Show HIGHLIGHTS OF FARM AID ACT ARE EXPLAINED Trade jrade rade Agreements Meant to Bring More Money to toI I Growers 4 f. f r Editors Editor's Note Nole This Is lc another arioth r S ct of a series of stories by staff stall I writers of the Associated Press explaining how the Roosevelt legislation legislation leg leg- operates By Dy ROY F F. F HENDRICKSON S WASHINGTON Jul July 20 ff W-To W To To enable the farmer to get more of 01 the thc money the consumer pays pars for his food tood is nn m objective of trade agreements agree agree- ments which administrators of the farm larm arm adjustment act lct are arc authorized to legalize Producers processors distributors and handlers of 01 any farm product from peanuts to prunes can apply for forn fin n agreement nt 4 In it the they can fix minimum prices to be paid the farmer as LS well vell as the amount which the the retailer retailer re re- taller and the consumer must pay They can agree to discontinue price price- S cutting and other competitive practices practices tices such as the payment of ot rebates to favored customers the distribution tion lion of premiums and the offering of discounts They Thc can agree on standards standards stand stand- ards ard for any product and limit the number of types which may be sold After a public hearing Secretary Wallace is empowered to put the agreement Into effect and the industry industry indus indus- try covered by it is exempted from Crom prohibitions of 01 the antitrust laws law He can terminate it at any time tune It is not necessary that all individuals or concerns in the industry favor the agreement Wallace can require that all observe it il through the power he has to grant or withhold licenses to operate He has announced that this will be employed in fluid milk marketing agreements the first of which he hc expects expects expects ex ex- to approve soon The licensing licens ing is automatic no application for a n visible document will be necessary A proclamation will viII simply be issued issued issued is is- sued notifying the industry that it is licensed Any concern violating provisions of ot the agreement then can be unlicensed unlicensed un licensed A concern operating after It has been informed it no longer is licensed is subject to a fine of ot 1000 a day The authority to arrange agree agree- extends to foreign countries Negotiations arc are now under way waylor for lor a sugar agreement to which representatives representatives rep rep- of 01 Cuban producers and distributors expect to be parties Under Under Under Un Un- der this proposal the American sugar market would be split up among the chief chic sources of at supply Cuba Porto PortoRico Rico flea the Philippines Hawaii the Virgin islands and American cane and sugar beet growing areas providing providing providing pro pro- viding each with a definite quita which would be sold in this country It is possible under the act for industries industries industries in in- this to toone located in country zone one their marketing areas Packers for lor instance who now have salesmen covering similar routes daily dally could agree agre that one would have the exclusive exclusive sive right richt to sell meats in one area another in other areas The theory of this authority is that tat at atit It would make possible a sharp reduction reduction reduce tion in sales and distribution costs |