To Establish an Efficient Agricultural Credit System: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, First Session on S. 1197Considers legislation to establish a Federal liquidation and low interest rate refinancing program for farm mortgages. |
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... figures , of producing a bushel of wheat was $ 1.24 . And we were selling our wheat far below that price . Some farmers at Hankinson , N. Dak . , who marketed No. 3 wheat early received as low as 28 cents a bushel . That is why in one ...
... figures , of producing a bushel of wheat was $ 1.24 . And we were selling our wheat far below that price . Some farmers at Hankinson , N. Dak . , who marketed No. 3 wheat early received as low as 28 cents a bushel . That is why in one ...
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... figures , the average of the farmer's tax equaled 11.9 per cent of his gross income , taking the Government figures for the value of his crops , using the 13 principal agricultural crops . For 1929 it equaled 12.9 per cent ; and this ...
... figures , the average of the farmer's tax equaled 11.9 per cent of his gross income , taking the Government figures for the value of his crops , using the 13 principal agricultural crops . For 1929 it equaled 12.9 per cent ; and this ...
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... figures with regard to mortgages ? Mr. HYDE . From the Federal Census , 1930 . Senator MCGILL . I think it would be a very good thing for us to have it in this record . Senator FRAZIER . Who is your next witness ? Mr. SIMPSON . Mr ...
... figures with regard to mortgages ? Mr. HYDE . From the Federal Census , 1930 . Senator MCGILL . I think it would be a very good thing for us to have it in this record . Senator FRAZIER . Who is your next witness ? Mr. SIMPSON . Mr ...
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... figure out the situation . Senator SMITH . In other words , you are looking up now to see the bottom ? Mr. YOUNG . Yes . I want to say that for the last two years I have not paid a cockeyed cent of interest and I do not intend to pay ...
... figure out the situation . Senator SMITH . In other words , you are looking up now to see the bottom ? Mr. YOUNG . Yes . I want to say that for the last two years I have not paid a cockeyed cent of interest and I do not intend to pay ...
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... figures on that , Senator . Mr. YOUNG . I would like to ask - you are an intelligent audience here what damned excuse is there for making gold the basis of money ? Senator THOMAS of Oklahoma . That gets into another subject . Mr. YOUNG ...
... figures on that , Senator . Mr. YOUNG . I would like to ask - you are an intelligent audience here what damned excuse is there for making gold the basis of money ? Senator THOMAS of Oklahoma . That gets into another subject . Mr. YOUNG ...
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Page 62 - I am going to do my part to get rid of that. (At this point followed informal discussion, which the reporter was directed not to record, at the conclusion of which the following occurred : ) Mr.
Page 36 - Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I appreciate very much this opportunity of discussing this matter with the members of the committee on behalf of the 12 counties that I represent.
Page 95 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Minnesota, the Senate concurring, That the Congress of the United States be, and it is hereby...
Page 95 - That the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States...
Page 93 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate of the State of North Dakota (the House of Representatives concurring therein), That the...
Page 3 - President to canvass said votes immediately, and if a majority of them be found to be for this act, to forthwith issue his proclamation giving notice of the fact ; and this act shall only be in full force and effect on and after the day of such proclamation.
Page 95 - That a copy of this memorial, duly authenticated, be sent by the secretary of state to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States and to each of the Senators and Representatives of Montana in Congress.
Page 2 - Federal reserve bank, domestic or foreign, to the trustees of the postal savings depository system or to the Treasurer of the United States. And it shall be the duty of the Federal reserve banks to invest their available surplus and net profits, after the dividends are paid to their stockholders, in such farm loan bonds.