Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1933, Page 4

THE EVENING nAlRYMEN,S GRUUP Secretary Announces Government Program to Pur- chase Swine to Aid Needy and Increase Price of Pork. Will Get $30,000,000 if They Work Out Program to Limit Production. By the Associated Press. The Farm Adjustment Administration ss speeding up to keep pace with its in- ustrial companion piece, the National Recovery Administration In both organizations lately, there has been concern about the fact that the Recovery Administration apparently was oving so fast that it promised to leave behind the agency set up to restore farm purchasing power. A quick answer to the demand by @airymen organizations for help showed Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is keenly aware of the situation. The dairymen lambasted the Farm Administration for what they described & undue delay and said something had be done. In their formal resolution they did hot mention the Recovery Administra- tion, but in conferences with farm of- ficials they bluntly said N. R. A's pro- gram was increasing their costs and | that meanwhile the price for butter had | descended as if it had greased its own | chute. Might Have $30,000,000. Secretary Wallace told dairymen's &pokesmen they might have $30.000.000 if they would promise w0 work out a program to limit the output of dairy products. They promised. The Farm Administration matched Hugh . Johnson's celerity in working 6ut its emergency cotton program and there has been little complaint as to | the speed of its wheat campaign | Meanwhile, poultry raisers, sugar growers, producers of many varieties of fruit and vegetables, rice and |ubac(‘ni farmers, and many organizations mar- keting farm products have cried for aid | in the face of mounting costs and lag- | gard prices. i The resuit may be several short cuts by the Farm Administration. Another condition with respect to the promised $30.000.000 loan was that the ¢airy industry raise the money torepay the Government agency which furnishes the money. The dairymen themselves proposed to do this through a 1-cent-a- { pound tax on every pound of butterfat produced. Collection Details Lacking. Neither the Farm Administration nor yepresentatives of the dairy organiza- tions furnished any details on the col- lecticn of the cent-a-pound tax. It was agreed it would have to be raised either by a processing tax or a marketing agreement which necessarily would include virtually all the dairy industry. Arrangements are to be worked out at other conferences be- ginning Monday. After recounting the fall in the price of butter from 26 to 19 cents a pound, the dairymen. claiming to represent some 50 organizations, said in their resolution the present state of affairs was ‘“intolerable” and that they had found a “strange reluctance” on the part of the Farm Administration to take any action, ‘The demand for an immediate move to relieve their plight was accompanied bv a strongly worded request for tariff protection against imported products Which compete with dairy products and also for an embargo against the im- portation of all dairy products. ‘Would Consider Curtailment. If necessary, the dairymen said, they swould consider curtailment of the entire milk supply and would even go so far as to consider killing cows if such a program were placed on a voluntary basis. * Farm officials said they expected the $30.000,000 to ccme from the Recon-| struction Finance Corporation after the dairymen formed a corporation which would apply for funds. Meanwhile it was indicated the Land o' Lakes Cream- By the Associated Press. ’ CHICAGO, August 18—In an ad- dress today at the Century of Progress | Exposition outlining the * emergency | program for Government purchase of 5,000,000 swine, Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace said, in part: “Hcgs have been selling all Summer | for about one-half their fair exchange value, or less than almost any other commodity. Farmers, packers andi commission men have all agreed to stand behind the following program: | “Buy from farmers enough pigs or | light hcgs and enough sows due to far- row this Fall, so as to remove from the | Fall and Winter markets from 600,000,- | 000 to 700.000,000 pounds of live pork. The total reduction in tonnage for the | 1933-34 marketing season, as a result of this emergency program, may amount to as much as 1800,000,000 pounds of hogs live weight. Increase in Prices. “That total is about 16 per cent of | the hog tonnage normally marketed If past experience is any guide, a re- duction of 15 or 16 per cent in market supplies should