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Mr. Brown. Yes. We have no objection to that; all we want to do 

 is to raise wheat. 



Mr. Pace. Well that operation is pretty good for the Government 

 anyway. 



Mr. Brown. That is right. But the Secretary's plan would elim- 

 inate us, and it would also eliminate a lot of taxes for the Govern- 

 ment. 



Mr. Hope. I would like to invite attention to the fact that not only 

 is this a big farming operation, but the organization Mr. Brown 

 represents carried a lot of tenants through the Dust Bowl period, and 

 at a time when they had to have help, otherwise they could not have 

 remained there on the land. 



Mr. Pace. Certainly I would commend such a practice, and no 

 doubt they are grateful for it. 



Mr. Brown. There is one other point that I would like to clarify. 

 Western Kansas and eastern Colorado is not made up of suitcase 

 farmers. You remember that matter was discussed the other day, 

 and someone asked the question if it were not true that the people 

 in that area did not come from some of the other States to Colorado 

 and Kansas, produced the wheat, went back home and spent the 

 money. That is not true. There is a very small percentage of suit- 

 case farming in that area. Most of these farmers live on the land, or 

 near it. And we have gone one step further; we»require the men who 

 farm the land to live on the quarter in which the land lies, and become 

 a resident of that particular area, a part of the population, and a part 

 of its economy. 



Mr. Hope. Most of the suitcase farmers left during the Dust Bowl 

 and depression era, did they not? 



Mr. Brown. Yes. The suitcase farmer and the incentive payments 

 cutting down on the production of wheat. 



Mr. White. Who figured on getting paid for what they did not 

 produce. 



Mr. Brown. And acreage control; those were the two restrictions 

 that did it. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much, Mr. Brown. We are delighted 

 to have your suggestions. 



Mr. Brown. Thank you. 



Mr. Pace. Has Mr. Taylor arrived? 



Mr. Kaseberg, is there a statement you would like to make? 



STATEMENT OF PAULEN KASEBERG, WASCO, OREG., PRESIDENT, 

 OREGON WHEAT GROWERS LEAGUE 



Mr. Kaseberg. Mr. Chairman, I would like to make just a brief 

 statement. 



Mr. Pace. All right. We are operating now without lunch. 



Mr. Kaseberg. I thought I would get the jump on you, and I 

 went out and ate my lunch. 



Mr. Pace. We will be glad to hear you. 



Mr. Kaseberg. Mr. Pace, as you are well aware, the Pacific 

 Northwest region is quite a little bit different from the rest of the 

 wheat growing areas, as I mentioned when I was here in March, 

 because any substantial curb of acreage allotment cuts our income 

 in direct proportion. 



