Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-29
Billion and Quarter Dollars
Needed for Farmers to
Make Good Governments
Promises for Crop,
ARBITRARY POWERS NOT
TO SENATOR'S LIKING
Wilson, Under Terms of Meas
ure, Would Be Dictator of
Market Losses Might Eas-
lily Mount Into High Figures.
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Washington, Jan. 2S.-Au admins
tration bill appropriating $l.250, ,OO0o
to enable the government to carry out
its guarantee to the farmers of a
price of $2.9O bushel for the 1919
wheat crop was transmitted TO the
charmen of the senate and house
agriculture committee today by the
food administration
The measure, which was drawn by
officials of the food administration
and the department Of agriculture,
was described by some senators as
an omnibus measure which would per-
nit the president to continue the food
administration and to exercise all the
powers conferred upon him by the
food control act.
Senator Gore. chairman of the sem
ate committee, announced that he
would not introduce the measure In
the senate.
1T is broader than | think is nee
eesary" he declared. II may take il
as basis for another hill which |
may introduce"
Grants Wide Powers.
Under the bill as drawn govern
ment authority TO control grain deal
ers, miliers and elevators "by Ii
cense or other like powers would
be continued and the president would
be authorized to create any agency
OF agencies to buy the 1913 and 1919
wheat crops, wheat products and 9TH
er fooA,tuffs ard feeds at tho guar
ah'eed prices regulate export ana lul
port OF wheat require preferential
faiuoad service as long as the ran
ROADS are under government cohtfoi'
;ohtrol grain eAchahses ana prohtp't
ttaoihs upon theh ut such tline OF
uheS as may be ueemed desiraple or
proper TO meet lilarket conditions ana
competitive prices OF lore'sn Brown
"heat anu 10 Presetloe SueH roles
ana regulations as may ne deemed
nsccssary 70 protect the government
3" inc uhlted states from paving the 4
Suarahteed prices aforesaid Tor any
wheat otner ,han that covered ny
proclanatlons'
In ADDITION the president tnronen
the agency ne would designate coulu
also sell elther oornest'caHy or ny eN-
h'r' "heat' Wheat prodpets or ny
prouuets Ut ptoilt OF ioSs' as IN ING.
Judgment OF such agency may ne nee
essary' ne could also tease, buy OF
requlsition storage space ana pfescripe
tie terms 10 be pald Ior IL.
Wouid Manhtain guarantee.
IN transmitting the measure 10 the
committee chalrmen' WHliam A. ciias-
gov, Jr, chiet counsel Tor the 1000
administration, wrote that the iesls-
lation was requested III order 10 nam
tam the guarantees to the FARMER ana
70 save the treasury Oh the uhiteu
states from loss u that re possible
Thus tar there mas been no estimate
as 10 What the cost 70 the govern
ment or maintaining the lsis prices
would pc Officials nave SAID that "
depended largely upon european
needs, the amount oil stocks IN Argen-
una, Australia and canada ana
whether or not Russla would nave
available supphes Tor export.
Ihe department OF agriculture mas
estimated that the total import wheat
requirements Tor Europe, lhcluathg
Germany ana austria, would hkeY
exceed 72S,ooo, 200 bushels this year.
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