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"i - 1 t Hill L J - iU . .- ! Hates Provided Under Amendment; May Cause Reduction In ; '. Consumption j, ! i T , ' An emergency bearing on .September 9 was - called to determine whether ijhe processing tax ' " ' rates provided under , the amendments to the 1 - Agricultural Adjustment Act 'will 'catise a re ' ductlon in the .;;coiiBump'tli!Certln : types ' , and uses of . tobacco, .andL''U,ls6,"'hati rates would not cause such reducttdhVThe types and ' - uses of tobacco to.be considered are: c gar leaf tobacco generally and cigar leafused in the - manufacture of scrap chewing-and smoking tobacco, and Burley tobacco used In. chewing ' and smoking tobacco products. . , " - The present rate on cigar leaf tobacco Js ; ' 4 1 .. cents' per pound except on ' that used in , scrap chewing and smoking tobacco, for Which . ,' -i-.the rate is 3 cents per-pound Under the Ag 1 ricultural' Adjustment Act, as amended, these 'rates will be Increased on October i to 3.3. . cents unless it la determined that the higher rates would cause such? reductions in' the do ' -;" . "mestlc consumption as 'td result In the fcc-'-" cumulation of surplus stocks or the depression of the farm price. - . , . . .Rates On Burley .v. ; ... ''The present rate on Burley tobacco is 6.1 cents per pound, ecept Burley used 'in .chew- . tag tobacco,-for which the rate Is. 2 A cents per.; , ' ' pound. , On October 1, the rate on Burley ' -' used ' In all classes of products will - be- ad-.' ' Justed , to 8.5 cents I per pound .' unless It is determined that such a : rate ; would - cause t - ' . such reductions, in 'the domestic consumption.' 'as to,. result in' the accumulation of surplus ; stocks or the depression of 'farm prices. -". L : The hearing on cigar, leaf tobacco-started 1 September 9 at 9:30 a, m. In' hearing room No;'. "- . 1 bureau of Internal "re venue building', Twelfth - - and Constitution Avenue, 'Washington, anJ t , - the .' hearing on Burley . tobacco ' was held Ma H the , same room at 41 "a. m. .," It was also announced that the tax rate on . , , - flue -cured tobacco -will be reduced- to IS cents -S ' t1 per ' pound on' October -1. h, -The- "present rate on this type' la 4.2 cents per . pound except for cnewing tooacco lor wmcn tne raie is cenia, The rate on dark air-cured tobacco which is " a rcents ''per 'pound on' chewing tobarcc and 'i -v; "cehts.oh1 other! torolucts "will rertaintluni. ' V' changed. This present 'jcates' on flre-curd ta? ' -' 'bacco are a "cents per; pound .when, use i" for 4 ' chewing tobaedd and 2 S cents per pound .when7 ' used .m other products. - Under ."'the Jamendi mente, these rates win be. pe adjusted to 3.r cents' per pound ori October' i.' . '.,' V ' . -"x Asks 7allaQe To "Do ! . For Bright i1 Congressman Frank BancocfecJ 'in fUth dls-: - trict. North Carolina, has urged Secretary Wal- lace to .consider -some measure So; raise - the '2" "present -average price of tobacco, I . Mcordjng . to' the Balelgtt TimesJHlsteligram to tbe ' Bemtary'.:read-'.-Mfollows: "ff ' '-. "Average tobacco prices. In' my Judgnlent 'are '' . unustlflably below, level that , general condl " ;tlons In trade.anA industry warrant, beasonab , "V ly certain that' poundage wUl not 'come up to earlier predictions, and estimates. .Cost 'of; making crop i greater than recent previous years and unless prices for .flue xnutd average , of . as centf oy better there, will be' little Jn creased purchasing power among growers and ' consequently no i substantial . recovery In our ' State - this year as ; the result of tobacco pro - gram. Will appreciate you placing : thi mess : sage before" Butson and urging his. best conr aideratlon.