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FDR: So we intend this winter to find a way to prevent four-and-a-half cent cotton, nine cent corn and thirty cent…

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So we intend this winter to find a way to prevent four-and-a-half cent cotton, nine cent corn and thirty cent wheat--with all the disaster those prices mean for all of us--to prevent those prices from ever coming back again.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt discusses his commitment to stabilizing agricultural prices to prevent economic hardship for farmers.

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