COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING AND CONSUMER RELATIONS THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, Chairman

CONTENTS

H.R. 7287, a bill to prohibit trading in Irish potato futures on commodity

exchanges

Statement of:

Albair, Gilman, vice president, Maine Potato Council_-.

Amidon, Richard B., on behalf of the Empire State Potato Club,

Inc..

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Anderson, Merle, president, National Potato Council_.
Bagnell, Douglas B., Fairhope, Ala..

Brooks, William F., president and general counsel, National Grain
Trade Council__

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Bull, Chipman C., executive vice president, Maine Potato Council.

Burns, Doyle, executive director, National Potato Council..

Bushman, Richard L., St. Louis, Mo...

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Caldwell, Alex C., Administrator, Commodity Exchange Authority,

U.S. Department of Agriculture__

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Clagett, John W., president, Association of Commodity Exchange

Firms, Inc..

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Collins, Donald, Caribou, Maine..

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Conlin, Donald B., chairman of the board, New York Cotton

Exchange

Donald, J. Frederick, banker, First National Bank of Aroostook,

Houlton, Maine..

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Eisensmith, Donald C., Fort Fairfield, Maine_ _ _ _

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Ellis, Gerald, buyer and shipper, A. E. Mooers Co., Inc., Houlton,

Maine.

Frazier, Charles L., director, Washington staff, National Farmers

Organization.

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Good, Lawrence, Monticello, Maine--

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Gray, Roger W., Food Research Institute, Stanford University

Guy, Norman A., Fort Kent, Maine_--

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Hathaway, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Maine____

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Hieronymus, T. A., professor of agricultural economics, University of
Illinois_

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Irish, Ferd, Coudersport, Pa.

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James, Vernon G., past president, North Carolina Potato Growers &

Dealers Association..

Keenan, Richard T., former manager, Aroostook Federation of
Farmers, Caribou, Maine.

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Kelley, Hon. Peter S., State representative from Caribou, Maine_.

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Ketchum, Brian, Mars Hill, Maine_.

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Mahany, Luman P., Easton, Maine..

Kyros, Hon. Peter N., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maine.

Maine Potato Council, supplemental statement_

McCaleb, W. F., Jr., executive vice president, Association of Virginia

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Melamed, Leo, governor and member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange_

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Melvin, Roger A., Monticello, Maine.

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Mercker, A. E., consultant to the New York Mercantile Exchange_

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Michaud, Clifford, Van Buren, Maine_

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Michaud, Robert R., Grand Isle, Maine_

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Milliken, Leon E., Beaver Brook Farms, Caribou, Maine..

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Mooers, John, Houlton, Maine...

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Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., a Senator from the State of Maine..

Powers, Mark J., vice president, Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Rand, L. E., president, L. E. Rand, Inc.

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Reardon, Robert, president, F. J. Reardon, Inc.

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Roach, Arnold, grower-member, Maine Potato Commission_

Vahlsing, Frederick H., Jr., chairman, F. H. Vahlsing, Inc_

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Violette, Hon. Elmer K., State senator, Van Buren, Maine.

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Watts, Llewellyn, Jr., chairman of the board, New York Mercantile

Exchange.

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Wilkens, George, executive vice president, Minneapolis Grain

Exchange.

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Wilson, Henry H., Jr., president, Board of Trade of the City of

Chicago---

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Wright, Headlee, Monte Vista, Colo--

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Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee:

Andrus, Hon. Cecil D., Governor of Idaho, telegram.

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Baxter, John L., Jr., president, Lamb's, letter of January 31, 1972___

Campbell, John C., secretary-treasurer, New Jersey State Potato

Association, letter of June 22, 1971-

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Carmichael, J. M., Monticello, Maine, letter of January 18, 1972
Collins, S. W., Caribou, Maine, letter of February 8, 1971_

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Doloff, Maynard C., commissioner of agriculture, State of Maine,
letter of November 2, 1970__.

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Erwin, James S., attorney general, State of Maine, letter of October 26,
1970_

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Fletcher, W. Beverly, Green Acres Farms, letter of January 14, 1972
Garrison, E. Reed, administrator, Oregon Potato Commission, letter
of January 10, 1972____

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Lyng, Richard, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, letter of Septem-
ber 24, 1971, report on H.R. 7287.

McCormick, William J., letter of December 22, 1971_

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McNutt, William, secretary, Ohio Potato Growers Association, letter
of July 26, 1971.

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Mitchell, Joel, president, Malheur Potato Growers Association, letter
of January 10, 1972__

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Moore, Edd, executive manager, Idaho Growers and Shippers Asso-
ciation, Inc., letter_..

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Peabody, Arnold S., State senator, Augusta, Maine, letter of Octo-
ber 28, 1970___

Pettengill, Theodore, Island Falls, Maine, letter of October 23, 1970--
Quigley, Donald E., Presque Isle, Maine, letter of March 23, 1972-
Reed, Walter M., Jr., president, Maine Potato Growers, Inc., letter
of December 31, 1970.

Ryan, Thomas W., Ryan Farms, letter of February 26, 1972.
Rydalch, Nyal, assistant executive vice president, Idaho Farm Bu-
reau Federation, letter___

Sargent, Harold D., executive secretary, Wisconsin Potato & Vege-
table Growers Association, Inc., letter of December 20, 1971-
Sinclair, Alex, Louis N. Ritten & Co., Inc., letter of January 17, 1972
Sleeper, Nelson F., partner, Joseph Sleeper General Store, letter of
March 25, 1972-

Smith, George E., Jr., president, Tulelake Growers Association, letter
of June 24, 1971-

Smith, Robert N., Presque Isle, Maine, letter of January 6, 1972.
Stout, J. B., East Orange, N.J., letter of June 4, 1971...
Additional material submitted to the subcommittee:

An Assault on a Market-article from the Journal of Commerce and
Commercial, October 2, 1970.

Killing Adam Smith-article from the Star-Herald, January 26, 1972-
Small Potatoes-article from Journal of Commerce & Commercial,
January 18, 1972_.

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