Evening star., 1932-07-14
FARM RELIEF NOW
RESTS WITH HOUSE
Action This Session Unlikely,
Senate Leaders Think, Ap-
proving NorbeCk Measure.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
What action Congress will take to aid
agriculture before adjournment was up
to the House today. where rested the
Noroeck emergency relief bill approved
by the Senate.
An attempt to seek reconsideration OF
the Oil was blocked in the Senate early
TODAY by Senator Norris, Republican. of
Nebraska.
An effort to substitute for 1t or COM
bine with 1t provisions of the broader
Rainey bill was expected in the House
by senatorial leaders, who doubted final
action this session.
Both bills are the same in principle
but Rainey's would apply to virtually
all farm commodities. while Norbeck's
is limited to wheat, cotton and hogs.
Each is based in general upon the
allotment plan" of paying to the
farmer the prevailing market price plus
the tariff duty OH the commodity for
that portion Of his crop going into the
domestic market
Wheat Rates Retained.
Norbeek's bill keeps the tariff rates
OF ~ cents a bushel on wheat, 2 cents
pound on hogs and sets up cents a
pound on short staple cotton, which
now is duty free.
These amounts would be collected
from the flrst professors OF the raw
material and go into a revolving fund
in the Treasury
The individual farmer would be paid
like amount on his domestic sales, ex-
cept for the deduction Of a small per-
centsge for administration through the
Department of Agriculture.
10 determine what portion of his
crop 1armer should receive the bounty
on the department would proclaim the
Percentage of the country's production
that was needed for the domestic con-
sCmers and each farmers output would
be prorated accordingly.
House action on the Senate bill, which
was passed yesterday, depends on the
powerful Rules Committee
Preceding it was a request by Repre-
sentative Rainey. the Democratic
lecder. for special consideration of the
one-year plan. Definite action for or
against was expected during the day.
Certificate Of Pay.
Under this legislation. If a farmer
produced 100 bushels of wheat and
three-fourths of the American wheat
crop went into the domestic market, he
would be entitled to receive a certificate
paying him on Is bushels.
The certificates would be issued by
the Agriculture Department.
These would be redeemed at any
fiscal agency designated by the Govern
ment for ~ cents on each bushel-the
amount of the tariff-less admins
trative costs.
The money for redeeming the certifi-
Gates would be obtained from a tax
levied upon the processing of the COM
modify. This tax would be ~ cents a
bushel on wheat. On cotton it would
be cents pound and on hogs 2
cents pound.
When 1t included all other agricul-
tural commodities in the bill as put up
in the House. the Agriculture Committee
provided that the processing tax paid
into the adjustment fund.- should be
the amount of the present tariff Where
there is no tariff the Secretary of Agri-
culture would fix the amount of the tax
The Norbeck bill follows the same
general principle but is not as broad as
the RonaldWilson domestic allotment
plan which was urged before congress
sional committees in recent weeks by
w. r. Ronald of Mitchell. S. Oak, and
Prof NJ {. Wilson Of the Montana
State Agriculture College.