Arizona republican., 1917-06-23
DRY PROPO OSAL
 0vERSHADOW|NC F0OD ARGUMENT
lReoubIican A. P.'Leased wirel

lRepublican A. p. Leased Wirel
 WASHINGTON, June 22.-All other phases of the rather perfunctory fight in the house over the food control bill were overshadowed tonight by interest in preparation by prohibition advocates for determined effort to insert stronger dry" provision before the fin al vote tomorrow
 The section which would authorize the president to limit, regulate. pro- hibit or reduce the supply of food ma terials or feeds used in making alcohol ic liquors falls short of the demands of most of the anti-liquor clements A majority hopes for absolute prohibition of the use of grain for beverage pur- poses during the war. They are not agreed on any one proposed amend ment, however, and their divisions may result in leaving the proposition un- changed.
 Except for the prohibition drive, nothing was in sight tonight to pre- vent passage of the measure in the house tomorrow and the outlook in the senate for quick action also was con- sidered good.
 Chairman Gore of the agriculture , committee and Senator Chamberlain. in charge of the bill expressed the be-
  ence by July l, the date by which President Wilson urges that the legis- lation should be enacted
 Formality of debate proceeded in the senate with Senator Reed of Missouri ] occupying most of the afternoon in op- | position to the measure while other | leaders continued in formal confer ences looking to compromises | Among amendments presented was | one by Senator Borah proposing that retail and wholesale prices of bread l flour and other foods be proclaimed by the president and that the prices of steel coal, oil, farm implements, ferti- lizers, meats and clothing usually worn l by wage earners be fixed by the federal | trade commission.
 In the house, Representative Towner failed by an overwhelming majority tC 1 substitute a complete bill for the ad ministration measure which would have eliminated all of the control fea | lures. Representative Lenroot waged a vigorous fight against the licensing provision, holding it was unconstitu | tional and illogical but was defeated | 123 to G.
 Important amendments accepted by l the house were won by Representative Lenroot to eliminate the blanket con- | trol power of the president over neces- saries and limit to the articles men, toned in the bill; one by Representa- | tive Moore, of Pennsylvania to extend | penal sections to persons or agencies who volunteer their aid to the presi dent in control work; by Represents ] tive Anderson of Minnesota striking | from the bill the power of the presi dent to prevent ''uneconomical manu- facture and negotiable distribution ol necessaries' and a conspiracy sectior 1 added by the committee.
 The new conspiracy section provides That any person who conspires agrees or arranges with any other person, to limit the facilities for trans | porting, producing, manufacturing | supplying, storing or dealing in any l necessaries, to restrict the supply ol any necessaries. to restrict the distri- button of any necessaries, to prevent | limit, or lessen the manufacture ol production of any necessaries, or tt enhance the price of any necessaries shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding $10,O0O or be imprisoned ! for not more than two years or both.