Thursday, October 14, 1837
Washington, Oct. 12.—As the
details of the administration's
proposed farm program for 1938
are learned, something like a
complete picture begins to emerge.
It is a picture which shows, for
the first time in American his
tory, the great majority of the
farmers banded together as a
single economic unit.
That is the clear purpose which
the Administration has in mind.
The manner in which farmers are
being organized for participation
in the new AAA activities be
speaks a new relationship for
farmers among themselves, with
the Government, and in their re
lation to the nation as a whole.
Under the 1938 Agricultural
Conservation program now being
perfected, inducement will be held
out for more farmers to partici
pate than at any previous time.
Every farmer who participates
will automatically become a mem
ber of his "County Agricultural
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Conservation Asscoi&tion." These
county associations will be Wed
together through state, regional
and National setups.
Farmers taited As Never Before
This is calculated to create a
farmer unity which goes far, be
yond anything which has ever
been attempted in a democracy.
If carried through, it will go
much farther toward bringing
about a community of interest
among all farmers, of all sections,
than any of the existing farm or
ganizations ever dreamed of do
ing. It will tend to a solidarity
exceeding that of any labor or
ganization. It will, in" effect,
create an agrarian democracy in
side of the national democracy,
able po swing Presidential elec
tions and dictate national policies,
once the farmers are all brought
into line.
There is difference of opinion
in Washington as to whether,
through this tie-up, the Federal
Government will control the
farmers or the farmers will con
trol the Federal Government, so
far as agriculture is concerned.
Spokesmen for the farmers who
have been participating in the
conferences here speak confi
dently of the new plan as "our
program." Certainly a great deal
of political power will flow
through the lines it is planned
to set up, but it may flow in both
directions. Certainly nobody can
safely say that anybody controls
that power now, nor is it likely
that the power which the plan
will confer upon farmers as a
while will die with the passing of
any person or any political party.
The participating farmers repre
sent devergent political and other
beliefs. But in meeting together,
and working together towards a
ccmmon goal, they are becoming
joined together .through their
"pocket nerves" in such a way as
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to make them feel their power;
and want to retain it.
New National Farm Set-up j
The farmers themselves help to
formulate and administer their
program. They also help to meet
the costs. First, the program has
been worked out by the AAA of
ficials in Washington in consulta
tion with state Conservation rep
resentatives, named by the farm
ers of districts. Next, the
program is applied by county
committees of farmers, chosen by
the farmers themselves, guided by
the National, regional and state
programs, have the power to say
how the program shall be applied
to any individual farmer, and to
determine the extent -of com
pliance by any'individual farm
er. The extent of each farmer's
compliance determines the size of
his benefit payments. If he is
not satisfied, he may appeal to
the state committee, and from
the committee, if still unsatisfied,
he may go to the regional direc
or, whose decision is final.
Not the least important part of
the whole plan is the regional
set-up, made by the President
several years ago, that the Unit
ed States was too large and its
regions too diverse in interests,
to be adminiistered from Wash
ington alone, while the state units
are not set up on any economic
plan. He suggested that the na
tion should be divided into a
number of administrative regions,
each with its sub-White House, as
it were, with the elimination of
state lines as far as possible. A
similar thought prevails in the
plan for "seven T. V. A.'s," for
the administration of the national
power program. It is understood
here that the administrative re
gions provided for in the new
farm plan coincide with those
which the President believes
should be established in the power
matter and in other administra
tive plans.
Money Is the Motive
The motives for farmer partic
ipation in the new plan are clear
enough. First, there are the ben
efit payments for soil conserva
tion, which is a term which can
be stretched to cover many kinds
of regulation of production. These
benefits run to S2OO or S3OO a
year for a quarter-section farm.
A second reason for farmer par
ticipation is the expectation, if
not the guarantee, of better prices
for farm products. And a third
reason is the conservation of the
soil of his farm.
The program is to be Justified
to the public as a promising con
tinuing and adequate supply, at
fair and stable prices, of food for
everybody, tobacco and fibers for
industry, while at the same time
conserving the nation's most pre
cious resource, the soil, and mak
ing the farmers more contented
and more profitable as customers
for the products of industry.
While the funds for benefit
ADD THIS WEEK IN WASH
payments are to come out of the
Congressional appropriations un
der the Soil Conservation and
Domestic Allotment Act, up to
five hundred million dollars a
year, the costs of local adminis
tration of the organization set-up
will be pro-rated among the par
ticipating i farmers. '
Oberservers who accompanied
the President on his western trip
are in agreement in reporting the
farmers and the population gen
erally of that Northwest as grate
ful for Government funds already
distributed among them, and ea
ger to get more.
ROCKFORD
Tobacco, curing in this section!
has practically been completed.
So far, very little has been mar
keted.
Mr. Preston Vestal, who has
been a patient in Baptist Hospi
tal in Winston—Salem, has re
turned to his home. His condi
tion is considerably improved.
Miss Pannye Layne is in E?lkin
where she has accepted tempor
ary emDloyment.
Mrs. Snencer Coe is still a pa
tient in Bantist Hospital.
Miss Pearl Bryant is a student
nt Olade Valley. One or two;
other students from this section!
•are makin» plans to enter the
same school.
Mr?. Theodore Robinson, form-;
erly a resident of Rockford and
now living in Chattanooga, Ten
necsee, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Houck
and family. Mrs. John D. ' Hol
comb and Mrs. Lee Mackie were,
Sundav afternoon guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Graham. Mrs
Robinson is now a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Holcomb, in Yadkin-'
vflle.
Friends of Mrs. Ira Tuttle,
formerly Miss Bess Hamlin, will
renrret to know that she has be?nj
ouite sick in Rex Hospital, Ral-j
»ifh. Her condition is greatlv,
fmnroved, following a surgical
onoration. Rockford was Mrs.
Tuttle's girlhood home.
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