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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-06

SMALL FARMS

. acres and Independence. $50 eovr.
SIS month. Plenty Of room for
chickens, sarosn. fruits, Gov. etc:
cleared LAND or woods or Rn acre
and take your pick. Picnic here OF
Srov yesetatlex or PARK your
trailer here til you are ready 70
bcIId-yog can use your land as
soon as YOU pay the $50 down
Country property with city eonSen-
fence - convenient 20 eserythinx.
including bus TO dovntosn wash
$50 Down. SIS a Month
IS minutes' drive oai Lee blvd. or
Lee hwy; 70 centreviile. turn Jeff az
nss.... sht On . s'1 ~ - ~, ,os .Is
On less. SNAIL AL FaR ks 0 o sen
every day, - noon 20 = pm. Any
Trafivays bus TO Manassas passes
as. BRING SO deposit ia
HOWARD COUNTY
s. 600. So acres. S-rm country home,
40 acres nov under cultivation.
balance In woods. electricity, spring
water, coz barn and other out
bldet IDEAL poultry farm. JOHN
BuRDoFT. ColesvilIe. Nd. Can
FOR RETIRED
Frederick Co. $500 acres. lovely
8 rm, 2-story white Johns Mans
vile shingle country home on hill
with lovely shade trees, peaut.
nicely isolated and quiet with plenty
Of fresh air: $4,000 cash needed
JOHN BURDOPT, Colesyille, Nd.
Call Ashton. Nd. 3s46. =
FARMS WANTED
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sEAsHoRE PROPERTY

SEASFOkE FKOFEKT1
R !;d,s BEACH eaanmoa New att ,,n.
or Sept; s45 weekly. o.; 1929. %
apis. right on the beach; all-elee.
kitchen; wkly or monthly rental.
The Dunes Apis. Boardwalk. at
Brooklyn ave. Reservations. MRS.
NEvEs, owner. D. c.. EN-. 1897
BETHANY BEACH, DEL. APTs.-a
blks. from ocean: rms. kit. bath.
util.; S40-$45 wk.: vacancies in June
and August; ewes. DI. 4510. -12
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NORTH BEACH, MD.
40s 9Th st.-Lovely 6-rm. and bath
cottage. furnished; best condition:
priced low easy terms: vacant: i'm
mediate posse ssion Will consider
rental OWNER, UN. 69S3; ewes,
WA 4105 "a
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r. A. HUMPHREYS
LOTS FOR SALE

ARLINGTON, VA.-wooded lot 200xx
uss6le; water end and sever. ga Carroll
. LOVELY. LARGE, level lots, won
s sftsS1 . xisT s e'Sss H. Il s aHEn'0wn
LOT ON RENO RID. near Alden st.;
M THie auyn Gsn Elm. 'ss7ss. MARshLE
;; wApLb e. ca ss4d Real'or' 1924 l4th
= i LARGE re- tors ISL loo #. or more in
fror tage, on hard-surfaced road
less than ! mile from Lee blvd. lust
beyond Falls Church ,uS 5000 VIII ,ntn
y 4 lfti DEsMfRaAB sIDiss -AcRE LOT. mr..
Shirley highway; $50 down sno Slo
ron, ow. 5333. Q to Q, OK. 0s5a.
10000, A RAMBLER SITE, and gar
den spot, all utils.. at Berwyn, $500
$500 cash. ALVIN EPL1Nd. uN'
,S ISL NORTH of the Indian sprlne
Is $50 81 sRo ssiiF res gE!ssifs
s tNi:i IA BifsXi3IirrFuL building lots
in Beverly Hills Of Alex. va. we
INC. Ma. 1915. -
PR. GEO. CO., MD.-Lse. selection
Of lots and acreage in Cheverly,
Lanham, Berwyn Heights. Wo. 1855
RAMBLER SITES Il block east Of
Conn. ave. at Fessenden st. n.wo.
Lots rs TO 140 #. frontage. Repre-
sentative on grounds, to 6 pm.
SHAPIRO, INC, ME. 1717, ia. 75ll.
BEAUTIFUL HoME-sITEs in desir-
able North Arlington community.
Close to bus. school, shopping. Out
Lee highway, left on Nottingham, !
block to new road. Look around
Call OWNER: OIL. 1862. IS
NEW SUBDIVISION, Fairfax Forrest.
Restricted, "a acre and up. Some
with large fresh stream. Besutifully
wooded. Just of Lee blvd. go minis.
TO city. $500 and up. Convenient
terms. Du. $500 days. TIE. 1915
Sunday and evenings. -12
LOTS, Sc. AREA, Que St, bet. 18th
and 10th. Each lot 25x140, Direct
from owner. Sacrifice. AT. 1921.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-06

