one
of the countries affected by the
quota plan was undecided. The
view Of Argentina that there could
be no agreement unless all cOun
tries signed seemed TO make tht
situation more complicated.
The Russians, however. intimat
ed unofficially that they regard
an agreement possible without tn
signature of all nations paruicipat
ing.
Adjourned Saturday
Saturday, however. the worlc
conference adjourned without &C
complishing anything. The res
of the world and the soviers repud
lated the U. S. acreage reduction
plan as presented by McEe1vie an,
dismissed it, and the United States
Canada and Australia vetoed tn
Danube plan of quota export.
The conference before it ad
journed adopted unanimously I'll
. resolution offered by the U. s
: delegates providing for the estat
a lishment of an international clear
3 ing house for information on tn
5 grain growing industry and ths
: the producing nations "restriC
wheat production wherever poss
BILE"
The clearing house" IS made U
of experts on grain production rel
resenting the "wheat producin
o nations participating in the Lol
4 don world wheat conference. The:
e experts will meet in London late
i to attempt to draft an agenC
: which will permit international c.
operation in meeting the situation
K Nils Olson of the U. S. depar
ment of agriculture will be Il
American representative on tn
committee.
Altho the conference repudiatt
the acreage reduction idea, M
Kelvie was optimistic and said Il
y idea was a step in the right dire
a ton, and that eff we had only di
f. cussed these problems witho
!. reaching an agreement our tr
s. would be abundantly worth while
lie The clause in the agreement T
Ie lating to acreage reduction W
e the subject of varied interpret
E. ton.
IF "The conference considers tn
ie wherever possible, reduction
areas devoted to wheat should
undertaken in whatever way eal
d country considers to be most c
fective and practical" it read
The agreement said nothing
: bout orderly marketing" but
= a press conference following a
iournment Chairman Howard Fe
guson of Canada said the parti'
pating nation all had agreed to
THE PLAN
! Under terms of the propos
information clearing house,
countries will be asked to subn
figures in production, plantir
movement of stocks and kindr
subjects.
Mr.. McKelvie said such an ]
formation bureau, supplying acct
u ate figures, would do much
clear up the present situation I
wheat traders.
O'NEAL Is SKEPTICAL