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Show IOSS TOSS I OSS OF ) F FARM MARKETSAs \ MARKETS 1\IARICETS 1 IARICETS MARKETSAs As the effects of or recent agricultural agricultw-al agricultw al - policies polIcics of ofthe ofthe ofthe the government are being , wideh vvldel ldeh } studied and ana- ana analyzed analyzed ana analyzed - - lyzed , it becomes evident that the farmers fanners of the theUnited theUnited theUnited United Sta States tes have lost n a . considel consideiable able portion of oftheir oftheir oftheir their former markets , both domestic and foreign foreignduring , during the last tv.o tvo two t . 0 or three yearsThe yearsThe years yearsTlie Tlie The extent of this loss mav may be more readilygrasped readily readilygrasped readilygrasped grasped by considering considenng that agricultural agncultural products productswhich productswhich roducts roductswhich which should ha\e ha e hae have \ , been raised on 15 million ml1hon acres of ofmerican ofAmerican ofAmerican \merican merican American \ land weie wele were imported into this countr country } in in1935 1935 At the same time our exports of food crops were werereduced werereduced werereduced reduced almost to zeroAccordmg zeroAccording zero zeroAccording According Accordmg to J F P Walker , field representative ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Farmers Fanners ' Independence Council of America Amenca m mIllinois mIllinois mIllinois Illinois and Indiana , ccm cern tern acreage in the corn com belt.states beltstates belt beltstates states .states . has decieased deci decl eased 13 million nullion acres In the past fiveyears fIve fivesears years ears Yet we imported last year 20,427/000 20,427 20427 000 20,427,000 20427000 , / , bushels ofcorn ofcorn of ofcorn corn cornVast Vast quantities of wheat , meats , butterlard butter , \lard lard \ lard andother and andother andother other food products alsoere aJso also \ - were \\-ere ere Imported Farmers of ofthel ofthe ofthe thel the country untry lost their domestic Jnark market t to the extent extentof extentor extentopthese of or 'Ulcse Ulcse 'ese ese ' . imports lffiports They lost their thelI ' foreign foreISn foreISnmarket market tothe to tothe tothe the extent of the reduction redue-tion redue tion - of . o exports eXP)1ts eXP1ts ( ) . . The reduction In crop production producton ! caused unem unem- unemployment unemployment unemployment - ! ployment on farms and a consequent addition to re- re re11ef relief re relief - - lief 11ef rolls estimated at fullylOne fully lOne . ' : 'one one ' million lnill1on ipillion , erSOns persons erSOnsFarmers personsFarmers personsFarmers Farmers in 1n foreign countries benefited accordingly.Surely accordingly Surely .Surely . the Americ American n fannei tarmel farmei is entitled to hi hil1 hil1home hihomemarket ? $ home homeJmarket , : Jmarket market and any policy of government government'whichdenies governmentwhichdenies ' whichdames "hich hich which " ' demes dames him that market is short-sighted short sighted - and de- de detlimenta1 detrimental de detrimental - - trimental tlimenta1 to faun falm faim and nd urban population population alike ahke ) " . . .t t . . , |