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mittee that we legislated you out of business because if you put that 

 price substantially higher than the competitive products, you are out 

 of business in 3 years and I think you people know it. 



Mr. Pace. We agree that you gentlemen will consider that further 

 and submit suggestions to the committee. 



Mr. Williams. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Granger. There has been a decrease of about a million head of 

 goats in the last few years. What became of them? Where did they 

 go, to slaughter or what? 



Mr. Williams. I am speaking in my own State right now, Mr. 

 Granger. Quite a number of them this last year have gone to market. 

 There has been a fair price for goat meat just this past year, and when 

 mohair got down very low, they culled quite a number of goats out, 

 and they were sold on the market. 



Mr. Granger. Coming back to the question that the gentleman 

 from Texas, Mr. Poage put, certainly if the Agriculture Department 

 had some figures to go on, and had some grades to go on, they could 

 even fix the parity price of mohair, could they not? 



Mr. Williams. I am certain of that; yes, sir. 



Mr. Granger. That is all. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much, Mr. Williams. 



Mr. Williams. Thank you. 



Mr. Pace. We will now hear from Mr. Fernandez. 



STATEMENT OF HON. ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, A REPRESENTA- 

 TIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 



Mr. Fernandez. My statement will be very short. As a member 

 of the Public Lands Committee, I have been accused from time to 

 time of representing the cattle barons, and I am very happy to be before 

 this committee today representing the lowly or speaking for the lowly 

 goat. 



I want to endorse every word that Mr. Fisher has said to the com- 

 mittee. We have full confidence in the wisdom of the committee. 

 It is unnecessary for me to make any extended statement except to 

 express my interest in this legislation. 



Mr. Pace. As I understand it, you prefer that the definition of 

 wool be as it has been some years past, that is, the definition to include 

 mohair? 



Mr. Fernandez. That is my understanding. 



Mr. Pace. That will meet the situation? 



Mr. Fernandez. Yes. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much. 



Mr. Fernandez. Thank you. 



STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN E. MILES, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM 



NEW MEXICO 



Mr. Miles. I wish to speak, also, for the inclusion of Angora 

 mohair in the farm program. It is my belief and I recommend that 

 mohair be given the same consideration as wool, that it be included in 

 the definition of wool under the law, and that it be given support 

 in the farm program. The growers of mohaii', the Angora goat 

 raisers, have been fighting a losing battle for the past few years to find 