WATERFRONT PROP WANTED
WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING fancy,
just a small. year-'round cottage,
on a gardening size piece Of water
front land; can pay cash. In reply,
give complete description and price.
Box AJAX, Star. liz
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WAREHOUSES FOR SALE
1908 H st. NV, MA. 2345.
WAREHOUSES FOR RENT

WAREHOUSE FOR RENT
WAREHOUSE, ZOO 50. It.; modest
rent; centrally located. AID. 1888.
800 to &c, 600 sS' t.. AVAILABLE ON on
good lease at reasonable rents: Call
Mr.. Sterling, JESS FISHER a. CO.,
INC 1920 X st. NV. Elk. 1911.
NEW BLDGs. with ofices. 14-ft cell
Ing. overhead doors: COCOA .0o0 So.
IT.: large parking space: Bethesda
area. Phone WI $500 OF. WI 1853.
q 800 so. FT.-Reasonable: central
w vHfi.'I sUIL b. LA 4isi wAREHoSSsE
for long lease IN D. C. with penna
r:r, facilities. sTEuART BROTH
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REAL ESTATE WANTED :.

IMMEDIATE settlement for all cash
ous saur h speeia so NO Or eh sqse
appraisals; Ma: uo433. MR. FERRY.
WILL BUY on SELL your property.
frame or brick. white or colored;
MR.. WALTER MILLER. ME-. 1920:
ewes, DE 5346.
] PAY CASH for houses. lots or acre
age. SCOTT SANDERS. 10 $3.50;
ewes: 10 3-9l33 Free Appraisal
IMMEDIATE CASH
cox a CO. RE. 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-06

SG<4N . AASA&S A*AsS NsAS ~
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a-0a Lee hwy Ar. Va. CT, Sssss6
I'll
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BARRY-PATE CHEVROLET
.Iaa Germ, ave m TER.
fHTVnnIEf 1910 A-pass eose~.
fatty eaws2Sees essf~owr~g szfs ga
eeItes. rnr6st1ra shrpmzhasss ~ iHs
BARRY-PATE CHEVROLET
ft53 cnrn Ass IN 7sTs
CHEsM0INr iNsT Fasefmasses tn~r
ssasr les Esassss sesss $500
sasae a. VI .SkS
HARRY-PATE CHEVROLET
iIso cnssy Ara m zsss
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LOGS

Chemically treated, ready for use.
home or cottage. See zIRKLE Tor
logs SH 1ARl 10a
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GMC Truck and Coach Div.
30 N 81 NE. Me. 0sfs5. 5
INTERNATIONAL 1871 refrigerator
truck, KS, Al condition.
Mack 1871 panel truck. AL eon6itisn.
international 1899 panel truck. AL
sHNNss BROS. 10 Decatur st. n,w.
no. 29fS. Ill
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VIRGINIA HEIGHTS

