Show TO I MAP FARMING i AID PROGRAM Agricultural Conference i to Be Recalled Under i Robert D D. Carey I OPS CO-OPS BIG FACTOR OPS ICO-OPS President Favors Volun Voluntary j tary Consolidation of Railway Systems i SWAMPSCOTT SWA Mass Aug 4 P oRl President Coolidge will ill recaP his i agricultural g conference r to map ra out I a legislative I program g for farm f aid I I I II i I I II The conference which was ap appointed pointed a a. year ago presented a to the IASI session of ot con con- congress gress eress In which tho th principal recommendation nen was for government aid aidIn In co operative marketing Coming before be Core congress In the closing days das of ot th- th session the con con- conference conference ference report failed of approval with considerable opposition voiced to some of ot Us Its main proposals PRINCIPAL EIn Spokesmen for the farming ter 1 tr told tho president ummer however that they be cooperative marketing legis legislation lation to be the principal need ot the farmers and the president had har Determined to again leave tho problem in the hands of ot his lon con lonI ference I headed by Robert nob rt B. B Car Car- Cari i ey of ot Wyoming Secretary of ot Agriculture A Jardine served on the conference before ap appointment ap to his present post Some opposition was apparent to the tho conferences conferences' last session eslon in the de department of ot agriculture as well as asIn asIn In congress Among other things the conference did not approve o was the McNary bill de- de to encourage y-e y exportation of ot otI j I surplus surplus farm a products P u u Since coming to White Court Mr Coolidge haa given Flyen consider considerable able attention O t the agricultural a situation and has now as his guest John T. T Adams of Iowa The executive understands from the tho re reports ports he has haa Deceived ld that the eco economic economic situation in III farm tarm areas Is improving r prices of or most of sd ors' s' s the products I described e as a very very- e good Tho only unfavorable con condition is reported to him as result result- ng from poor crops in certain re restricted re- re sections Doth Both Senator Curtis of Kansas and Representative Purnell of ot In Indiana In- In Indiana diana who visited the president here declared farming conditions condition were showing a n steady Improve Improvement ment rt and ancl were ere approaching nor mat H. CO TIO Voluntary consolidation of ot ra toads road In int Coolidge's op Ion would pave paye way wa to a II sor so- lion of ot the transportation tran pro pr Urns Ime I While he lIe has lIas refrained fro I committing commit ling lf on he pr pr the president Is with interest the efforts of ot the Vai 1 interests to receive recel In Interstate In- In commerce commission ap approval of ot their merger m plan Ho fo believes that settlement sel lement of ot points at t issue will make It pos pos- I olt I for other transportation t s a I terns now at sea fea ns RS to whether they can proceed with consolida l' consolidations lions to definitely proceed with wll h their programs Mr Coolidge who In n tho past has advocated voluntary consolida consolida- consolidation tion wherever advisable Is of th t h opinion that In this way wa the rate problem can be solved Transportation charges he be bf believes es could then be fixed at a a. level le which would enable large lart-e systems to make a fair return on their entire business s nd would do away with willi the pres pru- present ent conditions where some lines are arc making an prom while others olbers are making none |