The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-12
Broader Use For
us. Market Act
Is Wallace S Aim
New Law Defines Scope
For Development Of
Agreement Programs
By FRED o. BAILEY
BY FRED o. BAILEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July ~ (UP)
Wider application of the Mar
keting agreement act recently ap-
proved by President Roosevelt is
planned by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace.
Operation of the law, first en-
eacted in 1888 as a part of the
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration has been hindered by
district court rulings resulting
from the Supreme Courts HooSac
Mills decision invalidatig the
AAA.
Certain district courts had in
terpreted the Hoosac-Mills deci-
Sion,. which involved production
control and processing taxes, as
also rendering invalid the mar
keting agreement and order pro-
vision of the AAA.
SITUATION NOW CLARIFIED
The 1887 act, which Supereded
the 1888 act, was passed by the
house in April, by the senate in
May and signed by President
Roosevelt in June. II clarifies the
legal status of the provisions of
law under which marketing agree
ment programs may be developed.
Presidential approval of the
new act enables continued opera
ton of the marketing programs
which directly affect more than a
million producers of fruit, vege-
tables, nuts and dairy products in
all sections of the country" F. r.
Wilcox, director of the division of
marketing and marketing agree
ments of the AAA, said.
Marketing agreement programs
for regulation of interstate COM
merce in agricultural commodities
are based on voluntary contracts
between handlers of a particular
commodity and the secretary of
agriculture.
In those instances where il is
desirable to regulate all of the
commodity in the marketing area,
the secretary is authorized to is
sue orders. The order is in the
nature of a regulation making the
provisions of the agreement ap-
plcable to all handlers of wheth-
or the agreement is signed by ali
handlers.
SCOPE is OUTLINED
Marketing agreements have been
applicable principally to growers
of fruits and vegetables and dairy
farmers. Provisions of the act
make it possible in the case of
growers of fruits, vegetables ard
nuts for programs 20 include these
regulations:
/. Controlling the rate Of ship
ments from the shipping area t.
out-of-State markets.
2. Prohibiting shipments into
interstate commerce of undcSir'
able grades and sizes of the COM
modify handled.
3. In cases of unusual surplus
eS limiting the total quantity Of
the commodity into interstate
commerce and, in some cases, pro-
viding for diversion of the surp-
lus into other market outlets.
DAIRY PROVISION ADDED
Principal provisions of the act
affecting milk and dairy products
relate to:
I. The classification of milk ae-
cording to its use. .
2. Establishment, or method OF
establishment. of schedule OF
minimum prices to be paid by
handlers to producers.
3. Payment of uniform prices to
producers under pool plans.
4. Supplying market intorna-
ton 10 producers AMI authorizing
the yerificatiOn of weights, sam
pling and testing of mix pur-
chased from producers.
Milk is the only agricultural
commodity for which producer
prices are permitted To be liked
and the secretary OF agriculture Is
reaiired by the act to use the
purchasing power Of mix rs a
guide in issuance of orders Ter
marketing agreements that Tx
milk prices.
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