Preamble
WHEREAS, the full development of the Virginia tobacco industry is a declared policy of the State; WHEREAS, it is essential that the Virginia tobacco farmer be given assistance in enhancing the quality and quantity of his yield and protection from unfair and unscrupulous trade practices and such other economic vissicitudes that unduly deprive him of the just and fair price of his agricultural produce; WHEREAS, it has become necessary for the State to take firmer measures to safeguard the general interests of the Virginia tobacco industry; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby adopt and promulgate this Decree, the full text of which follows: