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mere have, been protected by law against this crystal-balling by Federal bureaucrats on cotton prices. The apple fanners merely thought they were entitled to the same treatment as the cotton farmers. The Congress agreed. The President now has told them they are not.”
Mr. Abbitt, a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, recalled that the committee had recommended passage of the bill without a dissenting vote. Rep. W. Pat Jennings of the 9th District, also a member of the committee, had supported the bill actively.
“There was agreement in the committee,” Mr. Abbitt said, “that the legislation would have no effect on apple production forecasts or any reporting service of the Department of Agriculture needed and wanted by apple men. The apple farmers didn’t want someone in Washington picking future apple prices out of the air and publishing the predictions under the aegis of the Federal Government. They showed they had been damaged by it. The President ap- parently has decided that the farmers are going to get price guesses from Washington whether they want them or not.”
Peola Mills News
Dr. Walter Kilby of Maryland spent the week end with Mrs. W. B. Kilby and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kilby,
Mr. and Mrs. John Stelock of Washington, D. C. have been spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Festus Hudson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Yowell of Washington, D. C. returned home Tuesday after spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Festus Hudson.
Miss Ann Yates returned home Friday after spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller in Arlington.
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