Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-10-02 | Page 1 | Politics Turned Aside for Probe on Farm 'Facts'

POliTICS lURN TURNED ASIDE fOR PROOf PROBE ON m fARM Business Men of Middle West and Meet for Agricultural Confab ILLS ARE ANAL ANALYZED Y ED Chairman Declares Eventual Eventual Eventual Even Even- Puzzle Will Be to Provide Sufficient Food ST. ST PAUL Minn Oct 2 AP AP- AP American agriculture re was placed upon the dissecting table by business business business busi busi- ness men of the Middle West and Northwest here today at a f facts conference with politics shelved Correct analysis of the ills of ot agriculture to furnish a basis of understanding for business was the aim of ot the meeting In which representatives representatives from Iowa Illinois Indi Indi- ana ariaS Nebraska North Korth Dakota South Dakota l Minnesota ota Montana and Wisconsin joined I I Findings s of ot the national Industrial industrial Indus indus- trial conference board were submitted submitted submitted submit submit- ted by Magnus l W. W Alexander of New ew irk fork as assisted sted by Virgil Jor Jor- dan dati New W York ork economist Mr 11 AI who Is pr of the boar bean pointed out ot t that the tte even eventual far farm n puzzle will wll be to ovide o vide sufficient food for the earths earth's reas The In the United States howe howe er ler lies not In pr production uc- uc I tion of df foodstuffs but in the oversupply oversupply over- over supply he stid said pointing out that the tarn farm population has has' declined nearly a million since 1920 and nearly nearby a half haf million in 1 1325 2 alone J There Is no net world surplus of or but whether fhe hie he which may exist In n. n the United States can b be adjusted adjust d by proper propel diversification dl of farm crops or is a real overproduction Is Isa Isa isa a matt matter r to l he e determined definitely by scientific In investigation Mr r. r I Alexander declared