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Show kinds of big and little business for the approval of the National Industrial Recovery Administration - now named the N. R. A. These codes relate nearly altogether to hours of employment and wages to be paid. The aim is to increase employment and purchasing power of the unemployed. This is essential if volume production is to be returned with prices to match costs. Producing and distributing industries of all kinds and sizes are joining heartily in the undertaking. Majorities of packers, the wool dealers, and the textile manufacturers have submitted codes committing themselves to new working conditions and wage scales, and are assured of government backing in making codes obligatory throughout each field of business so covered. The new laws and new policies for better business and better prices reach the producers of crops and livestock wholly through the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, or the A,A,A. 7 In 19L34, the magazine editorial in September said: The government's N. R. A. program for restoring employment, purchasing power, and commodity prices does not appear to he wholly up to what was expected by September 11th,8 RAM SALE AGAIN The Madsen rams held top place again in the 1933 Sale. J. W, Owens paid the price of $425 and it was a solid improve- 9 ment over the previous yearns low returns, Hot weather and drouth in sheep producing areas, and Stock Yard Strikes played havoc with lamb shippers in July 216 |