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Show GRAIN SEALERS ENTER PROTEST Association Opposed to Price-fixing, Price-fixing, Except as Last Resort. LINCOLN, Neb., May 30. J. W. Shorthlll, secretary of tho Nebraska Co-operative Grain and Livestock association, asso-ciation, will goo Washington Friday as a representative of co-operative grain and livestock associations In eleven 'middle western statos to protest pro-test to congressional committees considering: con-sidering: food legislation against fixing fix-ing maximum prices for farm products. prod-ucts. Farmers and grain dealers are opposed to prico fixing, Mr. Shorthill said, "except as a last resort and unless un-less It Is evident tho commodity Is in control of a monopoly." Mr. Shorthill said ho would appear "especially for the grain producers of tho middle west." He said he would represent associations in tho following states : Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Kan-sas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Ok-lahoma, Iowa, Minnesota and Colorado. "Wo are opposed to government legislation leg-islation fixing maximum prices for any commodity unless it is known to bo under monopolistic control or unless It Is to break a speculative corner," said Mr. Shorthill. "Tho agricultural interests of the west are unalterably opposed to government Interference with tho prices of farm products in any degree." The agricultural Interests, however, would not oppose fixing a minimum prico for farm producLs, Mr. Shorthill said, but neither would they advocate legislation to that end. |