Evening star., 1933-07-16
COTTON CONTROL
PROGRAM PUSHED
New Schedule Will Cover
Next Years Crop and Pos.
sibIy That of 1895.

(Copyright. 1888. by the Associated Presso
A new cotton production control pro-
gram to cover next years crop and pos
sibly that Of 1885 took form yesterday
as farm administrators, heartened by
the response of cotton growers to this
years plan, moved ahead with their
plans along the whole farm front.
Formal activity in drafting the new
cotton program will begin as soon as
distribution of about $100,000.000 to
more than 700, 900 farmers in 16 States
has been completed. The bulk OF these
payments for agreements to cut the
output of farms of this years growing
crop from Is to so per cent will be fin
ished in three weeks: in two months the
job will be complete.
Producers and representatives Of the
cotton industry will be consulted in
drafting the new plan, but 1t was re-
ministrators already have come to an
Will Seek Acreage Cuts.
The chief of these is that they intend
to employ the principle of the voluntary
domestic allotment plan as far as pos
sible with prospect of another cam
paign this Fall to obtain agreements
from growers to cut next years crop and
give Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
an option to require those agreeing to
make q substantial reduction again in
1895.
Payments would be based entirely on
the principle that growers will receive
parity" prices based on pre-war aver
ages on that portion of their cotton
required for domestic consumption
Only farmers agreeing to reduce their
acreage a given percentage would be en-
titled to these payments
A parity price is one designed to raise
the purchasing power of the farmer S
dollar to the same level it had during
the pre-war period.
This plan would abandon both the
option and the leasing elments that
went into this years program, which ad-
ministrators regarded as an emergency
nature. Farmers who signed contracts
in this years acreage reduction cam
paign were given either cash payments
for retiring from production a portion
OF their crops or were given cash pay
ments and an option to buy specified
amounts Of Government-owned cotton
at 6 cents q pounds cents below the
present market price.
Posters to Be Distributed.
The new plan will bear many re-
semblanceS to the wheat program on
which administrators will concentrate
next with what they called an "educa-
ticnal" campaign. some Of whose meth
ods will be reminiscent of liberty loan
drives.
Gaudy posters urging farmers to
stand by your neighbor," and speakers
with demonstrated persuasive abilities
are to be sent into many Of the 800
counties where wheat Is the chief crop
to lay the foundation for an effort to
obtain agreements from growers starting
August l.
Farmers will be asked to sign agree
ments to reduce their acreage in 1884
and 1885 up to 20 per cent in return
for cash payments provided from q
fund now swelling with the proceeds
of the 30.cent per bushel tax on grain
milling which went into effect July g.
The campaign to reduce. cigar leaf
tobacco acreage this year in five grow,
ing districts will get underway Monday.
Growers will be offered cash payments
in proportion to the estimated value
Of their product in the growing districts
Of New England, Pennsylvania-New
nesota and Georgia Florida.
During the next week administra-
tors also expect to approve the first
Of the milk trade marketing agreements
submitted to them. These include one
covering the Chicago milkshed and an
other the Georgia milkshed, centering
at Atlanta. These agreements, as sub
mitted, provide for minimum prices to
be paid producers for fluid milk and
cream and also minimum prices at
which they may be sold by professors
and distributors and prices to be
charged consumers
Other plans for marketing other farm
products are being prepared by those
manufacturing butter and dairy pro-
ducts, meat packers. wholesale distribu-
tors Of food and sugar.