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 Edward H. Booth, Washington, D.C.

Collection:: Economics Books

AGRICULTURAL RELIEF alone; they deal in other things as well. But it would possibly hurt the corner grocer often a little; I am not saying it would not. But we can not stop for that. And it places in the hands of the consumer the power which I think they should have, of using their telephone and sending in their order for farm products at wholesale market prices, which I think is richt. They ought to have the privilege of buying it at these prices They can do it, that now 1t is true, but the reason they do not do it is because everybody has not a truck and everybody has not got an Saiamapils and everybody does not feel like going to market at o'clock in the morning, and standing and waiting 1 be done, but it is not reasonable. © siting in gam. Is con Mr. ANDERSEN. It seems to me everybody 1 i ay, A ybody in Washington has an Mr. BootH. Yes; but everybody does not get ! night. All the marketing is practically sold by suntp. 3 o'clock af Mr ANDERSEN. A lot of them do not go to bed until 3 o’clock. yond Boom. That is true. But, to be practical that places it be- There is not any reason on earth why the ci i could not establish cold-storage houses to store a evasion corn, and keep it for a day or so, or if they do not care to k the tomatoes, let it start a cannery. I have a cannery on 1 ol . fad 1 can anything that grows out of the ground to 10 pitas” - ’ ° L can : o it and the Government can do 1t, and if they can not I il tell them how. It will not cost them a cent. In this vicinit within 25 miles of Washington, there is a great deal of Suff thro oh away. I took a ride down along the Eastern Sh , d I un. dreds of acres of canteloupes going to wast They we aw fone them. This is the condition around the cit y {WwW oF rould nog plok 1s a condition all over the United States of Wasmnzion snd inst ~ L'his 1s serious, and a little bi i z 1s what the farmers want; nd ever along aio lines 1 am saying his pocket if you give him a minimum price. in which he wil ba able to say, “I know I can at least got 15 PYe% Iu Wich he wil bs sugar corn and that is ach hors g 5 or 20 cents a dozen for my better, I will stop growing that om aipnothing. If I can not do 1t 1 1ts disposal of serving th OO nh, ais od gpl Yay allowing it to waste on the farm or aay with that instead of it to the market and afterwards oe allowing the farmers to bring does not seem to me it would tak rowing it out along the road. It of Congressmen like this to o hot w much intelligence for a body done. It certainly can be doe that hat I am advocating can be pension’ he is a hizhomin log one, and, the Ftp does not want a - . 0 not want any pension from Mr Apkins. Hay = » e Mr. Bootn. | oe ba draped i it i a skeleton. I have mot thors: ed; yes, sir, but it is nothing but I have offered it and it is ith it would be a complete bill.” Bus ab ; our os with the chairman of the committee. It is 0 not represent anyb : of the community, and raph except the interests, I believe, zet anvthing out of it for mvself y Lam too far along in years to 248

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