Show I I i I I 1 j I I I II j I INOW NOW IS TIME TIMETO TIMETO I TO BUY FARMS JARDINE SAYS I HE TELLS WHY I A Agriculture May a Bc Dis Distressed Rut But Its It's I Pal Far From Disabled l IS NEEDED of Taxa Taxa- Taxation tion Burden I By Secretary I I ByThe URBANA Jan 21 B 21 The Associated Pre tI A controlled I eOl l agency to handle agri ai agricultural cultural merchandising In to the farm surplus problem n wasi WILS favored by Secretary of ot Agriculture thoI Jardine In an address an-address address today to tho annual meeting of at the Illinois Ag- Ag l Ag-l association In such a rightly I board or commission I eald he saw sa the possibility of at oll- oll at attacking tacking the surplus problem In a and scientific l ay ayI I along broad lines In the Ion long long- longrun It run he said agri agriculture culture will 11 have Us Its or and I It at bottom a going business He wanted 10 make clear cleal he explained that lint tor for the long pull I am um ou farming conditions condition The surplus he declared U if a underlying the whole i ac ag- ag agI 1 situation and It li Is a I matter of ot national lional concern He la Is opposed to price fixing aud I go government nt handling of arm products I URBANA NA Ills Jan B 21 21 ByTha I IThe The Agriculture Associated Press Press ture be distressed but it Is Js disabled and In the long run I will have Its lis measure of ot said W 1 M O addressing ing tho annual meeting o of the Illinois Agricultural association here today When hen the tho tide turns badly against us it but eels in motion those forces which ultimately swing it in III favor tavor again he 11 s ld l the experienced o of previous gen generations teach us anything it Is that ono one of ot the best times to bu-a bu a fann tum Is when farming In I InI repute On the thc farm tarm must be solved a part of the problem o how to assure to agriculture a tal fair r rI hare in the Income ho I declared AIDS IUS TO It Is essential to have the hs best readjustment of ot production ton tion of market marlet requirements requIrement h continued progress ha made in recent yours by pUb pUb- pUblic pub public lic In collecting and d dis disseminating Is the necessary n Information lion tion which helps fanner to 10 ad adjust just l th their lr production programs to tho consuming m d to to Iv him great anlage ad hi hill hia plan planning ning It is essential to have utmost I ot farm tarm operation tarm management study that has hasI I been made reveals a wide range of business organization and On one tilde of ot a lin t nce Is a man mall who s 1111 business expertly who plans who uses his labor to advantage advantage tage who gets high yields Ields his fields and animals On the theother side of ot the fence ence his neigh neighbor bor bOl may worry along on a hap hazard hap hazard basis his crop yields elow lr his livestock more ore of ot alia a lia liability than an asset There Is no under tho sun that Ian the well being of or thc SECOND producer ANGLE iGLE The second angle o of to the problem he termed the lie angle which must when the farmer hll put his housa hous in order The C ls ot mut mu t be lie understood In terms of ot national welfare Velare raUt r partisan gain tor ot A program the fundamental agricultural sit situation sit situation Secretary Jardin c consid considered ered must have bave eight points s ot oto o Importance Taxation land policy farm credit tates roads waterway develop elop development ment ment- operative co-operative marketing and the surplus problem Tho redistribution of ot the tax burden between state and government units would contrIbute greatly in Ironing out many maDY of ot thu Inequalities of ot the tho situation w where whereby re- re reby by farmers place hish taxes see see- sec second ond only to low prices as a a cau ot of their troubles He said In I equalities u ui i In j assessments m a should b Jd be and greater consideration given to the t e earning power po of The state should with the burden of ot main main- maintainIng maintaining schools and roads The will have ha-e to assume a II share ot their tax burden more In keep keep- keeping InK ing with benefits and ity bU- bU bUlly lly to pay The ThO time haa hu come conte to shapo out a public policy ot land utilization to the advantage ture ot ture as a whole he said The should not embark on uneconomIc projects Wise con con- control con control of or grazing and dry lands state and federal reforestation of ot marginal for or cultivation and adherence to a broad pol Iol policy icy ley of ot conservation he also regard regarded ed as aa necessary Where credit conditions bavo hen aggravated by bank the situation t can ba be met by setting up agricultural credit through which new funds can bl Into the through the tho Intermediate ho ald anent farm arm cre Or of these e new tural credit corporation 1111 li did ont nue Oo OD tf 1 tiro Wo NOW IS TIMETO TIME TIMETO