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(e) I recommend a thorough investigation into why the Department of Agri- 

 culture has a plan to move millions of people off the farms in the United States 

 while at the same time claiming that trade agreements are for the purpose of • 

 finding markets for the products of the farms. 



(/) I recommend a thorough investigation into why we loaned England billions 

 of dollars to buy tractors and other farm machinery and equipment which our own 

 farmers are denied in order that England can open up unlimited production of 

 peanuts with ciuasi-slave labor in Africa; in order to ship such peanuts and peanut 

 oil and peanut producte into the Ignited States under a trade agreement. If we 

 need a foreign market for oil why do we need to create oil production in foreign 

 countries. 



(g) I recommend that such investigation cover the question of personal interest 

 and profits to members of the State Department from trade agreements. 



(h) Second, I recommend the abandonment of all regimentation of every kind 

 and immediate return to a free American economy. 



(t) Third, I recommend that Congress recognize the natural economic law which 

 results in the national income being approximately 7 times the income of producers 

 of farm products and 5 times the income of the producers of all raw materials. 



(j) Fourth, I recommend the enactment of a law to fix the actual parity value 

 of each raw material product, including farm products. This, of course, means 

 actual parity and not some arbitrary of fake parity figure as now exists. 



(fc) Fifth, I recommend the fixing of import taxes on each commodity so that 

 the amount of the import tax, when added to the market price of such product in 

 the country where produced, will amount to 110 percent of the parity price of such 

 product. 



I recommend that such import tax vary automatically with the change in market 

 price in this country on each commodity. 



In effect, this is an import tax which affords automatic protection to producers 

 here in the United States. 



This is an import tax which would automatically cause the importation only of 

 the things that we need while shutting out the things which we do not need. 



This is an import tax which would automatically make each nation with whom 

 we trade, a preferred nation to the extent that its own internal economy 

 approached the same level of our national economy. 



This is an import tax that would enable us to trade with those nations with 

 whom we can afford to trade without granting any special privilege to any and 

 without discriminating again.st any nation. 



Of course, the international bankers, with interests in many foreign lands, the 

 international multimillionaires who now infest our State Department, as well as 

 Mr. Henry Agard Wallace, Mr. Rex Guy Tugwell, Mr. Mordecai Ezekial, Mr. 

 Leon Henderson, a Mr. Ginsberg and others would not approve a measure that 

 would preserve American constitutional Government, American high standards 

 of living and American high wages for workers in this way. 



I believe, however, that a review of our immediate history and how we got 

 the way we are will convince the members of this committee of the soundness and 

 desirability of these recommendations. 



Mr. Pace. That is a splendid statement, Mr. Iberg. We appreciate 

 your coming here and submitting it to the committee. Thank you 

 very much. 



Mr. Iberg. Thank you. 



Mr. Pace. The committee will now be glad to hear from Mr. 

 Charles Jones, of Mount Vernon, S. Dak. 



STATEMENT OF CHARLES E. JONES, MOUNT VERNON, S. DAK. 



Mr. Jones. I have a prepared statement for the committee, and at 

 the end of this I would like to insert some more remarks on commodity 

 loans, crop insurance, and soil conservation, if I may. 



Mr. Pace. Do you have those prepared now? 



Mr. Jones. I would like to make those orally, if I may, 



Mr. Pace. All right. You may proceed. 



Mr. Jones. I own and operate a 360-acre farm in east central 

 South Dakota, on which J produce, wheat, corn, and oats. A major 



