Marketing and Farm Credits: ProceedingsCooperating Farm Papers., 1916 |
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... question as a social issue , just as from the discussions of coöperation at this Conference , has sprung an agency whose purpose is the proper train- ing of the American farmer for self - help in his business operations . The committee ...
... question as a social issue , just as from the discussions of coöperation at this Conference , has sprung an agency whose purpose is the proper train- ing of the American farmer for self - help in his business operations . The committee ...
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... question , and I am sure it is a question which to a large extent will come before this convention , is one of the most vital questions of the day . You , ladies and gentlemen , who understand these things , have met here for the ...
... question , and I am sure it is a question which to a large extent will come before this convention , is one of the most vital questions of the day . You , ladies and gentlemen , who understand these things , have met here for the ...
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... question of efficiency and social betterment . Working out a National Organization Policy Accepting such lessons as have been taught in the old world , the time for serious consideration of the whole problem is at hand . Agricultural ...
... question of efficiency and social betterment . Working out a National Organization Policy Accepting such lessons as have been taught in the old world , the time for serious consideration of the whole problem is at hand . Agricultural ...
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... question upon which I have the honor to address you is one I have studied in its bearings upon your country and upon my own for six and thirty years . For the first 10 years of this period I was engaged in ranching and farming in ...
... question upon which I have the honor to address you is one I have studied in its bearings upon your country and upon my own for six and thirty years . For the first 10 years of this period I was engaged in ranching and farming in ...
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... question must not be treated by me or I shall be trespassing not only on your time but on the province of other better informed and more competent authorities who are to address you . The one point I desire to emphasize is that all the ...
... question must not be treated by me or I shall be trespassing not only on your time but on the province of other better informed and more competent authorities who are to address you . The one point I desire to emphasize is that all the ...
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Page 72 - Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the prosecution of producers of farm products and associations of farmers who cooperate and organize in an effort to and for the purpose to obtain and maintain a fair and reasonable price for their products.
Page 247 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass all necessary laws to prevent the issue of false and fraudulent warehouse receipts, and to give full effect to this article of the Constitution, which shall be liberally construed so as to protect producers and shippers.
Page 79 - Far more dangerous than all that has happened to us in the past in the way of elimination of competition in industry is the control of credit through the domination of these groups over our banks and industries.
Page 19 - Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away!
Page 419 - From figures obtained by the office of markets and rural organization of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 482 - ... in an aggregate amount equal to a percentage of its capital stock to be fixed from time to time for each Federal reserve bank by the Federal Reserve Board. Provided, however, That such bills are drawn or issued for agricultural purposes, or are based on live stock; that is, that their proceeds have been used or are to be used for agricultural purposes, including the breeding, raising, fattening, or marketing of live stock; and...
Page 328 - ... Without the labor of the entire family the tenant farmer is helpless. As a result, not only is his wife prematurely broken down but the children remain uneducated and without the hope of any condition better than that of their parents. The tenants having no interest in the results beyond the crops of a single year, the soil is being rapidly exhausted and the conditions, therefore, tend to become steadily worse. Even at present a very large proportion of the tenants' families are insufficiently...
Page 246 - All railroad companies and other common carriers on railroads, shall weigh or measure grain at points where it is shipped, and receipt for the full amount, and shall be responsible for the delivery of such amount to the owner or consignee thereof, at the place of destination.
Page 246 - ... inhabitants, shall make weekly statements under oath, before some officer to be designated by law, and keep the same posted in some conspicuous place in the office of such warehouse, and shall also file a copy for public examination in such place as shall be designated by law, which .statement shall correctly set forth the amount and grade of each and every kind of grain in such warehouse, together with such other property as may be stored therein, and what warehouse receipts have been issued,...
Page 80 - ... to choking by the obstructions created through the control of these groups are opened so that they may be permitted freely to play their important part in the financial system, competition in large enterprises will become possible and business can be conducted on its merits instead of being subject to the tribute and the good will of this handful of self-constituted trustees of the national prosperity.