Evening star., 1937-12-17
SENATE CONSIDERS
NEW FARM PLAN
McAdoo's Substitute Would
Require Fixing of Prices
on Commodities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate, after four weeks of talk
on the ever-normal granary farm bill,
debated today separate s.neasure sub
United by Senator McAdoo, Democrat,
Of California.
Despite the delay entailed in con-
sideration of the McAdoo bill, Senator
Pope, Democrat. Of Idaho. a member
of the Agriculture Committee, ex-
pressed hope the ever-normal granary
plan would reach a vote by nightfall.
Senator McAdoo's proposal would
require the Secretary of Agriculture to
ascertain the market for farm COM
modities each year and the amount
available for market.
The Secretary then would fix q
minimum price at which commodities
could be sold on the domestic market
This would be based upon cost OF pro-
duction, value of farmers services and
similar factors.
Another provision would provide for
revising tariff laws to prevent imports
from depressing domestic farm prices
Secretary Wallace has expressed op-
position to price fixing farm measures
such as Senator McAdoos, contending
they might interfere with the admin
istration's reciprocal trade program
Another substitute by Senator. Lee,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, embodying a
domestic allotment plan, required &C
tion after disposition of Senator Nc
Adoo's proposal.
Already weary of four weeks debate,
the Senate remained in session until
nearly midnight last night and was
called back today at II am, an hour
earlier than usual.
Besides shelving the substitute pro-
posals, friends of the administrations
lever normal granary" measure hoped
to get reconsideration of the Senate's
action yesterday in voting to prohibit
farmers from going into the dairy
business" on land retired from soil
depicting crops.
Wallace Letter in Debate.
A letter from Secretary Wallace.
criticizing some provisions of the bill
was tossed into the debate. 1t brought
response from Senator McNary of
Oregon, the Republican leader, that
Secretary Wallace still was avoiding
Endorsement of the pending measure.
The Secretary said he was opposed
to proposals that fixed higher price
for crops sold abroad than in the
United States. 1t was likely to inter-
fere with reciprocal trade treaties. he
said, and at the same time would re-
qulre Government licensing of all pur-
chasers OF farm products as we'll as all
farmers selling farm products"
There are many excellent points In
both the Senate and House drafts. :"
: secretary Wallace added, expressing
the belief that when a joint committee
composes differences between the two
1t would be able "to work out strong
er draft than either"
Most Of the night session was de-
voted to cotton. as the session Wednes-
Gay night had been. After long debate,
the Senate rejected, 1926, an amend
ment by Senator Smith, Democrat, of
South Carolina for the Government to
buy 100000 bales Of cotton in an
effort to raise prices.
Supporters Suffer Setback.
Earlier, supporters Of the bill had
taken their first major setback when
Republicans and Northern Democrats
combined on 4s-to-34 vote to adopt
an amendment Senator McNary said
would protect the dairy industry.
1t would deny Federal benefits to
farmers who used land retired from
soil-depleting crops for commercial
production of live stock, poultry and
dairy products. A similar amendment
was added to the bill in the House.