V1lGNI11NI12 xII1N111 u
Tots, $500 and up. 10 min. from
Pentagon or downtown Washinston:
In Fairfax and Arlington Counties.
Large, beautifully wooded lots. Ideal
ally controlled, FHA-approved sub
division. See owner, A. K. WATER
VAL. on premises. or call FA. l471
for appt. Directions: Shirley hwy
TO Route z. right one mile on Route
z to Virginia Hgts Price of lots
includes sewer. water, curbs ana
CONN. AVE. WOODS
Il blk. east of Conn. ave. at Fessen-
den st. n.w.): lots 70 to l4o feet
frontage, any depth. Rep. on
grounds, . TIL pm daily.
SHAPIRO
ell 18th ST., ME. l7l7, ia. 1911.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-06

TRAILER COACHES
See the new Schult. Trsvelo, Ameri-
can and Howard trailer coaches on
our display lot from q am. to 8
pm. daily and Sunday 80 months
to pay.
American Trailer Co., Inc.
1890 Wis. Ave. NV. Wo. 323I.
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AUTO AUCTION

Buy or sell this modern way onts II
bid is satisfactory Never suess What
your car Is worth IS entrance fee
hoo iith st sc IL a.aeSf.
LINCOLN la4a Cosmopolitan: q and
b.. formerly driven BY com narx 81.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
Delays Boycott OF
British Vessels

New York (LPA)-Despite sug-
gestions from its Cana a n
branches, the Seafarers Intl
Union-AFL does not plan to ask
the AFL Maritime Council to boy
colt British shipping at this time,
STU Vice President Paul Hall and
Morris Weisberger said last week.
The Canadian STU members pro-
posed the boycott in retaliation for
British stevedores' refusal to un-
load SIU-manned Canadian vessels
docking in England.
This wildcat" strike in London
has been denounced by British
union and government leaders as
we'll as by the STU as "Commun-
ist inspired" The success of the
STU in it's rivalry with the pro-
Communicated Canadian Seamen's
Union has resulted in CSU men,
bers persuading some British dock
ers to refuse to handle STU cargo.
Hall warned however, that Bri-
tish ships would be boycotted here
if Continued action by the Com
munist party in England to pre-
vent the loading and unloading of
Canadian ships makes such action
necessary"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
Labor Fights For
Sickness Benefits

Boston (LPA)-Against an ar
ray Of insurance lobbyists, the
AFL and CIO continued a battle
this week for enactment of a state
law for cash payments to workers
during illness, similar to unemploy-
ment insurance. The payments
would come from state fund.
The proposed law, said the State
Federation of Labor, represents
the most progressive improvement
in social insurance ever proposed
in Massachusetts" 1t denounced a
100000 propaganda and lobbying
campaign being waged against the
law "by insurance companies, busi-
ness interests and others who want
to cash in on sickness insurance
and extort tremendous profits from
it."
The Massachusetts State Indus
trial Union Council also announced
it would fight to the limit for the
bill, and would oppose any "com-
promise" measure to permit pri-
vate insurance companies to handle
sickness benefits.
"If we don't get a state fund
program, we will accept no cash
sickness benefits at ALL" said j.
William Belanger, president of the
Council. "We don't want profits
made out of this"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14

their respective earnings. Pegler
refused to reveal his unless Jacobs
told what fee he got in the case of
u Baltimore Carpenters local which
the Indiana congressman had rep
resented in a row with the inter
national. This eventually led to a
Judgment of S250,000 against the
international for money allegedly
taken from the locals funds by a
representative Of the Carpenters
who had been put in charge.
After a bit of sparring, Jacobs
said his fee had been S65,000, but
even then all Pegler would reveal
was that he gets $3.50 for "an
article" If that's for each column,
it adds up to about $125,O00 a year
In the face of that, Pegler said
there "ough to be law fixing the
salaries Of union officials, just as
those Of public officials are fixed
under civil service.
The committee even got an ad
mission of Pegler's political affilia-
tion.
"I'm a Republican" the column
ist said. 81 used to be a Democrat"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
Rails Trying To
Chisel On M-hour
Week Agreement

