Show BEETS IN FARM 1 BILL BILLA BILLAs BILLS S THE farm bill hill nears final vote in the As A senate Senator Senator Costigan of Colorado has ha sugar h b beets fets eth and sugar cane added to the J list t of basic commodities which the measure is designed de de- signed ed to aid Coincident with this senators in I formidable numbers are arc organizing to eli eliminate i- i nate all but the ho seven farm farni products originally named mimed in the administration a draft of the legisla legislation legis- legis la lation wh lation-wh on wheat at cotton corn or hogs rice tobacco and aI dairy products Pc Peanuts nuts were added added by Senator Frazier while Senator Wheeler failed to add flaxseed Noticeably absent bill 7 cattle wool and she sheep p In the intermountain empire it 1 has as been bce fairly di difficult to bring farm legislation into Karp focus b because cause prime agricultural ral prod- prod ts of the region were not listed for price boos boosting ing Another disturbing factor has been that raising farm prices obviously a cheering prospect for rural sections is viewed with some alarm by city dwellers who wonder how their incomes are to be elevated in order to give them the increased purchasing sing sing- power power with REich to match the higher market prices inevitable in in- evitable for foodstuffs and processed cotton The theory of the farm bill is of course jat W t the new prosperity of the farmers will be reflected eted in business and industry through their heightened purchasing power and stimulation 1 lation tion of buying by them How will rr become effective at all aU in a region where h benefited farm products are arc not grown ext extensively extensively exten exten- en- en some of them not Dot grown at all 1 This is a a n pertinent question in this section c If sugar beets cattle sheep potatoes and ot other er major items in which western interest Is 3 centered were in the thc list it would not be bed 0 d difficult to explore the likely benefits to accrue to rural and urban sections hereabouts Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming and nd Colorado ire aie e concerned in this respect There would be beli li lively elY enthusiasm for fr the farm program if its prospective benefits were to be directly in these states As the bill sto stood d with oj original listi listing g of basic com commodities o itie it only Iy seemed that hat we JC west were were wele entirely eft out o of consideration except for such good goodla's las la's might be realized from a better situation practically the rest of the nation But with beets for the moment p even cn sugar at tat least in the picture it becomes the easier tor f rea realize ze that pass passage of the farm ar bill with ghe jie e fo form m of price pegging proposed propos d would vo ld Jn manifestly improve the e circumstances of west west- rn beet growers This would quickly be felti felt i tt all aU channels of trade tride It is easy to see that rm arm relief like a tariff issue narrows down downtimes t ti times nes to questions of purely local cance ance Farm conditions in this region though they ge are fe grave enough do n not t. t match the ural situation in the middle west and south Nevertheless it is to be hoped that whew the thell ll emerges from the White House with the ID signature it will be found to retain Uhe alie items Senator Costigan has succeeded in Ll having ving inserted in it t. t If this is not the case tour Jour ur se section tion will be he privileged to feel that it its itys it ys s been overlooked wholly in one of the very y important and material portions portions' of the pro pro- pro pio- gram am of the new deal I |