Evening star., 1936-03-22
FARMERS OBJECT
TOSUBS|DY RATE
Rice and Sugar Men Hit
Conditions Laid Down in
Wallace Plans.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
As substitute for irp1lidoted Ggrt-
cultural adjustment act, Congress
depised neu farm benefit program
based upon sol conservation plan.
In general, program emissions pay
n1ent OF Average OF SO per acre for
farm land diperted from CONNER
cidl crops to soil conserving uses.
Roughly, the A. A. A. AdntntstrG-
tion seeks to shift to latter category
some 1000, 900 acres Which other
pise uould be denoted to CONNER
ctdl crops IN 1886.
Appropriation OF SAC. 900, 900 for
new program is now on Ddy
through Congress, but President
has requested tar legislation to re-
place reuenue yield OF inualidated
processing leUies.
By the Associated Press.
Announcement of some details Of
the new farm program brought a
quick response yesterday in tele-
graphed protests against rates and
conditions for paying soil conservation
subsidies to producers of rice, sugar
cane and sugar beetS.
The protesting farmers were under
stood to be contending that they
would not receive sufficient reimburse
ment under the payment plan out
lined yesterday by Secretary Wallace,
As agricultural extension directors
arrived from several States to confer
with the A. A. A, two main problems
were reported bringing knitted brows
In conferences of officials responsible
for administration of the new farm
relief plan.
These we're:
|. Division of the s47O 100000 sub
sidy fund among the States.
2. Working out exact definitions for
soil depicting" conserving" and
building crops" and classification Of
crops under such terms.
All Requests Undercut.
AS outlined by Wallace. the pro-
gram was said in almost no instance
to contemplate paying farmers as
much as they asked in four regional
conferences held two weeks ago.
Cotton farmers, for example, after
q two-day controversy in a commit
tee room had asked payment of 6
cents a pound for cotton which they
would have grown on land which in
stead will be planted this year in SOIL
conserving crops. The A. A. A. will
pay 5 cents.
Equitable division of subsidy funds
among the States-expected within
three weeks-was said to be causing
tstration circles.
It was recalled that at Memphis a
farmer obtained the Regional Confer
ence floor and charged that the South
would be expected to diver the most
acres from its principal cash crop and
would not receive fair share of sub
sides. Charges were made at Chicago
that the South would receive more
money than it should be granted.
In addresses before the program was
announced Wallace appealed to farm
ers to consider the good of the Nation
and not a specific group and to re-
member that available funds were
limited.
It was indicated that the division Of
funds might follow roughly the
amounts of old A. A. A. benefit pay
ments received by each State. How
ever, it was said, payments in the
corn belt might be less because no
soil subsidy payments can be made to
hog raisers. Heavy A. A. A. pay
ments we're made in the past for hog
production control.
Local Committees Important.
Because many crops are classed as
soil depicting" under certain condi-
tions in one section of the country and
as soil conserving" in others, one off,
cial said the matter of classification
may be decided largely on State or
local basis. Heavy responsibility will
be placed on county and State COM
mittees for determining whether a
farmer has used some crop for CON
serving" or depicting" land.
With regard to the complaints
about rice and sugar payments, OFF,
.cials said they believed the A. A. A.
had done the best it could and that
when farmers understood the plan
thoroughly there might be general
accord.
The program provides that for
sugar beets and sugar cane a pay
ment of 1912 cents per 100 pounds
would be made for sugar produced on
the base acreage, provided an area
equal to half the base be planted in
soil building" crops.
The program provided that CO.
operating rice farmer would receive
20 cents for each 100 pounds Of his
domestic consumption quota of rice
providing an acreage Of rice land
equal to not less than 20. cent OF
the base rice acreage be planted in
Boil Improving" crops or devoted to
. q soil improving" practice this year.
"A rice producer must plant not less
than IS per cent Of his base acreage
to qualify for payment.