The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-01-28
SENATE PASSES
PACKING BILL
Wo!Id Put Meat Industry Under
Government Control.
PARTY LINES OBLITERATED
Eighteen Republicans and % Demo-
Gratis For; 10 Democrats and %
Republicans Vote Against Meas
ure-Up to House.

ure-Op to House.
Washington, Jan. >25.-The Gronna
bill placing the packing industry I'M
der strict government control was
passed by the senate. 1t now goes to
the house, where, it is said, there is
little prospect of it's passage, at least
not at this session.
Although it became apparent when
the senate by agreement began ballot
ing on the amendments to the bill at
four O'Clock that it would carry, the
final vote Of 46 to 80, an hour later,
came as a distinct shock to it's oppo-
nents.
They mad confidently predicted that
whatever the result might be, it would
be close. They were totally unpre-
pared for the show of high feeling
against the packers disclosed by the
vote.
The chief purpose of the Gronna
bill Is the establishment of a federal
live stock commission, with powers to
prevent conspiracies among the pack
ers to control markets and prices, re-
strict food supplies, crush COMPETE
ton or profiteer.
Must Relinquish Yards.
Preparation Of these practices were
charged against the packers by the
federal trade commission, whose re-
port to congress, after an exhaustive
inn = a.,
suited in the introduction Of the GrOn-
ma bill.
Another big feature of the measure
is the provision which requires that
within two years after it's passage the
packers shall have relinquished their
stock yard holdings. This also has
been undertaken in the proceedings
brought against the packers by the
Department of Justice, which are now
in the courts.
Opponents of the measure were not
completely routed, however. They put
through an amendment by Senator
Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, ex-
empting farmers and live stock pro-
ducers from the provisions Of the bill.
Another amendment sponsored by
Senator Smith, Democrat of Arizona,
permitting the packers to appeal the
decisions of the live stock commits
sion to the courts also carried.
Party lines were defaced in the final
vote, with no attempt by either side to
organize a movement for it's passage
Or defeat.
Lineup of Senators.
Republican senators who voted in
the affirmative we're: Capper, Kan
sas; Curtis, Kansas; Goodings, Ida
no; BOrah, Idaho; GrOnna, North Da-
kOta; Johnson, California; Kel-
lOgg, Minnesota; Kenyon, Iowa;
LafOllette, Wisconsin; LenroOt, Wis
consin; McNary, Oregon; Nelson,
Minnesota; Norris, Nebraska; Poin-
dexter, Washington; Spencer, Mis-
souri,; Sterling, South Dakota; Town.
send, Michigan; Willis, Ohio-1S.
Democrats voting in the affirmative
were Ashurst, Arizona; Culberson,
Texas; Fletcher, Florida; Glass, Vir-
ginia; Gore, Oklahoma; Harris. Geor-
gia; Harrison, Mississippi; Hitch
cock, Nebraska Johnson, South Da-
kOta; Jones, New Mexico; Kendrick,
Wyoming; Kirby, Arkansas; Nickel
lar, Tennessee; Myers, Montana; Over
man, North Carolina; Owen, Okla
hOma; Phelan, California; Pittman,
Nevada; POmerene, Ohio; RansdeI,
Louisiana; Reed, Missouri; Robinson,
Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas; Smith,
Georgia; Swanson, Virginia Tram
nell, Florida Walsh Massachusetts;
Walsh, MOntana-2S.
Senators who voted in the negative
were: Republicans-Ball, Delaware;
Brandegee, Connecticut; Colt, Rhode
Island; Dillingham;, Vermont; Edge
New Jersey; Elkins. West Virginia:
Fernald, Maine France, MARYLAND:
Hale, Maine; Keyes, New Hamp-
shire; Knox. Pennsylvania; Lodge,
Massachusetts McCumber, North Da-
kota; Mclean, Connecticut; Moses.
New Hampshire; New, Indiana: Page.
Vermont; Phipps, Colorado; Sherman.
Illinois; SmOot, Utah; Sutherland,
West Virginia; Wadsworth. New
York: Warren, WyOming-23.
Democrats = Beckham. Kentucky.
Dial, South Carolina Heff1in, Ala
bama: King, Utah; Shields, Tennes-
see; Smith, Arizona; Smith. Mary
land; Stanley, Kentucky; Underwood,
Alabama Williams, Mississippi-1O