Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-14
CLASSIFICATION OF
 COTTON IS LIMITED
 TO THE: TEN GRADES;
House Decides to Enact War Regulations Perman-
 ently

Washington, May 13.-Houso mem- bers from the cotton growing states divided sharply today over the ad. visibility of legislation affecting cot ton grades and sales that was insert ed in the agricultural bill by the sen ate.
 Finally, after an hours debate, the house instructed it's conferees to accept the senate provision, enacting into permanent law the war time leg islation limiting the classification of cotton to the ten grades originally specified in the cotton futures act.
 Along with this action, the confer ees were instructed not to accept the senate provision permitting buyers of cotton to demand one-half of their purchases to be of the middling or better grades, with the sellers being authorized to select any of the ten grades in which he would deliver the other half of purchase.
 Both the senate provisions were in- cluded in the amendment to the ag- ricultural bill offered by Senator Co., mer, democrat, Alabama, and came before the house because of the ina bility of the senate and house con- ferees to reach an agreement. AL though no record votes were taken in the house. it's debate indicated that the principal support of the double barreled amendment of Senator Conner came from members from South Car lolina, Alabama and Georgia. Members from other southern states spoke against the part of the amendment relating to sales and deliveries. Fear Consequences.
 Renublican Floor Leader Mondell and Representative Mann. republican, house approval of that part of the cation to the tetn grades. Opposing the remainder of the amendment, they like majority of the southern mem- provisions as of unknown consequence ment on it's face, "showed hastv care lessness in it's preparation "and if enacted would be impossible of en- forcement."
 The house action favoring the perm 0ucAI cudCtluCHC Ul LHc war tlUtC lCk islation, which reconstructed the ten grades, was practically unanimous. During the war. this legislation was adopted as rider to another piece of legislation after members from the cotton growing states had com plained that the original cotton fu- lures act was not being followed strict lv by the department of agriculture. |, NA %1~A fy that department had created sub grades, the effect of which was to set un twenty-one grades for cotton classification.
 Representative Stevenson, South Carolina, offered substitute, declar- ing his purpose was to clarify the language of the original Conner pro- posal. He and others supporting his amendment. argued that it merely permitted buyer and seller to deter mine equally what grades of cotton they wished delivered, but the oppo- sition was centered on the complaint that in the absence of hearings no one feet of the provisions.
 | "Not human being on earth-even it's author-knows what this amend ment means" declared Representative Sanders of Louisiana. "It could have twenty seven different meanings" Representative Almon, Albama. re- torted that his constituents favored adoption of the amendment. but ob- jection to it was voiced by Represent atives Young. Black and Blanton of Texas; Quinn and Candler, Missis- sippi; McClintic, Oklahoma, and Win lgo, Arkansas.