Show HI t ON ON J WARD PORI ers in Some Sections It Fill mn Struggle With Debt Jur Jurdens u ens Says Secretary IllI G C VA INGTON Dec 10 0 AP AP- AP ure tUle IS ts unquestionably on onard upward ard grade as a 0 result in a ae as s e measure measure of ot the intelligence g 1 and determination of ot the theme themer thern rn me mer 5 themselves Secretary Jare Jar Jar- e aid ld in his annual report the v thing necessary for tor recon recon- J sc lon on on a sound footing cannot done b by the farmers themselves I u ugh t Mr Jardine declared and the the industry Is entitled a to as assist lil ance ante from other groups of the coti conT and from th lIl this j nation He Ile advanced no new plan cur tor lanD laim re re- re lief def Further urther moderate improvement in the agricultural situation as a- a whole has tak taKen n place during thelast the thelast thelast last year secretary Certain tale tain regions have suffered reverses notably the cotton states whose principal crop ClOI produced In exceptional exceptional exceptional abundance is selling at very vely I low prices Parts of ot the spring wheat states have harvested a poor crop Generally speaking however the position of agriculture is bettel better better bet bet- ter tel now than It has in any year yeal eai since 1920 Livestock raisers dairymen and winter-wheat winter growers growers growers grow grow- ers have earned good returns and underlying conditions m ill the corn belt h have ve Improved since the depression depression de tie- period of 21 1920 every agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- section of the country and every branch of agriculture have made progress Unfortunately Unfortunate Unfortunate- ly the recent slump In cotton prices makes It doubtful whether the crop year of 27 1926 will carry forward the story of ot Improvement at the rate established in the last few years It is also true that over overmuch overmuch m much ch of the country farmers are still struggling with a burden of debt and reduced buying power GET RESULTS Farmers are getting results from I Ithe the steps they took following fallowIng the depression of ot 1921 to curtail overproduction overproduction over over- production and to bring their leading lead lead- leading I ing enterprises Into profitable balance Last year however it be became became be- be came apparent that In most lines I cotton being an outstanding ex exception exception exception ex- ex practicable readjustments I in production had largely lars been made Turning to the surplus problem Mr oIl Jardine said he was vas convinced that through organized and well di efforts much more can be bedone bedone bedone done than had hitherto been done to eliminate the recurring surpluses that prove so detrimental to the farming industry r. r otter control of ot the movement of ot agricultural products products products pro pro- ducts Into consumptive channels is needed through adequate marketing marketing marketing market market- ing storage and credit facilities and organization of ot producers for marketing operations Farm con trolled agencies he believed could best effect an orderly of products products products prod prod- to market Legislative e action should be designed deigned de- de signed to create cleate and enlarge such agencies genci s and supplement then ther their et- et e ions forts said saia ary Jardine No general win will cover cuter all ail com com- and all alt regions What ISn is n needed is JS concentrated and anti coor- coor enOL e eU eu up by oy au au quate recourses iio do this thus may enabling Hut Declaring that farm commodity prices especially 1 in In areas distant from irom are seriously de depressed ae- ae pressed by high lugh rates rales Mr 11 bald it was his nis conviction must be substantial rate re readjustments re- re adjustments Nu No TI The CUT EXPECTED Drastic reduction In larm taxes cannot be expected at the ine present tune time in the opinion of the secretary sec see rotary who vho said the demands of me toe users of or automobiles lor lot better Letter and more Improved roads and the thene ne necessary high costs of ot education will keep the expenses of states and local units cose close to their present present present pres pres- ent level lie He said it was a mis- mis ahe ae to suppose that the tariff system syStem system tem Industry greatly and agriculture title it would be in the highest degree unwise for at this time timeto timeto timeto to launch an atack stack on tariff he said without carefully considering the possibility that In the near future fu future fu- fu ture tUIe they may use It more than any other economic group in the countr country Tariff duties dulle on farm products pi prior lor to the war were largely hypothetical Now o with In Increasing Increasing In- In creasing population with relatively declining declining- farm population with declining de declining declining de- de clining farm acreage per capita and with Increasing efficiency of farming farm farming ing the tariff is becoming protective tive tI for crops formerly influenced mainly by th the world market Powerful Power power- ful forces are carrying us into a position in which the tariff will have its intended effect in the near future on a steadily lengthening list 1st of important farm commodities Under our tariff high-tariff regime such tariff rates should be placed on farm products article by article as aswill aswill will insure the producer the home market The experiences of recent recent re cent years ears have convinced me that the system of basing tariff rates on differences in production costs is inapplicable to agricultural prod prod- The only method Is to do what used to be done decades ago for manufacturing industries namely namely name name- ly to fix Ix rates at such a height as effectively to give the home market market market mar mar- ket to domestic producers |