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...money market checked the over accumulation of inventory in that year; in fact, the policy was too successful in that this tightness probably helped to cause the mild recession of 1954. Today the rediscount stands at three per cent and companies with AA credit ratings who could borrow under Democratic administration at 2.8 per cent are now forced to put 4 1/8 per cent coupons on their bonds. The tightness of money is preventing many businesses from expanding. While high interest rates do not usually restrain consumer credit (where the effective rate now reaches 24 per cent) since the size...
...must go on to assure ample credit at fair rates to the farmer who has to borrow money. We must protect REA co-ops by safeguarding and using the preference clause and by assuring them adequate funds for transmission, generation and distribution. We must conserve the greatest asset we have inherited-the soil . We must strengthen the agricultural conservation program and the Soil Conservation Service, restore the role of leadership to the conservation districts, restore the administration of agricultural programs to farmers, and take emergency measures when needed to prevent another dust bowl...
...afternoon my husband called me from the office and said there was a telegram from the Attorney General. It said something about 'Come down and have breakfast with me and then we'll see the President.' It was such a surprise that we even had to borrow a suitcase from a neighbor, so that we could get him off in time to make the train. The next afternoon he called and told me what the President told him about the appointment-but I've been so excited about it that what he said has gone...
...America is growing richer and the standard of living is skyrocketing. The private debt for 1954, unfortunately, soared to its highest point in history. The non-farm debt reached an all-time peak, and the farm debt exceeded any since the bleak days of 1932. Naturally, the more you borrow the more you can spend. Under this truism, the Government and the public borrowed and spent more than they ever had before...
...this be prosperity, it is lying upon far from solid foundations. It smacks of the old formula, Prosperity=Waste, Borrow, Produce, Spend, Waste. It is to be hoped that the President, in his campaign, will speak of "prosperity" in analytical and candid, rather than boastful, terms...