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would have the power to buy and export and orderly market that

commodity, give them the full benefit of the proposed plan?

Mr. KiNncHELOE. Hold it for the purposes of orderly marketing ¢

Mr. Goss. I am inclined to think that if that export corporation
were included in it, and it had its branches out so it could reach the
little fellow in the tobacco warehouse in the State Mr. Kincheloe
represents, it would do it.

Mr. Jones. If it went to buying tobacco it would reflect back just
as the other commodities in your bill ?

Mr. Goss. If they went in your territory and went to buying
tobacco, but if they went two or three counties away and began
buying tobacco, and that little fellow knew nothing about it. it would
not help him.

Mr. Jones. He would find that out.

Mr. Goss. But it probably would assist greatly in the case of to-
bacco and some other crops.

Mr. Jones. At least it might be of advantage to have that as a sort
of club or protective whip.

Mr. Goss. I think it would.

Mr. Jones. It could be considered in case such a condition as you
mentioned arose.

Mr. Goss. I think it would. I think it is an excellent provision to
go into the bill, to give that additional weapon to hold over the
heads of speculators. That if they are trying to do as Mr. Kin-
cheloe has pointed out, that here is a market for tobacco or any crop
that they can reach. I think it is an excellent provision.

Mr. MexgEs. You have no such provision in this bill?

Mr. Goss. In this bill it is not incorporated. And, once more, Mr.
Menges, I would say that this committee is going to have many sug-
gestions. Mr. Jones has brought us an admirable one, which will
make the application of this bill or any other bill presented to you
more equitable than in the original bill. We have no pride of author-
ship. We have no objection to adding or taking from it, where the
bill will be improved. All we are trying to do is to bring the prin-
ciple before your committeee.

Mr. Me~ces. The statement Mr. Kincheloe made in regard to the
sale of tobacco, that the trusts regulate the price, takes place right
in my district. But I want to say to you, it does not take our fellows
very long to find out if there is any way of getting away from that
fellow who holds the market under his thumb and squeezes out every
penny to be squeezed out; they will get out from under that thumb
Just as soon as they can. and then are might quick to know about how
to do it.

Mr. Kixcreroe. You do not mean your farmers have whipped the
trust? If they have, I would like to tell my growers about it. In
my country, for years the practice has been for these trusts to lay
off the territory, and have a gentlemanly understanding that nobody
competes in each territory. I was wondering how this bill in the
absence of some arm of the Government was going to help these
fellows to take this crop and orderly market it; how it is going to
lo them any good.

Mr. Menges. I do not see that it will,

Mr. Kincreroe. I do not either.