The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1936, Page 3

THE BISMARCK. TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936 Planning Board Report Indicates N. D. Future Program for State Development “Outlined in Document Filed Here Monday What North Dakotans may expect in the way of conservation and de- velopment of our natural resources through the joint activity of the fed- eral, state and local governments is indicated in the report filed Monday by the state planning board with the federal drouth area committee. The report supplements one made last September at Rapid City where some of the proposed activities were discussed in more detail. The text of the report filed Mon- Gay follows: TEXT OF REPORT On August 21, 1936, the North Da- kota State Planning board, meeting with the president’s Great Plains Drouth Area committee at Rapid City, South Dakota, presented for the con- sideration of this committee a formal statement covering recommendations for the long-time program of reha- bilitation for North Dakota. Subse- quent to this meeting, the state plan- ning board directed its agricultural committee to restudy these recom- mendations” and to submit a revised report for presentation to the drouth area committee at its meeting in Bis- marck, North Dakota, on Noy. 23, 1936, The agricultural committee met several times with representatives of various agricultural industries in the state and is pleased to submit the fol- lowing additional recommendations for the serious consideration of the drouth area committee: 1. Regional Planning Commission Recommendations Approved The North Dakota State Planning board endorses the recommendations made by the Central Northwest Re- gional Planning commission on Great Plains area problems. 2, Farm Debt Situation: The farm debt situation in North Dakota, as in other parts of the Great Plains area, presents a background to the economic situation which can not be ignored. The greater proportion of this debt is owed to one or another of the several branches of the Farm Credit administration. Thus, in North Dakota, where the average size farm is 462 acres, the indebtedness * per acre of all land in farms amounts to $4.33, or in terms of indebtedness per farm, averages $2,001. The im- plication of this enormous debt load 8 apparent. It is the opinion of the North Dakota State Planning board that rehabilitation of this area can J. P. Morgan Banks | Evading Queries “You keep out of trouble when you don’t volunteer anything,” J. P Morgan assured interview- ers who crowded around him on return to New York from abroad. Genially parrying all questions, he refused to comment on any- thing except to admit that he had had “a good time, good compan- ions and good shooting” during jis vacation. not be accomplished without taking cognizance of this debt load and with- out attemptingeto make possible the continuance of farming through the individual farmer's decrease in the indebtedness. Recognizing the importance of this respectfully urges the drouth area committee to exert every effort to obtain federal problem, the board Jegis!ation which would permit the farmers to liquidate these debts for seed, feed, and drouth loans by work- ing on useful federal work projects as @ supplement to any existing federal works program. Thus, if such legis- lation be enacted, the farmer might liquidate this debt by working on roads, building dams within his lo- cality or on his own farm area, or on any other useful type of improvement | which would not only benefit his ay ; area but the state as a whole. |3. Farm Tenacy: A situation has arisen during the past few years which has contributed greatly to the increase in farm ten- short crops and unfavorable prices, to such an extent that farmers who have been dependent upon income from the land to take care of their taxes, loans, and current living ex- penses have become delinquent to the extent that title has passed to the mortgage holder. This situation war- rants an exhaustive study of the matter with the objective of provid- ing ways and means for this group of people to operate on an owner- ship basis rather than under a ten- ancy system. This board urges the federal government to institute the study. 4. Soll Survey and Land Classifica- tion: Problem areas with reference to sgricultural can not be delineated ac- jcurately and satisfactorily without first having made a detailed soil sur- vey and land classification. These are needed: a. To determine proper land use. b. To stabilize land values and thus | minimize the evils of land speculation | and unsound inflation of land values. c. To determine economic farm units and thus promote sound, bal- anced farm practices throughout the state. d. To establish uniformity in the assessment and taxation of farm lands. e. To intelligently carry on a pro- gram of rehabilitation of farm fam- ilies. The North Dakota State Planning board strongly urges, therefore, that the federal government cooperate with the state and its local subdivi- sions to an even greater extent than is possible at the present time in an effort to complete a soil survey and Jand classification of the entire state. board especially desires to point out the need of an immediate detailed soil survey and land classifica- tion of the flood plains of the Mis- souri river, its tributaries, and land lying adjacent thereto in order to de- termine definitely the suitability of these areas to irrigation. 5. Federal Purchase Program: It is the opinion of the North Da- kota State Planning board that the Badlands area in North Dakota should be used quite generally through federally controlied grazing districts and, furthermore, that the federal purchase program of submar- ginal lands, where options on lands f. forests, forest and shrub plan- tations, and to harvest, utilize, al market the products there- of. To enter into cooperative agree- ments for the establishment, protection, and care of farm or other rural trees and shrub plantings within such states and territories. Te lease, purchase, or accept donations of land and develop nursery cites for the prodaction of planting stock, whenever suit- able government-owned lands are not available. ancy. Farm incomes have decreased|10. Snow Fence Tree Plantings: from various causes, principally from] Recent experiences have shown defi- nitely the usefulness and advisability of live snow fence tree planting along all highways, not only for the protec- tion of these highways but also in con- nection with a land rehabilitation program. The Board. recommends, therefore, that the Drouth Area Com- mittee encourage states to continue and expand their program of ‘live snow fence tree planting and to recom- mend that the Bureau of Public Roads insist that monies made available by them to states for tree planting pur- poses should be used for this purpose at the earliest possible time. 11. Water Conservation: ‘The conservation and proper utili- zation of the waters within a state are essential to any program dealing with the rehabilitation of the land re- sources of the state. It is, therefore, essential that practices tending to re- habilitate the land should be carried out in conjunction with a carefully prepared program of water conserva- tion, The North Dakota State Planning Board has just recently completed a detailed scientific study of the water resources of the state. These studies formulate a program which, if carried out, would adequately meet the water requirements of the people, the land, and the industries of the state. This proposed program has been presented by the North Dakota State sale! LATHES Planning Board to the National Re- sources Committee and the Board, at jon this time, again reiterates its belief that execution of this program is necessary if the people of the State of North Dakota are to be made self- /is sustaining. The Board, therefore, recommends that the Great Plains Drouth Area Committee urge an appropriation from the Congress of the United States for aid in carrying out the various phases of the recommended water con- servation program. 12, Coordinate Federal Water Con- servation Activities: The North Dakota State Planning Board reiterates its recommendation pagent ani yea 8.D., on Augusta, 1896, ofthe ‘neces of immediately ing the conservation activities of the various . Such coordination ” necessary of the federal activities in this direce tion are to be realized. The printing and publishing indus- try ranks fifth in frequency and in severity of accidents among major industries, The trade routes of Asia Minot, which connected the east with the west about 2000. B. C., were the first highways known, “(Most remarkable!” say power tool enthusiasts of this lathe at its regular price! Now—in this sale—you save as only Wards Features of $10 Lethes! Yet See This Sale Price! can help you to save! 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