GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 805 



(Thereupon at 3:05 p. m., a recess was taken until Tuesday, May 3, 

 1949 at 10 a. m.) 



(The following letter from Mr. P. C. Jagge, of Hondo, Tex., is 

 submitted as a part of the record:) 



Hondo, Tex., June 13, 1949. 

 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, 



House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 



Sir: I am aware that Mr. Bryand Edwards, president of our association 

 expressed his views for the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association when 

 he appeared before you on ]May 2, 1949. Now I wish to state to you that as a 

 member of the above association, the above views expressed by IVIr. Edwards 

 are not that of all the members at the cattle convention at Houston, Tex., in March 

 of this 3'ear. I spoke to members of parties and they did not feel that way. 



There was great opposition expressed at the convention against President Tru- 

 man's policies. They were also much derided. 



I think Mr. Edwards is entirely wrong when he states that the cattlemen want 

 to be let alone, that we don't want any of the Brannan plan. 



If in the near future the cattle price will again drop to 5 cents as it has done 

 three different times since 1912, it will force 90 percent of the smaller cattlemen 

 to the wall and the entire economy of the country will collapse. If the prices of 

 the cattle industry will be left to supply and demand then a break will be un- 

 avoidable. It will take the Government to keep it from ruination, whether we 

 like it or not. 



The Brannan plan is a tremendous job, but it is a logical one. The Brannan 

 plan would work as an agitator for all our economy. It would act as an invest- 

 ment that will bring dividends. The manufacturer could sell his products to 

 labor and agriculture producer, and the wheels of commerce would turn. I am. 

 in favor of trj-ing it, but it must be done before prices break too far. 

 Yours truly, 



P. C. Jagge. 



