Show V V V V Farm Program V Progresses about a week the U. U S. S department of agriculture agri- agri I. I IN r V eul culture ture hopes to have a a flexible plan for administration ad ad- ministration tion of the new stop gap agricultural l legislation V Plowing and seeding time is run run- running un- un ning nig the department a swift race but it hopes t to to i offer farmers a program out of which they n obtain benefits benefits' this year It was to this V end nd the state 11 farm conference j just st concluded con con- eluded here w was wa s held eId Threatened at first firt with irreconcilable differences it wound up with a af f fair 4 degree ee of harmony and everyone concerned Willing to give the program program-a a trial The confer- confer th the co cotton states tate at M Memphis and that of the wheat belt states at Chicago by byno no flO means patched up t their ejr differences so amicably The problem of th the department of agriculture is to work out a scheme that will operate rily in the west central northeast and southern r regions a regions a pretty tough nut to crack The main o objective despite others others others-is Js to reestablish the 1914 1909 balance be between ag agricultUral agricultural ag- ag raI and nonagricultural living standards by maintaining farm income at a higher level TJi aim is to sustain urban enterprise with rural purchasing povl owr r by creating complementary e economic forces V That was the aim of of A AAA A A to be Je achieved through crop control and processing taxes taxes taxes-in- in- in te ted by the l supreme preme court To lo live within constitutional confines soil conservation through soil sOft enrichment and erosion prevention with the domestic allo allotment ment js is relied upon to achieve crop c crop op control Benefit payments will be financed b by processing taxes tr transferred to general tax fund account instead of the special fund set up by the A AA AAA A A. A D Disbursements will b be to th th the states and they will disburse to farmers farmers' through tate state ate machinery to be set up This arrangement will hold until the states set up their little A A As or r until January 1 1938 VV A A A was built on the assumption that scar scarcity city V of food is essential to pr provide vide fair incomes for farmers This theory stands repudiated by byc c congress and the administration which ap approved ap proved prayed t the e McCormack consumer protection Amendment This insures that in the crop re red reduction re- re d ctt n plan food supplies will not be reduced V below b low the normal level of consumption Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Henry A A. A Wall Wallace ce this prin- prin ciple nd a ted 1 y it Jn uc e q in 1 but t f fa i n lead leaders rs su sue sue- w eed d d a i 1 it killed V V It t is esti estimated n t d that about VV off of f federal r V l funds will be r required f for r this emergency emer emer- g gency h y f farm program this year At Attainable success success suc sue cess VIO for the plan Bringing ac actual uaL widespread benefits r rather ther th than m only individual lb benefits n to farmers depends wholly upon state tate controls I If st state te and county committees perform in good faith fait ex exact ct honest compliance and make fair distribution of and benefit payments there ther is bright p promise that bat farmers and livestock livestock live live- stock tick growers will profit materially soil depletion depletion V tion will be overcome me soil enrichment will be accomplished and erosion and all its dire consequences conse conse- V q s will vill g gradually be conquered Political 2 V or Dr lax n of the new farm act Willa will win V make ke It t a vehicle for corruption or a costly in inV ineffective in- in V effective and valueless and j experiment J |