AORKTLTrRAI. AIMln •lui \ i iu.n him., i-r^i, 507 



Mr. Andkhsox. f iindrrstcMHl you to Hay that of iU«> appropria- 

 tion for this year vou (>xp<><tiM| to Hprnil aiNiiit $30. (NN) 



Mr. Mouitii.i.. I tlioii^lit yoii wi-rc Hpcakin^ al»oui ihr i*Mtiiiiati><i 

 for this vj'jir. 



Mr. Ma<ikk. No; I nin tiilkin^ ahout thr up|>roi)nation for 1«.»J.{. 



^fr. M()i{i{ii.i.. We <>x|MMt to .spend npproxiniHlely $30,(KK) of thai 

 npj)n>priiili(»n. 



.\fr. M.\<iKK. liiif. assuinir)<; that you shouM not p't a rliNiMion hv 

 th«> Supremo Court rij;ht away on that question, how much woulil 

 you spend ^ 



Mr. Mouuii.i.. Of (((Ui-sj' that would drhiv pJittiijj; m the organi- 

 zation that the estimates eontemphite. We woulil iii»t put in the 

 orjjanization that the estimates contemplate iinleHs the Supreme 

 Court should lioM tlu' law to he eonstitutional. 



Mr. M.vcKK. ^ ()U couhl hanlly justify the appropriation of anv 

 amount of money until the eourt rendered its decision. <ould vou? 



Mr. Moinni.i.. Oidy in the way we are cloinj; it now, hy putting; 

 ourselves in a po*;ition to hold our own in the litigation and in 

 layin*; the hasis for the supervision that may take place ne.\l vear. 



Mr. Mac.ke. Supnose the eourt should reiwier its decision l>ofore 

 the end of this fiscal vear, would vou need this ."<1(K1, ♦)()<) to take care 

 of tiu^ act for 1924^ 



Mr. MoiuuLL. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Maoee. Suppose you should not get a <lecision ( 



Mr. MouiuLL. If we should not get a decision, it would he lessoned 

 l)V the length of time that the decision was delaved. 



Mr. Macjke. If the decision were atlverse, you would not nec<l 

 the money at all ? 



Mr. Moinui.L. No, sir. in that case we would not spend the 

 money at all, because if the decision should he adverse, I am inclined 

 to think that it wouUl wipe out the whole law. That was not tiio 

 case in the decision on the other law. 



Wedxksuay, Novkmijku 20, 1022. 



collection of seed-chain u^ans. 



STATEMENT OF MR. LEON M. ESTABROOK. CHAIRMAN SEED 

 LOAN COMMITTEE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

 AGRICULTURE. 



GENERAL STATEMENT, 



Mr. EsTABROOK. Mr. Chairman, continued drought in the North- 

 west over a series of years caused such financial distress, especially 

 to the farmers who were unable to make crops, ami who found it 

 necessarv to mortgage all of their assets, that in the spring of 1021 

 many of them were without seed or money or credit with which to 

 buy seed. Congress made an appropriation (»f ?2. ()(>(). ()()() in the spring 

 of 'l921, and a further appropriation of .$1,.')()(),()()U in the spring i»f 

 1922, to meet that situation. Of the $2,000,000 available in 1021 

 there were loaned about .$1,045,708 to l.'?,0:i.") farmers in the States of 

 Idaho, Montana. North Dakota, and Washington. In the spring of 

 1922, from the .Sl,.>OU,l)UO appropriated for seed-grain loans, there 



