Evening star., 1936-03-08
SOUTH FARMERS
! SET OWN TERMS.
Ask Scent Basis for Cotton
Soil Conversion, Over
riding Wallace.
Sy the Associated Press.

riding Wallace.
BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March 7.-Aftel
two days of warm controversy, q
committee of 30 farmers tonight over
rode A. A. A. suggestions and recon-
mended to Secretary Wallace that
payments for diversion of cotton lands
to il-conserving crops in 1886 be al
the rate of cents pound.
Immediately after the report, H. r
Tolley, former A. A. A. administrator
told delegations to region farm con-
ference he would recommend that the
Secretary follow, if possible, the CON-
mittee's rate schedule.
"I fear" Tolley said, that the
carrying out of your full recommended
tions for diversion and rates of pay
ments would stretch to the limit the
amount of available funds. It ap-
pears to me that this diversion and
payment recommendation would be in
excess of the allotment of funds tc
be made 70 each State
A. A. A. officials repeatedly had sug-
gested that the subsidy payment fol
turning cotton lands to soil-conServ.
ing uses should be 5 cents pound.
S27,0oo,ooo Boost Seen.
Increasing the amount of payments
to cents a pound officials estimated
privately, probably would increase the
cost of soil conservation in the South
by about S27,000000 for 1886.
For five hours today after other
committees had reported recommen-
dations concerning details of the new
$500, 100000 program, several hun
dred farmers walked about down.
town hotel impatiently awaiting the
rates of payment report.
Tolley adjourned the conference
after telling delegates the A. A. A
regulations for 1886 would be issued
after conclusion of regional meetings
in Salt Lake City and New York City
next week.
The rates and conditions of pay
ments committee recommended these
minimum standards of performance
for the South:
REQUIREMENT that farmers have
planted in SOIL conserving crops ar
acreage Of not less than 20 per cent
of the acreage devoted to soil-deplet.
ing crops.
Requirement that the 1886 acreage
of soil-depleting crops be not in ex-
cess of a base acreage t" be deter
mined.
Requirement that farmers produce
enough food and feed crops for home
consumption to obtain payment for
diversion of lands which have been
planted in these crops.
The committee recommended that
the A. A. A. use old plans for 1886
adjustment programs to fix the base
acreages for cotton, tobacco and pea
nuts.
Payment Recommendations.
These were the recommendations
for payments for diversion OF SOIL
depicting crops:
Cotton. s cents a pound.
Flue-cured and Burley tobacco, S
cents a pound.
Fire-cured and dark-air-cu to-
bacco, 3l2 cents a pound.
Peanuts, u cents a pound.
Other soil-depleting crops. basic
rate similar to that established for
the same crops in other States.
Soil maintenance payments for
lands maintained in conserving crops
would be rs cents an acre. However,
such payments would not be made on
an acreage greater than so per cent
of the acres in soil-depleting crops
and such payments should not con-
stitute more than so per cent of the
total payments for farm.
Diversion Set-up.
Recommendations for diversion OF
crops in 1896 on individual farms
were:
Cotton, maximum of 10 per cent.
Tobacco, a maximum of 80 per cent
Peanuts, maximum of 20 per cent.
The committee said farmer could
not obtain a maintenance payment
without diverting some soil depicting
crops to, conserving purposes. One
subsidy payment year was recon-
mended.
The delegates adopted resolution
urging Secretary Wallace to have due
consideration" for the small farmer.
This was offered by farmer dele
gate. a few hours after the confer
ence Overwhelmingly rejected an al
most identical resolution offered by
United States Senator ELECT Allen j.
Ellender of Louisiana. Several farm
ers said they felt the resolution un-
necessary, but did not wish to leave
the impression they favored overrid-
ing the small farmers.
The report was made after pro-
longed farmer controversy behind
closed doors of committee room.
Division of Aid Recommended.
Without appreciable discussion, the
conference received a unanimous re-
port recommending this division of
subsidy payments between landlords
and tenants:
Thirty per cent to the applicant for
payment CThis individual will be the
man responsible for compliance with
conservation conditions and may be
either landlord or tenant.
Twenty-Five per cent to the land
lord.
Ten per cent to the owner of equip
ment and workstock.
Thirty-five per cent to be prorated
as the crop is divided
Officials pointed out there could be
many combinations and many sorts of
payment divisions. However, they said
tenants should receive slightly larger
share of payments than under the
A. A. A.
Another committee recommended
immediate organization of a national.
regional, State, and county committees
to study plans for the 1887 program.
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