The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1936, Page 12

Os ROY> st writes - there was too great a variety of views Says Plains Farmers Fight for Crop Must Insurance ! a Reviews Status of Loriks, Arlington, 8. D.; H. A puaelock ‘ Praeger, Claflin, Kan.; A. R. Shum-/ Idea Farmers Will Propose way, Milton, Ore.; Fred Wallace, |Lincoln, Neb. to Congress Soon The resolutions, presented to Scc- Uae AEE ee retary Wallace as chairman of the| Ry W. J. MADDOCK {presidents Noe batt on crop in-| For | Sec of |surance, follow in full: eer SAR en ele? ; “I, It is moved, seconded, and / dof a crop insurance pro- |cattied that we recommend to the n the aim of farm lead- | general body that It resolve itself into | ricultural economsts for |& formal conference body to be known | two decades. This is par-|@ the Wheat Conservation Conter- true of the Great Plainsjence and that it solicit the partici- fact a workable crop insur |Pation of all interested agricultural considered vital to | Soups. . \ urity of the farm-| "2. It is moved, seconded, and car- ‘area, known as the/Tied that we recommend to the gen- | {eral body the adoption of broad gen-! atic cohditions are fa- (eral prinicples which we may insist area produces a tree shall underlie any legislation pro-| surplus that usually drives {Posed to or in ceonibrene Cover ng cron 5 ‘ insurance or crop conservation fo! 5 redo: Ahan anes igen Wheat; and that the following be ac- ‘ome prices arc usually high |cepted as outlining such funda- nd the farmers of this area with |mentals: or nothing to scll. The popu-| ,, he lar demand for crop insurance in-| “As an implement to establish farm ci .|progranis, the president has created EE eee ere stom on a'and directed a crop insurance com- national scale nearly 20 years ago. A mittee to study the farm problem, sever drouth over a wide area caused |to consult with farmers or their rep- the collapse of those companies and resentatives and to report to him a resulted in numerous court battles | Program for legislative consideration 1 the farmers tricd to collect the {Which may provide increased acsure nce for which they had paid |ance of: ; their premium A few years bar A—Equality of social Congressman J. H. Sinclair of North | agriculture. eS Dakola introduced a érop insurance | --An ample supply of food an bill, At that time there was not|fibre to meet the full need of our 3 ient understanding and unified | nation. THe on the Batt of the farmers! “C—Relief from the devastating in- and busincssmen to assure confirma. |fluences of violent swings of farm tion of such a program and Con- |Prices resulting from abundance at gressman Sinclair had to surrender | one time and scarcity at another. his efforts. | “As the result of rugged individual- Surpluses Cause Collapse jism and an archaic system of dis- The federal farm bodrd, during tribution soclety has suffered an tr- the Hoover administration, attempt-|teparable loss, through a low stand- ed something of a crop insurance jard of living for the farm family and feature through the grain stabiliza- | the erosion of farm land and the se tion corporation. Although a grain struction of improvements. The social stabilization corporation would ac- loss. is incalculable. 5 ccmplish real good it should have! “Because of lack of eh ay been plain to any economist that the |Plans declared unconstitutional, the | ; \ large ‘taxpayers have been required to pay | Feces atunetive alder undreds of millions of dollars into tem would eventually bring a col-|the federal treasury to provide many ; lapse of the program, Under our! types of agricultural relief to bank- speculative marketing system farmers |Tupt farmers-subsidics in many| are dependent upon scarcity for!forms. Some of these subsidies may profitable prices. A great surplus | be listed as including those for feed, means deflated prices and farm seed, doles, made work, charity, and bankruptcy, as evidenced by the | What not. i price collapse of 1932. In fact the| “In lieu of the many subsidies | crop insurance and ever-normal | presently being paid from the federal | granary is a conflicting philosophy {treasury agriculture desires, as ap- with our speculative market and the ,Parently the president also desires, two cannot be maintained without ‘that as soon as possible a business | constant conflict, requiring strict plan with a lesser annual cost to the governmental supervision, jtax payers and with a fair deal to Secretary Wallace called a confer-'the farmer may be devised and ap- ence of farm leaders at Washington, |Plied as an implement to those farm Nov. 7, for discussion of a crop in- |Frogtams now in effect. surance program. At this conference | Present