Sugar: Hearings Before ..., 66-3, January, 19211921 - 104 pages |
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... never been in the business of importing sugar of any kind , particularly refined sugar . " Well , " they said , " this is a patriotic duty , and you ought to do it . " After considerable hesitation he agreed to do it , and he was ...
... never been in the business of importing sugar of any kind , particularly refined sugar . " Well , " they said , " this is a patriotic duty , and you ought to do it . " After considerable hesitation he agreed to do it , and he was ...
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... never entered their heads that there was going to be any loss in connection with this transaction . Sugar was 4 or 5 or 6 cents above what they could sell it for when they got it here and come out even . According to the State ...
... never entered their heads that there was going to be any loss in connection with this transaction . Sugar was 4 or 5 or 6 cents above what they could sell it for when they got it here and come out even . According to the State ...
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... never fixed a price on hogs ; it never made a guaranty on hogs , and it is in writing , and it has been filed before this committee ; and I took the care to go over it step by step . What the Food Administration told the hog producers ...
... never fixed a price on hogs ; it never made a guaranty on hogs , and it is in writing , and it has been filed before this committee ; and I took the care to go over it step by step . What the Food Administration told the hog producers ...
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... never order the President to do anything ; we simply suggest to him , and give him authority to do it . Mr. GLASGOW . That was what we wanted you to do ; the sugar board wanted you to direct the sugar board . Mr. MCKINLEY . I move that ...
... never order the President to do anything ; we simply suggest to him , and give him authority to do it . Mr. GLASGOW . That was what we wanted you to do ; the sugar board wanted you to direct the sugar board . Mr. MCKINLEY . I move that ...
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... of a large quantity of sugar from a source which never before had supplied the American market was a deterrent to high prices and an incentive to a reduction of prices . Mr. Zabriskie , who is possibly the best informed sugar 38 SUGAR .
... of a large quantity of sugar from a source which never before had supplied the American market was a deterrent to high prices and an incentive to a reduction of prices . Mr. Zabriskie , who is possibly the best informed sugar 38 SUGAR .
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agency American Trading American Trading Co Argentine Government Argentine sugar ARMSTRONG asked ATTORNEY B. H. Howell Board to take buy sugar buy the Cuban buy the sugar cent a pound cent profit CHAIRMAN committee Congress contract corporation Cuban crop Cuban sugar dealers December 31 Department of Justice direct the Sugar distribution Edgar Rickard embargo Executive order export firms Food Administration FRANKLIN gentlemen GILBERT N GLASGOW handle Herbert Hoover HULINGS HUTCHINSON issued JACOWAY Julius H letter Lever Act Lever law license loss matter MCKINLEY MCLAUGHLIN of Michigan McNary Act ment of Justice permit POST powers and authority price of sugar PURNELL question regulations resolution RIDDICK sell this sugar situation sold Sugar Board Sugar Equalization Board sugar in Argentina TINCHER tons of sugar transaction understand United States Food United States Government United States Sugar VOIGT wheat and wheat wheat products WILSON
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Page 44 - SEC. 2. That in carrying out the purposes of this Act the President is authorized to enter into any voluntary arrangements or agreements, to create and use any agency or agencies, to accept the services of any person without compensation, to cooperate with any agency or person, to utilize any department or agency of the Government, and to coordinate their activities so as to avoid any preventable loss or duplication of effort or funds.
Page 74 - An Act To provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel...
Page 99 - That the President is authorized, from time to time, to requisition foods, feeds, fuels, and other supplies necessary to the support of the Army or the maintenance of the Navy, or any other public use connected with the common defense...
Page 41 - Secretary of State, have hereunto caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed and my name subscribed by the...
Page 42 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page 43 - In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this...
Page 41 - United States of America, Department of State, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in the Department of State. In testimony whereof I, John Davis, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Page 38 - December 31, 1920, plans and methods of securing, if found necessary for the public good, an adequate supply and an equitable distribution of sugar at a fair and reasonable price to the people of the United States.
Page 75 - In this behalf he shall do and perform such acts and things as may be authorized and required of him from time to time by direction of the President and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed.
Page 56 - Cuba on such terms as might be agreed upon by the contracting parties, at a price moderate, but compensating to the producer and well within the economic reach of the consumer, always provided that this offer met with the full consent and cooperation of the United States Government. In the interval that has transpired we have awaited your answer, confidently believing that the United States Government would undertake the continued control of sugar, and every interest concerned, especially the American...