Sugar Stabilization Act of 1978: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12486U.S. Government Print., 1978 - 540 pages |
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17 cents acre Administration areas average beet sugar bill cane sugar cents a pound cents per pound Chairman commodities Congress consumers corn sweeteners cost of production country quotas crop DAVAN domestic industry domestic price domestic producers domestic program domestic sugar industry economic estimate export farm farmers FITHIAN Florida foreign sugar Garza amendment Growers Association Hawaii HAWAIIAN SUGAR PLANTERS HJORT import fees import quotas imported sugar increase inflationary International Sugar Agreement International Trade Commission JOHNSON KATZ KELLY labor Louisiana Malawi million tons MOORE PANETTA parity payments percent POTVIN President price objective price of sugar problems processors production costs proposed Puerto Rico question represent short tons Sugar Act sugar beet sugar beet growers sugar cane sugar imports sugar policy sugar producers sugar program Sugar Stabilization Act Sugar Users sugarcane supply Swaziland testimony Thank TIPTON U.S. sugar United USDA world market world price world sugar yield
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Page 471 - ... is made shall have been paid in full for all such work, and shall have been paid wages therefor at rates not less than those that may be determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable after investigation and due notice and opportunity for public hearing; and in making such determinations the Secretary shall take into consideration the standards therefor formerly established by him under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, and the differences in conditions among various producing...
Page 20 - States a sum equal to three times the current market value of such excess, which forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit brought in the name of the United States.
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