Show L 4 I 1 sit 0 q u a a I 1 cr I 1 k 9 ja los angeles june julie 22 industrial agricultural and livestock interests are moving actively to torm form a contact with those at washington who have in charge the administration of the new farm adjustment act and the national industry recovery bill central marketing organizations all through the country operating under federal license and established in behalf of the grower are formulating mu lating plans for submission to the administration of an ethical code designed to give the greatest possible protection to the growers interests to the end of carrying out olit the avowed purpose of tile the agricultural adjustment act to establish and maintain such balance between tile the production and consumption of agricultural commodities modi ties and such marketing conditions as will reestablish establish re prices to farmers at a level that will give agricultural commodities a pill purchasing power with respect to artle artic les that farmers buy equivalent to the purchasing power ot of agricultural commodities in ili the prewar pre war period august 1909 july 1914 so tar far as the livestock list is concerned hogs are declared to he be a basic commodity and subject to control with respect to production marketing on the hoot hoof as well as tile the products so far ar an administrator has been appointed to deal with the slaughtering and processing of 0 hogs and the marketing of 0 the products and it looks like between the two acts our whole plan 0 of operation may be revolutionized and it behooves all in ili terses to line up with the administration policy both of 0 tho the arts have sufficient teeth to compel coordinate action undoubtedly the agricultural act deals with our great est cst industry and it is not difficult to see that with the farmers purchasing power reestablished established re industrial activity Is the natural result res lilt and finally fil lily with the employment of labor a wo we may expect to get back to normal conditions there are a great many things to be considered in connection with the enforcement of these two iwo measures one of which la Is a suspension at the will of the president of our antitrust laws in order to allow price agreement g gre ement and a code of 0 ethical trade practices it seems that in ili both of these measures tile the president has sought both sides of the question viz the practical and the theoretical the selection ot of men to administer to different features has so tar far been encouraging to believe that the practical side will be given the right of way we have always rather looked I 1 upon our economists and educators as purely theoretical resenting instead of encouraging suggestions and help avi effort from that source but maybe we are all wrong certainly these ml men 1 I so well schooled in 0 our ur fundamental antal laws should have a hearing but blit finally whatever their views may be must be worked out along practical lines and practice alone will determine the value of these theories with willi which we are dealing I 1 it is reasonable to to assume that inci eased price of hogs will he be sought with moderation and that whatever increase takes tabes place will be gradual having in mind the ability of the industry to pass the products product along to the ultimate consumer under the terms prins of the agricultural adjustment act it is lea i disenable to as assume anle that there must be some restrictive men measures in the movement of 0 other kinds of livestock tile the products pio ducts of which are sold in ill direct competition with tile the products of the hog and which v bach unless liess lil controlled as apropo proposed re d by the act may defeat the purpose of the administration it Is seasonable iea lea to assume that the administrators will be alive to all of the needs in ili this respect and certainly they have sufficient authority ant hority to see that the production and marketing of tile the hog 1109 and its products is not unduly interfered with nith by any other commodity the question is frequently brought up ili as to the effect of tills this legislation on oil state operations tile the answer lies in ill the tact fact that wherever state operations interfere with the carrying out of a federal policy the latter atter pre prevails valls |