The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-12
Indications of Turn In Favor
of Iowan for Cabinet Posi-
ton - Hoovers Chances
Said to Be Weaker-Oppo-
nents Making Hard Fight
BY MARX SULLIVAN

National Political Core spOnd"ut OF The
lntclliscnCer and New York ENcn.hS
Washington, Jan. 1l.-Th" most &C.
pcndabl. Judgment is that Senator
Harding will stick TO his determinations
To make Henry &. Wallace "t pcS
Mo!nes. editor of Wallacc's Farmer sec
rotary of agriculture.
The opposition Ii Wallace. which has
been increasing for some weeks. * JuSt
ROW at its height From now On inc
efforts of the aroused supporters 81
Wallace may BE- expected To couh''
Next week the National livestock rs,
sSociation will meet in Texas, anu II ~
predicted by the advocates OF Wa4iaC"
that he will he Endorsed by that meet
ing This should ncutraliZC the w!uc-
spread allegations 10 Inc c!lrGt wv
livestock men, as well, oppose i1Ia'''
The reply now made I" theSe ihcE" .
tions is that u is only those NNcSt"SN
men who operate in bis way or WV"
are close TO the packers that opp"
Wallace. This is the allegation "l MAY
lace's supporters. | don't Nh"" nous u
about il to be certain Of the M r!t9 ~ =
MOI All The packers are opposing VAL
larc. one group OF them takcS Ia" we"
that in the past their efforts TO A4ir'J
public matters have reacted pAuiS ar
they now follow policy "t C4Tci"l
Advocates Regulation.
Tho focus Of most Of this talk lies IN
TN. fact that there is now pending III
congress- bill. fathcrcd by S"hh -!
KENYON. Of Nallac"'s homo stat. t"'
the regulation OF the packing ihdnStF9'
On this h.ll Mr.. Wallace mas ,aN'U :" c r"
sit!on OF qualified advoca"E NV
sentences from q recent utirraic' o.
his paper will throw light on ms posi-
ton. .i,.i,,,.s 80,
"Whnc there ar" some provisions III
tho Kenyon bill which may seem 10 -
NIB
men are parc!cularly fearful OF the pro
posal la place such great power III ,he
hands OF tho secretary OF itErlcultul :,
Wa do not think there IS any ud,Hv
that legislation will DC enacted "'"I'. -.
wIII cripple the packers, provided IL J."
III is astonishing to US that the rack,
ore themselves do not s"e thiS. l""H
Rave nccu under lire for thirty !'",H
mast and the lire has been E"ttllN ".N
Tor ali the time. They can "Np"'t h"'.
49,, less than that il will continue |"
81 hotter until remedial legislation !"
Enacted and we should think they M"u!I
no yL,d To accept Il fair bill which VIZ
give the government some Supe'N' H''''
over their operation ~, >,-.i
This uttcranCc gives Key 10 MY ~
lorc'. noint Of view and temper on pun
IL Questions, He stands midway De-
tu.een the radicals and tn" conScrN",
lives. ON the one hand no ahN"C"t !.
rca yofIablc control OF the p2'h"E
dustry, and on the other hand he nEnsS
IN. radical Non-Partistn league most
strCnuously. ,
two Others Mentioned. ..io,,
Tho chicf man whom the opp 'S!t"l
. To,Iar, has nut forward IS another
residcnt OF Iowa--CMarlcS. i. Curi i.'.,
dean Of the Iowa Agricultural co1leS3
and head OF various livestock assoc"
lions Between these two lowanS
LEU. ,ha, Wallace has the support ut
go ,kn scnotors from Iowa, and am
,"Id Ne has the support of every one OF
49, oicyrr Iowa members OF congress-
About the only other man %1r!2it$,S
m,utjoncd for secretary OF aEr;ru''" :
winch 70 that suggestion.
senator Harding himself has iee'-