TIMETO TO BUY FARMS FARM Continued fn m Pac Page pase On not advocate where established Credit agencies already are ar serving servin the tho farmer FREIGHT RATES lUTES I believe bellevo we w e must have havo sub sub- substantial readjustments In freight rates the secretary declared High freight rates constitute ono one ot of the many causes cause that have hav con con- contributed to the th depression In farm tarm prIces especially In areas distant from the tho th market A care careful CuI study should be bo made mad of the en- en entire entire tire freight rat rate structure On the basis of ot such a study it should b be possible to mak make rat rate adjustments that tak take Into account th the market val value e of farm products as a reflected over a reasonable period of ot years ears and the th Influence ot of o freIght rates on the tho economic do- do development of ot the th country as a a whole Th The program of ot road building should be In keeping with the thene ne needs ds nor and resources of oC th the various regIons of of ot the country he believed and there ther should be b operation co-operation between state and federal govern govern- governments governments ments The farmers farmer should get behind Secretary Hoover ho ad- ad advised advised In the campaign for Cor Improved improved ed waterways which ar are th the out out- outlets outlets lets for lor the products of the OPERATIVE farm E MARKETING operative operative Co-operative marketing organization organization faces three thre problems he h be- be believed be The adjustment ot of o production to market needs th the Improvement ot of marketing conditions and the thi Improvement of ot bargaining power of ot the th producers I believe belleve the th time tim Is soon oon at ai hand when the tho th graIn train producers of o the tho th middle states state will join join- in a 11 sound marketing organization Such an effort In my ray opinion Is I worthy of at early consideration While our system of ot distrIbution distribution tion Is In some somo om respects very ef It Is generally conceded I bellev believe that at many points there then Is needless waste wast In the tho of ot farm products As our economic Ie life liCe has ha become more complex the tho th distance between producer and con con- consumer sumer eumer has materially widened ned Whatever can b be don done to narrow this spread and effect aO economies In the th distribution OL 01 farm tarm product products will rebound to the benefit ot of both producer and con con- sumer umer As A As an individual the farmer can cando cando cando do little or ot- nothing to improve marketing conditions but through organization th the financing Insurance In ur- ur urance ance standardization storage and distribution of farm tarm crops may be made more efficient and less co cost costly t- t ly There are as I see se it three fundamental problems problem that must most be met by organization first the adjustment of ot production to mar mar- market market market ket needs need neede second the Improvement ot of marketing conditions and third the Improvement o the bargaining power of oC the producers I am anxious to the th de- de development de development of ot operative co-operative market marlet- market market-ln log Ing along alone sound lound lines line In order that the tho th department may render co operatives even greater as assist ance than In the past I have given my support to a measure now be before be- be beCore fore Core congress expanding the do- do de department work In the th field or Of marketing research and service This particular section of ot the country does not lack operatives co-operatives Your farmers farmer co co- co elevators ar are amon among our eur best beet examples of ot successful op co oration cooperation It Is I my opinion that you have ha the foundation on which to build hit a thoroughly effective mar organIzation The Th problem ot of of surplus Is one underlying the th whole agriculture situation h lie he said laid Quoting from his annual report ore port ih ie told the moans mean to deal with It In th the field of ot production ag ae t-encle t witha can furnish farmers with wili wilia a background of oC economic Information Information Information mation which will serve ser to o guide Intelligent programs of ot production distribution In the th field of ot distribution tion th the government can provide essential background Information QA as a guide t to orderly marketing A A comprehensive system ot of standards and arid grades crade for tor farm products should be b set et up Warehouse Warehouses and terminal storage facilities should be b made adeqUate and stored farm products product given a credit credit status on a par pal pa with other commodities Bom Some Somo phase of our our- credit machinery must ho be ev evolved that will wili permit much broader storage of ot non non crops crops |