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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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In Wilson, a federal grand jury is investigating the potato growing industry to uncover why potato farmers earn less than other farmers, with allegations of a buyer conspiracy to monopolize markets and exclude competition. The article notes potato growers' neglect in the AAA plan for farm price equalization.
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The federal government is trying to find out how come the potato grower makes money less often than most any other kind of farmer. The charge will be made, we understand, that a conspiracy exists on the part of some buyers to keep the potato markets to themselves. that free trade and competition is frozen out.
About that we don't know. That is what the government wants to know.
But of this we are sure. The potato grower to this good date has been treated like a red-headed step child in the AAA plan' for equalizing farm prices and opportunities. -Goldsboro News-Argus.
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Wilson
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A federal grand jury is investigating the potato growing industry to determine why potato growers make money less often than other farmers, with charges of a conspiracy by some buyers to keep markets to themselves and freeze out free trade and competition. The potato grower has been treated poorly in the AAA plan for equalizing farm prices and opportunities.