The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
WANT BIPARTISAN
 SUPPORT FOR THE
 FARMERS AID BILL
Embargo on Some Products Suggested-Trying for Ac- ton Before Adjournment.
 SkepticaI About Increase

1 Washington, December 19.-
 An attempt to obtain biparti-
 san support in the House for
 the Fordney emergency tariff
 was decided on today by the
 committee representing House members from agricultural dis ] trictS.
 l Recommendation that all members of the House, regardless of political sf lfiliation, support the tariff measure, which would put virtual embargo tariff on a score of farm products, will
 be submitted by the committee to a meeting tomorrow of western and southern representatives who have
 banded together to seek aid for the farmer.
 LIVE STOCK LOANS 1 The committee also decided to in- {, clude in its recommenda ations for sup port the resolutions to revive the u ar
 finance corporation and the Young Tincher bill deciding use of s100, 900, 900 | of the profits of the federal reserve banks for live stock loans. 1 The farmers measure was passed by
 the House yesterday, but in different form than adopted by the Senate 1 The conference of farmer repres enta- tives will be asked to throw their sup port behind the resolution to the cx.ent even Of passing it, if necessary. over a
 presidential veto.
 | The situation is not without .iffi- entities, however" Representative
 Young, republican, North Dakota, chair l man of the farmers committee. said to- day in discussing the farmer relief pro- Igramme. There are minority members
 who feel that they have not had fn- cluded in the Fordney tariff all of She farm products that should have oeen
 taken in. There are likewise some of the republicans who think the bill IS not sufficiently broad, in that it does
 not afford protection for more lnanu- 1actured products. This committee proposes to seek the elimination of these party lines and other reasons for non support of the measure" READING TODAY Chairman Fordney, who was author. lzeo To report the tariff bill for he ways and means committee, is expected To have 1t ready in the House early to-
 morrow and to ask that it come up for consideration Tuesday, or "Wednesday
 at the latest.
 Members of the committee supp,-.- Ing the bill desire to see it pass ,d by the rouse before the holiday recess, ana have asked Senate leaders to clear the way Tor putting it through that
 body before the new year. House leaders plan to discard all dmenQmentS to the attempts to carry out this plan are expected to bring the first real test of republican solidarity. Several reoub- ican members of the ways and meaos committee have indicated strongly rhev
 may attempt to defeat it because of
 failure to include protection for 1ex- l tiles.
 BOOSTING COSTS l representative Young said today in
 explaining the committees refasal to
 include such commodities as frozen
 peer, that it was felt living costs
 snouid not be boosted Unnecessarily.
 ne sad majority of the committee
 had expressed this opinion. but they
 also believed the farmers required i'm m-
 mediate relief, or the whole con,trv would suffer. Ihe attitude of the southern demo-
 crats has not yet been definitely as. ,certained by the measures supporters.
 some Of them, although outspok anly
 opposed to the enactment of any tigh l tari1f measure, such as the Fordnev
 Dill, have intimated that they would
 stand with their party, if a decision is
 made in caucus.
 | discussion in the ways and means committee during the drafting of he oiil was understood to have disclos ed
 ehat some democrats were unwilling 1 10 vote for the bill, although feeling
 that they would hear from home if
 they failed to lend their assistance to
 its passage. since the farm produc ion of the south is no longer limited to cot ! ton