The long range effect of the A.A.A. decision may be beneficial for it enables a new conception of the farm problem to be put forward. The AAA. attempted (without specifying any absolute level) to secure farm Product prices which "enable the farmer to buy city products in large enough quantities to give the country 'a balanced prosperity. Formerly, the Democrats maintained it had "been "half boom and half bust." The A.A.A. concentrated on farm prices Hwhich' would make it easy for the farmer to buy, but ignored the equally important factor of making it _less expensive for the farmer to produce.
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