Evening star., 1936-01-10

already made we should have had a
65 per cent approval Of reasonable
agricultural plans within the next
three or four years.
1T is real accomplishment that
/ in the last three years so many town
and city people Of the United States
| have come to understand the rela-
tionship Of town and city welfare to
the welfare of agriculture.
For the present. however. it Is
clear that in the cities Of the great
industrial and commercial groups of
the East and the Pacific Coast there
is. as yet, far too little understanding
of the true relationship of agricul-
tural welfare to the general welfare.
Il am mentioning this situation be-
cause think it is exceedingly i'm
portant that in drawing up any new
agricultural program We must be in
| a position sooner or later to con-
vince the consuming population that
our program is not merely for agri-
cultural welfare, but also in the in
terest Of the general welfare.
mo agricultural program, I hope,
will be sponsored by this group which
means scarcity to the consumer We
all recognize that farm prosperity
gained by a policy of domestic food
scarcity could not and should not
be lasting"
Has Been Gradual Goal.
A. for c,,hc;d;1od coil oopsayyo {;ov,
administrative sources emphasized that
for months the A. A. A. had been NOV
ini toward it as substitute for con-
trolled production. The plan they are
reported to have ready for the con-
ference, If requested, provides re
wards" for conservation of natural
resources.
Committee would look over farm and
draw up plans for conservation of fer
tility and profitable production. When
the committee reported complete per-
formance, the farmer would get q
reward.
Critics charge the plan is a subter-
fuge for control of production and
unconstitutional. They are answered
that If a balanced production results
from wise farm management" there is
doubt that the question Of constitu-
tionality would be raised.
Rewards would be appropriated out
of the Treasury from funds accruing
from a tax much like the processing
tax. Proponents interpret the Su-
preme Courts A. A. A. opinion as per-
raitting a tax if it is applied to a con-
stitutional end. They call soil con-
servation a constitutional activity.
Allotment Plan Urged.
Advocates Of a domestic allotment
plan said that If it were put into
operation the Government could
move almost overnight. Funda-
mentally, A. A. A. was domestic
allotment plan plus the power to con-
troll agricultural production.
As explained by Government econo-
mists, the allotment would be q direct
subsidy on crops sold for American
consumption. Domestic demand
would be computed. and each farmer
would be given his pro rata quota.
He would get Treasury subsidy on
this allotment. The rest would be
sold abroad at whatever price possible.
Peek Four-Point Program.
Peek offered four-point program
to meet the present emergency:
/. Appropriation Of funds to pay
amounts due on 1885 adjustment con-
tracts.
2. Abandonment Of reciprocal trade
agreements and hating Of importa-
ton Of competitive agricultural
products.
8. Use of o common sense" for
eign trading policy to dispose ef crop
surpluses, negotiating country by
country on selective basis both as to
exports and imports"
(. Establishment Of an effective
foreign trads boas4" and cessatinn q