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 203
Let the man who creates a surplus and who stands to make a profit , if he can find
a market for it , remain the punitive ... his own farm if he can ' t find a market and
thereby take away from the market the distress that that surplus wheat causes .
Let the man who creates a surplus and who stands to make a profit , if he can find
a market for it , remain the punitive ... his own farm if he can ' t find a market and
thereby take away from the market the distress that that surplus wheat causes .
Page 235
This provision takes away the motive for surplus production on the part of a very
great percentage of producers and will constantly tend to bring our actual
production in line with our domestic consumption . In the event any shortage of ...
This provision takes away the motive for surplus production on the part of a very
great percentage of producers and will constantly tend to bring our actual
production in line with our domestic consumption . In the event any shortage of ...
Page 279
It has been my idea that we have got to address ourselves to the reduction of this
surplus and for that reason , I introduced the bill that I did for the Government to
take what cotton it had and sell it to the farmer in lieu of his this year ' s production
...
It has been my idea that we have got to address ourselves to the reduction of this
surplus and for that reason , I introduced the bill that I did for the Government to
take what cotton it had and sell it to the farmer in lieu of his this year ' s production
...
Page 301
Why not take this surplus , as Mr . Simspon suggests , and sell it on the world
market as we do now ? Why not subject it to the same rules , regulations , and
laws that it is subject to right now without any legislation ? What is the objection to
that ...
Why not take this surplus , as Mr . Simspon suggests , and sell it on the world
market as we do now ? Why not subject it to the same rules , regulations , and
laws that it is subject to right now without any legislation ? What is the objection to
that ...
Page 321
And you have got other farm products besides sheep and cattle of which there is
no surplus , and on which you have got a high tariff preventing any importation ,
and yet those products are down to perhaps not quite as low as wheat , but they ...
And you have got other farm products besides sheep and cattle of which there is
no surplus , and on which you have got a high tariff preventing any importation ,
and yet those products are down to perhaps not quite as low as wheat , but they ...
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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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