"WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS THIS: Mr. 

 Waotharman might not know ot your pro- 

 gram ^— giv* you good weather and 1300 

 buaholt of corn Inttead of your quota of 

 1000 buthmlt. . . So you (tore 300 bush- 

 els. .. . 



BUT . . . you hove another good crop next 

 year, and Instead of 700 hushels you 

 planned for you raise 1300 agalnl You 

 then think, "I'll feed more hogt;" but you 

 have a QUOTA on hogs — you can't In- 

 create 'emi 



You toy — "Well, I'll iutt put It In pas- 

 ture" — but you can't ute the pasture for 

 INCRtASIO milk production because you 

 have a QUOTA ON MIIKI lastern dairy 

 farmers would object to mldwestern sur- 

 pluses anyyiray. 



In addition to these problems, a rigid 90 

 per cent support would require a CON- 

 STANT CHECK to see that every farmer 

 obeys the law. This would mean an army 

 of employees to enforce the program, . . 



Are farmers In other states as honest as 

 they are In Illinois? If you check on other 

 states, they have a right to see that YOU 

 stay In line . . . PtNALTKS will have to be 

 SEVIIU FOR VIOLATORSI 



TO SUM n UP — 90 per cent PRICE SUP. 

 PORT means RIGID QUOTAS ON EARM 

 PRODUCTS — No Immediate use tor sur- 

 pluses — A HUOE tXPtNSf IN ENFORCE- 

 MENT, StVtHt PUNISHMENT EOR VIOLA- 

 TORS .... 



ON THE OTHER HAND: A FIEXIBU price 

 support of 60 to 90 per cent will mean USS 

 CONTROL. H will act as a "STOP LOSS 

 FLOOR" for farm prices. As supplies IN- 

 CREASE ever normal, the support price 

 drops, ... 



Such a Roar will STABIUZl the market, but 



will require a minimum of controls. The 



factors of SUPPLY and DIMAND will be able 



to oporote. 



MR . AVERAGE FARMER - FARMER^ 

 RePREJtNT ONLY 178"% OFU.$. 



population - the rest- (77 z vo) 

 wouldn't $tamd for another. 

 $etup \.\k.e tme potato program 

 where 9cvo supports brolkjht ' , 

 terrific overproduction 



It^i 



Tgue^sthenew ) 

 i Flexible SUPPORT < - 



1 LAW IS MORE 

 C7FA5lllMR£ 



THAT I 



^^:J2lr 



FEBRUARY. 1949 



