Evening star., 1934-01-18
farm EXPERIMENT
DECLARED SUCCESS
Secretary Wallace Cites Ex-
perience of 1888 as
Proof.
Dy the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Secretary Wallace today stepped be-
fore . Senate committee with the
assertion that the first eight months
operation Of the greatest farm expert
ment ever conducted in this country
had provided conclusive demon
stration" that it would work.
Before accounting for his steward
ship over the agricultural adjustment
act, Wallace first looked ahead to the
possible development later of longer
term plans which will provide for
more henbility on individual farms"
The farm chief, appearing by invi.
tation before the Senate Agriculture
Committee, was generally optimistic.
Farmers signing contracts to reduce
production, he said, had carried
through almost 100 per cent"
At the same time, he conceded his
administration had failed to carry out
all Of its plans. particularly with milk
marketing agreements.
Although conceivable We might fail
to readjust agriculture in the future
because We were unable to devise plans
which would meet the needs Of the
situation" he said, "the experience Of
this year has demonstrated that so
long as plans can be devised which
appeal to farmers as practical and
sound and In their own interest we
will not fail because farmers will not
cooperate with us or because the job
impossible"
wallace then declared "the exper-
ience Of 1888" stood as proof that
those phases Of the agricultural ADJUST
ment act which It's opponents declared
were administratively impossible Of
can be carried OUT
THE operations with wheat cotton
and tobacco have demonstrated con-
clusively that farmers will cooperate
in controlling their own production,
Wallace said
by decentralizing the responsibility
for making the manifold decisions in
volved in carrying out each Of these
plans, and using the full facilities OF
the Federal-State extension services. it
has been found both feasible and prac-
tical to carry through operations in
volving hundreds Of thousands and mil
lions Of individual farmers"
Recounts Achievements.
He asserted some of the achieve
ments thus far included reducing the
world carryover Of American cotton to
about 10,500 900 bales as compared with
Is 900 900 bales in the Summer OF
1882; nearly doubling the income Of
Southern cotton farmers in 1888; OBJ
tanning agreements from 80 per cent OF
the Nations wheat farmers to reduce
their production by IS per cent: pay
ments to wheat farmers of $4,000 900;
the institution of production control
measures for rice and tobacco. and the
purchase of $4,000 pigs and sows as
initial steps in a corn-hog program.
Most rapid strides, he said. were
made during the eight months in con-
trolling cotton production, resulting in
cooperating farmers receiving almost
the full parity income on that part Of
their crop consumed domestically.
Benefit payments of $110,000,o00 and
cotton options worth nearly $4,000 600,
he added, brought the total income Of
Southern cotton farmers In 1888 to
about $500 000, 900, as compared to
s426, 900 900 for 1882. Wallace pre-
dicted that II Southern farmers CO.
operate in the 1884 program now under
way continued improvement in cash
income from cotton may be expected"
The short wheat crop Of last year, he
continued. made an emergency pro-
gram unnecessary and, instead, efforts
centered on the program for 1884, with
negotiations being carried on with for
eign countries to further an interna-
tional readiustment Of wheat supplies.
Because the acreage reduction was
only about eight -tenths of that ex-
pected he said, 1t was indicated some
non-co-operating farmers increased
their acreage while some contract sign
ers planted more. The latter must re-
move their excess paintings before they
can receive further benefit payments,
Wallace declared
Wheat farmers are also receiving al
most full parity income. he added, with
about 100000 farmers in l,700 counties
OF 81 States receiving first benefit pay
ments of 20 cents per bushel. In addi-
tion to payments to date Of S28 900 900,
he said. $42,000.000 of the initial pay
ments have yet to be made
ooAS bAtoI dAbCl CANCSS CUlGOu
has been consumed and a normal mar
ket returns an outlet for the production
OF possibly 40 million acres will develop
Sees Less Wheat Production.
Reduction in the demands for wheat
with changing consumption habits has
been SO great, however. he added, that
barring wars, We may never again
need as much land in wheat production
as We had during the past decade"
Regarding the processing taxes levied
on wheat and cotton, the Secretary
said "it Is as yet too early to tell ex-
actly what the effect of the tax on
consumption will be-"
However, he added. "the evidence
seems quite clear in both cases, that
practically the full amount Of the tax
has been passed on to the consumers
and that the application Of the tax
has had little or no effect on prices
paid to producers
Wallace urged live stock producers to
"be patient for a time while we are
trying to work their problems out"
Effects Of the emergency pig slaugh-
ter program last Fall will be felt on the
markets between now and May !, Wal
lace maintained.
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