Newspapers / The enterprise. / Dec. 12, 1939, edition 1 / Page 5
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American Farm Bureau Discusses Agricultural Problems Henry Wallace, Secretary of __ Agriculture, Believes Crisis _ Is Near for American Farmer Interesting Bits Of Agricultural Netcs New Curing hay through the use of an electric blower has proved highly successful in tests conducted during the past four years at the Tennessee Experiment Station Grains -She quality of the 1939 wheat, barley, and grain sorghum is some what higher than in 1938. although the quality of the oat and rye crop is lower, reports the Agricultural Marketing Service Sandbags A billion sandbags, to protect England's civilians and buildings from enemy bombs, have brought boom conditions to United States manufacturers of cotton textiles. Up Cumulative rural sales #>f general merchandise in the first ten months of this year were about 11.5 per cent greater than for the same period last year and two per cent above the 1937 level. WHY Miffer from ColiU? For quirk rrlief I from cold syinp-1 totiiH take 666. Liquid - Tablets - Salve - Nose Drops 666 Defense Program Is Causing Some Farmers Concern U iillaiT - \<l?lre*> U High Spot in Niiliouul Ftirni Convention -Addressing possibly 6.000 farmers at the annual meeting of the Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago last week, Henry A. lace. Secretary of Agriculture, warn ed that a crisis is rapidly approach ing in the nation's farm program The question of how long huge sums can be diverted from the na tional treasury to finance agricultur- j al needs will be brought to a head | shortly by a defense program call ing for "the biggest expenditures in our history for the army and navy," the secretary asserted. He added: "That means our entire federal buiget must be given sharp scrutiny and review. And so in the next few months the farmers are bound to qpme facq to face with the ques lion ..o/ how really permanent the natiuhal farm program is" Kdward A. U Ncal, president, in dicated the federation plans tw rec ommend enactment of a general manufacturers' sale tax to pay the "f '"r l-' nrfit pmgra'm:! These programs must be self-sup porting from now on. O'Neal said in asking for consideration of such a revenue-producing measure, laghich lie characterized as "the farmer's tariff." People generally should pay the cost of the farm program, just as they pay the cost of the tariff, he said. The federation chief express<-d op position to re-enactment of the pro cessing taxes on the ground that tin y could not successfully be ap plied to corn and hogs. Secretary Wallace made several suggestions for solution of the prob lem. including "a solid and lasting financial base under the present farm program," price fixing and an income certificate plan through which a dealer handling a farm product would be required to buy certificates to cover the amount lie desired to sell in this country, in creasing the price to the farmer that amount. He said: "If agriculture cannot get either through direct appropriation or by some other method, the money that is necessary to give it bargaining equality, undoubtedly price fixing will sometime be tried "If the government were given enough control over both production and marketing of farm products, pi ice fixing might be made to work." Declaring severity of the farm surplus situation has been hidden from the American people, even from most farmers, during the fif teen year period from 1921 to 1936, Wallace said agriculturists are still under a severe handicap in compari son with non-farm groups. Even with government payments 'figured in, they are still more than a bil lion dollars short of parity income, he said adding "The nation needs always to guard its agriculture, so that agriculture can always guard the nation," the secretary said, in concluding his remarks. ? | 25-CKNT TOBACCO | Spttklni before a tobac co conference held in connection with the annual convention of the Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago last week. J. a Hutaon. tobacco administrator, said that tobacco would sell for 25 cents nex* " the farmers would ft '"tether and agree on a I on*-time control p roc ram J' Jtha been almost proven that there can't be control with high prices in effect." the ad ministrator said. "When prices are high. fanners immediatelv kick over the traces. tear Sown a planned program and plant in excess, and low prices result" he added. Methods Advanced At Meeting To Aid Tohaeco Frodueers rowers From Several Stales < oiisitler Problem* Al f arm Convention Healising that the income of the TubscTO farrTer ts-the towest or any giuup iu liui-natum, jA.'prog??Mmiivcs of tobacco growers in several slates at a conference held in connection J^th the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Fetferufion in Chicago last week went to work in an effort to solve some of the problems that are certain to present themselves in 1940 Led by Ben Kilgore, of Kentucky, the conference adopted four resolu tions that were designed to advance the common cause of the tobacco farmer, as follows: I Expanded fed eral grading service. 