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:: 183193440X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-232093

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Agricultural relief

Volume count:: Pt. 3

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: III S., S. 181 - 253

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of hon. J. Kehoe, representing Burley Burley Tobacco growers cooperative association, Maysville, Ky.

Collection:: Economics Books

AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 189 In this scheme, if it is put in operation, the tobacco, corn, milk, and tobacco men, or whoever it might be who wanted to come under the operation of this, it does not make anv difference to us as local cooperatives whether anybody joins us or not. But we have at- tempted something for the benefit of all in that particular commodity, and we can not do it ourselves. The 10 per cent of us who are in that can not stand all the expense, therefore there must be some way found to make the commodity carry the expense. Now, suppose we get this set-up—that has been talked of a great deal—with the board and a big appropriation and proceed without the fee—your are a practical man and know what you are taking about—and you men would get in distress in tobacco and go to bar- row; we would get in distress with wheat and go to borrow: and we do borrow, and the $400,000,000 would all be gone—lost. the ques- tion that comes up in the minds of the committee here is whether or not with that loss that would necessarily come, with no means of replacing it without this fee—the question comes up then at the end of the season—the farmers all lose, if it would not take a lot of pump- ing up to ever get back and get the matter before Congress with any hope of getting it passed. Is that about the way vou feel about it? Mr. Kenok. I think if you start without the fee you have just simply created a delusion and a snare for the American farmer. Mr. Apkivs. That does not quite answer the question I would like to get at. If you proceed to operate with this loan, the loan would be lost, would it not? Mr. Kenok. Yes, sir. Mr. Apkins. You would lose it. Mr. AsweLL. How do you know you would lose it? Mr. Apkins. You can not raise the price above where this market is and hope to avoid a loss. The point I was trying to get at is this and that is your serious objection—if there were heavy losses in Burley tobacco and in dark tobacco and in wheat, for instance, losing the best portion of the appropriation, you would have a fat chance of coming back here and getting a bill passed along the line that would sustain it? Mr. Kenok. If you pass any bill, without the equalization fee, so far as I am concerned, I will not come back here and I will not try to operate without it. That is my position. Mr. Apxkins. If you do start to operate with the fee, you cooperative tobacco fellows will function, and the grain men will function, Mr. Clarke and the milkmen will function; and if we can do the market any good through this process it does not make any particular differ- ence to us whether our neighbor comes in to the organization or stays out? Mr. Kenoe. Not a bit. Mr. Apkins. That is the point I wanted to get at. Mr. AsweLL. Let me ask you this question: The reason you are in favor of an equalization fee is to distribute the burden over the whole of the operation? Mr. Keuok. Yes, sir. Mr. AsweLL. Any plan that would do that would be all right, if it would not interfere with cooperative marketing in any way? Mr. KesoE. It would

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