increase hog prices for | the season by anywhere from 25 to 30 per cent. Prices paid for these pigs and sows will, I believe, be sufficient to warrant the co-operation of hog pro- | ducers. “The animals will be processed in the usual manner, but the edible por-| tion will be kept out, of the normal channels of trade. That will be avail- | able to relief agencies for consumption by families in need, and possibly to| some extent for sale in the export mar- | ket. The inedivle portion will be so handled as not to interfere with the market for this type of product. “To procure funds for the program it will be necessary to levy a processing tax on hogs and hog products. At pres- ent market prices the tax would have to be sufficient to bring in about $55. 000,000. A tax of considerably less than a cent a pound would accomplish this purpose, but it is impossible at this mo- ment to state the figure with any exact- gt Siie “In order to take this six or seven hundred million pounds off the market | it will be necessary to purchase from farmers about a million sows due to farrow and about four million pigs or light hogs weighing from 25 to 100 pounds. The sows bought must have a | minimum weight of 275 pounds. Bonus to Be Paid. “We shall expect to pay for the sows a bonus of $4 a head plus the market \price of packing sows on the day mar- keted For pigs and light hogs under 100 pounds it Is intended to pay from 6 to 9% cents a pound. the price be- ing graduated according to weight. the higher price per pound for the lighter pigs. “The purchase of these sows and pigs will be made by specified processors for the aecount of the Department of Agriculture: We shall contract with properly qualified processors for the purchase of an allotted portion of the total tonnage desired at the prices I have listed. The processors will slaugh- | ter and process the hogs, subject to examination by Federal inspectors, both | before and after slaughter, on the usual | cash basis. “The product then will be held in | storage or disposed of for us by the processors as we may direct. Proces- sors will be reimbursed for the cost of processing upon presentation of de- tailed, itemized statements, and upon the basis of per-unit charges agreed upon in advance. “The inedible products—grease and fertilizer—will be disposed of through the usual channels of trade at the best prices obtainable and should be distrib- | uted in such a manner as not to upset | the market. Food for Needy. “The edible products * * * will be disposed of primarily by relief agencies eries, Inc. a Minnesota co-operative dairying organization, was attempting to get funds to begin buying some of the butter and cheese immediately. U. S. WILL PURCHASE 5,000,000 HOGS TO AID NEEDY PERSONS (Continued From First Page.) paid by those who turn the swine into marketable pork, will be “considerably less than a cent a pound.” Wallace said the plan originated with hog farmers and their representatives to0 meet the emergency facing producers as a result of this year's short feed crop, adding “There are some things about it that We do not like, but we are putting it into effect because we have not been able to think of anything as good.” Tonnage to Be Reduced. He estimated the purchases will re- duce the total tonnage of swine mar- keted for the 1933-34 marketing season starting October 1 by up to 1,800,000,000 ounds, or about 16 per cent of the 0g tonnage annually marketed. “If past experience is any guide, a yeduction of 15 to 16 per cent In mar- ket supplies should increase hog prices for the season bv anywhere from 25 to 30 per cent,” Wallace said. “Prices paid for these pigs and sows will, I believe, be sufficient to warrant the co- operation of hog producers.” The Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration, Wallace continued, has indicated its desire to dispose of all the meat to needy persons. It will be purchased by the relief group at a price sufficient to defray the costs of processing, storage and freight He said the meat will not be sold in competition with that sold in regular trade channels, and that inedible por- tions which will be converted into by- products “should be distributed in such & manner as not to upset the market.” The program will be followed up quickly by drafting of a corn and hog program, Wallace said. asserting 20,000,- 000 acres of corn should be taken out of production in order to adjust sup- plies of swine and corn. grown chiefly as feed for hogs. to future demand. Unless a_long-range program was a certainty, Wallace said he would be unable to approve of the emergency program because of its potential effect on hog prices in coming years. De Michelis Resigns. ROME, August 18 (®.