Show I FARM BOARD COSTS FARMERS 1 BILLION ST. ST LOUIS July 30 UP UP-AmerI UP Ameri American can farmers paid to the tune of ot 1 1 for activities of the federal farm board last year the committee investigating governmental agencies in business was told at a a chamber of commerce hearing here Basing l his s estimate of ot loss to the farmer from collapse of foreign markets markets markets mar mar- A. A V. V Imbs former president of o othe the St. St Louis merch merchants merchants' exchange testified that other countries had hac adopted retaliatory measures after enactment of or the agricultural marketing market market- ing act No words are strong enough to condemn this pernicious example o of governmental meddling in business Imbs said This act must assume the responsibility for the major part o of the distressing economic conditions in which we find ourselves today Fourteen farmer witnesses who testified testified tes tes- tes- tes at the hearing yesterday day agreed the farm board had failed to secure better prices for their product and were in favor of ot its abolishment I S. 4 |