49. Peace brought an end to government guaranteed high prices and to massive purchases by other nations, as foreign production reentered the stream of world commerce.
50. The Capper-Volstead Act of 1921 exempted farmers' marketing cooperatives from antitrust prosecution.
51. The McNary-Haugen Bill, pushed from 1924-1928, wanted to keep agricultural prices high by authorizing the government to buy up surpluses and sell them abroad. Government losses to made up by a special tax on the farmers. Congress passed the bill twice, but Coolidge vetoed them twice.
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