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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF
Mr. KEHOE. Yes; undoubtedly. But effective to whom?

Mr. Jones. It would be effective for the commodity it covers.

Mr. Kenoe. I think.to the middleman, myself.

Mr. Jones. If you take this fund and turn it over to the same
people the equalization fee turned it over to, it will be just as effective
no matter where the fund comes from, will it not?

Mr. Kenoe. I do not know that it would. I do not think it
would reach back to the grower.

Mr. JonEs. As a matter of fact, Mr. Adkins’s figures are wholly
erroneous, because he presumed you are going to have them in force
at a specific figure in all of it. You can have them in effect when-
ever they are needed, and you can not have them so they will collect
just such an amount as 18 necessary to run operations in respect to
the commodities. Then you can take the same machinery in the
McNary-Haugen bill advisory council or export corporations and
use the funds that are collected for the purpose of promoting the
advantages of the farmers themselves. 7

Mr. KenoE. Mr. Jones, it is my hope and my belief, probably
based upon the hope that many of these commodities would be
shown, when the information was obtained by Government authority
that there was no alarming surplus in this country. I am quite
sure it would have been proven in our case of tobacco—that there
would be no necessity for the operation at all this year. To illus-
trate, there would be no necessity for calling upon the board to
pfs at all, because tobacco is selling for 30 cents a pound.

. : Jones. Under the bill which I have introduced, and which
understand will be introduced by another Member, it- would not
apply where the price was satisfactory; it would not a oly constant
It would apply if the board saw it Was necessar jpn] th y
either a surplus or conditions otherwise warranted A y buss as
Mr. Keroe. What I would do would be to co tend for bill
like we do for ours. When you could not get we 1 jo hte k
oy hat is all T would do. get yours, 1 would take
r. CLarkE. You are coming no iti
Mr. Spon But I would urge vou . ee ours, position.

) r. ADKINS. There are not any of these schemes in respect of which

you can not make a speech on both sides, as f 1

I went into th , ar as that 1s concerned.

o that very thoroughly. Suppose we adopt that pol

In my town Wo hive an institution that grinds our com and esa

ve large number of con prodta—grids 40.000 to 30.000 Bust:

finds surplus piling up oe dant policy and ou Istria
os vantage—corn oil, corn starch,

Sionh ples lh Too, ona 2 sort of stuff. If Congress adopts

farm commodities have everything on ho puanifipchuten fe =

itausent ind pailie solic rything on hus side and, as a matter of
RE ry, © Cie rie the Ach ot he have the right to come here
Mr Fen e debenture on my products? ”’

here, has bo mot guess he will be here all right; I guess he has been
NN ADKINS. Sure.
WM r. EHOE. Bu v 1 .

contained in this bill ! bot, bets advising him to accept the provisions

it. 40 tite Wil of the ~ alc ing a Democrat, he would gracefully sub-

Mr. Jones. I will do that