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Show Real Aid for Agriculture Local aid to the solution of the problem of agricultural surpluses, is inaroasodi consumer consumition. That such aid is practical and possible pos-sible has been draixiatioally illustrated illus-trated during the past two or three years, in the many consumer producer pro-ducer campaigns conducted on behalf be-half of "distressed" crops by tens of thousands of American retail stores. The cairipaigns were inauguanaited by the food chains. Afterwards organized or-ganized independents joined in. So did variety, hardware , mail order otorses 'and otfcers. Beef, laTlb, fresh fruits, canned fruits, nuts, poultry, citrus fruits, fcer.ns, dairy products--these are but a fff.v of the products on whose be-ioalf, be-ioalf, at the request cf the farmers corjoerned, American retailing has fone to t'ae bat. And in most cases it has knocked out home runs. In no c?se b:s it struck cut. During the caari jaign periods, ranging in length from, a few days to weeks, consumption consump-tion has been greatly increased at r,-ic, fai,. to all involved. |