2. Stabilized markets; 3. Commensurate parity in come, and 4 A long time tobacco program. Offered by the conference with the support of the strong American farm Bureau Federation, th- pn?_ posaTs immediately received atten tion from federal agricultural au thorities who were in attendance upon the meeting. No one believes thut the tobacco farmer's problems will be solved as a result of the con ference. but it is quite certain that these problems will get a sympathe tic Consideration by Secretary Wal lace and Administrator Hutsun. Maryland growers, completing their first season of auction market ing, were strong supporters of the grading system They apparently thought very little of the auction system without the grading meth od The conference urged that at leust $558,000 be approprated to ex pand tin*, service. Stabilized markets came in for considerable' eliseussion, the confer ence directing an appeal to the de partment of agriculture urging that senne ste ps be- taken tei wipe out the low peunts during the marketing season Jt was suggested that there was no valid reason for tobacco to sell higher on one day than on an other in the same week. The North Carolina delegation, led by J E Winslow, president, and r- F. Arnold, secretary, and Hay woeid Dail, of the State Bureau, went down the road for an increased par ity for tobacco farmers Secretary Wallace was in tha conference for a ?abort-time and ha offered very lit.; tie encouragement for the earmark ing of tobacco tax money for tobac co or for a direct "touch" on the gem-rai treasury. Despite the -'.nH advanced by Secretary Wallace, members of the North Carolina del' egation vigorously strrssed the fair ness of ear-marking part of the- more than $500,000,000 tobacco tax for to bacco. The conference finally pass ed n resolution urging the adminis tration to give leihacm a mei^, rqnj| 'able share along with other crops in parity payments without creating a special processing tax. "tobacco is financing the entire farm program now, and it will not be fair to add more taxes to it," E. F Arnold sec retary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, told the con ference, and the point was explain ed in no uncertain terms to J. B. Hutaon, chief administrator of the tobacco program. I It is quite apparent that if tobacco [grower, adhere to a strict produc tion program that the administration will stick to the tobacco growers. In this connection, the conference T rr'lA S S" ir\t ) ' tmtm m*n ^quAury! J r f m**rv ' i?. Try these famous Old Colony bev erages today! <N - Orange, Cherry. Grape and OLD COLONY KM u t Hi Off OK?N?f rnuSH CO CHiCAftO book Give Yourself the Gift That Will Make 1940 Gift Shopping Simple! When you nuke regular Christinas (Jul* de posits and lei your account .grow through the year, you have a hearty turn of cash ready to pay for your Christmas gift purchases. ENROLL NEXT WEEK?YOU'VE EVERYTHING TO GAIN. Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. Surveying Platting Blue Printing General Surveying Land - Drainage And Terraeing PROMPT SERVICE See or Writs to A. COREY WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Executive Officer Announces Triple Program For 1940 Announcement by E. Y. Floyd, Triple-A executive officer of State College, of the 1940 Agricultural Conservation program shows im portant changes in the rates of per formances and soil-building pay ments to farmers for cooperation in the government's efforts to conserve soil resources and stabilize ffcfm commodity prices. Revision of the rates of soil build ing payments have been made for the following practices, which 1940 will be: Seeding alfalfa. $1.50 per acre; seeding ti mot fly or rod top, 37 1-2 cents per acre; seeding other specified types of legumes and grasses, 75 cents per acre; and turn ing under interplanted summer le-1 gumes. such as soybeans, cowpeas. crotalaria, and velvet beans, 37 1-2 cents per acre. Floyd also announced thai the rate of credit for application of ground agricultural limestone has been made uniform throughout the State, at $1.50 fo reach 1,500 pounds applied. The new rates