Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-16
IOWA SENATOR uNDAuNTEp BY
ATTACK MADE BY ARMOUR
AND OTHERS.
WILL PRESS HIS BILL
FOR PACKER CONTROL
Holds People Arc Entitled to Lowest
Priess For Foodstuffs They Can
Proeure-congressman Good Aeous-
Is Uncle Sam Of Being One Of Great
est Hoarders.
(By =. & Dougherty)
Special to Times-hepublican.

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Washington. Aug. 16-The attack on
the Kenyon packer control bill by j.
have been flooding congress from conf
mercial organizations in Iowa cities
and other organizations Of bankers,
merchants, ETC., in other states, will
not deter Senator Kenyon from press
ing his bill upon the return of Senator
kendrick, of Wyoming, before the
Senate committee on agriculture.
II believe the people are entitled the
cheapest and most reasonable food
stuffs they can procpre, lis the way
Senator Kenyon sizes up the/situa.ioE,
and he has confided to friends that he
will wage unrelentless war on the
packers and all their combinations
that seek to keep inflated the prices Of
necessities.
Senator Kenyon was informed today
by Senator Hitchcock and Senator
Poindexter, of Nebraska and Washing
ton respectively, that they have re-
ceived numerous letters in support Of
the Kenyon-Anderson bill and from
other states letters and kilograms urg-
ing the passage of the packer control
licensing scheme have been received.
Good Says U. S. is Hoarder.
while the law forbids boarding.
the government has been the greatest
hoarder in the country" Representa-
tive Good, chairman of the House ap-
preparations committee declared today
in discussing the new requests for
supplementary appropriations for run
ming down profiteers.
The government has plenty OF money
now, Mr.. Good says, to prosecute prof
iteers, but that If more is required it
will be granted upon proper proof of
the necessity for the governmental ex-
penditures.
Hearings will be held shortly, Mr..
Good said. ,on various departmental
requests for additional funds to help
in the fight on the high cost of living.
These will be presented to the House
Immediately after in the shape of a
deficiency bill, but all items Mr.. Good
warned. will be carefully scrutinized
and the heads of all departments will
have to show thoroughly and convinc-
~ingly that the necessity for the appro-
priations is urgent.
Mr. Good was ortspoken In his crit
icism of the new demands by the de-
pafments for additional funds. 1.-THE
federal trade commission already has
$1,000,000 for investigating purposes"
Mr.. Gocd said. "The Department of
Justice received more money in the
last bill Than ever before. But have
You heard of any profiteers being put
In Jail as result Of government pros
ecution? This Is all a question Of the
Presidents trying to conceal the real
issue He has all the authority neces-
sary to prevent boarding and control
OF the profiteers.
III the executive, branches of the
government show that added appropri-
atoms are needed. Congress will grant
them. The question is largely one of
NAL administration however because
the executive branch has done Moth
Ing. In fact, until the House passed a
resolution directing that surplus food
supplies be sold, the war department
was the biggest hoarder in the coun-
try.
THE fact is that most governments
have more money than they know how
to use. But they are very loath to give
up their war time activities. Congress
recently tried to cut off a great deal
Of this sort Of activity, but the de-
partments are now selling upon this
4 opportunity to continue their former
work.