Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-18
LONG FIGHT To
PASS A LAW To
CURB PACKERS
ALMOST ENDED
The Senate, by a Al to 21
VOtey Adopts the ReguIa-
tory Measure Recently
Passed by the House,
FINAL VOTE SHOWS
PARTIES ARE SPLIT
Several Amendments Which
Are Tackled Onto the Bill
May Make It Necessary
to Hold a Conference,

Washington, June 1.-THE long
flight in congress over legislation to
regulate the packing industry was
Virtually ended today through adOp-
ItiOn by the senate, IS to 21, Of the
regulatory bill recently passed by
the house. Several amendments by
the senate necessitate return of the
bill to the house, which probably
will order it sent to conference.
Passage of the house bill came
after seven days of continuous and
heated debate and after the sem
ate had voted down the bin re-
ported by its agriculture commit
tee and a measure offered by Sem
lator Sterling, republican, South
| Dakota. The house bill as passed
provides for regulation of the meat
packers of the country by the Sec
retary of agriculture. The agri-
culture committee bill which pro-
vided for regulation by a livestock
commissioner, was rejected, 81 to
"a, yesterday and today was de-
feated again, "a to 81. The Ster-
| ling bill with provisions similar to
the committee measure except for
regulation by the federal trade
commission, went down to defeat,
SO to 81.
The house bill on the final roll
call was supported by twenty
seven republicans and eighteen
democrats and opposed by fifteen
republicans and six democrats.
Roll Call On Final Passage.
The roll call on final passage of
THE house bill follows:
For: Republicans-Borah, Bur-
sum. Capper Cummins, Curtis.
Ernst Frelinghuysen. Gooding,
Harreld, Johnson, Jones (Wash-
ington). Kenyon, LaFollette, Lem
root, Lodge, Mccormick, McCum-
ber, McNary, Nelson. Nicholson.
Norris, Oddie, Poindexter, Short
fridge, Spencer, r:erllng and Suth-
erland-27.
! Democrats - Ashurst, Caraway,
Gerry, Glass Harris, Heflin, Jones
| (New MeXico), KendriCk, Myers,
pard, Swanson, Trammel, Walsh
! (Massachusetts), Walsh (Montana)
and Watson (GeorgIa)-1S.
Total, 45.
Against: Republicans-Brande-
gee, Cameron, Dillingham;, Edge,
Fernald, Keyes, Knox, Mclean,
New, Phipps, Smoot. Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson Qndiana), and
Weller-15.
Democrats - Rroussard, Dial,
King. Stanley, Underwood and
Williams-6.
Total, q.
Important Amendments.
| The more important amendments
made by the senate include one by
Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa,
requiring packers and stockyard
operators to keep such records and
statements of accounts as the sec
retary of agriculture may require
and authorizing the secretary to
prescribe uniform methods of ac-
icounting and to examine business
methods. Insertion of this amend
ment was described by packer
Regulation forces as having put
teeth in the house bill" Another
amendment adopted is designed to
remove the small butcher from the
regulation.
What the Bill Forbids.
The bill forbids the packer to
engage in unfair or deceptive de-
vices or practices, to apportion the
supply by inter dealing, to restrain
commerce or create monopoly, or
to manipulate prices by inter-deal-
ings. 1t also prohibits stockyard
Operators from charging unreason-
able rates or engaging in deceptive
practices.
The house bill during the debate
in the senate generally was de-
scribed as less drastic than the ag-
riculture committee measure and
Senator LaFollette, republican,
Wisconsin, charged that 1t had been
written in part by the packers. The
Wisconsin senator voted for the
house bill on the final roll call and
later explained that the Kenyon
and other amendments had made it
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