The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-03

which provides for a return to the
producer of other products where the
assessment of the fee levies an
amount in excess of that necessary
for the sterilization fund"
"The main policy of this bill is an
entire reversal of what has been here
tofore thought to be sound. Instead
of undertaking to secure method of
orderly marketing which will dispose
of products at profit, it proposes to
dispose of them at a loss. 1t runs
counter to the principle of conserva-
ton, which would require US to pro-
duce only what can be done at a
| profit, not to waste our soil and re-
sources producing what is 10 be sold
at loss to US for the benefit of the
foreign consumer"
"This measure is so long and in
! volved that it is impossible to discuss
! it without going into details. Many
other reasons exist why it ought not
to be approved. The most decisive
one is that it is not constitutional
This feature is discussed in an opin-
ion of the Attorney General, here
with attached and made a part here
of, so that l shall not consider the
details of that phase of my objec-
ton"
This is not measure to help CO.
operative marketing. It's effect, on
the contrary, is to eliminate the very
conditions of advantage that now in
duce farmers to join together to regu-
late and improve their own business"
"That there is real and vital agri-
cultural problem is keenly appreciated
by all Informed men. The evidence is
all too convincing that agriculture has
not been receiving its fair share of
! the national income since the war.
Farmers and business men directly
i dependent upon agriculture have suf-
fered and in many cases still suffer
from conditions beyond their control.
They are entitled to and will have
every consideration at the hands of
the Government"
Surely, real farm relief measure
must be just and impartial and open
the way to aid for all farmers. Surely,
it must not contemplate, as this meas
ure inescapably does, that farmers in
some regions should be penalized for
the benefit of those in other regions.
! Surely, it must be aimed to promote
the welfare of the community at
large. Agriculture must be helped
and strengthened To saddle it with
unjust, unavoidable schemes of gov
ernmental control is to invite disaster
worse than any that has yet befallen
our farmers"
"Many sincere and thoughtful peo-
pie have expended a great deal of
time and energy in working out this
measure and are entirely honest and
honorable in their advocacy of it. 1t
is a great regret to me that l am
unable to come to the conclusion that
the bill would help agriculture, be of
benefit to the country, and be in &C
cord with the Constitution"
"Other plans have been proposed
in Congress for advancement in this
recovery, which plans offer promise
of sound assistance to the farmers
without these nconstitutionalities,
invasions of Executive authority, this
contracting with packers and flour
millers and other manufacturers, this
overproduction with its initiation and
inevitable crash, without this indirect
price fixing, buying and selling, this
creation of huge bureaucracies. They
are, on the contrary, devoted entirely
to the principle of building up farm
er-controlled marketing concerns to
handle their problems, and applicable
to all agriculture and not to minor
fraction. l have frequently urged
such legislation. l wish again to re-
new my recommendation that some
such plan be adopted