Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-05
PROF|TEER|NC MEASURE
DEFEATED IN COMMITTEE
Boschcn BilI Indefinitely Passed Ey
-\ftcr Strong Opposition Is
Expressed
PATRON FLANED by CRITICS
Richard Evelyn Byrd. Rcprcscntinc
Bu>incs> Interests. appears to
Fight Proposal = Farmers Also
Display intaSonism.

What is believed 70 b. tho death
kncli OF the Eosch"u anti-urontc,rin,-
bill was sounded last night wllc, tho
H0us- cCmmittc. on Moral and Social
Welfare, by a vote Of = TO .. voted 10
pass ne measure by definitely. Those
"ho voted Negatively wanted to rc-
port tho bin out witl :; recommends
ti"n that ii do not pass.
Delegate Alhert . ioschcn. Of Rich
inonni pi'iron Of me bill VAS alone in
- advocacy. II" was opposed bv the
iictai! Merchants Association and rcu-
rcScntatiNcS ot tho lnauufauturcrs
wholesalers and farmers Of ,nn S.nto
N"rfDlk. Lynchburc Fc'crSburE. New
port News. Bristol and other citiee and
towns sent representatives. TO tho hear
ING. som" OF whom spoke in opposition
10 tn" bill
Richard Evelyn BYRD. United states
pisirlct Altorney for tho Western Dis
trict 81 virginia. opened for IN" op-
title of tho bNl. which sought to pro
hibIi nroiitccrinG. boarding. waste or
r"saI"s Of nceessaries." was wrong;
that Y shou d bc amended TO read. TO
prevent anybody doing business any-
where in Virginia.
Would Ruin business.
|! the bill became Law. he said. any
ono who cont"mplated entering bust
ness ~ Virginia first had better re-
s"rtc quarters IN Jail or in the pcni-
ctiitiary. "a that is where ne would find
himself If he attempted 10 DO business.
u" declared that hc was not de-
Tending evils as they might exist. uut
was attacking tho method the delegate
from Richmond .M;.,ould pursue in eradi.
eating them. Tl. bill, ne assorted
would absolutely destroy business IN
Virginia
MIR. Hy,rl was asked b. Delegate
Boschcn if he were aware tina, Il Ger.
tain provision Of Tho bill VAS enforced
10y tho Federal FOOD administration
during the war.
NO, didn't know II. nor DO be-
li'yc it.. was the rotort Of Mr. Byrd
Well, that is my Information the
patron of :Gc bill stated whercupon
,rr counsel FOR the opposition Shot
miscellaneous miSinformal;on than anv
inan I've ever seen
Mr. Byrd said that. under The pro-
visions of the bill. the farmer. In ar
irving ~ the cost price Of each arti 10
he said. would have 10 open Il scpar-
ate account with eacn hen h. owned.
others.
Farmers Oppose BilI.
Arc the farmers hEhtinE this biilr"
sir Eoschcn wanted TO know. BEFORE
Mr. Byrd coy reply \: j. HUFF a
feet and cried. Yes. sir: represent
ih- ,illcrs OF the soil" Mr. Byrd add
cd ANY farmer who has sense enough
30 so IN out OF the rain ought TO be-
: y T!mheriakc. an attorney. ot
Stauntor. branded the bill as utterlN
i'm p-act ticublc. and even more drastic
and iarrcachinc than similar bill!
in Montana that WAS held unconStitu-
Un!ted states.
Others who appeared in opposition
to tn" bill were Alvin VI. smith. Of
the Virginia LobDerS' ANA Manufacture
crs' Association: Carroll Kidd, repro
ScntinG the manufacturers OF BriSt0'
AOc HorWItZ. Of Newport News: W. II.
Wi'ccN. of lctcrs burg -. Brown l;y-
land. OF Lvuchburg. and Delegate
Horace smith
Mr.. BoSchcn said that nc had been
warned that il was political suicide
to oNcr such a bin. and declared nc
would rather 20 down in political de-
feat THAN reliuQuish one item .! his
measure.