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Show AAA AMENDMENTS PROTECT FARMERS FROM IMPORTS Provisions addM to the Agricultural Agricul-tural Adjustment Act by recently enacted amendirients can be used to protect American farmers from undue un-due competition of Imported agricultural agri-cultural products, occcrdlng to A. G. Kllburn. Under the act as amended, Mr. Kllburn points out, the President is given authority to limit imports of any agricultural commodity which tends to render an agriculturual adjustment ad-justment program ineffective. If I ho President has reason to believe the Imports of a commodity, or articles ar-ticles made from it, are tending to offset the beneficial resulta of any adjustmlent program, he Is directed to have an Immediate investigation made by the United Staue-a Tariff Commission. Such investigation shall be given preference over others. If the Investigation indicates that 'mporti are tending to nullify tho adjustment program, the President Is directed to sot quotas to limit the total quantties of such commodities that may b Imported. Quota limiting limit-ing imports, however, cannot reduce re-duce the average annua imports of I a commodity by more than 50 per ' cent of the annual average Imparted ; during tht period July 1928 to 1933. "It should be emphasized," said Mr. Kllbu-n, "that the imports of ! agricultural products during; the , past year did not affect the adjust- - ment program;!, as they were really - not displacing products which A-f A-f nvrican producers had for sale. 1 They were supplementing drought p drcrtages In American supplies, e Furthermore, the pretence of some ). imiwrts was concrete evidence that !. American farmers were receiving prices for the first time in many years that were above the world d price plus the tariff." |