Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Sixty-seventh Congress, First[-fourth] Session...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 - Agriculture |
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... tion through the War Finance Corporation act , which was extended . Of course , that is a temporary thing and dies the 22d of May . I think there ought to be some other agency established to take its place , and I am in favor of that ...
... tion through the War Finance Corporation act , which was extended . Of course , that is a temporary thing and dies the 22d of May . I think there ought to be some other agency established to take its place , and I am in favor of that ...
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... tion - the Farm Union . It is not the old Farmers ' Union , and I have not the exact name . It may be the American Farm Union . It was organized two years ago in Texas , and has gained 175,000 members in Texas , and its main work is the ...
... tion - the Farm Union . It is not the old Farmers ' Union , and I have not the exact name . It may be the American Farm Union . It was organized two years ago in Texas , and has gained 175,000 members in Texas , and its main work is the ...
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... tion that it costs 264 cents on the average to produce cotton in Texas this year . This does not include any profit . Farmers have been getting from 18 cents to 26 cents , and 26 cents does not afford any profit . Peanuts have been ...
... tion that it costs 264 cents on the average to produce cotton in Texas this year . This does not include any profit . Farmers have been getting from 18 cents to 26 cents , and 26 cents does not afford any profit . Peanuts have been ...
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... tion of the producers . The directors of such corporation should first carefully estimate the quantity which they can sell then advise the producers to limit the acreage to produce that amount . If this is done , they can sell products ...
... tion of the producers . The directors of such corporation should first carefully estimate the quantity which they can sell then advise the producers to limit the acreage to produce that amount . If this is done , they can sell products ...
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... tion and I say they are never going to get anywhere unless they estimate how much they can sell and how much they ought to undertake to sell , and how much we ought to raise in the United States . Mr. TINCHER . You want to do away with ...
... tion and I say they are never going to get anywhere unless they estimate how much they can sell and how much they ought to undertake to sell , and how much we ought to raise in the United States . Mr. TINCHER . You want to do away with ...
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Page 153 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 155 - ... or who shall willfully remove out of the jurisdiction of the United States, or willfully mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any documentary evidence of such corporation, or who shall willfully refuse to submit to the commission or to any of its authorized agents, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of such corporation in his possession or within his control...
Page 155 - That any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and testify, or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, if in his power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the commission...
Page 155 - ... by delivering a copy thereof to the person to be served, or to a member of the partnership to be served, or to the president, secretary, or other executive officer or a director of the corporation to be served; or (b) by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office or place of business...
Page 155 - Act, or who shall willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any corporation subject to this Act, or who shall willfully neglect or fail to make, or cause to be made, full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records or memoranda of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such corporation...
Page 154 - No commissioner shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any commissioner may be removed by the President for .inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. The commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed.
Page 25 - ... investigations of the nature and means of communication of the disease of citrus trees known as citrus canker, and for applying such methods of eradication or control of the disease as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture...
Page 158 - An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies," approved July 2, 1890; also sections 73 to 77, inclusive, of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes...
Page 155 - ... principal office or place of business. The verified return by the person so serving said complaint, order, or other process setting forth the manner of said service shall be proof of the same, and the return post office receipt for said complaint, order, or other process registered and mailed as aforesaid shall be proof of the service of the same.
Page 157 - ... the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the short title of this Act . shall be the "Federal Reserve Act.