Agricultural Emergency Act to Increase Farm Purchasing Power: Hearings Before ..., 73-1 on H.R. 3835 ..., March 17 ... 28, 1933 |
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Page 144
I find here that in May of 1920 this commodity index showed the purchasing
power of the dollar , as measured by all commodities , to be 167 . 2 . That was at
the time when the dollar was the cheapest and commodity prices , wholesale
prices ...
I find here that in May of 1920 this commodity index showed the purchasing
power of the dollar , as measured by all commodities , to be 167 . 2 . That was at
the time when the dollar was the cheapest and commodity prices , wholesale
prices ...
Page 164
No nation that has a high - priced dollar can sell their products to a country with a
lowpriced dollar . Canada smiles . You talk to our merchants along the Canadian
border and they will tell you their folks go over there every week and buy their ...
No nation that has a high - priced dollar can sell their products to a country with a
lowpriced dollar . Canada smiles . You talk to our merchants along the Canadian
border and they will tell you their folks go over there every week and buy their ...
Page 209
Considering this whole plan from the standpoint of the farmer , do you agree at
the present time the dollar has too high a buying power , it buys too much wheat ,
cotton , livestock ? Mr . CLAIR . I admit it has the highest purchasing power we ...
Considering this whole plan from the standpoint of the farmer , do you agree at
the present time the dollar has too high a buying power , it buys too much wheat ,
cotton , livestock ? Mr . CLAIR . I admit it has the highest purchasing power we ...
Page 210
That cheaper dollar will pay a dollar of interest ? Mr . CLAIR . Yes , sir . Senator
Thomas of Oklahoma . It will pay a dollar of everything that he has to buy ; he is
not buying radios and theater tickets and things of that kind . Mr . CLAIR . We
have ...
That cheaper dollar will pay a dollar of interest ? Mr . CLAIR . Yes , sir . Senator
Thomas of Oklahoma . It will pay a dollar of everything that he has to buy ; he is
not buying radios and theater tickets and things of that kind . Mr . CLAIR . We
have ...
Page 214
Might I submit that Senator Thomas gives us Irving Fischer ' s commodity dollar . It
takes the dollar as we value it here in the East now , makes use of it , and says
that commodity prices be commensurate with the gold dollar . If that is done , we ...
Might I submit that Senator Thomas gives us Irving Fischer ' s commodity dollar . It
takes the dollar as we value it here in the East now , makes use of it , and says
that commodity prices be commensurate with the gold dollar . If that is done , we ...
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Page 1 - To establish and maintain such balance between the production and consumption of agricultural commodities, and such marketing conditions therefor, as will reestablish prices to farmers at a level that will give agricultural commodities a purchasing power with respect to articles that farmers buy, equivalent to the purchasing power of agricultural commodities in the base period.
Page 241 - While the courts must exercise a judgment of their own, it by no means is true that every law is void which may seem to the judges who pass upon it excessive, unsuited to its ostensible end, or based upon conceptions of morality with which they disagree.
Page 2 - Congress to establish in subsection (1) of this section by gradual correction of the current level at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture deems to be in the public interest and feasible in view of the current consumptive demand in domestic and foreign markets...
Page 5 - If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 42 - ... regulations with the force and effect of law as may be necessary to carry out the powers vested in him by this title...
Page 69 - That no such agreement shall remain in force after the termination of this act. For the purpose of carrying out any such agreement the parties thereto shall be eligible for loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under section 5 of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act. Such loans shall not be in excess of such amounts as may be authorized by the agreements.
Page 335 - Hon. ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Washington, DC DEAR SENATOR...
Page 64 - SEC. 16. (a) Upon the sale or other disposition of any article processed wholly or in chief value from any commodity with respect to which a processing tax is to be "levied, that on the date the tax first takes effect or wholly terminates with respect to the commodity, is held for sale or other disposition...
Page 7 - All provisions of law (including penalties) applicable in respect of the taxes imposed by section 600 of the Revenue Act of 1926 shall, in so far as not inconsistent with this section, be applicable in respect to the taxes imposed by this section.
Page 3 - Act shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Every officer, director, agent, and employee of a bank holding company...
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| Title | Agricultural Emergency Act to Increase Farm Purchasing Power: Hearings Before ..., 73-1 on H.R. 3835 ..., March 17 ... 28, 1933 |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Agriculture and Forestry Committee |
| Published | 1933 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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