- Cooperating -growers must and will v. continue to look to you- for -protection- by the proper exercise of powers Congress -gae yoW , V ? Prices' so- far have been, ranging -from IT to 1 ' ao cents a pound.- "' ' . . ' r" r. iff Golden Flow Of New,, Tobacco ; Cn?; Sterti - . W. D. Reed. U. S. Departi.ier.t ct .Agriculture entoiaUoSbt u. t'JS8 container to suction Ilht trap developed for cutting down cigarette beetle Infestations In cured tobacco warehouses. ', ;, ; w4 . s '. -' GaotlfR&iiltsffi Tobacco ASffmiTnentPrdjyat S&riln S.C. a u ' - v jj - ; -; ; Flue-Cured Area Finding Rea Cenefiti, Dcth Financial And Otherwise- - jt :;' In Plan For Controlled Pro Juction -V - ' - " TO f- v.t ' . I j n "..1 L. ar; -j. ..jA-'Ht ' Bf Ji. ft.. BRYAN r - , , "t ' Agricultural -Editor- Clemsoai CVr -' ? ,V7tat do r the ;-tobacod , . pr?v isfcf -r juth . GArclina v think. of. the .tobacco: r -the - Agricultural & Adjustment -"A1." ' &,nd wh4f has the program, "acdoB- " this, double-barrel guestioir-the-' v . . to find r the "answer- in-, a rec 't visit; to. .the greatreee "Deev . f " eastern1; part . of t the "state rv an .importani casn crop.1, , c county farnt-agents : and',.wiya J.'- distrlcf agent of the Extension-. ... Florence , who " supervftes the AAA tobacco program in South 'Carolina,' afad talks wir farmei and other ' citizens left nd ttbtibt as-tf the answer.-,.' t There' ' are facts and figures-'tjtukn' speak ' eloquently - of , the . financial betterment of individual -growers and the economic improve-: .meet of all the people resulting from the, proi jani..; " Ahd,: there are . earnest ,(ieartfelt ex-. .pre&sions- ox. manners vnniBeives viaasptut, even tmore v eloquently of- their .Vcompcback," , their salvation .from- financial loss. ojacouraM jtpenr, and despair, as a raault. ..'0m' gpgrint; ' no . wpnqer, .( Wa '.voere,- is proval: and strong, praise Sf. to ., past 6 .and present nu,.weju-ntgn iw per. cen: jMnanet; Uon" in the way of actual prices being paid and presented - the. facts found, to the To bacco Section 'of vthe 'AAA i and r asked - that they 1$ per," cent i- equalL ; tlon' payment'' be extended through "the , ent;r e ' marketing sea son.'" 1 1'.1- -( . ; .v '' 'v ti v--!i Th Administration f tliy agreeeV'' upon a bask, of the fact r f - X to extend, the period of -19 f pr c v f ligation payment throuh Cc(toLwr' i. ' exten'on from October" 1 7 "to October l j Increased t the equalteaijlon 'payment : i y iout 250,000R iThe total, equalization' r av U ' to South ' Caro lina growers were ,$1.1S9J2C9.79. ' , , f IT i ' -l TB'i"ti ' . ' ' 'The 193 crop .in. Sduth Carolina, remem- ber vwas-.4arge - and . gool 5 -v and despite tlie low prices "which ' 6&uW dissatisfaction and temporary closing fof markets, it 't sold for about, 10.000',OOQ. The 'ecju<eation pay. went, -as "already : explained, brought - over a million Hollars' to 1X000 farmers in v the state'Si tobacco --belt.r -rbis'O adjustment inil- llou wasr not received bjc-farmers untll -the spring of -1934,; but; it was welcome fore runner pt other benefits to come from - the production contrc programs of 1934 and 1935. Under the-1934 contracts, farmers reduced for .continuation the Aousnt . Admta-, t icreese the yield was about 68,000.000 pounds itratlon's activities , as .shown In the jcecent overwhelming vote for continuation ? of. .the tobacco prcgram In' 193 and late. Approxi mately' per v cent of, lbX.19W tobaooo; fatmera ' yoking askcK fce"continuat6nr-ii,-:: 743. voters., supporting an4-; only- i8f voters, for. discontinuation. .- , .. -i & Ejne" Tobacco History ' ' - (Continued from. Page-One) ztarvest these past few weeks' and the, outlook . . 