Evening star., 1936-02-02
Wide World Photos.


the New Deal policy Of economy by
scarcity and crop control great un-
employment has resulted. THE reduc-
ton of cotton by 100000 acres is
producing a hideous poverty among
share-croppers of the South" he
points out. 1T is creating unemploy-
ment all over the Nation of some hun
dreds Of thousands of agricultural la
borers, railway men and others who
formerly lived by producing and
handling the 10000, 900 tons of agri-
cultural products that could come
from the acres forced into idleness"
Dickinson 6-Point Plan.
Senator Dickinson of Iowa who
helped to draft the grain futures act
tending Federal aid to farm co-opera-
tives. and who for Is years had ad-
vocated a price system for agriculture
which would differentiate between
what the farmer received for that por-
tion of his crop sold in the domestic
market and that sold abroad as Eek
portable surplus" is advocating the
following six-point plan for stable
farm relief:
"First-Present contradictions in
Government policy must be eliminated.
These seek, on the one hand, to limit
crop production. while, on the other,
they undermine still further the posi-
ton of agriculture. Such subsidized
competition, arising from the opening
up of vast new tracts in the public
domain. which under prevailing con-
ditions are neither needed nor eco
nomic in character, must be ended,
not encouraged.
"Second-The removal of all at
tempt at artificial, bureaucratic regu-
lation relating to crop limitation and
return to the policy of Federal as
sistance in the development of Coop
erative production ana marketing or
ganizations. Only through a strength
ening Of self government among the
farmers themselves can proper solu-
ton be found which Is within the
framework of the Constitution and
which conforms with the evolution Of
our American institutions.
"Third-Fulfllmerit of present out
standing A. A. A. contracts by the
Federal Government. These were en-
tered into in good faith by the farmer
He should not be asked to suffer loss
by reason OF this illegality We must
not repeat the gold clause mistake of
seeking to dishonor those obligations
to which the Government has pledged
its word.
"Fourth-The stabilization of pres
ent agricultural productions through
Federal policies aimed at (a) retirement
of marginal lands from cultivation and
the substitution of an intelligent land
use program. and (b) stimulation of
crop diversification, which will bring
about better balanced production.
Only thus can the grave social prob
lens of under-consumption and un-
der-nourishment be met. These are
now assuming serious proportions
throughout the United States. In such
program should be establishment of
forestry and game reserves and re-
breeding of fur-bearing animals. To-
day the United States imports more
than $3.50 100000 worth of furs each
year. 1t was once a great American
industry and can be made so again.
"Fifth-A broad program to restore
farm export markets. BY application
OF the principle of utilizing national
purchasing power abroad, and by
stimulating the exchange OF goods
along lines successfully used by Great
Britain in her Ottawa trade agree
ments. our international trade can be
rebuilt. To meet world price differ
entails on farm exports, ALLEGATION of
a proportion of the customs revenues
can, if necessary, be utilized. The
place to equalize world and domestic
prices is at the customs barrier. not,
as under the processing tax system,
equalization directly out of the pockets
of the American consumer.
SlHCn-A StaDlllZeQ currency ana
fixed tariff policy, definite in rates
and protective of the American stand
ard of living. Reciprocity agreements,
such as the Canadian and Cuban
trade treaties. which result in the low
ering of tariff barriers on farm i'm
ports, should be Immediately repealed.
A program Of scarcity for American
grown products, while encouraging
imports of foreign live stock and
grains, is a manifest injustice to
American farmers. Upon these prin-
ciples it is possible to rebuild Amer
ican agriculture into state of pros
perity which will be permanent and
lasting"