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STORAGE AND STABILITY

A Modern Ever-normal Granary

by Benjamin Graham



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Contents

PAGE
FOREWORD BY IRVING KAHN
PREFACE v
ACKNOWLEDGMENT xi
FOREWORD BY DR. ALVIN JOHNSON xv

PART I. THE CHALLENGE OF SURPLUS

CHAPTERS

VIEW CHAPTER QUOTES

I. THE CHANGING ROLE OF SURPLUS STOCKS 3
II. GOVERNMENT AND SURPLUS STOCKS 18
III. THE PROBLEM OF CONSERVING SURPLUS 37

PART II. THE COMMODITY RESERVOIR

IV. A PLAN FOR CONSERVING SURPLUS 47
V. THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM AND THE INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES 69
VI. THE QUESTION OF PRICE STABILITY 77
VII. THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM AND THE GENERAL BUSINESS CYCLE 86
VIII. ULTIMATE USES OFTHE STORED COMMODITY UNITS 95
IX. THE COST OF HTE RESERVOIR PLAN 106

PART III. MONETARY ASPECTS OF THE RESERVOIR PLAN

X. THE CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES 117
XI. THE STATUS OF GOLD AND SILVER 127
XII. COMMODITY-BACKED VERSUS OTHER CURRENCY 144
XIII. THE RESERVOIR PLAN AND CREDIT CONTROL 153

PART IV. AGRICULTURAL RELIEF AND THE EVER-NORMAL GRANARY

XIV. FARM PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES 169
XV. THE 1937 FARM LEGISLATION - THE EVER-NORMAL GRANARY 179
XVI. THE RESERVOIR PLAN VERSUS CROP CONTROL AS A METHOD OF FARM RELIEF 189

PART V. OTHER ASPECTS OF THE RESERVOIR PLAN

XVII. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PLAN 207
XVIII. PRECEDENTS AND RELATED PROPOSALS 213
XIX. THE RESERVOIR PLAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION 227
CHAPTER NOTES 237
APENDIX  I. TABLES III TO X 271
APPENDIX II. NOTES RE ESTABLISMENT AND REVISION OF THE COMMODITY UNIT 279
INDEX

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