Agricultural Emergency Act to Increase Farm Purchasing Power: Hearings Before ..., 73-1 on H.R. 3835 ..., March 17 ... 28, 1933 |
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... percentage which was returned to the farmer in the pre - war period , August 1909 - July 1914 . TITLE I - COTTON ... per cent , without increase in commercial fertilization per acre . ( b ) To any such producer so agreeing to reduce ...
... percentage which was returned to the farmer in the pre - war period , August 1909 - July 1914 . TITLE I - COTTON ... per cent , without increase in commercial fertilization per acre . ( b ) To any such producer so agreeing to reduce ...
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... percent of that basic period . The price of wheat in the basic period was , we will say , 90 cents ; 104 per- cent of 90 cents would be , roughly , 94 cents . That is the way in which we ascertain it . The CHAIRMAN . Have you worked out ...
... percent of that basic period . The price of wheat in the basic period was , we will say , 90 cents ; 104 per- cent of 90 cents would be , roughly , 94 cents . That is the way in which we ascertain it . The CHAIRMAN . Have you worked out ...
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... percent cut in pay , as the rest of us are . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Secretary , do you not want to change the language of that ? It is very ambiguous- " that no salary in excess of $ 7,500 per annum shall be paid to more than 10 additional ...
... percent cut in pay , as the rest of us are . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Secretary , do you not want to change the language of that ? It is very ambiguous- " that no salary in excess of $ 7,500 per annum shall be paid to more than 10 additional ...
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... percent , which would be about 41 or 42 million acres out , if you reduced it 15 per- cent I am taking it that if you start out to reduce 20 percent , not all would avail themselves of the opportunity under this act . Secretary WALLACE ...
... percent , which would be about 41 or 42 million acres out , if you reduced it 15 per- cent I am taking it that if you start out to reduce 20 percent , not all would avail themselves of the opportunity under this act . Secretary WALLACE ...
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... percent . We could not do that , because we want to con- sider our part in the world cotton market . In corn , on the other hand , we could make a much greater cut than 1 percent , because while although we export about 1 percent of the ...
... percent . We could not do that , because we want to con- sider our part in the world cotton market . In corn , on the other hand , we could make a much greater cut than 1 percent , because while although we export about 1 percent of the ...
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acreage acres allotment plan Association bales bill BLALOCK BROOKHART cattle cents a bushel CHAIRMAN Clair plan committee Congress consumer contract Cooperative corn cost of production cotton crop depreciated currency dollar DONNELLY export Farm Board farmer FARR fixed flour freight rates give going Government hogs increase industry Interstate Commerce Commission land legislation license LINGHAM livestock meat mills minimum price MOLLIN mortgage Nation North Dakota parity PEEK percent present price of wheat processing tax processors purchasing power question Reconstruction Finance Corporation reduce regulation rental rice Secretary of Agriculture Secretary WALLACE sell Senator BANKHEAD Senator BULOW Senator CAPPER Senator FRAZIER Senator KENDRICK Senator MCGILL Senator MCNARY Senator MURPHY Senator NORRIS Senator SHIPSTEAD Senator THOMAS Senator WHEELER SIMPSON situation STREETER surplus tariff thing THOMAS of Oklahoma tion trade TUGWELL United wheat Woods
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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 337 - 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...