The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-10
TOBACCO MEN
MAY:ORCANlIzE
Only Way To Get Federal
Help. Forster Declares
The Timcs-Nyws bureau
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, RALEIGH, Aug. 10.-While
the Agricultural Adjustment Adj
nainistration is willing and anXl-
Gus to aid tobacco farmers as
much rs any other class of farm
ers to get a fair price for their
tobacco this year, it cannot ana
Will not deal with the farmers m
dividually. according to DR.. u.
". Forster, agricultural eeono-
mist at State college here, VINO
has recently been to Washington
10 discuss the tobacco situation
with authorities there. As re-
suit the only way for the TO
bacco farmers to get any help
this year or even next year, l.
for them to organize and to get
a majority of the tobacco grow
ers into these organizations, DR..
Forster says.
Protest mass meetings and
the sending Of kilograms 70
Washington will not get the to-
bacco farmers to first base" DR..
Forster said today. THE tobacco
administration cannot sign con
tracts with kilograms nor with q
petition of protest, despite the
TACT that it is in sympathy with
the growers in their efforts TO
get higher prices.
$50 the first thing for the to-
hacco farmers to do is to organ
ize and associate themselves into
an organized body in order to
obtain the benefits of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Act. That
is the only way they can get ef-
fective and definite action. Nor
is the problem Of organizing dIf-
fieult, since they already have 4
skeleton organization available
in the IS mutual exchanges al
ready in existence in the state.
These exchanges can be used in
this emergency to deal with the
problem of bringing 4 fair price
TO the tobacco grower for his
product"
While present indications are
that the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration will not
levy a processing tax to aid the
tobacco growers this year. this
does not mean that nothing can
be done to guarantee parity prize
es to the farmers this year, DR..
Forster said. 1t only means that
no direct payments to tobacco
farmers are likely to be made
this year and probably not the
next year.
1.-THE Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, however, may en-
ter into agreements with tobacco
growers and buyers to fix parity
prices" DR.. Forster said. This
method is probably not as con-
yenient and as certain in its eff
feet as direct payment to farm
eSs, but it does have some attrac-
tiSe features. The farmers will
have to form some sort OF Or
ganiZatiOn to take advantage of
the plan, however, which will in
chde a large amjOrity of the
flpe-cured tobacco growers"
IAN organization of the tobacco
growers in the state can be
formed very quickly through the
existing farmers exchanges, DR..
Forster believes. They could
then submit to the government
an agreement governing the
marketing of their tobacco this
year and the prices to be receiv-
ed for their product.
"Under the New Deal as in
augurated by President Roose-
welt, the farmers have an excel
lent opportunity to get just and
equitable treatment first
time in history of American agri-
culture. They should not and
must not let this opportunity
slip by" DIR. Forster said.
Protest mass meetings are be-
ing held in various sections of
the state by the tobacco farmers.
But these mass meetings are not
going to do any good or get the
farmers anywhere. But if they
will expend this same energy in
forming a definite. coherent or
ganization, they can do some
thing and get some definite re-
suits"