30 GRAZING FEES GUAKANTY PKICE ON WHEAT. 



Mr. Metcauf. I do not think we could add anything. We have 

 all talked this matter over before submitting these facts, and have 

 tried all along the line to be just as brief as possible, and present them 

 to you gentlemen to show you that our position, as we feel, is one of 

 justice and right. But, for one, whenever I have anything to do with 

 buying a crop of grain while we have a Grain Corporation, I am 

 going to get me a Ouija board. [Laughter.] 



Mr. TiNCHEE. Do you want to say anything, Mr. Smiley? 



Mr. Smiuey. No; 1 think the gentlemen representing our commit- 

 tee have covered the matter very fully. We have all discussed the 

 matter prior to going to New York City, since being in New York 

 City, and since arriving here, and Mr. Clement has covered the 

 ground thoroughly. t 



As to what you stated with reference to the farmers sustaining a 

 loss, I quite agree with you. Although I am not authorized to speak 

 for them, I am in touch with approximately 200 farming organiza- 

 tions in Kansas and southern Nebraska — the jurisdiction of our 

 grain dealers association extending up to the Platte River in Ne- 

 braska — and I believe they feel they should be reimbursed to the 

 extent of the value of the wheat at the time Mr. Hoover made this 

 infamous announcement. 



Mr. RuBET. We have two or three gentlemen here from Missouri. 

 I do not know whether they want to be heard or not. 



Mr. CuLP. We represent the Missouri Grain Dealers Association, 

 composed of about 400 grain dealers and small elevator men in our 

 State. We have thought this thing over very carefully in committee 

 meetings with the several States. Mr. Clement has presented our 

 combined ideas, and we have nothing further to add. 



Mr. Wilson (presiding). Does any one else wish to be heard? If 

 not and if there is nothing else to be done, I presume we might ad- 

 journ. I will say, gentlemen, that we will take this matter under 

 consideration, and you will hear what is done. I understand that 

 we are to adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, to hear At- 

 torney General Palmer in the committee room of the Committee on 

 the Judiciary. 



(Thereupon, at 3.35 o'clock p. m., the committee adjourned to 

 meet at 10 a. m. to-morrow, Friday, April 2, 1920.) 