1 for a good crop." Harvesting, an a,nov?m u -'the- early, crop- Is. now.'vunder .wfyL.d . pror: . ceedln rapidly. , S - '.'V - For the most .'part conditions have - been ifavcrab'e' in New England' and Pennsylvania -"fclthou! these states- are---not r tJj producors comrared'With;the.CaroUnas,or some of the- eter Coutiern states. ,.'- r; " i - i ' Ti. r.cr.tucky ;crop.. went -through a, long 1 ta rc-i'-i rcJ Cry-weather which. v-s:dcrlr"L " , tJ'tli 'efa!y-tfoprThU tTrJJ.r,-r;, s-f rc-i toot j -ra r-j. l tf :-?silaT onrtie.aracrrt -ef dw-lt -c ". r."'. J in rftld-Av-wt-t- l-t 1 A V . TJ1C--9 f !i , -i I If I rv .Irj cf ,t!'9 cf ? i . 1 :. i ,...i--8 But r let's ' not ' get " ahead . of the . story, Id 1932 Couth' Carolina obacco growers" pro duced E3,rc3,000 pounds of flue-cured .tobacco oh - 3.t:a 'acres.'- That 'was 'the' first Tear of vdatair 'pSMTtiiki 'mold,, a dstructlH, dls- 4 ease of tobacco, which explains .the low acreag-4,-iist -two-thlKW te average ''acreasa iend' " tt " poor - quality. This : 12Z2 A crop" biOue't ;ohlr about - t4,GS3:C30 : at - around lO-cthts- per poun3'for' the crc of 223ar. 000 -pot :1a. A- sm&u - crop -of oinf erior - q.;uy in -snort, brof-at aiow.: total -price na-con'- slcktatle . e:c&urasement; ,--r,-;: ,y . v '; In , 1C"3 . cauth' Carolina, produced a crop of good . totacco! amounting... to. about j 87.CC9,?. 000- pour "3. After - the - markets- bad crun -for about- aJ .month; warehousef werev closed la South Carolina and' North Carolina on ac count cf - low (.prices -being, paid. ,on the auction floors.. The- markets reopened Ceptera- ber ii aftera, .marks"; r .r;rr.cr.t ht l been s'c-ej ty the manv." ;a.trs that wouU improve ; the prices ' on the ' unsold porttea, of he crcp."" " t -. " ' i r-B8"38tlOB .riyir.?nt", -, ; - Eltice -.C ' iJ:-i-fU U' -Its-iCrcp . pricr -4 j- t j -CT'-cf the r-arzet'tascL 2J "5r "1. t3 ' 3 T "' 3- eou.r': at. -C? l merit., "f tot it : D' t pay- r.'t ( of t: 9 1 3 t:.-i : i" farr..j.i3. I r friv-Crs r"T" 1 :;t ti;t.x5, ta..l i- c' trs provide 1. for .n" - ZJ r'cr ct"fJvt' st'. i : r t-t pcti if ' ; f t l'-t v- . ; - ' - t 1 f : Prices Dir-rr - Erp:-:J Hwhich brought about,' 111,000,000, the. price averaging as cents or. more, so, a smaller and poorei'r crop' brought u Jn-: 1934 more ' than a' Jarge - goad crop . brought' in 1933. Benefit No. i. , ' -Rental- payments foir -tobacco land taken out of production " under i the 1934' contract , ,f tctf ld.:a .half mUllon dollars $53159X0 to Eouth, crs-ollna farmers; f. and adjustment payments averaging about 10- per cent on the crop J value , totaled somewhat . more than arotter , j9i;;ion,; tfonaraU05.258,.33.. These rex.ti4s ronetitute Benefit No.- 2, and the ad justment - constitute Benefit r Ko." 3. I ror is;s-thes contract reduction - fronv the base ' acrefcil will avera-a- saV 12tf per- cent hand - the rent als -to . the path's tobacco "- growers wiu apjproncn ...a quarter . minion oonars--t;.T3,175: ani the adjustment payments will be .1-4' per Scent of . the net sale value pf this year's: crop., : :t, .'-r: : i-m'i'' v? '-, Tcfeaoco. In Tne".JMoDey: TThat wilrthat value be Well, that's -any-biay's' gueas.' i?ut some of, ; those who -ought to be "in the ; know" - figure - that the crop hfi?ll run .to ssy :73,CS3,CS3. pounds or more, t i,y.c:Vtvtrt :pH.tv.at would total lrLcri 3' -'TD f:r t' .:. value, of the Tf 1 '." e re: '-l--R-ii't''i-ustr-cnt'.pay' r ('.It- it AAA.-, ,t ::i-'.e-l,j,mcney f r.tr.r.t ' "o, rrca,cf .t. a t;trj t-id whether -' " f s ( tts-f::':" c&. ts.V -te rtotil r ur i ...iite -crcp. v-:r t;ei?justrient- I .r -"i-i ta- a- fr- cry frci tiia ,four Jti: .-r.x ' r - ' l,t s-v e:i:;3 -crop.. t-to . ie'.- ifor. - e l""lt i r: ' -ii; .;-' fit T" t " '..-- I ."cx.ti rcycents C xc::a-a:..jd more I t" "" -3. ta us ' 1 ' -" "" z i nots ' - -Tr- --i s 1 - a - r 1' .-.7 .1 at c - tj" t. fc4 tll.