The sun., 1917-07-29
Act Will Be in Effect 30
Days After 1t Becomes
Law.
FOOD BOARD IN DOUBT
Committee Engaged in De-
Gliding on One Man or
Plural Control.
WHEAT PRICE FIXED
President Authorized to Com
mandeer Liquor at His Own :
Discretion.

WAsHINGToN. July 2s.-Senate and
House conferees on the Administration
food control bill to-day smoothed out
their differences on n prohibition pro-
vision, agreed to the section fixing a two
dollar minimum per bushel for wheat
and met again late tonight to consider
the two big points left in dispute.
These provisions prevented a com
plete agreement-the Senate amendment
proposing a food control board Of three
mtnbers instead of an individual ad-
ministrator. and that creating a Con-
gressional committee to supervise war
expenditures. The conferees hoped for
an agreement tomorrow. but IL they
fail It is planned to report the partial
disagreement to the two houses and
ask for further Instructions A deadlock
Is not considered improbable.
The prohibition provision approved
provides that thirty days after the bill
becomes law no person shall use any
foods, fruits, food materials. or feeds in
the production of any distilled spirits
for beverage purposes, with a separate
stipulation that the prohibition shall not
apply to the fertilization of sweet wineG
Importation of distilled spirits Is pro-
htbited in a new section.
The House conferees receded on their
opposition TO the liquor communicating
amendment, which was adopted substan-
tally as written by the Senate except
to include whiskey in stock as we'll as In
bond. This authorizes and directs the
President to commander any or all such
distilled spirits for redistillation where
1t may be necessary for munitions and
other military or hospital supplies.
The spirits commandeered would be
paid for by the Government. II was un-
derstood at the Capitol that the Presl-
dent has no present purpose of resorting
to the communicating authority. The
President receives discretion to stop
either the manufacture or importation
or beer and wines.
There was little opposition to the SEN
atc's two dollar wheat guaranty amend
ment but IL was changed so as to make
II apply TO next years crop instead OF
this years. The section authorizes the
President when ne finds that an emer-
gency exists requiring stimulation OF
wheat production and that II is essen
tiai for wheat producers 20 have the
Dement'S OF a guaranty to require the
fcod administration to determine and FIX
a reasonable guaranteed price to assure
the producers a reasonable profit, not
less than two dollars n bushel at the
principal interior primary markets. 1t
also provides for additional customs du-
usS on Wheat, WAen necessary, to bring
the price of the imported article up to
the guaranty.
The $l0,000,oO0 appropriation for nj
trate stocks in a Senate amendment, as
agreed to. authorizes the President 10
procure necessary stocks OF nitrate OF
soda for increasing agricultural pro-
duction during 1918 and TO dispose of
them at cost
The conference already had agreed
10 Senate amendments aimed to stop
Government advisory agents from hay-
ing pecuniary interest in war contracts
ana to authorize the President, II IL
should become necessary for national
oetence' to fix coal and coke prices