Congressman Warren Congratulates Farmers on Coo pe7ationWithA A A Program!
"The change that has been
wrought in Eastern Carolina in the
short space of a year is almost un
believable. An intolerable agricultu
ral situation had literally broken the
backs of our people and its crushing
effect had been felt by everyone. For
four years we vainly appealed to
Washington both for a program and
leadership, neither of which was
forthcoming and the very spirit of our
people was whipped and undermined.
"Hut a new leader came on the
scene. He was a man of action with
a great heart in tune with his dis
tressed countrymen, and realizing
that agriculture was the bedrock upon
which normal conditions could be re
stored there was passed under his
direction a law that would restore
agriculture to its proper place pro
vided those engaged in it would give
their full cooperation.
"No section of the Nation is in a
better position to value and appre
ciate what has been accomplished
more than we people in Eastern Caro -
lina. And no people can ever show
a greater spirit of determination and
co-operation than ours have. They
gladly accepted both the program
and the leadership because they had
the utmost confidence in the sinceri
ty and wisdom of the leader.
"We are on our way out of agri
cultural serfdom. The only ones
who can wreck this program are the
farmers themselves. Of course,
some little injustices will arise which
can be ironed out in the future, but
its accomplishments have been so
great and so far reaching that I be
lieve our farmers will stand like a
stone wall and see that it is not de
stroyed.
"As one who was present in every
meeting and conference to bring
about this program, and which has
held and gripped my interest from
the beginning, I rejoice with our
citizens in all that has been accom
plished and congratulate them in
making it a success."
LINDSAY C. WARREN.
LINDSAY C. WARREN
TOBACCO GROWERS SET EXAMPLE
If one doubts that a new hope has
come to Eastern North Carolina, he
has only to do as Governor Ehring
haus has done, make a visit to that
section. For while much yet remains
to be done before the people of that
section are on their feet again, they
have set out to do their part. No
wonder that it was heartening to
Governor Ehringhaus to find so much
enthusiasm over the prospects for
better times. Eastern North Caro
lina is destined to become the great
agricultural section of Eastern Amer
ica, but it has had hard sledding in
recent years. It is gratifying to
know that at last its people are be
ginning to see the light.
Not only have the tobacco growers
of Eastern North Carolina, by their
enthusiastic cooperation with Presi
dent Roosevelt, brought new hope to
that section but they have also
brought inspiration to the farmers of
other sections of the country. For
the Tar Heel tobacco growers have
taken President Roosevelt at his
word, they have entered into the
spirit of the New Deal, and they have
Quickly agreed to reduce their acre
age.
President Roosevelt spoke words of
wisdom when he wrote Congressman
Lindsay Warren that "without the
intelligent co-operation of the pro
ducers, we could not have hoped to
obtain improved prices." President
Roosevelt was not merely speaking
by the book when he said that "it is
heartening to hear the good reports
from North Carolina that the efforts
of the administration to help the
flue-cured tobacco growers are meet
ing with success."
President Roosevelt has recently
cited the cooperation of the farmers
of the Southeast as an example, to
the disgruntled farmers of the Mid
West. Western farmers have been
hard hit, and are even vot in com
paratively a worse plight than the
farmers in Eastern Carolina, but as
President Roosevelt has said, there
is only one way in which they can
come out of their deplorable condi
tion and that is to follow the exam
ple of Eastern North Carolina to
bacco growers.?News & Observer,
Nov 13.
ESTIMATE DROP IN WEED
POUNDAGE
North Carolina's 1934 tobacco
crop has been estimated at 393,650,
000 pounds, a 27 per cent, reduction
as compared with last year's crop, in
the report issued by the Federal and
State Departments of Agriculture.
During last year, North Carolina
tobacco farmers received an aver
age of $15.93 a hundred pounds, ex
cluding Federal crop reduction pay
ments, for their crop of 537,979,000
pounds. That means that the price
this year must be considerably
higher if faimers are to receive as
much in actual cash as was received
last year.
General crop conditions in this
State, as shown in a recent re
port, place North Carolina in an
enviable position. The report shows
this State as ranking fifth lushest
in the nation on the indicated yields
of .'12 important crops expressed as
percentage of the past ten-year
average yield. Only South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Arizona
showed higher average conditions as
of August 1.
State Acreage Cut
The report shows that tobacco
acreage in North Carolina has been
cut to 541,000 acres this year, as
compared with 095,000 last year, a
reduction of 22 per cent. The aver
age yield per acre this year was
estimated at 728 pounds, as com
pared with 774 pounds last year.
The acreage reduction, together
with the reduced yield per acre, re
sults in an estimated reduction of
27 per cent, in the 1934 crop.
Figures By Belts
Old Belt, 1933 acreage 249,000, for
1934, 214,000; 1933 yield per acre
725 pounds, for 1934 estimated 700
pounds; 1933 production 180,525,000
pounds, indicated for 1934, 149,800,
000.
New Belt, 1933 acreage 358,000,
for 1934, 272,000; 1933 yield per
acre 790 pounds; indicated for 1934,
740 pounds; 1933 production 290,
720,000, indicated production for
1934, 201,280,000.
South Carolina Belt, 1933 acreage
68,800, for 1934, 49,509; yield per
acre 1933, 865 pounds, indicated
yield per acre for 1934, 775 pounds;
production for 1933, 59,512,000'
pounds, indicated production for
1934. 38,362,000 pounds.
Burley Belt, 1933 acreage 9,200,
for 1934, 5,500; yield per acre 1933,
785, indicated yield per acre for
1934, 765; production for 1933, 7,222,
000, indicated yield for 1934, 4,
208,000.
THE WAY TO BETTER
BUSINESS
In a recent letter sent out by Re
covery Administrator Johnson to
manufacturers he pointed out that
the best and quickest way to better
business now was through the gen
eral use of newspaper advertising.
Here, in part, is what Mr. Johnson
says, and we pass it on to our local
merchants for their information and
guidance:
".We believe that the opportune
moment is at hand for American in
dustry to bend every effort toward
increased sales. The modern method
is advertising. The American public
looks to advertising for news of good
merchandise and good values.
"There has never been a time when
the public was so alert for news, as
now. Events have moved so rapidly
that people would be completely
ignorant of what is going on if they
did not closely follow the press.
"This tremendous public interest
in news can be capitalized by Ameri
can industry. And the way to do it
is to place the news about a good
value or a good product side by side
with other news of the world.
TEN MILLIONS FOR STATE'S
FARMERS
Washington, July 23.?Over ?!0,
000,000 in cash hus been paid to
North Carolina farmers for cooper
ating with the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, according to
figures released here today by iho
Department of Agriculture. to addi
tion to cash which the Roosevelt
farm program has put into the pock
ets of Tar Heel farmers, there has
been a general upswing of farm
commodity prices, brought about
more or less by the cooperation of
producers with the AAA lining
production with consumption.
North Carolina tobacco growers,
up until June 30, received ?5,550,016
in land rental and benefit pay
ments. Tar Heel cotton farmers
received ?3,755,483, and wheat farm
ers ?37,459.58. In addition to this,
cotton farmers, under the Smith
plow-up plan put in operation last
Summer, have realized a net profit
of ?1,307,716. This makes a grand
total of ?10,156,675.
The cash money received by all
farmers in the United States from
the AAA totals ?267,562,231. This
money is raised by processing taxes
levied on processors of various farm
commodities.
NORTH CAROLINA STILL
LEADS IN TOBACCO TAXES
Washington. ? North Carolina's
position as the state which paid the
most tax on tobacco was maintained
in 1933 by a wide margin with col
lections in that state totalling more
than those for the remainder of the
country.
The Internal Revenue Bureau re
ported today that N. C. manufactur
ers paid $208,840,794 of the $409,
308,921 collected in 1933, or $7,372,
667 more than the combined callec
tion in all other states.
Although tax collections on cigars
and manufactured tobacco such as
snuff and "plug" fell off throughout
the country as compared with 1932,
collections were sufficiently great to
make the total $22,037,652 more than
those of 1932.
North Carolina was the only state
in which tax collections exceeded
$100,000,000.
NEW RAIL WOMEN
SMOKERS
Princeton, Ind.?Demands of wom
en travelers, for more favorable sur
roundings in which to do their smok
ing, have brought about a change in
the makeup of railway coaches. The
Southern railway shops here have
orders to install smoking compart
ments for women in all cars sent in
for repairs, and in new coaches.
The President has made it clear
at all times that the main objective
of the agricultural program is a sat
isfactory price level for farm prod
ucts, so that farm debts may be paid
and a balanced condition for the en
tire country restored.