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Subsidy Bill Attacked as Pork Barrel War on Farmers
Benjam in C. Marsh of the Farmers National Council denounces the Harding Lasker ship subsidy as a pork barrel that taxes farmers to benefit wealthy financiers. He argues the bill shifts taxes, raises freight rates, weakens the Seamen's Union, and harms farmers by subsidizing Wall Street profiteers. He vows to testify before the congressional hearings.
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