The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-07
BILL WILL NOW 60
 BACK TO THE HOUSE
conferees Appointed From the Senate Are All Friendly 10 the Measure Prohibition Advocates Say the Bill Will Soon Go to the President for His Decision.

Washington, Sept 6-The $12,0o0,- 600 emergency agricultural appropria- ton bill with it's rider for national pro- hibition from next July 1 until the American armies are demobilized af- ter the end of the war was passed by the senate without roll call
 It'ure final :a age ol ths meas:'e p,chinton, rider A final e'rj-. to postpone the effective date Of ths I dry legislation to December 70, 1sf0 i was defeated
 The bill now goes to the house, and, because of the many amendments in- serted by the senate, it undoubtedly will sent to conference.
 Prohibition leaders, however expect the house to agree <the dry" rider so that there will be no possibility of changes being made by the senate and house managers.
 Senators voting against retaining the dry legislation in the bill were: bfandagee, of Conneetictttti Gerry. of Rhode Islad; Phelan, of California
 
 jana, and Underwood of Ala bama. while it was announced that mupy members absentand paired favored the amendment.
 As returned to the house the prohf biuon compromise effected last week by s1late wet and "dry" leaders would stop the sale of all in-
  cept for export, medicinal sacramental and other than beverage purposes and would prohibit the manufacture of beer after next May l.
 The compromise prohibition rider" was regarded as the most important provision of the emergency agricul- tural bill It is a substitute for that of Representative Ransdell of Can- fornia, adopted by the house last May, prohibiting use of the bills authority until the president should exercise his authority in the food control law to i stop manufacture of beer and wine as well as whiskey during the war as a 1 flood conservation measure. After the passage of the bill senate ! , legislatlon-were appointed. Gore. of Oklahoma Smith. of South Carolina. Smith of Georgia, Kenyon of Iowa, and ;. France, of Maryland.
 I Prohibition advocates believe 1t soon will go to the president, who partici- pated in conference culmnating in the l senate compromise for extension of the effective date. The war revenue 1 bill and house plans for a recess i'm I medately after its passage until De- tober 1, however, were admitted oD- :, stacles.
 Eleventh hour efforts to extend the I time for manufacture of beer and wins 2 and disposal of stocks of intoxicating | beverages were futile The senate re- I jecting without a roll call an amend !. ment by Senator Phelan of California. to make the prohibition effective Dec. 1 30 1919. The senate also defeated an effort toward federal payment for ' stocks of distilled spirits remaining unsold June s0. 1918, rejecting 36 to 15 an amendment by Senator Bankheai of Alabama. proposing presidential commission to report to congress the ,, actual value not exceeding cost of such spirits with view to an appro- Ipriation for reimbursement of owners,
 During the senate controversy op- ponents of the bill--especially spokes- man for wine ndustries--declared 1t : will ruin many interests by not giving : them enough time to close up ther af-. !. fairs.
 T Effect on federal revenues and the [ new war tax bill also were arguments used by the opposition.