The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-09-15
by William Bruckart

ITO meet this situation, we have pre-
sented to wheat growers a combina-
ton plan which is expected to insure
determination of fair allotments to all
farmers.
"The combination plan provides
that in each county, where the COM
bination plan is used, the total pro-
duction of farmers who submit anthem
tic records with their applications for
allotments, will be subtracted from the
total production of the county as
shown on the official figures in the De-
partment of agriculture. Allotments
for farmers who do not have proved
records will be calculated on the basis
of the average yield for the county,
less the proved production
The net result of this all is that
farmers can claim their benefit pay
ments on the basis of
Benefit actual production ON
Pnvmenfs their individual
farms for the last
three, four and five years, if they are
able to supply records showing what
that production was. This can be
done even If the county committee
decides to use average county yields
and the average acreages of growers
as the basis upon which the Is per
cent reduction is to be calculated.
This arrangement applies only to
the 1884 crop. There may be more or
less than the Is per cent reduction
ordered in the fall of 1884 which will
affect the 1885 crop.
On the basis of a theoretically COM
plete sign-up of the farmers and
Is per cent reduction, there would be
approximately 100000 acres now in
wheat that would not be planted for
harvest next summer. On the same
theoretical base of average produc-
ton, the reduction in wheat grown
would be about 124,000,000 bushels.
With wheat prices about where
they are now, the income from the
current wheat crop is calculated at
about $325OOO,OG0. which is some
thing Of gain over the 1882 return
on wheat which has been figured at
$177,000,000 But if the wheat reduc-
ton program goes over, the farmers
this fall will receive something in adj
dition to the prices for this years
crop. They are due to receive cash
from the processing tax. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has figured the
tax will yield something like $780,
100000, and so the total return this
year may be as large as $450,000,0O0.
Some weeks ago, reported in these
columns that the patronage dam had
broken and that plum picking for
office holders was going on full speed
ahead. That was true. 1t has gone
out full speed ahead, but if one may
judge from the enormous amount of
grumbling, the patronage flood has
not gone in that direction that old line
Democrats, or many of them. would
like to have it go. Indeed, President
Roosevelt's appointments have not
been pleasing to the bulk of his loyal
supporters.
I can report now that things have
come to such a pass that between 90
and 30-no one will say just how many
senators have signed a petition
asking Mr.. Roosevelt to be a little
more regular about his appointments.
1t is not certain that the petition, one
of these round robin affairs, ever was
sent to the White House, nor is it GER
tain it ever will go to the President
if it has not been given to him yet. :
Nevertheless, it is significant. 1t
shows the feeling.
The truth about the matter is that
some old line Democrats, men whose
word has been Dem
Old Liners ocratic law for years,
Worr;ed are growing nervous
over the potential
ties in the Roosevelt course. Deep
down in their souls, they fear that Mr..
Roosevelt is engaged in building up
a Roosevelt party" as distinguished
from the Democratic party. They
point out that he has played ball with
the Norris-LaFo llette-J Johnson wing of
the Republicans, that he has named
such men as Secretary Woodin, to the
treasury, after Mr.. Woodin has spent
years in the Republican fold, and
Secretary Ickes to the Department of
the Interior, after Mr.. Ickes had at
tanned absolutely no prominence at
all in any partisan way except as
Progressive Republican, and that he
has disregarded party recommends
lions in dozens of cases only to pick
men and women who might just as
easily be called Republicans as Demo
Gratis.
The depression conditions hit the
ice cream business last year, but the
consumption of butter and evaporated
milk moved higher according to final
figures for 1882 that have just been
compiled by the Department of Agri-
culture. 1t was quite natural. the ex-
perts told me, that there should have
been a falling off of ice cream, be-
cause a good many thousands of peo-