AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 
Department of Agriculture prices—Continued 
Cy 
RICE 
1924__. 
1925. 
1926... 
1927 
Ca) 
New 
Nrleans 
Blue 
Rose 
London 
Carolina 
Tice 
Tents 
6.9 
"0 
Tariff 
Per 1b. 
$0. 02 
.02 
.02 
02 
TOBACCO (LEAR 
1924 . 
1925. 
1926_ _. 
1997 
Dy, 
fe mmmecemmmececcaeee-....Per pound._. 
fe acre memnmeeea GOL 
emo eea CO. 
Average 
virginia- 
North 
Carolina 
Aue cured 
London 
Virginia 
leaf 
Cents 
RB. 6 
3 5 
v2 
Tariff 
we 
i Average January-November. 
§ The tariff on tobacco is shown below. It is to be observed that there is a wide range on the various 
tvpes of tobacco. 
7. Tobacco: 
Wrapper— 
stemmed... 
Unstemmed.___. ._  _. 
Filler, when mixed with more 
than 35 per cent wrapper— 
Stemmed. _. 
Unstemm- 
Filler, n. s. p. 
stemmed. 
I 'netemmean 
Tariff 
per 
nontnd 
75 
10 
3x5 
Para- 
graph, 
act of 
1622 
501 
301 
501 
301 
»() 
Tobacco—Continn 
temmeaq. 
Unstemmed 
All other tobacco. 
Scrap tobacco. _ _______ 
Cigars and cigarettes_ ______. 
Tariff 
per 
nonnd 
2.75 
210 
55 
.35 
4 50 
Para- 
graph, 
act of 
1922 
601 
AOL 
603 
603 
£05 
Plus 25 per cent ad valorein. 
WasHINGTON. D. C.. February 28, 1928. 
Hon. GiLBert N. HAUGEN, 
Chairman Commattee on Agriculture, 
House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 
Dear MR. Haven: During the six weeks of committee hearings on H. R. 
7940 (the surplus control bill) witnesses who appeared before the committee on 
behalf of the farm organizations in support of this measure have suggested 
several amendments and modifications. In the judgment of the representatives 
of the farm organizations who have been in Washington closely following con- 
sideration of this measure by the committee, there are some changes which should 
be adopted. In order to avoid prolonging the committee hearings by further 
personal testimony, we ask permission to file this outline of the amendments 
which we believe should be adopted to H. R. 7940, with brief statements of the 
purpose of the suggested amendments. We respectfully ask the committee to 
give careful consideration to the following recommendations: 
[. Advisory councils (sec. 4): In order that the board may avail itself of the 
cooperation of advisory councils which directly represent the agriculture of each 
of the 12 land-bank districts, we suggest that the provisions for commodity 
advisare councils set forth in section 4 be changed so as to vrovide an advisory