Washington (LPA) - Railroad
Brotherhoods are up in arms over
attempts of the railroads to "stall
and chisel' on the terms and con-
ditions Of applying the 40-hour
week.
Months ago a presidential en-
ergency board awarded the 40-hour
week at 48-hours' pay, effective
September /, for a million work
ers in the incorporating" crafts.
Bargaining committees of the rail-
roads signed a national agreement
embodying the award.
But when it came to writing the
provisions Of the national agree
ment into the rules agreements on
each railroad, the Brotherhoods
ran into all sorts Of obstacles.
Carriers sought to inject all
sorts of reservations and qualifica-
tions which would undermine the
40-hOur week. Many Of them want
ed to write in rules that would
take away long g-established over
time pay safeguards, and in other
ways whittle down a genuine 40
hour week.
President G.. f. Leighty Of the
Railroad Telegraphers, who served
as chairman Of the joint negotiat-
ing committee Of 16 "non-operat-
ing" unions in the dispute with the
railroads, denounced the manage
ment tactics.
They're trying to chisel all they
can in an attempt to wear US down
and get US to make crippling con-
cessions," he said. "They can be
sure Wen fight to the limit to pro-
tect our people"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
Lobby Fighting
Public Housing
Halls Dixiegops

Washington (LPA)-Hardly re-
covered from its defeat at the
hands Of Congress, the homebuild-
ers' lobby last week managed to
salvage some small satisfaction
from the battered remains.
"The magnificent fight carried by
the Republicans and southern Dem
ocrats was fight Of which the in
dustry and the people of this coun-
try can be proud . The carry
ing out of the complete program
is not irrevocable," Executive
Vice-President Frank w. Cort-
right of the Natl Association of
Home Builders wrote to his MEM
bers, shortly after the public hous-
ing bill passed.
Another comfort, Cortright add
ed in his letter, is that the present
head of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration-Raymond Foley is
a friend. at is presently this re-
porter's opinion, and that of many
in this industry, that we are for
tunate in having an Administrator
of Mr.. Foley's practical experience
and administrative ability in this
high office. We anticipate even
closer cooperation with him in the
future on matters of private con-
struction and await with very
great interest his utilization of the
vast new powers with which he has
been invested"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
AFL Denounces
German Plant
Removal Policy

New York (LPA)-The AFL
Intl Labor Relations Committee
of which AFL Vice President
Matthew Woll is chairman, last
week denounced the dismantling OF
German industrial plants as "a
grave threat to the development of
a healthy German democracy"
In letter to President Truman
and John j. McCloy, new US high
commissioner in Germany, the
committee said that plant removal
plans recently agreed upon by the
US, Britain, and France encour-
age painful conflict between the
western powers and the democratic
German labor movement"
The AFL group also announced
that it is calling upon the British
Trades Union Congress and the
Force Ouvriere - principal non
Communist labor federation in
France-to urge their governments
to abandon the plant destruction
program.
Germany cannot become a
danger to the peace of the world
unless the Russians succeed in
carrying out their plans to make it
into a Soviet satellite" the COM
mittee declared. Therefore, any
policy which weakens and hurts the
democratic forces in Germany and
plays into the hands of the Com
munists is a threat to peace"
The committee pointed out that
the destruction of German plants
creates unemployment, and there
by weakens the democratic labor
movement in Germany to the ad-
vantage of the Communists.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
COOP PACT

Detroit (LPA)-Something new
in a collective bargaining agree
ment has been negotiated here,
with every coop member in the
Detroit area due to benefit.
The agreement is between the
Motor City Coop and the Fleet
wing Co., which operates three
gasoline stations on Detroit's east
side. 1t will give all coop members
saving of 5 percent on purchase
of gasoline, oil, accessories and
services.
The Motor City Coop also oper-
ates two retail warehouse and a
credit union and is planning addi-
tional food stores in the Detroit
area, all of the enterprises backed
by unionists here.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
UAW Opens FIN
Radio Station
In Cleveland

