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 46
The only reason any list was put in was to protect the Secretary . Senator
McNARY . If you are going to include all commodities , vegetables should come
next to cotton , probably the same as cotton , larger than any other product of the
soil .
The only reason any list was put in was to protect the Secretary . Senator
McNARY . If you are going to include all commodities , vegetables should come
next to cotton , probably the same as cotton , larger than any other product of the
soil .
Page 168
What reason is given for charging a higher rate to send wheat - or a less rate
when wheat is exported than when it is sent to the same place if it is not to be
exported ? Mr . SIMPSON . In this letter they give me no reason . Senator McNary
.
What reason is given for charging a higher rate to send wheat - or a less rate
when wheat is exported than when it is sent to the same place if it is not to be
exported ? Mr . SIMPSON . In this letter they give me no reason . Senator McNary
.
Page 194
Under the proposed plan a flour buyer would have no reason for buying ahead
because it would , under present conditions , really be a maximum price , so that
the flour buyer would have no reason to buy . Then again , the miller on that basis
...
Under the proposed plan a flour buyer would have no reason for buying ahead
because it would , under present conditions , really be a maximum price , so that
the flour buyer would have no reason to buy . Then again , the miller on that basis
...
Page 321
And the reason why all commodities are down in this country , of every kind and
character , whether they are manufactured or otherwise , is because of the fact
that today there is not purchasing power in the hands of the people of this country
...
And the reason why all commodities are down in this country , of every kind and
character , whether they are manufactured or otherwise , is because of the fact
that today there is not purchasing power in the hands of the people of this country
...
Page 333
I am positive that by reason of the use of Government money in the ninth land -
bank district it has advanced the price of stocker and feeder cattle to as high a
level as is warranted now under the conditions . The price has been advanced on
...
I am positive that by reason of the use of Government money in the ninth land -
bank district it has advanced the price of stocker and feeder cattle to as high a
level as is warranted now under the conditions . The price has been advanced on
...
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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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