The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-05
ACREAGE Need
REsET.'TIE!!NENT
GUIDE IN1u S.
Permanent Self Support
Becomes Objective Of
ls~ Farm Program 2n.@

EDITORS NOTE: The follow
ing outline Of ,aaGs OF, the Federal
Resettlement administration was
written by Judge Joseph L. Daley,
assistant administrator.
BERKELEY, Cal, May 5. (UP).
The depression upset and disprov-
ed MANY of the traditional beliefs
OF the American people. One OF
the strongest CT these was the no
ton that farming could tlways be
depended upon to furnish food
and shelter
This comfortable theory was eX-
plOded when more than a million
farm families applied for rehet in
1884. We could no longer moral
ize and say the families were on
relief because the bread winner
was lazy. We had to recognize
the fact that many families were
on relief through no fault Of their
own.
We cannot place the blame for
the plight Of these million farm
families on relief and hundreds Of
thousands Of others on the border
line of subsistence on any single
cause. 1t was the result of gen.
erations of farming on land not
capable of furnishing a livelihood,
of low prices for farm products,
o. heavy debt incurred when
farming was more profitable, Of
farming on the one cash crop plan,
and of natural cataStropheS which
have destroyed homes and farms.
BARE LIVING NOT ENOUGH
Government relief could not Of
fer the farmer any opportunity to
plan the working out of a means
Of existence for himself. No one
could consider the continuance of
system under which hundreds Of
thousands of families would be
forced to maintain their standard
of living on this low subsistence
level.
However, in extending govern
ment relief, there was a marked
difference between the results as
applied to urban jewellers and to
farmers. Where it has generally
been recognized that it is cheaper
to furnish urban unemployed with
direct cash relief than to try and
create work for them, the govern
ment has found that in the case
of the farmer it is not only more
practical but more economical to
seek rehabilitation. The farmer
also prefers this to direct relief.
The Resettlement AdminiStra-
ton has undertaken a program to
furnish farmers with aid and
guidance that they may become
permanently self-supporting. To
re-establish destitute and lOW-in-
come from families on a firm eco
nomic footing, we have undertake
en- to do three things:
First, To see that the farmers
have adequate land on which to
farm.
Second, To see that they have
adequate equipment with which to
carry on farming operations.
Third. To see that they have
adequate technical advice in farm
management.
PROVIDE FOR LOANS
Loans are made for purchase Of
farm supplies, for renting of land,
for repair of farm equipment and
buildings and for subsistence. Re-
payment of these loans is partially
assured by mortgages and liens
on property and crops. But the
principal assurance which the Re-
settlement administration desires
is the assurance that these fami-
lies have a permanent basis of re-
Mobilization.
Through a small loan which will
be repaid and agricultural advice
many a good farmer has been
saved to continue the intelligent
cultivation of his own farm.
Knowing that many needy
farmers budget could not be bal
anced because of one or both of
these considerations, the admins
tration is carrying on two serv-
ices which are available to low
income farm families.
The first is the farm debt adj
justment service which is designed
to relieve the condition of over
burdening debt. Voluntary farm
debt adjustment committees ar
range meetings between farm
debtors and creditors, and they
try to work out an equitable pd-
iustment that is within the capac-
! ity of the farm debtor to pay.
The second is the community
and cooperative service which is
! designed to supplement the farm
er's income and at the same time
supply those needs which he can
not afford by himself.