Cleveland (LPA)-Union-owned
radio stations will lift the "iron
curtain" that big business in the
US has erected to cut the Ameri-
can people off from the truth
about our economic and political
life, United Auto Workers Presi-
dent Walter Reuther predicted last
week when he opened the JAWS
second FM broadcasting station
WCUO in Cleveland, Ohio.
Reuther said that WCUO and
WDET, the JAWS Detroit sta
ton, are "just starts. We want to
tie WDET and WCUO in with
other liberal and labor stations in
order to work toward the develop
ment of a national network" he
declared.
WCUO, with a power rating of
$4,000 watts, will be heard in
Akron, Elyria, Lorain, Medina,
Cuyahoga, Summit, Youngstown,
Sandusky, Canton, Wooster and
Norwalk, Ohio as we'll as in Cleve-
land. 1t is expected to become "the
voice" of approximately 100000
members who live in this north
Ohio region.
Charles Lanning, secretary of the
United Rub ber Workers was
among the many Ohio union
spokesmen who participated in the
ceremonies that inaugural d
WCUO. "Our workers in Akron, the
rubber capital, will look to your
station for important information"
he told Reuther and other JAW
officials who were on hand for the
occasion.
WCUO will be the mouthpiece
for all the 'little people" of Cleve
land, Reuther pointed out. "These
are the people who are the heart
and pulse of America" he said.
"These are the people who have not
had their voices heard"
1t has always been the belief of
the UAW Reuther continued, "that
labor makes progress with the
whole community. We must dedi-
cate ourselves to mobilizing the
people SO that they may remain
free, for an enlightened people is
iemocracy's best defense"
Cleveland's Mayor Thomas A.
Burke said that since the UAW
station, unlike commercial radio
outfits, isn't in business for pro-
its, it 'has no axe to grind. 1t will
remain free and tell the truth"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
Free Glasses For Butchers

New York (LPA) = A new
wrinkle in union contracts develop
ed here last week. AFL Butcher
Workmen Local TIA and the meat
trade institute signed a contract
which will provide for eye tests
and free glasses for members and
their families-if they need them.
The contract covers more than
1000 butchersy
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14
'KNOTHOLERS' PLAY BALL

Saginaw, Mich. (LPA) = Sag
inaw's "Knothole League, biggest
kids sports program in this city's
history, got under way last week
and the unions are footing the bill.
With UAW Boys Club equipment
and money from UAW locals in
the area, over 100 teams have been
organized, 80 of them for kids IL
and under.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-14

with the substance Of good labor
management relations for board
member interested primarily in
the literal Interpretation of poor
ly written law.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-25

payments the handful of large-scale
corporation farmers, the top five per
cent who say they want low parity
or no parity, and who rake in 40 per
cent of the receipts. of all farming
operations"
The Progressive Party's parity pro-
posals call for a sliding scale to
bridge the gap between the $4,000
year farms and the $4,000 and over
group Middle income families would
thus receive their price support pay
ments but part of what they receiv-
ed would be recovered by the govern
ment.
"This is the kind of price support
program that the vast majority of
the farmers want" said the Progress
sive party, and it asserted it will use
"all its strength and influence to get
this program enacted by the S1st
Congress.
This would benefit over 80 per
cent of the farmers but would elm
mate the big. speculative farm enter
prises, the Campbells of Montana,
the DeGiorgios and the Hoovers of
the west coast, the MELONS in the
east, and the Oscar Johnstons or the
King Ranches in the south.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-25
EVEN WORSE MUhDT
NIXON BILL BEFORE
8IST CONGRESS

