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who seek to place the tung fanners of the United States in a position comparable 

 with the financial return possibilities of other American farmers whose crops and 

 incomes have been protected by parity through the action of Congress. 



Parity for tung nuts is indeed a just and worthy cause and an absolute necessity 

 if our nearby tung growers are to be protected against present low prices which 

 threaten to result in their inevitable ruination. 



We hope a just solution of the financial problems of the tung growers will be 

 worked out by your committee. 

 Your? very truly, 



T. F. Cox, 

 Chairman, Agricultural Committee. 



MOHAIR 



Mr. Pace. Gentlemen, at this time it is the pleasure of the com- 

 mittee to hear from the Representative in Congress from the State of 

 Texas, Mr. Fisher, with regard to the problem facing the mohair 

 producers. Mr. Fisher, we will be glad to hear from you. 



STATEMENT OF HON. 0. C. FISHER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN 

 CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS 



Mr. Fisher. I appreciate the privilege of appearing before the 

 committee, because I am fully conscious of the time situation with 

 which you are faced. I have some representatives here from the 

 industry in Texas, from the producers who would like to be heard 

 briefly, and I think within 30 minutes we will be out of here, because 

 I know you have other witnesses to be heard. 



Mr. Ernest L. Williams, secretary of the Texas Sheep and Goat 

 Raisers' Association, who can speak for all of the growers in Texas; 

 Mr. Jake Mayfield, first vice president of the association in Texas, is 

 here. One of them will be heard briefly, if it is agreeable with the 

 committee. Air. Byron Wilson and Mr. Casey Jones, both of whom 

 are with the National Wool Growers Association, are also here, and 

 are joining in sponsoring some relief or consideration to be given to the 

 dilemma that the mohair growers are now in. Also Mr. Fernandez, 

 Congressman from the State of New Mexico, in whose State consider- 

 able numbers of Angora goats are grown is here, and Mr. Ken Regan, 

 and my colleague from just west of me in Texas, and whose district 

 grows a considerable number is also present, and quite a number of 

 others have spoken to me about this at different times. Probably 

 some of them will be here shortly. This is a problem that is not 

 limited in its scope, but spread out over some seven different States 

 where Angora goats are rim at this time. 



This is an industry, Mr. Chairman, with which many people are not 

 very familiar, and that is understandable, because the range where 

 goats are grown successfully and economically is quite limited. It is 

 down in the brush hilly country of the Southwest, principally in the 

 States of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, some in 

 Missouri in the Ozark country, and a few in" Utah. That constitutes 

 the principal States in which goats are found. 



This industry, Mr. Chairman, if I may be very brief in giving you 

 a little background of it, because I find everywhere I go so many 

 people do not know very much of goats. Angora goats originated 

 100 years ago in this country when the first goats were imported from 

 Turkey. 