of payments for conservation, or performance, pay ments are: Flue-cured and Burley to bacco, 1 cent per pound; cotton, 1.6 cents per pound, peanuts, $2 50 per ton; and wheat on commercial farms, 9 cents per bushel. There was no change from the I 1939 program in payments for seed-1 ing lespedeza, seeding winter le-1 gumes, turning under green manure I and cover crops, application of phos I phate, terracing, thinning and wed-' ding timber stands, and planting forest trees. The rates of performance pay- i ments for potatoes and vegetables in j dt .signaled commercial count its like-1 wise were unchanged Floyd urged farmers to consult I with their county farm agent, or I their AAA committeemen and deter i mine exactly how the 1940 program | can be applied to their farms. ? Helpful Hint* In Selecting Timher For Fulpwood In cutting tlmbeiv^^ pulpwood, COTI Remember that you c^Pget from two to four times more money for saw timber than for pulpwood. So select for pulp the crooked or poorly form ed trees, the weaker-crowned trees in dense stands, heavy-crowned --wolf" trees?overtopping?young growth, and overmatured, diseased, and fire-scarred trees. It is unwise to eleai-cut young stands when they are growing at their fastest rate advanced a long-term program and around this feature the Farm Bur eau is pledging its efforts for the creation of a three- to five-year plan, at least. Hull Says Agreements > Helpful to the Farmer Secretary Of State Addresses Farmers At Chicago Meet Ship* Hark At I'roiMiKalK It* Old (fiiuril T o Km I Traile Pacta "If the United States abandon! the trade agreements program mm m effect it will destroy the chances of economic restoration among the na tions when the war in Europe is ended," Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, told a great meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago last Ut'CU To leveise tin present policy, he declared, won Id mean a breakdown of foreign trade with disastrous results "Prosperity of agriculture and of the whole nation." said Secretary Hull, "is closely tied up with the presence or absence of a healthy flow of trade between nations. The existence of actual military war fare abroad, with its disrupting of feet upon' production, trade, and fi nance, dot s not change- the funda mentals; it only aggravates the proWewf. "The agreements which we have negotiated are standing us in good stead now. at a time when, as a re suit of the war. our exports are fac ed with severe new trade restrictions in many countries. The scope of op nation of the trade "agreetnnts pro gram in th immediate future~w ill. Tit course, be restricted by war condi tions. "But that is no reason as some, con "f p"-' Irt.fli. agreements pro gram 111 the immediate future will, ul These consels of despair and defeat overlook the all important fact that the chances of sound economic res toration after fhe war. in which we shall have a vitaLinterest, will be ai most non-existent if we now aban don our work hi behalf of sound trade policies. "After present hostilities come to an end," there will be an even more desperate need than there' was in re cent years for vigorous action de signed to restore and promote healthy and mutually beneficial trade among nations. Secretary Hull said 22 trade agree ments have been made with coun tries which account for three-fifths of the United States' foreign trade. He said they had been helpful in disposing of agricultural surpluses, I tin* exports of which increased 50 | per cent between 1935 and 1938 The I corn-hog industry, he said, is again Ihiavily dependent upon export out IK ! 939. lets "During the first nine months of-j imported OtiO.CfH) of agricultural products Those who use our agricultural im port figures as a basis for attack on the trade agreement*-program would have the country believe them? m. American farmers have .lost that much of their own market"! Never was a more insidious false hood perpetrated Two-thirds of What we brought in during the first nine months of 1939. oi about $530,000,000. wen products which even the -Hawley Snioot tariff considered so incapable juVf displacing our own farm produc t ion and so itulepeflSdble?for our people that they were left on the fret> list in the 1930 tariff act "Products m the remaining third of agricultural mports are predom inantly of two types: commodities of which we do not produce enough for our domestic requirements, and products which we import because of speciat-quaftty or use or differ ences in season. These imports do not displace they supplement our deficient domestic supplies. 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