Smyrna times., 1935-07-18
AAA TAX HELD
BENEFIT TO ALL
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he said, many farmers planted lit
tie if any of the crop during those
years, so no average could be
struck At the A-AA conference he
attended at Washington, D. c., re-
Gently, he said plans were discussed
for some new basis for the average
so that farmers resuming wheat or
corn growing or livestock raising
since 1882 could also take advant-
age of the contracts about to be
offered by the Government. Mr..
Cam made the point the AAA pro-
gram did not start until the Fall
of 1888, and that it still has oppor-
tunity for expansion. He pointed
out that a recent survey revealed
that 78 per cent of the commercial
wheat growers of the United Stat
es, and between so and so per cent
of those in New Castle county have
signed up with the AAA. Speak
ing of Mr.. Drexler's assertion that
some 25O,0O0 persons in Delaware
are paying a price for food much
higher than many of them can af-
ford to pay ''in order to distribute
benefits to less than 14OO farmers"
Mr.. Cam said that on the contrary
every person in the State and ma
tion is benefting by the AAA pro-
gram 1t is true, he said, the pro-
cessing taxes are being passed OF
the consumer. and that the whole
sale and retailer are not paying the
bill. Taking wheat as an example,
he said the extra cost for the bene-
fits given the farmers have increas-
ed the cost of bread per pound loaf
to the consumer only one-half of
one per cent. This is slight cost,
Mr.. Cam said in consideration for
the general boon to business, par
ticipated in by the consumer gen.
eraly through wages and interests,
resulting from the increased buy
ing power of the farmer Mr.. Cam
said that not only do the farmers
working under the AAA control
contracts, ''be their number large
or small, benefit, but the non-sign-
ers benefit as well. Proof Of this,
''he said, ''is abundant not only in
Delaware, but in all sections of the
nation, where as a result of the re-
cent survey, the non-signers were
in many cases more enthusiastic
about the AAA program than
those already under contract" In
further support of his statement
all grain farmers have been bene-
flied by AAA plan. Mr.. Cam
pointed out that the price of wheat
has more than doubled under the
AAA, rising from between 40 and
80 cent per bushel to 80 and 90
cents. Mr.. Cam also contended
that large sellers of expensive and
modern farm equipments, wheat
binders, threshing machines, etc.,
report the largest sales in years.
He defended the AAA against the
charges OF giving farmers some
thing for nothing" In this con-
nection he said industry has been
protected by tariffs for over 100
years and that the AAA program
is simply an endeavor to apply
tariff principles to the farmer. If
a tariff for farmers is unfair and
works a hardship on the masses,
he said, why does not a tariff for
industry and manufacturers do
likewise ?" Under the AAA pro-
gram, he said, the farmer is guar
anteed parity price intended to
give him price, in the case of
wheat, tc allow him the same pur-
chasing power he had in the years
1909-14 when wheat brought as
high as $1.15 bushel. Mr.. Cam
said he expected that his associa-
tion would issue a formal state
ment answering in detail the state
ment of the American Liberty
League, within the next few days.