Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-28
AGRICULTURE BLOC
IN SENATE AROUSED
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
e23 Riggs Building.
nv muEOnORE TIITER

WASHINGTON, July 2t.-The
Agricultural bloc" in the senate, to
which Senators Harris and Watson,
of Georgia.; Senators Harrison and
Williams, of Mississippi; Senators
McNary, or Oregon and Capper, of
Kansas and various other senators
belong without thought of party
alignment, will go to the mat with
the administration on the proposal
to link farmer-relief legislation with
a half billion-dollar advance to the
railroads.
These senators say legislation for
the farmer must stand by itself and
not be tied to any rider" to give
the railroads five hundred millions.
That President Harding will veto
the Norris Export Corporation pill
ness of the senate, but will sup
port a measure giving the War FL
nance corporation increased powers
and capital to finance the market
ing of agri9ult tn tbe prodTic5SI
bloc" by Republican leaders, Fur
thermore, it was learned, the adj
mini stration plan is to include In
the farmer-relief legislation author
ity for the, finance corporation to
ISI IllC IAN OhNS 4leINS q AiNAH va
lion.
The storm over the substitute plan
which is understood to have the
backing of the administration and
a number of Republican leaders not
was expected to break in the sem
ate Tuesday. Senator Myers, DEM
ocrat, of Montana, has been quietly
sounding sentiment on the Demo-
cratic side and has found a sena.
torial near-insurrection. The "agri::
cultural bloc" senators will stand
for a substitute for the Norris bill,
which would increase the power and
lean facilities of the War Finance
corporation, but they will denounce.
oppose and filibuster: against join
ing railroad and agricultural legis-
President Harding is said to be
ready to send special message to
congress indicating his disapproval
of the Norris bill and suggesting
leaders are now working.
The Norris measure would create
a government export corporation,
with capital of $1O0,000,o0. This
issue a billion dollars in bonds.
guaranteed by the government. It's
total resources may be used either
to purchase farm products or fl
nance their exporting.
Insofar as the Administration is
willing to give the War Finance cor
poration additional powers and re-
sources, in lieu of creating a new
and conflicting government board,
it's plan will receive the support OF
a number of agricultural senator's"
who will not bubble about the ma
chinery of relief legislation. When
it is proposed, however. to include
the railroads loans in a bill designed
to aid the farmers, big row will
break in the senate.
Administration Plans.
Tentative plans of the adminis-
tration are said to call for one bill
lion dollars further capital for the
War Finance corporation, but one
half of this would be used in help
ing the railroads out of their hole
and the remaining half billion would
be left for the farmers.
1.-THE Ethiopian in the woodpile,
said Senator Pat Harrison, "is this
railroad advance rider, which it is
proposed shall be tackled on to the
Norris bill substitute. This would
mean that to do anything for the
distressed farmers of this country
we would vote another half billion
dollars to the railroads. The two
are not related and the evident pur-
pose is to jam through the railroad
grab in the name of the farmer. Such
a suggestion will meet with the
strongest opposition in the senate"
Democratic senators said they un.
derstood the administration would
determine fully Tuesday on the sum
to be carried in the substitute bill,
which would give the War Finance
bonds, and That President Harding
then will be ready to give congress
his views on the Norris bill and the
substitute.