Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 7

SUBSIDY ON WHEAT SAVES FARMERS Collapse of Important Part of Agriculture Averted by Government Aid. B the Associated Press. LONDON, December 1.—Farm econ- o: 5 and the administrators of Eng- | lend’s subsidy to wheat farmers are con- | vincad that, in its first six months 01‘ tion, the subsidy has averted a| collapse which threatened an | ¢ section of English agriculture. | beidy guarantees a price of 10| weight to Englich ed cn the basis of | sent low pound. equivalent to cents a buchel) wer is paid the difference be- The scheme had its origin in the fact that farmers, especially in Eastern Eng- %nd, where wheat long has been a tra- ditional crop, were approaching such desperate _circumstances that, unless they received some such assistance, d rect and unproductive relief was un- avoidable. Moreover, land was going out of cultivation by the thousands of acres, 500,000 since 1922 Oppose Direct Aid, The government acted on the theory « it was better to encourage the of a useful crop than to gr wing direct ald. That belief still is held by t«heJ authorities concerned. Farm economists do not argue that wheat is an economic crop in England. But they do contend that the advan- tages of the subsidy outweigh any dis- advantages. of the ministry of agriculture | not been felt much because the 35,000,- point out that, in addition to the direct | 000 bushels of home-grown wheat is economic results of the policy—such as | only a fraction of the 250,000,000 bush- making possible the purchase of farm | els consumed in the country yearly. supplies—the social fabric of English farm life is maintained, the stability of one section of the community is in- creasec. Moreover, they emphasize that wheat | hclds an important position as a rota tion crep in England, and as diversifi- cation grows this importance increases. There has been no attempt to con- trol production, to limit the production of individuals. Instead, the effort has been toward putting land back into cul- tivation. In the year 1931-32 there were 11,249,746 acres in wheat. The estimated crop acreage next year is 1.343.760. The highest acreage England has known was 3,240,344 in 1875, $12,600,000 Paid Out. The deficiency payments for the cur- rent yeer are estimated st about £4.- 000,000 (currently $12,600.000). Under the subsidy act maximum pro- duction i5 place 43,000,000 1 at ihe amount it ¥ believed wheat land can produce full blast. In the present seacon the total is 35,000,- 000 to 36,000.000. ‘What will happen if the maximum is reached has not been decided. Experts doubt it will be excceded. With cash in their pockets, farmers tend to swing away from the one crop, these experts say, and they are encouraged by the sovernment, which tries to interest them in pigs, poultry and dairy products. Moreover, unmixed English’ wheat does net make good bread. who at first objected to the cecsed thoir 1 ts lcarnd they © the bake:s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1932. grumble, as it is more difficult to pass it on to the consumers. The price of the standard 4-pound ; loaf has increased a halfpenny (1 cent, | United States). This hits the very poor, and another rise might, it is ad- mitted, bring protest. The subsidy has Struggle Facing Cong RUSSIANS GIVEN RIGHT T0 LEAVE OWN COUNTRY | Put By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK. December 1.—Early one morning about 8,000 years ago a Babylonian brewer hung a “beer blan- ket” in his backyard to dry and was By, Gioikisociaind Prees; taken to task by a neighbor who ccm- MOSCOW, December 1.7Ru&\xn“§ula‘ngd of a curious odor which per- citizens who heretofore have found it | meated his premises. almost impcssible to obtain permission | That was the start of a battle over Cost of Exit Visas, However, Beyond Reach of Most of Popuition. o leave the country are now to be al- ! heer in many lands which has come | lowed this privilege if they can pay down from anclent to modern times and the stiff price in foreign currency. |promises to be renewed when Congress The government tourist agency an-' meets next week and considers a bill nounced yesterday that it will accept or- | which lies tcday on the desk of Senator for’ isas_from individuals, David I. Walsh, its author, in Wash- ave Russia for perma- | T ad. The cost, to| 5 b paid in foreign currency. is 500 (lonian aired his z rubles for work.rs and 1,000 rubles for | fair in whizh he ped barley ther classes. The ruble is nomi- | permit it to germinate after having ly worth 50 cents, been steeped in warm water. The foreigner will get his out-going' Modern brewers say his method of visa for the same charge assessed by taking the germinated barley, mashing his country against a Soviet p:Li\']mrl‘!” with raw grain, bringing the mixture amounting in the case of Americans u;{m a boil and then allowing it to cool - iineten It was in 6.000 B.C. that the Baby- blanket—a crude a: rubles. and ferment was ° primitive,” but ap- Since a comparatively small portion | parently the Babylonian was satisfied of the population has gold resources or | With the product. friends abroad fo send them ‘Iu(r;filll.l Tsid Ho- ‘Paying: Heak e ardera i the | His beverage was extensively drunk— 0RLAS X even by women of the harem—and the “Beer for Revenue” slogan first had its mcaning when the brewer used it to pay currenc | cturers in Italy are 0| 5 |{BEER FIGHT STARTED BY BREWER IN BABYLON 8.000 YEARS AGO ress Next Week Dates!| Back to Time of Neighbor's Complaint About Odor. yrent and as tribute to the overlord be- fore the intrduction of money. | Virtually the same procedure was fol- |lowed by the Egyptians until the fall | of Egyptian civilization, | As brewing spread, so also did con- | | troversy. China and Japan made a beer | several centuries before Christ, and the | battle raged spiritedly in these coun- | | tries _because some preferred millet to | | rice in the germinating process. | The Greeks. too, made such a bev- erage—not only made it, but had a word They learned the art from the but the drink never was| vith them. In effect, the wor ,they had was that. while the Egvp- tians themselves might be all right, the s couldn’t learn to care much for drink that tended to replace wi This, in early times, seemed the biz- gest complaint against the beversge in most wine-drinking countries. | | “Hop"” War In Germany. ‘ | Brewing spread 2lmost all over Eu- | | rope and the British Isles, and with the | | spread also went many objections. In| Germany in the fourteenth century there was the “hop” war. Hops were | being used in the brewing process, and | this interfered with a monopoly held by certain authorities in the sale of fruit, which some preferred. ! 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