The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
President Has Fixed Price per
; Bushel, but Senators Are
Seeking to Upset
This.
WOULD BOOST FIGURE
War Finance Corporation Bill to Be
Amended Further In
House Is Plan
Now.
[By l.. c. Martin, United Press Staff

[By l.. G. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Mar. Further
1, assaults by congress on President
Wilson's war measures are impenu-
ing.
Senator Gore, Oklahoma, has Civ.
en- notice Of an effort to upset the
wheat prices fixed by the president.
Gore will try to suspend senate
rules and amend the agricultural ap-
preparation bill to set a minimum
price of $3.50 a bushel for wheat In
local markets. The presidents 5
prices, based ON the minimum of "
established in the food control bill,
are uniformly lower than Cores pro
posed minimum.
If Gore succeeds in setting aside
senate rules which would prevent
! the offering of the wheat price amend
ment to an appropriation bill, Sen
ator McCumber will press for adop-
ton Of his $2.75 minimum.
The presidents prices were an
nounced to stimulate wheat planting
and increased production. Gore and
McCumber declare the price fixing
| has failed as a win-Ghe-war measure
because the prices fixed were not
high enough to increase production
through inducing farmers to increase
acreage.
While Gore and MeCumber were
| lining up senators for the wheat and
other food producing states In sup
port of the higher price. plans were
| being made today by Senator Owen
and Representative Kitchin to amend
the war finance corporation bill SILL
further in the house. This measure
/ ,%11 %ha 1y,,i fet tvso
ton, is due to pass the senate today
be reported by the house ways and
means committee. 1t is to be taken
up by the house Friday.
Kitchin. in charge of the bill,
frankly wants provisions which Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo de-
clares are necessary, either stricken
out or vitality amended. Kitchin con-
ferred with Gore, leader OF the SEN
ate opposition, with reference to the
house fight.
Another effort Is to be made today
to compromise differences on the
Overman empowering bill. A. Mitch
ell Palmer, alien property custodian,
hopes to convince the senate appro-
priations committee for need Of
authority to buy Hoboken piers of
German steamship lines.
Senator Stone, chairman Of the
senate foreign relations committee,
intimated today he might discuss the
Japanese-Russian situation in a
speech soon. Stone did not give for
NAL notice, however, and limited his
intention to speak was subject to
change.
Sell Alien Property.
WASHINGTON, Mar. by unan-
i1nous vote, the senate appropriations
committee today reported a measure
authorizing the government to- sell
all allen enemy property in this
country.
The governm ent's purpose In ask
| ing for this measure Is to weed our
entirely German interests in the
| United States, the committee was
told in effect by A Mitchell Palmer,
alien property custodian.
Another amendment authorizes pur-
chase OF steamship piers at Hoboken
owned by German lines.
These are to be resold under the
general plan Of liquidating all Ger
man interests. They are to be used
| by the government during the war
and their German owners will not
get the purchase money until peace
| comes.
The government already is using
them under the power given the pres
ident to commander them.
Some opposition developed to the
amendment for purchasing the piers
! on the ground that they would be
bought at time when they are ex
ceedingly valuable-more valuable
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