Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
PRIVILEGED STATUS
GIVEN CROP LOANS
Bill Is Likely to Come Up
After House Acts on
Allotment Plan.

The House Rules COMMITTEE NOIed 10
day to give a privileged status to legis-
Iation making available slO3,000,000 for
crop productions loans in 1888.
Preparations were going ahead. mean
while, for the House proper to continue
debate on the Democratic farm relief
bill tomorrow.
Democratic leaders plan to consider
the production loan bill Immediately
after final action is taken on the do
mestic allotment plan for fixing mini
mum prices on major farm crops
House action on the domestic allot-
ment bill is expected before the end of
the week. Meanwhile, squalls of oppo-
sition arose today.
the center of the storm. but party chief
tains remained confident that the meas
ure would weather a shower of amend
ments and go TO the Senate without
much change.
Millers yesterday lined UP with pack
erS in charging .hcL consumers would
be forced to shoulder a heavy sales tax
if the measure embodying the domestic
allotment farm relief plan were enacted.
The bill would guarantee farmers a
minimum price through a system of
bOunties on wheat, cotton, tobacco and
hogs.
Plans Cost Held High.
All open letter directed to members of
the House by the Millers National Fed
Grafton asserted the plan would cost
consumers 81 1877 600 600 The feder-
alton contended that 80 States and the
District of Columbia would pay out
more in sales taxes than they would re-
ceive in bonuses, and that the farmers
themselves would pay nearly 100000
600 of the proposed taxes.
At the same time progressive Repub-
lcans announced they would support
the bill but would offer amendments to
prevent pyramiding of the processing
levy and protect the farmers bounty
certificates from creditors
From Representative Fish New York
Republican. came the statement that
the bill is an amazing piece of legis-
latiCn to originate in the fertile mind of
Franklin D. Roosevelt" asserting that
it was nothing more than sales tax
lin its worst form"
Chairman Jones uf the Agriculture
Committee appeared before the Rules
Committee in behalf of extending the
crop loan provision of the reconstruc-
ton act
A bill to accomplish the same end
already has been approved by the
Senate.
Sl32, 500, 900 Allotted.
Total allotments to the Agriculture
Department under the Reconstruction
Corporation act Jones testified,
amounted to $l32 500 900.
"Of this. the department advanced in
production loans S64 00O 900 and re-
leased back for use Of the corporation in.
creating agricultural credit corporations,
SAT 100000.
"On loans made in 1882 the depart
ment has collected $4,000, 900. of which
SIS 900, 900 has been turned back to the
corporation.
This leaves the production loan di-
vision of the department with $ll ,000,-
600 on hand.
The Senate bill would make avail.
able only this S1l 900, 600 for 1888. The
House bill provides that the balance of
the original 5000, 100000 allotted to
agriculture in the reconstruction act
shall be turned over to the department
for rise in 1898.
This would be $4,000, 900, which, in
addition to the Sll,000.000 on hand,
would make available an aggregate of
Slo3 100000
Senate Fund Held Inadequate.
II do not believe. according to de-
partment estimates, that the full
SOB 900 900 will be needed, but the
Sl1 100000 in the Senate bill probably
would prove inadequate"
AS a condition to obtaining a pro-
duction loan, the legislation would
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture
to require an acreage reduction up to
80 per cent of the 1882 acreage.
Jones explained this was purely per-
missive and that where a farmer had
cut his acreage sharply in 1882, it
was not intended he should be forced
to make another large cut in 1888.
The Rules Committee voted a rule
that would permit one hour of gen.
eral home debate before the measure
is ready for amendments.
1t is planned to substitute the House
bill for the Senate plan.
Representatives Fuller, Democrat, of
Arkansas and Wilson, Democrat of
Louisiana appeared in behalf of the
speediest possible action in making the
1888 funds available.