—Senator Giuseppe de Michelis, president for 12 years of the International Institute of ‘Agriculture, resigned yesterday. 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The meat for this purpose wiil be purchased at a price sufficient to de- ' TRIPLE Koty PEP Better Wheat Flakes Plus Extra Bran 10 Full Ounces Try this delicious ready-to-eat cereal and get triple value in flavor, healthfulness and economy. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. fray the costs of processing, storage and freight. It is important to note, furthermore, that meat so distributed by the emergency relief administration will not be permitted to come into com- petition with meat sold in the regular trade channels. “There the emergency program for the corn belt. It is necessary that it go into effect at once; I hope we can announce the inauguration of the pro- gram within a very few days. By Octo- ber 1 the goal should be reached. “The necessity for haste will be un- derstood by the people of the corn belt. To rup the program as economical &s possible, we must make the purchases before much more weight has been added to the Spring pigs: we have to race against time, in order to put the plan over before farrowing begins; and in regions where drought has left a feed shortage, where farmers are being compelled to send their stuff to market unfinished and at a sacrifice, we can perhaps offer some help. Speed Declared Esgential. “But above all these considerations, there is the necessity for speed in bolstering the purchasing power of the corn belt. In this national program of raising wages and farm _incomes, it is_essential that every region of the United States have an immediate share. The corn belt needs it, and the industries which are part of or which cater to the corn belt need it “The farm price of hogs is still only about half of the fair exchange value called for in the agricultural adjust- ment act. The emergency program will add to the corn belt farmer's in- come in two ways: First, by the pur- chase of sows and light pigs at a price above the prevailing market; and sec- ond, as a result of the reduced supply of hogs available for market, by the higher prices likely to be paid for hogs marketed in the normal manner dur eight or nine months .* * kers and others interested in the hog business have agreed to co- operate. I am not worried about this emergency program, but I am terribly concerned lest thé corn belt should fail to recognize how really dangerous this program can be unless it is tied up closely to a long-time program “Unless this emergency program to reduce hog tonnage is followed im- mediately by & definite program that calls for a substantial reduction in corn acreage and production in 1934, as well as a material decrease in the number of soWs farrowing in the Spring of 1934, I for one could not accept it. The after-effects, otherwise, would be disastrous to hog prices dur- ing the 1934-35 season and for some | time thereafter. An artificial increase in hog prices, unless accompanied by a substantial advance in corn pri would probably lead to an expansion in the 1934 Spring pig crop.” BODY OF CHINESE FOUND FLOATING IN POTOMAC Examination Shows No Marks of Violence, but Autopsy Prob- ably Will Be Performed. The body of a Chinese, identified as Chin You Jung. 32, was found floating near Highway Bridge today. A passerby saw the body from the bridge and notified Harbor Policemen | Melvin Cox and William F. Fey, who| took it to the Morgue A cursory examination of the body. which evidently had been in the water several days. disclosed no marks of vio- lence, but Deputy Coroner Christopher J. Murphy said he probably would per- form an autopsy. The man’s_identity was_established through an Immigration Service cer-| tificate in his pocket. The man, ac- | cording to the certificate, entered this | country in 1923 at the age of 22. His| father's name was given as Hock Lung, | but there was no address. | Homicide squad detectives said they | would communicate with the Labor Department in an effort to learn the man’s home address. VALUE TED COAL CUT COAL COSTS WITH A 0% HUDSON BLOWER Let us install one in your heat- ing plant now: “Buckwheat,” nomical size coal. more on every, ton! Eliminate waste and cut work Investigate this more economi- cal home-heating now— 2 Minneapolis-Honeywell Automatic Controls Easily Installed W ithout Even Changing Grates No More Ashes to Sift No Wasted Fuel WIEL HESSICK w0 $ ON e * DISTRICT 0744 Storage yards and main office 74th and_Water Sts. S.W.. opp. Bureau Engraving and Printing. Instailed Complete, Only 20 you can burn the most eco- Save $4 or in half. before prices go up. *60 Fasy Terms FOR BETTER HEATED HOME END OF GARMENT STRIKE SEEN SOON Dressmakers’ Association Ratifies Collective Bar- gaining Acceptance. