The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-03
.COMER AMENDMENT OCCUPIES CENTER OF
 STAGE AT CAPITAL
All the Cotton Exchanges In the Country Are Straining Every Effort to Defeat
 Senator's Measure
By HUGH w. ROBERTS
 Washington Bureau The Aqe. Herald

500 Davidson BuiIdna
 Washington, May 2.-(Special)
 Nothihg bas disturbed the in6i-
 NiduaI members of Congress as
 that amendment attached by Sem
 ator Conner of Alabama to the ag-
 riculturaI appropriation bill The
 amendment would require cotton
 exchanges to deliver any cotton
 purchased one-half in grades as
 good as middling nnd the other
 half in any of the official grades
 Very few members of Congr s Know cotton well enough to reach a definite conclusion as to the effeef the amendment will have. The cot. ton exchanges are fighting it wlth inc statement that whereas exchanges egltimate purposes sle necessary. the amendment would destroy exchanees. senator Conner replies that the amend s meht would have tendency to fo rca the exchanges to deliver cotton in hA grades 1t was sold. The farmers wfa nave said anything have declared s5r the amendment Some western farp- CTS judging from the activity of a gressmen from those states are fe r full that the amendment would eli nate market for low grade cot the variety which those states If duce. Politicians are divided.
 The indications are that the o3 ferees on the part Of the House a3t senate will settle the question asking the House for instructi |. The senate has voted on the ame Ia ment. It is argued that the Ht es should be given q chance to vote. H decision of the House. 1t is proba ls Will be unfavorable As hitherto e rorted. delegations from all but Il ga cotton growing states have india es to the conferees that they oppose he amendment. The attitude of the na~ Jority of these delegations Is b. aaed on the fact that open hearings on ihs amendment were not granted. OtLe-t and especially the Louisiana del .s tion. led by Representative San, M are openly on the warpath. MT. ders has stated to Senator Conner he would do all that he could to feat the amendment MT. Humpl of Mississippi Is anotk CT cotton si sa member who Is bitter against f amendment
 COULD BE SAVED
 or course. irrespective of any ofsr.3 sluon on the part of the House, hs conferees could save the amendr sn And In this connection it is an is. estine fact that neither of the SC ern members Of the confererfce ator Smith of South Carolina and .4s,a resentative Lee of Ceorgia aas ss thLsiastic in behalf of the amendr a4 even if either favors 1t. The daaei senate conferees. Senators Norris ane Grcnna. from Nebraska and North Na. kcta. respectively favor the amt a ment, and it Is unserstood that Id other House conferees. Represer lives Haugen of Iowa and McIaugh la of Michigan, admitting little know1- edge of cotton. are willing to be guided by Mir. Lee
 Were the conferees to accept the amendment, the House could not de feat it without defeating the bill. and the House would not defeat a bill ap- propriating for the farmers of the country. Because of this very fact MT Lee regards 1t as highly proper that he should not take advantage of the situation to force southern mem bers to accept something they do not want. or presently indicate that they do not want.
 Senator Smith of South Carolina ts not regarded as strongly in favor of the amendment. this despite an asser- tion on the floor of the Senate by
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