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agricultural prosperity, there seems to be no deny- 

 ing the fact that farmers of certain crops have 

 profited by protection. In fact, Quick admits that 

 the wool producers have profited by protection. But 

 after admitting this fact, he reminds us that not all 

 farmers are sheep growers, but that only a relatively 

 small number of those engaged in agricultural enter- 

 prise are exclusively identified with this special in- 

 dustry. He contends that the benefits of protection 

 from our wool tariff go to the few owners of big 

 flocks on great ranges and that, while these few are 

 profiting by protection, all other farmers are suffer- 

 ing losses as a result of this general policy. 



The problem of crop surpluses brought the tariff 

 issue squarely before the Sixty-ninth Congress in its 

 consideration of agricultural legislation. A vast 

 amount of information relating to the inequality of 

 the tariff between agriculture and industry has been 

 brought out in hearings of agricultural committees 

 of Congress and in the prepared speeches delivered 

 or submitted for record by senators and represen- 

 tatives. 



Proponents of farm relief in Congress contended 

 that the existing tariff schedules benefited manufac- 

 turers at the expense of farm producers and that 

 the aggregate protection provided for farm products 

 was more than offset by the increased prices farmers 

 had to pay for manufactured articles. An example 

 of this argument is illustrated by the following quo- 

 tation, credited to the Jefferson City, Missouri, 



