The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-12
STATE MACHINERY
IS READY TO PUT
LAW IN OPERATION
Agricultural College Extension
Chief to Direct Work in
North Dakota
Tentative PLAN is READY
ADVISORY Committee Expected
to Be Called Into Session
in Near Future
TENTATIVE PLAN is READY

Fargo, May 12.-(F1-1n North Da-
kota the machinery will start moving
immediately under the farm ADJUST
mett act, according to G. F. Monroe,
North Dakota agricultural college ex-
tension director. who has been desig-
mated state administrator of the act.
Governor William LANCER has in
formed Monroe Of his intention OF
calling together Immediately the
state advisory committee suggested
in all states by Secretary Wallace.
Membership Of the state commit
tees will include the governor, the
chief justice of the supreme court.
the commissioner of agriculture, the
director of extension, who will act
as secretary, and one farmer to be
named by these ex-officio members
of the committee.
North Dakota commodities which
will feel the most direct effect Of the
national farm legislation are wheat,
milk and milk products, hogs, and
corn. The plan calls for placing these
products on price levels which will
give q farm buying power equivalent
to that prevailing from 1909 to 1914.
Other commodities included in the
basic list are cotton, rice and to-
baccO.
Definite announcement of the pro-
cedure to be followed in North Da-
kota is to be made following the
meeting of the state advisory COM
mittee to be called by Governor
LANCER, Director Monroe says. In
formation from officials in Washing
ton also is being awaited.
Offers Tentative Outline
An outline of the various phases
of the farm adjustment act and .
general idea of its provisions are pre-
scented herewith by Director Monroe:
There are three distinct titles or
sections to the law:
THE production control and bene-
fit-payment section.
1.-THE agricultural credit law.
1.-THE national financial and cur
yency measure!
1.-THE first part is administered by
the department of agriculture, the
second by the farm credits admins
tration and the third part lies at the
discretion of President Roosevelt and
his treasury aides.
Under the production control Sec
ton, commonly referred to as the
farm act, at least three broad means
OF securing proper adjustment Of do
mestic production OF basic farm COM
1nodities to meet world demand levels
and to attain fair returns for agricul-
ture are provided. The secretary may
use one or all of them. They are:
"Q) Acreage reduction of the ba-,
sic agricultural commodities by rem
tai and benefit payments to farmers.
go Payment of allotment bene-
fits on the domestic portion OF q
crop in return for agreements cover
ing specified crop reduction.
"(3) The use of marketing agree
ments with professors and handlers
of basic farm commodities SO that
higher prices will go to the farmers
under a guaranteed system OF pro-
duction control and fair play"
s100,000,0oo on Hand
ITO meet the cash payments re-
Quired to reimburse farmers for acre.
age reductions and crop control to
needful amounts, the federal govern
ment has $1o0,000,000 on hand for
immediate use; but later sums paid
out Of the treasury will be restored
by means of processing tax. This
processing tax will be levied, as
sessed and collected by the internal
revenue department upon the first
domestic processing of each basic
commodity, including imports pro-
cessed in this country. The tax will
be levied gradually and kept within
reasonable bounds, always subject to
the control of the secretary and
based on current conditions Of sup
ply and rate Of consumption.
First steps In the operation of the
law cannot be exactly stated with full
assurance, but general idea OF the
progressive movements which should
soon take place are given by Director
Monroe.
State Councils to Serve
state councils for commodity con-
troll and adjustments, acting as OFF,
cial arms Of the federal service, will
he set up at once. The agricultural
extension service system and state
statisticians will be represented there
on. These committees will afford the
connection between the headquarters
at Washington and the individual
farmers. and in large degree the
actual field supervision will be han
died by districts.
Decision regarding methods to be
followed in applying the optional pro-
visions of the production-control Sec
lions Of the law will be made by Sec
rotary Wallace. Processing tax levies
will be the last objective and these
will not start on any basic commodity
whose control is undertaken until
full examination of existing condi-
tons IS made and the proper margin
between current market prices and
the parity level IS fully ascertained.
mo farmer will be forced into &C.
cepting the provisions of the act al
applied to the operations Of his owr
farm" Monroe declares. However
he will have every possible opportu-
nifty to learn everything regarding
the act, its provisions and their ap.
plication as applied to his own farm
ing operations"