- w , Ef A taJ IVrltsr . The singsong chant of ths t W has started on the Eastern ITorth C: tobacco markets and before it Ins and the last pile sold Worth Carol! r. i i are expected to receive at least ? 11?.: for the 1935 crop of golden weed - 1 now estimated at between 475XCD.C i , -500,000,000 pounds. Prices did not start i as high as expected, - . TheyTl also receive, accor '.lng to ' pre estimates around f5,000,000 from the gov" ment-in rental and beneSt poycier.tj. - Tbif total figure of 115,Cy 0,000 It increase to $125,000,000 - through either . 1 err need poundage or rise in price cor; favorably With the Tar . Heel tobacco rc .. -ers received for " their crop last year. . prfce Around 25c '" J?lgures compiled by K. J. , Ehaw, p 't" t to ' -Ym Floyd, tobacco specialist -at - u College, show that tobacco on the be ' belt Is now averaging around 17 to 21 cents. I Shawr pointed out that farmers usually s ' t selling their lugs or lower .grade t. ' first and that It is logical to expect a i increase itt price later. . He is expectir t ? average tbis year not" . to - miss by far f.. : -of 77 cents a pound to Carolina farmers ia The dark side to this "otherwise tr' picture 1s . that . the crop . in the.. Pic ' -is only about two-thirds -what it was J year The quality is off -as well as the tity and the .Piedmont , tobacco is ex; to bring an average price of around 23 t a- pound. -This i about- the -price - pr.i t Georgia growers. - " . Tbe ; South Carolina" belt markets'" c 1 ou August ,8 and the New Bright-belt w." ... , openeo, on - August 23. . Markets in the-Old -Bright belt will -on September,, 17, and the folic Ir'r -will not ppen untU October 1:1.:. 'o i, : llle, StonevCIe,' lit. Airy, and.V'lcton "A -forecast -by the Department ' of . tUre"! in ' War" lr"ioa c ti -,ats a yl-. rf 5jr.810,006'.pouiiJ of, t--ao ts' j r: f .the State Ct I.rth Carolina" as ctrnpart 1 v ' i a; 1S34 yieldt -of 17.7S5,C3 ' pounds.' ' . Tble is 'an estimated' lhcrease of CSXCj.f-D pounds over the crop' of 'last year which- avvr Aged" u-ouhd- 2?:, cents', a lpound and br' t farmers of Nori Carolina a total of 142,006 v - b rr-i - - -.v '--- i : , . - , , ', , . ' : - " '. Approval of-an amendment to"anadminis- , tratlve ruling -under whlgh contracting grov. " of flue-cured tobacco, who have compiled v their contracts and who nave r produce ! t -bacco in excess of their - allotments may .1 -talh immediately, Increased allotments thi j . . i the offices of county agriculturU agents, I i oeen announced toy the AAA. - . ''Under previous rulings, -growers, with production- In exceis cf; their allotments co--." I obtain additional allotments only after f " had been complct. l ty . contracting grc-V with allotment Ciriclts: ''. ' : . The reason f or '..te. amendment la.tc't 1 some - parts cf "t:.a" fjuercured , to!: -ceo t 'li, where markets r. i 'rrerc 1 triy, c , .itr-: : : ; growers, with producilon' .teyor'l t:," t" ments,are bavi'2 t" "Isulty 4a f " - p " -ers with AtV.t'Jjt ' lo Jiavf c 1 , marketings. ' The ,cew n-"--x': -tractirg growers wlti rxc, -s.t- '.j tj ; -chase additional alio:-: . Jit3 frc. ct: r r -ers either -before or after the j-" - l - : ; -Jched the sale-of their tobacco, j (' I t selling .allotments rete' ii a sv:. ' ti of allotment -under- their cont.:.. j t) ( : . i of their tobacco which has nott'rea' I sld. . - - Transfer Ct AEafcr?--v .-' In such cases, the tra'-t'tr-cf r"- be made- thrsv h t:.s -cr;ic 3 cf . r-but,thevpay:-tj;ts -v.::i -ce'r. s 3 tj t 3 : :ers who sold the allotc-.tnts.- '.,:.'. . "C10.75. Other rountlsi tr -' . ment , Jnolfi , ie , t- 1 V L-tatliiJ. " i,r' p "t.i it uliom , all, .counties. Miia.'d a f Of. fl,C3313JL3. .f, ... . 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