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Facts 6 Feathers. On the floor there was little detailed discussion of the provisions of the bill, which gave the Secretary of Agriculture absolute powers to try to raise farm prices to the 1909-14 level by means of idle acreage leases, speculative cotton options, subsidized crop reductions and price...
Consumer Appeal. Secretary Wallace, awed by the power that was soon to be his, tried to pacify city consumers by assuring them that better times on the farms would quickly be reflected in industrial centres. Said he: "In no case will there be any gouging of the consumer. We hope...
The Federal excise tax on each commodity, to be paid by miller, spinner, packer or processor, and passed on to consumer, would be the difference between the "minimum price" and the actual market price. Thus, if wheat was selling at 50? per bu., the miller's tax would be...
Within the next few days the House of Representatives will vote on a bill embodying the latest proposal for farm relief, the so-called domestic allotment plan, said to be favored by the President-elect. The bill has been criticized as a gigantic sales tax designed to help no group...
The domestic allotment plan is the first plan for farm relief yet advanced which goes to the heart of the problem by seeking to control production. If the scheme is adopted the government will in effect grantee to every farmer who agrees to reduce by twenty per cent his average...