Milford chronicle., 1936-01-10
WHEAT GROWERS
OF STATE LOSE
s55,ODOM ON AAA
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due the farmers as the last payment
on last seasons cOrn-hog reduction
program is in jeopardy.
Believe Pledges viii Be Net
Mr.. Cobb, however, believes the
Government will devise means Of
fulfilling this obligation, despite the
Supreme Court decision.
Having received no instructions
from the AAA in Washington, Mr..
Cobb said he will proceed as before
for the time being.
From my contacts in Washing
tOn," he said, Il know that Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration
has made plans to meet certain
events. Whether they have any plan
to meet such a sweeping decision,
do not know"
Though the decision probably will /
mean loss to Delaware farmers, he /
said, it actually comes at an off
time for Delaware. just after the
last corn-hos contracts concluded,
which was November 80, and before
any wheat contracts had been sign
ed.
Sees Little Price Change
There probably will be little
change in the retail prices Of agri-
goods, he predicted, because
the processing tax was too small an
element to have much effect. He
quoted one baker as saying that If I
could get wheat for moth
Ing it would probably not affect the
cost of producing a loaf of bread
more than one cent. 1
Also he cited the fact that beef j
prices are extraordinary high, 1
there is no processing tax 2
IN beef. c
w. T. DerricksOn, of Dover, chief 0
# the Bureau of Markets, looked for 4
10 far-reaching effects on Delaware il
agriculture as a whole. He cited g
he fact that all of Delaware's per- +
shable products. or all products ex- N
lusive of wheat and corn, are not v
ubject to processing taxes and have
cen affected in no way by the AAA.
Oliver H. Newton, of BTidgeville,
Tho heads the. State Board of AgTi- a
ulture, declined to comment ex- a.
snsively on the ruling. but said Off h'
andedly he would think it would &C
lean higher prices to be received 81
= farmers. ye
IF the professors do not have to ag
ay the processing taxes. he reas- CO
ned, they would be in a better pO- B'
tiOn to pay the farmers more. an
Farmers All At Sea W
Most of the detailed work of the ~
AA in Delaware has been handled an
rough the county agents. Russell Wa
ilsOn, agent for Kent county, said W.
e farmers there are at sea as to it
e probable effect Of the ruling. He ~
id they are going ahead with their VIZ
w wheat contracts with the un-
that the government
s guaranteed to nay one year on
e old contracts. m ~
Some farmers. he said, were dis az ~
ssing the possibility of continuing , a
? AAA on their own, but were m evi
lmped by the question of who was sul
ing to make the payments. oOi
Russell Snyder. agent for Sussex,
d at his home in Seaford, that he 3 5li'
s not prepared to hazard a guess "a. @
to the probable outcome of the % SOl
ing. c.. NJ. WOrrilOw, of Newark, W W
INT for New Castle county, said S 5el
same. ~,
Buying Power tut in
Jean G. a. McCue. OF the Agricul- Ro
al College at the University of Re,
Iaware. felt the ruling would cist
rk no great hardship on Della
re farmers. but admitted it would
rk some. He said he anticipates
lie change in prices. L
Supply and demand" he explain retr
have been the real determining res
tors in prices" Some loss in buy Dpr
power among farmers will re- 70
|, he said nat
udge John +: Nlelus mas Two hell
S attacking the eOnstitutiOnality new
The processing tax pending in
us. District Court in Whining n
These were fled last summer the
the Wilmington Provision Com hoe,
v and the Beste Provision Com out
enefits from AAA payments istr,
[ TO about 14O0 Delaware farm Tbe
up to last December. A total OF nee,
$50 in processing taxes had tbe
collected in this State up un- sbo,
he end of last September. If all reti,
landing contracts are met by
government, Delaware farmers III
have received 100000 in AAA brid
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