84 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



tention in the Senate as this is written. Pro- 

 ducers have been protesting against this form 

 of speculation for years but it was not until the 

 determination of the groups represented in the 

 Agricultural Bloc forced the matter to the at- 

 tention of Congress that results were obtained 

 in the form of effective legislation. It is evi- 

 dent that American people have determined 

 to do away with these methods of trading which 

 have been expensive to every one concerned. 

 Speculating in food supplies should not be neces- 

 sary, as some claim it is, to carry over the 

 surplus of one crop until the consumption needs 

 of the people are ready to use it. If means of 

 orderly marketing are needed, they should be 

 supplied in a direct form through a better 

 marketing system of combining insurance and 

 warehousing which in the long run will be far 

 less expensive to our people. 



The fact is the route to market is too long and 

 must be shortened and made more direct, and 

 the charge for the services, where they are 

 necessary services, should be distributed fairly. 



The problem of the meat-packing industry, 

 which has been constantly agitated for ten years, 

 is a problem of fair distribution of charges and 

 the elimination of manipulation of the retail 



