Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-10
LARGE CROWDS
AT MEETS OF
FARM BUREAU
IcreaSed Interest In Farm Prob
lens Expected To Increase
Attendance
OHIO FARM BUREAU
EXPECTED TO ATTEND

Attendance at the meetings of the
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
and affiliated organizations at Balti-
more next week is expected to be the
highest it has been in years, accordi-
ing to c. E. Wise, Jr., secretary of
of the Federation who is in general
charge of the program. This is in
part due to the increased interest in
farm organizations, and in part to
the offering of one of the most in
teresting and instructive programs
ever presented to farmers of Mary
land, he says.
One of the features of the meeting
this year is to be the speakerless ban
quet. At the gathering of members
and visitors at all of the organiza-
ton meetings Thursday night, jan
uary 16, a number of visiting guests
and farm leaders will be introduced,
and few will be allotted short time
at the session, but the main program
of the meeting will be entertainment.
Not only will farmers attend from
all sections of Maryland, but the Ohio
Farm Bureau is expected to send
special car of IL to Is leaders from
that state, while leaders from Pennsyl
vania and other nearby states are
expected to be well represented.
Preliminary committee and board
meetings on Tuesday, January IA, will
open the four days of meetings at
BaltimcSe, with general sessions going
forward Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
Frederick County Farm Bureau led
all of the bureaus of the state in.
membership at the close of the year
1885, according to reports from the
state farm bureau office. Baltimore
county stood second and Hartford coun
ty third, the report shows.
The Supreme Courts decision rem
dering the AAA unconstitutional
again places before Congress the
problem of equalizing the handicap
placed on agriculture by an Industrial
tariff, in the opinion of C. E. WISE,
Jr., secretary of the Maryland Farm.
Bureau Federation. This problem has;
has been before the country almost
constantly since the first postwar
depression of 1921, says the Fedora
TONS secretary. It's temporary solu-
ton through the AAA led the way
to recovery by increasing farm pur-
chasing power by approximately three
billion dollars, and this increase is
now beginning to show its full effect
on industrial recovery, he believes.
"While the decision is thought of
as affecting agriculture,
which will feel it's first effects, it is
of just as great Importance to indus
trial and financial interests" says Mr..
Wise. "Wages paid labor and manu-
facturers' profits followed the de-
cline in farm income downward in the
early days of the depression, and
started upward only after AAA, coup
led with effects of the drought,
brought an increase in farm buying
power.
Immediate effects of the decision
on Maryland farmers can only be dis
covered when announcement is made
as to what arrangements will be made
in regard to control contracts now in
effect. More than 10000 farmers of
Maryland have been paid well over
a million dollars each of the past two
years. Organized farmers face the
task of drawing up a program for
replacing the AAA and fighting for
It's adoption"