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 18.—An early end of the strike affecting 60,000 workers in the women's garment in- dustry was seen today by Grover A. ‘Whalen, N. R. A. mediator, after the National Association of Dress Manufac- turers ratified acceptance of the prin- ciple of collective bargaining. Four hundred members of the asso- clation attended the meeting and heard Whalen plead for acceptance of the tentative basis for a settlement of the strike worked out at an all-night con- ference last night. Whalen pointed out that eollective bargaining was a part of the guaran- tee of the national industrial recovery act and told the manufacturers that by recognizing the international union the manufacturers and jobbers belong- ing to the association would have a strong weapon to be used against Com- munist workers, who, he charged, have been trouble makers generally. The vote to ratify the collective| tentatively agreed | bargaining point, upon at last night's conference, was a rising one, the margin being about nine to one. Last night's conference agreed on collective bargaining and a compromise was reached on a 35-hour week. The third point was left for settle- ment at a hearing in Washington August 22 on a code for the needle in- dustry. This point provides that jobbers and manufacturers who employ con- tractors shall deal exclusively with only such a number of ccntractors as they actually need for their production. On the fifth point, which concerns pay scales, no agreement was reached. The union and the association have prepared separate scales, which they plan tonight to discuss at a session of all organizations concerned. GREEN WILL ADDRESS GOVERNMENT WORKERS Federation to Mark First Anniver- sary of Charter—Open Mem- bership Drive. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor., will address the American Federation of Government Employes at A. F. of L. headquarters at 8 o'clock tonight. The meeting is being held on the first anniversary of the chartering of the Pederation of Government Employes by the Federation of Labor, and will mark the opening of a membership campeaign. Other labor leaders also are expected to speak. GUARD KILLS TRUSTY TUCKER PRISON FARM, Ark., Au- gust 18 (P.—A life termer once sen- tenced to death for tke murder of a policeman is dead as a result of an at- tempt to escape {rom the prison farm today. Virgil Williams, alias Gene Ralph Morgan, serving a life term for the slaying of a Little Rock detective, was killed by a trusty guard as he ran for the woods surrounding a field where he was working with other convicts. STAR, WASHINGTON, | Baker, former Secretary of War, acting | D. C, FRIDAY, Al WELFARE DRIVES MAY OPEN HERE Baker, Agencies’ Co-ordi- nator, Gets Invitation From White House. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 18.—Newton D. in his capacity as co-ordinator of the 1933 activities of various national wel- fare agencies, last night announced | President Roosevelt has invited 33 such | organizations to open their campaigns in Washington September 8. Mr. Baker and John Stewart Bryan of Richmond, Va., president of Com- munity Chests and Counclls, Inc., agency directing and administering the campaigns, also made public the mem- bership of a national citizens’ commit- tee which will aid in directing the vari- ous drives. Affiliated with the citizens’ committee will be the National Women’s Committee headed by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Members of the citizens’ committee include: Vice chairmen: Albert D. Lasker, Chicago; William Cooper Procter, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Alfred E. Smith, New York. Members: Miss Grace Abbott, Washington, D. C.; Charles E. Adams, Cleveland, Ohio Fred R. Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn ; E. L. Carpenter, Minneapolis, Min! Roy D. Chapin, Detroit, Mich.; W. L. Clayton, | Houston, Tex.; Willilam H. Orocker, 8an Francisco, Calif.; Frederick A. Delano, Washington, D. C.; Mortimer Fleish- | hacker, San Francisco; Rev. James E. Freeman, Washington; William Green, | ‘Washington; Fred Hoke, Indianapolis Ind.; Harry L. Hopkins, Washington; | Frank B. Kellogg, St. Paul, Minn.: Hugh McK. Landon, Indianapolis; E. B. Mc- Naughton, Portland, Oreg.; R. 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