Agricultural relief: Agricultural relief

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Identifikator:: 1831932415

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Title:: Agricultural relief

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831934280

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-232071

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Agricultural relief

Volume count:: Pt. 2

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: III S., S. 70 - 179

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of John W. Maher, Devils Lake, N. Dak.

Collection:: Economics Books

AGRICULTURAL RELIEF Mr. FuLMeR. It is your belief that if the farmers were properly organized by the Government and they had the machinery or mar- keting system whereby they could market the farm products in an orderly manner they would not worry about the surplus in any of these farm commodities? Mr. Marer. Ido. We do not need to produce it. Mr. FuuMER. In other words, as it is the world needs every com- modity In your community as well as cotton in mine. And if we had orderly marketing and some way of distributing these farm products it would equalize things? Mr. Maser. My belief is that the world needs every particle of foodstuff or anything else the farmer can produce, and that this country should produce up to its capacity, and that it should not produce surpluses, because there are other things that could be sub- stituted in the areas where they do produce surpluses. Up with us where there is all wheat we produce the surplus and we get more for a poor than for a good crop, or else more for the crop when the world has a short crop. But if the production is regulated and the marketing is regulated there should be a “live and let live” price. I do not think the market should be placed at an exorbitant price, but it should be placed at a price the farmers would know what they are going to get, and then either grow it for that price or else not grow 1t for the price. Mr. FuLmer. Up there do you believe there is a real need for evolve Ing a system whereby you could eliminate the middlemen, a lot of these parasites between the producers and the consumers, which would bring about a better price for the producer and a lower price for the consumer? Mr. Manger. I certainly believe that the producer should have a better price, and I do believe *t could be delivered to the consumer at a lower price. Mr. Furmer. In place of the Government spending millions and millions to increase the farm production, is it your idea that they should spend quite a lot of money working out the marketing sys- tem and distribution system so as to bring about fair prices and re- search work to find out new uses for cotton and various other farm products? Mr. MaHER. I certainly do. That is just what the Agricultural Department is doing and has been doing for years, go ahead with that work and make the country produce; the more it produces the more we will get for our products. Mr. Apkins. One of the most vital things and important things in vour plan is adjusting production to the needs of consumption. Do vou not appreciate that to do that you would have to have some measure of control over your corn borers, the chinch bugs, and the weather, etc.? Mr. ManER Mr. Apxins weather man? Mr. Mauger. Well, the world has to live, and the statisticians and :conomists come pretty near knowing just about the acreage that the world wants in this crop or that crop or another crop, and what will feed the world or clothe the world. Then when a proper organi- tation has charge of what we are putting into the ground in the way of seed for a crop a year before it is put in, or the vear before they do i

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