The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-22
MARKS end
or BITTER
STRUGGLE
Another Fight Inevita-
bic When Bill Goes
10 Conference
BY Associates Press,

Washington. July al.--The admins.
tration food control bin, practically re-
written after five weeks bitter con.
test. was passed by the senate today.
81 to 6. Confcrecs from house and
senate will begin work early next week
and leaders are hopeful the measure
may be In the presidents hands in 10
days.
As revamped. the bill gives the
president broad authority over foods
feeds and fuels, the latter including
kerosene and gasoline: provides for
administration by n food board Of
three members instead OF an individ-
nal; authorizes federal fixing OF coal
prices; requisitioning and operation Of
mines and authorizes n minimum
guaranteed price OF not less than 81
per bushcl for wheat at primary mar.
kets.
Dry Issue to Conferences.
The senate prohibition section pro.
hihiting manufacture Of distilled .bev.
eragcs during the war and directing
the president to buy all distilled spirits
in bond. was substituted for the house
bone dry" provision and will be one
subject of difficulty in conferences.
Government Coal Control.
Scores of amendments were disposed
of today, but the principal features
were the incorporation Of the amend-
ment authorizing the minimum wheat
price and another by Senator POM
creme greatly broadening the govern
ments powcrsto handle the coal situ-
alton. The government guarantees for
wheat would be payable at principal
interior primary market until July l.
1914
Tho Iomcrenc amendment directs
the president through tho federal trade
commission or other agency, to fix
the coal prices. wholesale and retail.
regulate the entire industry. and II
necessary to take over and operate
! coal mines and fix prices Of labor.
Power in Hands OF Three.
ON final vote tho senate refused.
Go to -. to place the bi'rs administra-
ton in the hands Of an individual.
Senators understood today the ad-
| ministration would endeavor to have
the confcrccs substitute the original
house provision for a single adminis-
| traitor
J This will be another source of con.
ference trouble.
! Appropriation in the house bill OF
$3.50. 600, 900 was left unchanged by the
senate which added an appropriation
of slD.o00o 900, however for federal pur.
chase and sale of soda nitrates for fer
tilizef.
Another important senate amend.
ment to tho bill provides for u Joint
congressional committee TO supervise
war expenditures.
| Against Hosreing Feod.
The senate also added provisions
against boarding OF food stuffs and
for regulation OF grain exchanges, au-
thorizcs the president to close them II
necessary to stop speculation In fu.
lures
Although leaders secured adoption OF
all their compromise amendments. tho
small group OF senators who have per-
sistently fought the bill tonight
claimed share of success. Chairman
Gore of the agriculture committee
withdrew his proposed substitnte bili
saying five OF its seven principal pro.
visions had been adopted In the meas
ure before the senate.
Tho bin limits government control
virtually to the original subjects OF
the house measure-food. feeds and
fuels.
Cuts Licensing previsioa.
In place OF the house bills broad
provisions for licensing food dealers,
the senate bill limits federal licensing
to the foreign agencies and these only
which have products In interstate or
foreign commerce.: wheat elevators
cold storage and packing houss. farm
implement factories, coal producers
and dealers. and wholesalers of desig.
mated necessaries.
The house bill provides for federal
requisitioning of necessaries limited by
the senate redraft to foods, feeds and
fuels. and other supplies for militar,
purposes only
Limits Government Purchase.
4 Government purchase and sale q
: foodstuffs. TO maintain reasonabl,
G prices, also is limited by tho senat,
bill to coal. wheat, meat. flour. beam
n and potatoes.
The house provision for authority Il
reauisition factories generally wa,
e curtailed by the senate to factories
y packing houses. mines and other plant,
needed for military or other public ns,
9 connected with the common defense.
81 A senate amendment regarding gov
i ernment war supplies purchased
n through the defense counciPs advisory
$ commissions. would prevent members
n from soliciting federal contracts IN
which they are psc9niasily inssssstsd'