Evening star., 1933-11-06
Administration Hopes Pro-
gram for Farmers Aid viii
Bring Temporary Peace.
HIGHWAY PICKET KILLED
AS AUTO CRASHES GROUP
Eight Carloads of Cattle Released
by Gang-Governor Ready
to Call Out Troops.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An earnest two-way Federal attempt
was under way today TO win at least a
truce with striking farmers. in whose
embattled ranks a new militancy was
noted today.
Hugh S. Johnson, N r. A. admins
TRAITOR. left other things to his aides
while he went to Chicago for the first
speech on peace-seeking tour of the
farm belt Agriculture officials at the
same time put into effect and sought to
develop a corn-hog program to help
farmers In the corn country.
johnson planned to extend this
weeks tour to Minneapolis, Des Moines,
Omaha. Kansas City, Tulsa, Forth
Worth and Louisville. Secretary Wal
lace on Saturday will address farmers
and business men in Des Moines.
Before johnson left Washington,
neither he nor Wallace made public
comment on the farm program pre-
sented Saturday by five Midwest Gov
ernors and rejected by President
Roosevelt.
New Taxes in Effect.
But two new processing taxes were In
effect today, on schedule, to raise
money which is to be turned over to
farmers who agree to reduce crops.
!, One was cents a bushel on corn.
which will be raised to 20 cents De-
cember 1. The other was on hogs-5O
cents hlndredweight, increasing grad
ually to 50 by February /. To obtain
part OF the S350,000,000 in payments,
farmers must agree to reduce next
years corn acreage 20 per cent and
marketed hog tonnage 25 per cent.
With more than 25,000,000 Of the
Nations farm population Of $4,000, 900
already affected by the farm adjust
ment program, there was every indi-
cation that the administration intended
to adhere to development Of that,
hoping, meanwhile, that farmers could
be convinced they should wait q little
longer.
Other Programs Listed.
Here summed up are the pro4rams
besides corn-hogs, in force or planned
Wheat-more than 100000 farmers
controlling about 80 per cent Of the
Nations average harvested wheat acre
age have signed agreements to cut
paintings next year Is per cent. The
first checks in benefit payments to be
made this Fall have reached Monona
County, Iowa, farmers. More acreage
will be taken out than the 1900, 900
acres which contracting farmers agreed
not to plant, with administrators PLAN
ming to accomplish this through sepa-
rate agreements with farmers to abide
by the London wheat agreement, under
which this country pledged to cut
paintings approximately 9G00,000 acres
Cotton-More than 1000, 900 acres of
the growing crop was plowed under for
which nearly 100000 farmers are
getting the last of Sill ,0o0, 900 In pay
ments. A new two-year program for
1884 and 1885 is to be presented to
farmers under which they will be asked
to cut paintings in return for cash.
Loans on cotton held by farmers at 8
and 10 cents q pound are being made
with r. F. G funds.
Tobacco Prices Fixed.
Tobacco-Campaigns to reduce pro-
duction Of cigar-leaf and fiue-cured
types have been conducted and an
agreement with cigarette manufactur-
ers signed to pay minimum prices for
fue-cured. hurley program is in the
making.
Milk-More than a dozen milk-mar-
keting agreements are in effect, repre-
sentatives of over 100 milksheds are
preparing more, to boost prices to pro-
ducers.
Butter-Purchases are being made
to prevent surpluses from depressing
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