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cotton. If they should also be operating on peanuts, which are 
grown in your district, there would be seven men on that, and if 
they should be operating on wheat, which is raised somewhat in 
your district, there would be seven men for wheat. 
Mr. FuLmeR. That would be the same seven men? 
Mr. Gray. No: under the old bill that would be seven different 
men. 
Mr. FuLmeR. But under your suggestion? 
Mr. Gray. It would be the same seven men under these suggestions. 
Mr. Swank. Let us see when the board is going to operate under 
your amendment. 
Mr. Gray. Congressman Swank and Chairman Haugen, I felt sure 
that should I appear before your committee first I would violate the 
proprieties of these gentlemen who are expected to come before your 
committee. It is almost impossible, in speaking about a bill, or in 
speaking for a bill as important as this is, to appear before a com- 
mittee on one particular phase and avoid talking about the whole 
bill. It is almost impossible to do that, and right now I am trans- 
gressing on the time of one of our friends who has to take the train 
and leave the city presently. With your consent I wish to retire for 
15 or 20 minutes, or whatever time is necessary, to let ex-Governor 
Donaghey, of Arkansas, come before you and make a statement, if 
that is agreeable to the committee. 
The CrairMaN. We would be very glad to hear him. 
Doctor KiLgore. Mr. Chairman, Governor Donaghey comes from 
my part of the country. I want to say that he was twice governor 
of his State, is a banker and large business man, and he is coming as 
an individual to talk to you from the standpoint of an individual. of 
his interest in this bill. 
STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE W. DONAGHEY, FORMER GOVERNOR 
OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS 
Mr. DoNagaEY. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, 
as a business man my interest has driven me to advocate some form of 
farm relief. In our section of the country we have but one money 
crop, and that is cotton. When cotton price is low our business 
languishes. We do not have any. That is all we have from which 
to get money. Our bank deposits go down, our merchants soon 
have little to do. a 
A little more than a year ago we had a panic in cotton prices. I 
had not at that time studied what you were doing in Congress here 
for agriculture. As I said, my interest drove me to look the ques- 
tion up. Since then or for more than a year I have been cooperating 
with these gentlemen who have presented their plans here before 
you, and after looking up their plan, after conferences with them, 
I decided, as a representative of my State, that they wanted what I 
want, and what we want, and as an individual representing the 
business men of the State, and representing the farmers of the State, 
I do not know of any who are opposed to 1t, practically. Of course 
there are a few, but I do not know of but few, who are opposed to 
what I am advocating, and I am advocating the same principles 
that these men are advocating.