Show 1 44 ir rot K of agriculture i part 11 any ehle dive solution of to 6 days 1 s farm problem amt pro j me vide methods for reducing our huge stockpile tile of agricultural commodities and at the same i time prevent further burdensome accumulations getting rid of theae surpluses is only hali hall of our problem even if we were able to bring them down to manage manageable atle proportions ns we would soon acquire new hoards h 0 ads a 0 wheat corn com cotton and buttar under the exist tag system of price supports we e already have 25 billions tied up in loans on farm commodities in addition to an equal amount invested in goods which we own outright 5 billions in all our present program does not encourage the production shifts which are required to meet the changing market demands for various commodities of course we could destroy some of our surpluses surplus ei remember the gover governments ments potato fiasco of a 0 few deurs ago or we might plow under every third row of cotton and kill little pigs remember the rigs mid actually we would not even consider such wasteful practices we are attempting to move surplus food and fiber into foreign markets world prices however are well below the figures res at which we acquired these e commodities under our price support operations this means that we will be forced to take substantial losses on an whatever we sell abroad at the same time we must avoid outright dumping which would durupt abrupt normal trade channels channe 16 and bring down upon us the wrath of other friendly countries therease there Ther eare are these other alternatives we can make a real effort to move surpluses out of warehouses and into stomachs by promote 1 aj I greater public consumption of some commodities we can push forward in our research programs to uncover new uses tor for farm g goods 00 ds we cawthrow can throw our entire we weight behind plans for expanding pro re sent foreign markets and I 1 finding nd new outlets overseas such methods while th they ey will not produce results al as gick quickly lyas as dumping or destro destroy v ing 9 food offer a far for sounder approach to our basic problems along those lines I 1 J can re ort that our promotional campaign VIM undertaken with the meat industry dusa I 1 y and food stores is producing real results we ore are consuming ing beef this year at the rate of 75 pounds per person the highest in our history fann farm exports have turned upward since july 10 I 1 reflecting our emph mihaila mp haila upon expanding trade continued high employment at home with national income at record levels means a strong demand for or farm goods in the united states our population la is growing at a rate of more than per year which meana means that by 1075 there will be americans our future farm problems may involve questions of shortages rather than surpluses we cannot wait for an expanding population opu lation to solve our 1 dimmed immediate a e troubles however we need an interim program to encourage shifts to other crops we must halt further build buildups ups of government stockpiles stock piles now our urgent need Is for a price support ort program which can be a adjusted in forms terms of production a and ild demand one ope which will effectively reduce surpluses with a minimum of government cori controls that is our immediate goal such stich a pro arain will be offered ared to congress by this administration in january |