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where additional legi ion 1
! gislation .
a wit help them to do that, ceded, unless you make it compulsory,
Mr. CLarkE. Have you studied
N ) careful ig .
gr, ADKINS, Jes ; I have studied all iy ClrtisAswell bill?
ts sien u of Mr. Yoakum, because I know he h Br be ge
; would just like for hi : 2s made 3 study of
the legal im to explain wh tion
egal authority we have, what additi 230 0n aafition 19
them to do that. , tional legislation will enable
Mr. Yoaxum. It would be an organizati
which would mean the Federal Ge n Federal charter,
: arter we would have some board with Hi an under that Federal
orelen Shipments, with authority to fix the orton. of interstate and
Mr. Apkins. Is this to be a Federal vou i
a Mr. YoaxuM. It is to be a booed ther aa Td are talking about?
gyempent when we get to it. If you have got y Hpraved by the
Mr. Apkins. I just want to get your idea. or
} ir. Yoakum. It would be approved by th G
selected by the Gover y, the Government bus, not
soll : nment, I mean this associatio But it i
really a cooperative organization with the G on. has 1
i st what A Jy he Government. That is
Ir. Apxins. For inst 7]
nation-wide corporation? with wheat they have to establish a
rE Yoru. Yes.
Mr. Apkins. Run on th ;
arly come and Join the ®heory that the farmers would volun-
Mr. Yoarum. They would v : :
ship their stuff out or Site. less he dor they can not
% Mr. Apkins. What would hinder them from shippi
tate? : ipping out of the
- Mr. Yoakum. Because thi :
inspection nding. cause this board would be given control of the
Mr. Apkins. That would b ing 1 -
Mr. Roseoy, No, it is not, making it compulsory.
Ir. ADKINS. < 100i
BL] ins. How would you keep me from shipping out of the
Mr. Yoakum. The board
i . would pass upo i i
Pilon end keep a hand on their divtribution, the gending ond tor
Ir. Apkins. Suppose our elevator com any h y ;
inking whee and we do not ink that = ation 2s good
ers as we are, and so we would ship d y [i
Do vou y hip down to New York.
Joins u contemplate under the proposed law to prohibit them from
Mr. Crarke. It is
. purely a legal question. ink
ought 5 press him for an answer on that? bor D0 Fo think you
r. Yoakum. 1 have stated that twice. It wo 1d
enforcement, but it would be a law permitting the i i
out the purposes of their organization. Now, these farmers are not
numbskulls. When they find that they have got for themselves an
organization they are going to work with it, if that organization is
authorized to establish prices that are paying. I have telegraphed
all over the country, not over 10 days ago—to North Dakota, South
pains, and Oklahoma—and the present-day price delivered at the
does e levator is $1.20. Any sensible man who has followed this
ows that it can not be produced for that on the average. There