walton@ametek.UUCP.UUCP (07/31/86)
Return-Path: <ametek!walton@csvax.caltech.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 86 09:07:15 pdt From: Steve Walton <ametek!walton@csvax.caltech.edu> To: cit-vax!mx.lcs.mit.edu!kfl Subject: Erratum It is of course, not accurate to say that farmers OVERPRODUCED in the 1920s. I would like to make the following correction: the sentence reading: The problem was compounded by low farm product prices, the result of overproduction, which meant that farmers couldn't afford industrial products either. in my last message should be replaced by: The problem was compounded by drought in the farming regions of the country, which meant that farmers could no longer buy industrial products AND the scarcity and consequent high prices of food meant industrial workers could afford only the bare necessities. -------