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Show AGAIN FAmi FARM FAR ' . RELIEF RELlEr RELIEr . Congress again vr wr wrestles : stlcs tles with thepiobleni the theploblem thepioblem ploblem piobleni of farm faun relief , and a new newscheme newscheme newscheme scheme , known as the " "domestic domestic " allotment allot allot- allotment allotment - ment " phn plan has been embodied in a abIll abill abill bIll v . which hICh has pa parsed passed "sed sed " the House It Itis Itis 15 is not likely l1kely to become a law la\\ la laduring \ \ " duringthe during duringthc duringthe thc the present lame duck session ; : ( S ssion o55Ion , but butsome butsome butsome some bill blIl of a sleeping s"eepmg seepmg sweeping , " naturem nature \\m m will willdoubtless \ willdoubtless \ mdoubtless doubtless be enacted by the forthcom forthcom- forth forthcoming forthcoming com- com comI coming - I ing special se sessionIt session sessionIt . ion ionIt It muct mint mu : t appear . to t.o an anyone anone } one who readsand reads readsand readsand and tries to understand the bill in itspresent its itspresent itspresent present form that it is a 3 ' . most com com- complicat complicated complicated - plicat plicated d measure , and one that would wouldrequire wouldrequire wouldrequire require an army of federal inspectorsand inspectors inspectorsand inspectorsand and other agents gents to administer admmister . How Howit Howit Howit it could be made effective without an anenormous anenormous anenormous enormous cost to the go\ go government goemment \ emment and andto andto andto , to the jsonsuming consuming public pubI1c is hard to , understand twderst.and twderstand . understandThe The main mam idea of the plan is to give givefarmers givefarmers givefarmers farmers a bonus from the go\ go gorl1ment government governmentin \ rl1ment rl1mentin in the form of an increase over o\er o er otier \ themarket the themark.et themarket mark.et market . price for . certain cert.1in cert1in products , , pro- pro provided pro provided . - vided they cut their production 20 per percent percent percent cent This bonus would be 42 cents centsa a bushel on wheat , about 5 cents a apound apound I Ipound pound on cotton , , and similar slD1f1ar advances advanceson on other ! products covered by the bfll bill bfllThis billThis billThis This difference is supposed to be col- col colIect collected col collected - - Iect lected d from millers nullers , manufacturers and andot.hers andothers andothers ot.hers others . " who "ho ho convert these raw farm farmmaterials farmmaterials farmmaterials materials into finished fmished products , and andv.ould and'would andMould v.ould vould 'would would . ' in turn be paid by consumers consumersof consumersof of these products through increased increased1'etal1 increasedretail increasedretail 1'etal1 1etal1 retail ' pricesThe pricesThe prices pricesThe The bill is too complicated compl1cated for de- de detaUed detailed de detailed - tailed taUed explanation .explanation . here , but the fore- fore foregoing foregoing fore foregoing - going ' ' will WIn Indicate that it is anothertrem anothertremendous another anothertremendous trem tremendous ndoU5 experiment in trying anotherI toovercome to toovercome toovercome I overcome the law of supply and de- de demand demand de demand - mand Tho Those who have observed the thedIsastroUS thedisastrous thedisastrous dIsastroUS effects of other go"ernment goernment government go"ernmentexperIments governmentexperiments governmentexperiments " theI I experIments in this line can c.an . hardly beblamed be beblamed beblamed blamed if 11 ' they are skeptical of thlS this thislatest thisIitest I htest latest proposal for artificially fixingpiices fixing fixingjnices I IpI piices pI ices I | |