The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-07-27
FOOD CONTROL
BILL PASSED
SENATE RE-DRAFT OF FOOD CON.
troll GETS 80 TO O VOTES
AGAINST. n
PUTS BAN ON LIQUOR
Manufacture of Distilled Spirits
Prohibited, Minimum Of 81
For Wheat.

Washington, July 21.-The Adj
ministration food control bill virtual
ly rewritten after five weeks bitter
contest was passed today by the Sem
ate 81 to 6. Conferees from house and
Senate will begin work early next
week and leaders are hopeful the
measure may be in the Presidents
hands in ten 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 a committee of
three members instead of an indivd-
ual; authorizes Federal fixing of coal
prices, requisitioning and operation
of mines, and authorizes a minimum
guaranteed price of mott less than
50 per bushel for wheat at primary
markets. The Senate prohibition
sections, prohibiting manufacture Of
distilled beverages during the war
and directing the President to buy
all distilled spirits in bond, was sub
stituted for the House "bone dry"
provision and will be one subject of
difficulty in conference.
Senators voting against the bill
were: France. Maryland; Hardwick.
Georgia; Penrose, Pennsylvania;
Reed, Missouri, Sherman, Illinois,
and Sutherland, West Virginia.
Amendments Disposed OF.
Scores of amendments were dispos-
ures were the Incorporation of the
ed Of today, but the principal feat
amendment authorizing the minimum
wheat price and another by Senator
Pomerene greatly broadening the
Governments power to handle the
coal situation. The Government
guarantee for wheat would be pay
able at all principal interior primary
markets until July /, 1919. The
Senate rejected 46 to 33, an amend
ment by Senator Norris to have the
food board instead of Congress fix
the minimum price. ~
The Pomerene coal amendment,
incorporated by the overwhelming
vote of 70 to ~, directs the Presi-
dent, thru the Federal Trade Com
mission or other agency, to fix coal
prices, wholesale and retail, regulate
the entire industry and, If necessary,
take over and operate coal mines
and fix prices of labor.
On final vote the Senate refused
so to 2S to place the bills administ-
ration in the hands of an individual
Senator's understood today the Ad-
ministration would endeavor to have
the conferees substitute the original
house provision for a single administ-
rator.
This will be another source of con-
ference trouble.
Appropriation in the House bill of
$3.50, 100000 was left unchanged by
the Senate, which added an approp-
ration of 100000 however, for
Federal purchase and sale of soda
for fertilizer.
Another important Senate addi-
ton to the bill provides for a Joint
committee to supervise
war expenditures. 1t was proposed
by Senator owen, a Democrat, and
by vote of SO to 81,
several other Democrats voting with
the solid Republican membership.
The Senate also added provisions
against boarding of foodstuffs and for
regulation of grain exchanges, au-
lhorizing the President to close them
Il necessary to stop speculation in
futures.
Altho leaders succeeded in secur-
ng adoption of all their compromise
the small group of
senator's. who have persistently
Ought the bill tonight claimed a
share of success. Chairman Gore.
If the Agriculture Committee, with
irew his proposed substitute bill,
aging five of its seven principal pro-
'isions had been finally adopted in
he measure before the Senate.
Limits Government Control.
The bill limits Government control
rirtually 10 the original subjects of