Program Reviewed “The more important farm pro- among farm leaders for any great ac- | grams now available are: complishment. This meeting. how-) —The Soi] Conservation and Dox; ever, resulted in a call for a further ;mestic Allotment Act—which pro-j conference at Washington, Dec. 2. All vides income to participating farm- | the states of the Great Plains area|jers for agricultural conservation and were represented by farm leaders at|for some degree of production con- | this second conference and a definite | trol. comprehensive program wes out-! “B—The Commodity Credit Cor- lined. |poration—which has the funds and nd the pact m is thi These Are the Aims security for one or all aspects of the new and additional farm program here under consideration. “To protect the income of all wheat producers, we may contemplate the following important aspects: “1—Adjustment of production. | “2—Ever-normal granary. Efficient warehousing of wheat, premium re- serves and the storage of wheat for deferred sale—awaiting demand at| fair prices. “3—-Reasonable loans against stored wheat upon a collateral basis and{ made in relation to a fair price, rather than a speculative price. Yield {iisurance upon a re-in- surance basis. Provident disposal of burden- some surpluses, “6—Requirement of adherence (ex- cepting special cases) to the Agri- cultural Conservation program and acceptance of yield insurance as part of the qualifications for elegibility to} the benefit of the ever-normal gran- ary fair loan progra “7 —The administrative expenses: and warehousing costs, with a very) substantial portion of yleld insurance} costs, to be borne by the federal gov- ernment until such time as a system; of production and distribution of! wheat has been effectuated which wiil permit the producer to manage ana | conduct, his business and enjoy the | social security indicated by the presi- dent in his letter to the crop insur- ance committee and his repeated; statements to the electorate. | Five Points Stressed \ “The temporary committee for this | Wheat Conservation conference has | attempted to outline a most general ; five point program in an effort to meet what we believe to be the needs of wheat growers and within the gen- eral views expressed by the president as a further step towards social #-| curity for the wheat farmer and a fair deal, to consumers, as follows: | “1—Assumption of résponsibility by] compresses concn rhe ee, K TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1986 federal government to le adequake capital to establish pro- gram. “3—Appropriation for acquisition and maintenance of warehousing fa- cilities, “3—The program to be administer- ed by a corporation. “4—Voluntary but capable of tn- tegration with other farm programs. “S—Cover all unavoidable hazards. (Signed) M. W. Thatcher, The group established a permanent committee of 15 persons representing wheat-producing states and farm or- ganizations to advance further the! Program of the group contemplated under the resolutions. This group was instructed to make a report by Jan. 15. It must be understood that a large portion of the farmers are not par- ticularly interested in crop insurance, but it must also be understood that the program is vital to the economic future of the Great Plains area. Ar- dent support of the program from supported by intelligent understand- ing on the part of the farmer. All Organizations Favorable The National farm Bureau and the National Grenge, as well as the, Na- tional Farmers Union ere favorable to the crop insurance program. But it will be necessary for the farmers Montana, North Dakota, South Da- kota, Nebraska, Kansas and Okla- homa to carry the burden of the battle. In all probability, ambitious politi- cians in congress will introduce make-believe crop insurance bills in attempts to get in the lime-light, but no program can have lasting profits unless worked out on a sound eco- nomic basis by the organized farmers themselves. After that is accomplish- ed the future and stability of the crop insurance program will depend upon an intelligent and patriotic un- derstanding, which can only be ac- | complished by intensive campaigning by the farm organizations. When the volcano Krakatoa ex- farmers and businessmen of the great| ploded, in 1883, troops were mobilised plains will be necessary if we are to succeed, The program must be worked out on sound economic principles and/ in Acheen, Sumatra, 1073 miles away, because the natives believed an. attack was being made on the city. May your Christ- mas be merry and the New Year full of cheer. Accept our best wishes for the season. -City Insurance Agency P. C. 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