Evening star., 1933-07-13
CONTROL OF WORLD
WHEAT IS NEARING
Ideal May Be One of Fruits
! of Economic ParIey-Much
Progress Made.
B. the Associated Press.

n lOIlR wa
ture in balancing the production and
consumption of wheat may be one OF the
fruits of the World Economic Confer
ence and landmark in the history OF
concerted action among group often
called rugged individualists.
More progress toward such an Ideal
has been made in the last week than IN
the last few years, with the United
States. Canada Argentina and Australia
having Professionally agreed to restrict
production and systematize exports.
The next step is to obtain the CO.
operation of the smaller producers, in
Guiding the Danubian countries and
Poland, and after that the larger I'M
porting countries would be asked 10
agree to help by raising consumption
and lowering import barriers.
Among the latter the United King
dom and Italy have indicated acqules-
cence, and France and Germany have
been asked to cooperate. These coun-
tries have embarked on various plans
of their own recently to protect Wheat
growers.
Lcses Scme Significance.
For American and Canadian farmers
the project has lost some of its sig
niflcance because Of current cut IN
predicted production, due to such FAC
tors as drought. but in many quarters
it is hailed as an effort. looking mostly
to the future, to prevent recurrence
of what to many wheat growers was
tragedy.
Wheat pools in western Canadian
provinces, which have favored acreage
reduction schemes for eliminating large
world carryoverS. are turning their at
tention to a wheat export quota plan,
based on international agreement. with
the establishment of national marketing
boards in each of the principal export
ing countries.
Said George w Robertson, secretary
of the Saskatchewan wheat pool:
1T would appear that a bushelage
rather than an acreage basis gives the
best hope of success in bringing about
better relationship between wheat
production and consumption.
Would Relieve Pressure.
Control over export by the principal
wheat exporting countries through a
quota plan would tend to relieve pres
sure on world markets and prevent one
country from dumping wheat against
the other countries in an effort to Sc
cure the largest possible share OF the
worlds trade"
Under such proposal the individual
grower would be under no restrictions
aS to acreage and production. but the
maximum amount Of wheat he could
market from any given crop would be
fixed as result of the quota agreement.
LEGISLATION to provide for acreage re-
duction would be difficult, Robertson
explained.
In France the government has sought
to achieve the aim of higher prices by
using and $50 100000 fund for advances
to wheat growers to guarantee prices A
recently adopted parliamentary bill pro-
yides that farmers declare in advance
their intended wheat acreage, that
millers and other commercial holders
report stocks on hand at the beginning
of each season and that a board COM
posed of farmers. a governmental rep
resentative and dealers be created to
control marketing.
Reaction Sought in Spain.
Students of the proposals considered
at the World Economic Conference look
with interest for some reaction in SPAN,
where wheat growers have asked the
government to prohibit imports COM
plately as insurance against a large sur
plus.
In Italy steps toward the ends sought
in London have been taken, with a
program of sufficiently high dutles 70
keep imported wheat from lowering
market standards, requiring millers to
use a fixed percentage of native wheat
in flour, ample credit arrangements 1oI
farmers to permit storage OF stocks and
co-ordinated marketing.
New tariff rates in Germany have
been designed to help producers by cut
ting down imports considerably.
In the United States the new farm
bill contains acreage control provlSloHss
with an aim identical to the Whea'
Some leaders in Mexico seek change
In the governments agrarian program
and in Australia a reduction IN Wheat
acreage is expected to play a pai' III
raising prices.