Washington-Ch John S..
Wood d., Ga.) of the House un-
American committee recently an
nounced that sub committee would
start work "most promptly" on a
communist control bill more string
ent than was the Mundt-Nixon bill
defeated in the senate last year.
Wood declined to say in just what
way the more stringent provisions
would be put into the new leg
islation, but added: owe are not just
going to reconsider the Mundt-Nixon
bill. What we need is something
stronger"
He said work would begin as soon
as a sub committee to handle it can
be organized and personnel selected
Meanwhile Sen. Karl E. Mundt Or.
SD and Rep. Richard M. Nixon (R.
Calif.), authors of last years bill,
were putting finishing touches on a
new version which they intended to
introduce on their own behalf at the
earliest possible date.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-25

through which the work of develop
ment shall be accomplished. We do
not believe the service any of these
agencies can perform should be spe-
officially denied, but do believe that
the most satisfactory result will be
obtained by. leaving final choice in
the hands of the public corporation,
to be known as eva, as was done
in the IVA. We earnestly urge
that this viewpoint be considered in
drafting necessary legislation.
Senators Paul R. Rice, Bynum;
Ralph P. Blair, Sidney; J. M. Hof-
land, Vida; Chas w. Brown, Terry;
George w. Wilson, Shelby; David F.
James, Joplin; Edward A. Wenger,
Anaconda; H. H. K Wilson, Red
Lodge; M. J. Mulholland, Butte; LIE
Roy H. Anderson, Conrad; Ray
Kelly, Poison; Herbert H. Haight,
Suffolk; Andrew Dahl, Dagmar; Mrs.
B. M. Phillips, Landusky; Represent
atives Lloyd Barnard, Saco; HI. HI.
Hess, Havre; Paul Harlow, Thomp-
son Falls; John j. Cunningham,
Bridger; John M. Jarussi, Joliet; Leo
C. Graybill, Great Falls; Walter
Laas, Chester; Martin J. Beck, Wolf
Point; Ole S. Gunderson, Power;
Richard Nixon, Hogeland; Earl E.
Clark, Roundup; Edward c. Will
liams, Cut Bank; John F. Dusak,
Great Falls; Oscar Helding, Nilsson
la; J. Harry Wilson, Stanford; Allen
Goodgame, Troy; I. A. Robertson,
Roman; Henry F. Mernin, Butte;
Harry Culbertson, Fort Benton;
Carl F. O'Neil, Kalispell; Ernest
Burns, Whitefish; N A. Peterson,
Waller; Ronald w. Holtz, Portage;
June Mccarthy, Butte; DR.. Myron
Trip, Polytechnic; John Emmons,
Arthur N. Jensen, Sr.,
Superior; Thomas P. Koch, Hamil-
ton; Keith w. Trout, Miles City;
Volney Anderson, Sidney; w. C.
Howard, Wibaux, and Robert S. Cot
ton, Glasgow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-25
Even At 1000 Parity
Farmer May End Up
On Short End of
Stick

Parity as a measure of fair farm
prices may end up with the farmer
on the short end of the yardstick,
Louis H. Bean, U. S. Department of
Agriculture economist, declares in
the spring issue of the Coop Grain
Quarterly.
The magazine is published by the
National Federation of Grain Coop
eratives, an organization of Is reg
ional co-operatives marketing grain
for 100000 farmers in the corn and
wheat producing states.
Bean says that the present parity
prices, instead of being too high, may
be too low. "It will surprise many
people to learn that the 1910-14
ratio of 100, instead of being too
high a price standard, may actually
turn out to be 10 percent too low a
standard for the present generation
of farmers"
The farmer purchasing power in
the 1910-14 period has been used
as a yardstick for computing the
level of farm price supports.
The farmers purchasing power
has been on a steady upgrade since
1920, Bean points out. Hating this
rise arbitrarily at the 1910-14 level,
harms the farmer unnecessarily, he
says.
Although lower farm prices might
mean slightly lower consumer prices,
he continues, the nations wages can
not stay at $40 billion unless the
farmers feed their money - about
S31 billion-back into commerce and
industry.
In commenting on the present
farm price trends, Bean points to the
parallel between 1920 and 1913. In
both these, farm prices dropped
sharply, while industrial prices-the
prices of goods the farmer must buy
rose to new highs.
In 1920, Bean says, farm price
drops were followed shortly by
general recession and depression. In
dustrial prices and payrolls joined
the farm price toboggan.
The high agricultural prices of the
war years partly compensated for
the ten previous years of subnormal
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