Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-01-29
BILL TRANSMITTED
To FULFILL PLEDGE
ABOUT WHEAT PRICE
NIEASTRE CALLS FOR i,25O. .OOO,-
Or0 TO ENABLE CARRYING
OUT GUARANTEE.
IS CALLED OMNIBUS BILL
Chairman Gore of senate Committeo
announces That lie viii Not
introduce II I'm Upper
BODY

~ Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan -S An ad-
ministration hiu appropriating a.
25O.OOU.OUU Go enable the govern
ment 90 carry out iis guarauio, 10
the farmer cot price ol S-.-O % uuah-
rl for The 1919 wheat crop was trans
mittcd 90 thD cha. men ol thu seu-
ate and house "a a,rlculture commit
tres touay ug The food adm.u.s,fa-
ton
The measure. which was drawn hy
officials ot tbc food administration
aud the department of agriculture.
was described by some senators Ja
an omnibus measure which would
permit tho president Co coutiuu, the
food administration 300 operation
and TO exercise alI tHo powers CON
tcrred upon him uy thg food c0u-
troll act
senator Gore chairman of the seu-
ate committee. announced tuat he
w,lil not introduce tho measure m
O., senate
a Wound Continue Control
ndcr thc bin as drawn. govern
men. authority to control grain dyal-
,r-. millcrs aud elevators "by license
ul other like powers. would be con
tInued aud The president would he
authorized to "crcate amy agency or
ageucic- Co buy the ISIS aud 1919
wheat crops 'wheat products aud
other foodstults and feeds at the
guaranteed prices regulate export
and import of wheat require pre-
forcntlal railroad service as long as
the railroads are under government
controls control grain exchanges aud
prohibit trading upon them "at such
time or times as may bp deemed
desirable or proper 20 meet market
conditions and competitive prices OF
foreign grown wheat and "tl pre-
scribe such rules and regulations as
may be- deemed necessary Go protect
the government OF The United states
from paNm- the guaranteed prices
aforesaid f0r any wheat other than
that covered hy prOclamauons
ln addition. the president through
'he agency he would designate. could
also sell either domeslically or hy
export wheat wheat products 0r by-
products at O. profit or loss "as m
me Judgment of such agency may be-
necessary he also could lease. buv
"I rrguiSiiion storage space and pre-
'cribo The terms 90 ho paid for 10
Glasgow Writes.
ln transmitting the measure fo
Cine committee Chairmpu. William
''IasgoW. Jr chief counsel Tor tho
I'"d administration wrote that the
I'S's'aiion was requested Iu order fp
maintain ihr guarantees to the farm
90 arI to save thD trcJur, of th.
m''1 States from loss 10 than be-
rnssihlo
Ihus iu there Has been ro gsff.
I'HIe ae t0 what th. cost ta tb. eat.
'Ihm'nf of maintaining the 14fN
Hriros would De- Officials hay. said
'h'i u depended largely upon Furo-
Ir'n needs thr amount of stocks in
'IHen'lna NuHr'a aud Canada and
neither 0r uof Russia v1uU b8.e
available sWppIr. for EXPORT
lh' department of agriculture has
estimated thHt tIc total ,,,,r,
wheat requirements for Europe ip-
'.nd'nr German, and Austria would
hsol' ",rord 5.>. 600 600 bushels
I'l' year Tho surplus stock from
canada Argentine Hul Australia
'1t estimated 90 lHa.UnU.uuU bush-
''t From tha IHIN rrpu thr United
State. probably viii have supue
"f .5e0oO.oo0 bushels for export
.NI carry over
Win Have ~urpm,
lf fht total urpIuacs 0f other
countries Irc exhausted and Russia
i uu' relied upon for anything this
Far said th, statement the Uni-
f"i states viii o.. called upon to cN-
port H 100000 Hu.hc.. and would
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