Agricultural relief: Agricultural relief

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Identifikator:: 1847028748

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Author:: Conrad, Johannes http://d-nb.info/gnd/118521853

Title:: Grundriss zum Studium der politischen Oekonomie

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1896-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1886436398

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-235143

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Author:: Conrad, Johannes http://d-nb.info/gnd/118521853

Title:: Nationalökonomie

Volume count:: Teil 1

Place of publication:: Jena

Publisher:: Fischer

Year of publication:: 1902

Scope:: XVI, 389 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Abschnitt I. Die Lehre von der Produktion

Collection:: Economics Books

6540 AGRICULTURAL RELIEF In fact, Mr. Chairman, my faith in my farmers’ finance corpora- tion plan with its production and marketing control by contract features, has been very much strengthened from day to day as I have attended these hearings. 1 am sure that real farm relief can only come with a proper control of production and marketing and that there can only be established proper control by contracts enteres into by the farmers with all concerned under an enabling act of Congress such as my bill provides. All the other bills introduced by other members fail in this most essential respect. Proper control of production and marketing means control of prices by the farmers themselves and hence the naming by them of their own profits in reasonable bounds. I have studied this problem for years and for the last six weeks I have attended hearings of this committee for two hours each day and worked until midnight each night reading bills and speeches, drawing bills and collecting data on this matter, and my very best judgment is that we must work a plan to enable the farmer to name within reason the price of the commodities which he sels as other businesses and enterprises do, or else we must leave this problem unsolved for the present.. Another most important feature of my bill is that it provides for the selection of the various commodity councils by the governors of the commodity growing States at first, until the farmers become properly organized and then by the farmers themselves. Some may suggest that these must be appointed by the President. It will be seen though that these councils are in no sense composed of Federal officials but only a part and parcel of an organization the functioning of which is recognized by the bill under its contract features. These officials are no more Federal officials than are the road officials of a State Federal officials, because they and their works are recognized by the contract or law whereby the Federal Government matches State road funds in the construction of good roads in the country. This feature of the bill safeguards the rights of the afrmer and makes sure the selection of his friends for the administration of the farmer’s most important affairs under this bill. Some may suggest that my bill provides for price fixing and 1s therefore objectionable. Let me say I think that it is clearly price fixing in its nature and provisions and that is just the reason I am so much in favor of it. Congress has passed laws to help everybody else fix prices of what they sell. Why not extend this privilege to the farmer? 1 have no patience with any plan: of so-called farm relief which attempts to help the farmers without helping them get a better price for their products. Too many farm relief bills attempt to please the farmer without giving him any real relief. They attempt to work out a plan satis- factory to the farmer and yet leave him to be preyed upon by those who speculate on his products. They propose to help the farmer and yet leave him at the mercy of the middlemen. Real relief can not be secured in this way. Again, many of the bills seek to help some one help the farmer indirectly and charge too much for the service, or help the farmer by handling his commodities at an exorbitant charge for the service. All this is wrong. Again, Mr. Chairman, many object to all bills which vote any financial assistance to the farmer on the idea that the farmer should

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