The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-23
Clothing. Food, F ee d
and Fertilizer Contain
ers Chased As Neces-
saries.
RENT PROFTTEERS
ARE EXEMPTED
Amendment Is Adopted
But Is Defeated On Re-
consideration Repub-
licans Inject Politics In
Debate.

Washington August 22.--The
house today took the first definite
legislative steps TO carry out
President Wilson's program for
relief from ths high cost Of liv-
ing. The anti-profiteering bin
was passed without record vote
In the Identical form in which II
was reported cut by the COM
mittee on agriculture.
The Republican majority. however.
would not Hermit the inclusion OF
provision TO make rent profiteers
table to Federal prosecution.
An amendment by Representative
Huddlestn, Democrat, OF Alabama, to
bring interruptions landlords under
the scope OF the bill nrst was passed
ky vote Of - to 50. The Democrats
supported the amendment almost as
TINT while the Republican leaders
and all hut about a dozen OF the
members on that side opposed It.
On a reconsideration later the Re-
rublic4na rallied their forces and
threw cut the amendment by a vote
Vt ~ 10 ~.
AMENDMENTS REJECTED
Republicans and Democrats Joined
torcAa In mowtne under = move to
e1iminAte the exemption Of farmers
rnd da1rymen and their organizations
from tho pgOnteering and boarding
penalties, An attempt to make COM
fulsory 4 prison sentence upon con-
vicfion OF boarding or pronteer.ng
likewise wsa defeated by a mixed
rotA.
An amsndnasnt to bring raw pro-
Aucts- cotton, wool and the like
under the scope Of the bill was ruled
$500 "a. -
The Mnal effort to change the bill
Whtch met 1 similar fate would have
extended federal regulation to coal
oif ana kaAoiine as fuel necessities.
A. the bill goes to the senate
Il amends the food control act
% IN to include clothing and
food. feed and fertilizer con-
tanners under the head Of neces-
saries. fixes a penalty Of $4,000
fne. or imprisonment for two
years. or both, for boarding or
profiteerfnk. ard eliminates the
fDrmer exemption Of retail
rrocers and other small dealers
ii Aeceasaries OF life from federal
regulation and prosecution.
Al, aIi-day debate on the bill was
featured by : Republican broadside
attack on President Wilson and the
II
t~rcharges by the Democrats thet the
Republicans had been playing pblitics
while the whole country cried out for
relief from the burden Of the high
cost Of living. Little time was de-
voted to discussion OF the merits OF
the measure.
ATTACKS PRESIDENT.
Representative Rcdenberg. Of MI
nois was put forward by the Re-
publicans toleas1 the onslaught against
the administration. His axcofiation
Of President Wilson was one OF the
bitterest ever heard in the house. He
struck the kew note Of the Republic
cans attitude In his opening para
graph.
r shan vote for this bill AZ re-
ported by the committee on aeri-
culture said Ahe Illinois member.
aRut doing 30 Il want to say most
emphaticaliy that I do not regard
this legislation ~ necessary to en-
able our inactive and incompetent de-
partment Of justice, to do that which
they have 80 fiagrantly and persist !.
entity refused TO do during the last
III years, and that u to make IN
honest effort to break up food
proflteerfng In this country"
Replying to Minority Leader Champ
Clark's challenge to the Republicans
yesterday that II they did not do
\ something to reducc the high cost OF
living the people would rise up and
throw them out Of ccneress, Mr..
3 need not worry about the Republican
aide Of the house.
/ "Nhen the sins Of omission ana
commission Of the Democratic party
arc brought home 70 the people next
ysar.s Ne predicted. there viii not b
enough Democrats elected 70 consti-
& tute pall-bearers 70 carry the corpse
a. Repiyins % Mr.. Rodenbergs a.
W xault upon the president and the
4 Democratic party. Representative
81 Y0ung, OF Texas. charged that the
B Republicans were playing partisan
nOIitics. He said they had mot made
sI6e constructive suggestion since
n SSsv assumed control al congress.
.sSs Referring to the Republican OPP
II Is6nifiou to the league Of nations. he
4 dkng this challenge:
GOING TO VOTE FOR m
.srfth ali your criticiam OF thu
HRuo OF nations, your party II golnx
81 vote tor 4, every syiiable: mark
"A psrttng shot II the Republicans
NJ the jihe that with Al their crtti-
|3S$s lSIn. abuse and denunciAtton of the
n ssSS snrcratic adnninlstrat1on. they had
Ss. forced Is adopt the rScommen-
Sfiens 81 President wilson and AZ
neysGenefal Palmer jnst - they
N 'ES.nxrsssntstive lisiiin. Democrat,
lab1rna. charged that the Hspllb-
iSn1 we're 20 intent on defeating the
% of nations that man nl9n in
IT. 5nnrty had rebuked the chaplain
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