Evening star., 1944-08-04

Arlittes. NJ
Uninpressed BY Soldier Rsle.
They are not impressed with the
Commander In CHIEF argument.
They believe that the war will be
won, whoever Is President. What
they wish to avoid is four years
more of the kind Of RECOMMENDATION
which they had forced upon them
long before the war began. +
Il Farmers are organized-but their
organizations, they say, are fyolun-
tary, not forced Is labor organiza-
tions are. They view with alarm the
great swing Of the pendulum toward
industrial laborS increased pay,
which they consider al out OF pro-
portion. They are not against la
bor-but when q farmers daughter
can 90 TO town and earn in wages
as much as q 160-acre farm can gain
Tor III owner In q similar period of
time they believe there's something
wrong.
The recent defeat OF Vice Presi-
dent Wallace for denomination
caused the, farmers ho grief-the
great ma jortty Of thkm--alth0ueh
Mr.. Wallace served rs Secretary of
Agriculture for eight years OF the
Roosevelt administration and halls
from Iowa. They feel that M. wal
lace became politically minded sew
eral years ago and played up to left
wing farmers and left wing indus
trial labor.
What Farmers Want.
just what does the farmer want
from . new administration? Or
from any administration? Earl
Smith, head Of the Illinois Agricul-
tural Association. declined to, talk
partisan politics, but he undertook
to express principal desire of the
Midwest farmer. He said:
The matter of greatest interest
to the farmers of this section is to
secure the recognition by consumers
as well as producers of the fact that
the safety and welfare of the Ma
tion requires a very substantial sur
plus carry over of. basic soil crops,
particularly corn and wheat.
1T must be recognized that when
surpluses exist In excess Of current
market. requirements, unless efYec-
lively controlled, they very seriously
AFFECT levels. Therefore, II such
large surpluses are provided by
farmers to protect consumers and
the Nation ~ q whole against the
dangers Of drought, insect pests and
other elements beyond the control
|of farmers, 1t becomes q national
responsibility to provide policies as
suring Government co-operation
with producers in controlling such
surplus carry-over 50 as to remove
their Otherwise depressing effect on
current prices"
Mr.. Smith insisted that the con-
troll Of surplus carry-overs can be
had with limited Government ac-
ton and limited expense to the Gov
ernment."
Corn. Wheat Carry-overs.
He argued that there should be an
annual carry-over of between 5OO.-
900 900 and $50, 900 900 bushels OF
corn and similar wheat carry-oyer
He pointed out that the normal con-
sumption Of corn In this country /.
2 SOC, 900 900. The corn production
capacity Of the country is around
:, 3,000, ,000, 900 bushels. In many wears
q three-billion acreage has beer
planted. he said, but resulted in q
two billion bushel crop. He re-
called one year in which the cror
had dropped to one and half bill.
lion.
1T Is only, sound business sense y
ne continued, Ito have q half-bil.
on-bushel carryover of surplus
corn as insurance against drought
and insect pests. Corn is by far the
most important of the feed grains
and dairy and meat products de-
pend upon the supply Of corn. The
assurance Of an adequate supply OF
corn at a stabilized price is the best
way to assure to the consumers an
ADEQUATE supply of meat and dairy
products
This is one phase of the farm
problem with which the farmers OF
the Midwest hope Gov. Dewey will
deal whenehe gets down to the bust.
ness of discussing agricultural
policy.
1t Is obvious that the farmers will
expect a new administration. If il
takes charge Of the Government, to
90 away with most Of the irritating
Government activities already men,
toned,