Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-14
AGRICULTURE BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
OPPOSED IN HOUSE
MEMBERS FROM SOUTHERN
STATES DIFFER SHARPLY
OVER LEGISLATION.
Affects COTTON GRADES
Provision Limiting Classification ID
Ten Grades WIN BE Accepted
Other Features of Measure
Turned Down.

by Associated Pcsss.
WASHINGTON. May i;-lIousc
members from the cotton growing
states divided sharply today over IN,
advisahility of Legislation affecting cot.
ton grades and sales that was inserted
in the agriculture hill by the senate.
Finally after an hnurs' debate, the
house instructed It's confcrces to ac.
ccpt the senate provision. onacting into
permanent law the war time lcgisln.
iion limiting the classification of cot
ton 90 the ten grades originally spcci'
fled In the cotton futures act,
Along with this action. the confcrccs
were instructed not 10 accept the sen
at. provirions permitting buyers of
cotton to demand one half of their pur.
chascs to be from the middling or bet.
ter grades In whl~h he would deliver
the other half II a purchase.
Offered by Conner.
Both the senate provisions were In.
cluded In the amendment tu the agricul.
,urc hill offered by senator Conner.
democrat. Alabama
Although no record votes were taken
the principle suppovt of the double
barrclcd amendment of senator Gomez
came from members from South Carr.
lima. Alabama and Georgia.
Members from other southern states
rpoke against the part Of the amen :.
ment relating 10 sales and deliveries.
Rpublican floar header Mundrll aud
Representative Mann. republican. llli.
nois. joined IN the debate. urging house
approval of that part of the ana. .ndmcnt
limiting cotton classification Co the ten
grades. Opposing the remainder Of
the amendment. they like a majority
of the southern membcrr. attacked ia"
sales and delivery provisions as of un'
known consequences.
They also asserted that the amend
ment ON it's face. showed nasty care.
lessness In It's preparation" and u en-
acted would be- impossible of enforce
mcnt.
Action Unanimous.
The house action favuring the per
manent enactment of the war time leg.
Isolation. which reconstructed the ten
cotton grades. was practically unani'
nous During the war. this Legislation
was adopted az rider Ia another
piece of Legislation after members from
the cotton growing states had com
planned that the original cotton futures
act was not being followed strictly by
the department ~ agriculture. South
crn members AZ that time said the d
partment had created subgradcs, th,
effect which was Co set up twenty ON
grades for cotton classification.
Representative Stephenson. South Car
olina. offered substitute. dcclarinl
his purpose was to clarity the languag,
81 the original Conner propos'l ~
and others supporting his amendment
argued that u merely permitted buycl
and seller 60 determine equally wha
grades of cotton they wished delivered
hut the opposition was ccntcred on th.
complaint that In the absence of hear
ings no one knew what would be- th'
ultimate effect Of the provisions.
Declared Vague.
"No, a human being un carth-cvcl
the author-knows what this amend
n.ent means" declared Representative
Sanders of Louisiana. 1t could hav'
twenty seven different meanings"
Representative Almon. Alabama. r,
torted that mis- constituents favorc
adoption of ,he amendment but ohje'
ton to Il was voiced hy Representative
Young. Black and Hlant1u of Texas
Quinn aud Candlor. Mississippi. Nc
Clin,ick. oklahoma and wingo, Arkar
saS
Endinr ihc cotton firht the hous
sent thc agriculture hill back In confc'
nc, under instructions to insist th1
the sales and delivery porNisions oi th
Caru .n.cndmcnt be- eliminated. az.
. ,o:4i c, cf that par; IT the s'a -
inch' &C, piine ss pcfnnnvnt law 'n
irs.. t.i, that cotton can .' clas-fi
fu ton s.t-tdlr only.