Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
SEE BIG MAJORITY i
FOR THEFOOD BILL
Supporters Expect Senate 10
Pass Measure by en- 0vee- -
whelming Margin Il
THEN GOES TO Conference

A"O oen&te VIII vote on the food con-
troll bill and all amendments pending.
beginning at 3:so o'clock this afternoon.
and 1t was confidently predicted today
that the measure would pass by an over
whelming vote
AZ It passes the Senate tho bill win
PROVIDE Tor control only Of foods feeds
ana iuel including kerosene and easoA
line. It was said. It also will provide
for board Of food administration Of
tnfse members, instead OF a single food
edministrator. and will nx minimum
don 'ss 'f0oao-
House May Oppose Change.
It H. anticipated that the House wsu
strongly oppose the change to a food
Administration board Tho bill WIN be
sent 70 conference early next week and
will b. framed for nnal action of Cpn-
gress. - S'"o
One Of the important questions which
Will be left to conference also IN the
smoot amendment, directing the Presi-
GENT to purchase all the distilled
sitfon to this amendment, and predic-
ton has been made that it will be
eliminated in conference However.
many OF the dry senators still fnsfst
It win remain In tho bill and become
part Of the law.
Debate Resumed Today.
The Senate met at 10 O'Clock this
morning. and the debate proceeded un-
der the rule limiting speeches to ten
must cease and voting will begin.
Two important amendments remain.
% TO be passed upon, one increasing
the minimum price Of wheat from 3l.fB
TO ~ . bushel. and the other the So
would authorize the govsrnment 70
take over and operate the entire coal
business OF tho country, IL in the
judgment Of the President It becomes
necessary.
Mr.. Sherman Announces oppoaifion.
The Chamberlain amendment providing
that the minimum price Of wheat should
be fixed at 50 was before the Senate
when 1t met
Addressing himself to the entire hill,
Senator Sherman. in a vehement speech
announced he would vote against 1t.
to the people" said Senator apI Sherman.
The whole proposition makes the Mis-
sissippi bubble look like a three-and-a-
half per cent liberty bond"
Senator Sherman said that he believed
he knew more about the bin than ala
his constituents. many of whom have
adopted resolutions urging Its passage.
He said he had received no requests
for II 1t: .5 passage from the grain producers;
Senator Sherman. II appeal from my
SOBER"
He charged that the labor unions Of
the country were behind the measure,
and that Samuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation Of Labor, had
pressed the key which started all Of the
resolutions favortng the bill addressed
n nj NnV1e f<nf~
Says Farmers Don't Want It.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska told
the Senate that the farmers of the west
were not asking for the passage of the
bill, but that they considered it 2 dis
elimination against them, since II laid
the fsrmers produ s While It ala iR not
propose to control the prices Of cotton,
steel and other products.
I do not think this legislation 10 nec.
essary." said Senator Hitchcock. ''But
the public wants something. and have
nothing to offer as a substitute: there
fore, I shall not vote against the bill"
Senator Hitchcock offered an amend.
ment which would fix the minimum
principal interior primary markets."
instead of the principal interior pri-
mary market" and about this amend
ment wordy war ragged for an hour or
Aiot0 AID SupPpI CIdtiHcu tu4I
was only fair to the farmers of the
various sections Of the country to have
the price 81 at the principal markets Of
their sections. It's opponents charged
that IT was merely a scheme to make
the government guarantee or pay the
freight charges on wheat to the market
where the price Is really fixed.
Since the days of the Athenians. Sen.
ator Gore told the Senate. governments
have attempted to fix prices for foods
and labor arbitrarily and to upset the
law Of supply and demand, and they
have invariably failed. He predicted
the government would fail in its pres.
emit efforts.
Hitchcock Amendment Adopted.
The Hitchcock amendment was adont.