Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-06-18
SENATE vO TES
MEASURE AFTER
VOTING DOWN Z
. SIMILAR BILLS
Secretary OF Agriculture To
Have Power to Control All
Packers Under Plan
PUT "TEETH" INTO BILL
Ashurst Votes for Regulation
While Cameron Opposes 1t
Upon Final Ballot

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE long
fight in congress over legislation to
regulate the packing industry was vfr-
tually ended today through adoption
by the senate, As to 81, of the regu-
latory bill recently passed by the
house. Several amendments by the
senate necessitate return of the bill
to the house. which probably will or
der it sent to conference.
Passage of the house bill came
after seven days of continuous and
heated debate and after the senate
had voted down the bill reported by
its agricultural committee and meas
ure offered by Senator Sterling, Re
publican of South Dakota The house
bill as passed provides for regulation
Of the meat packers of the country
by the secretary of agriculture. The
agriculture committee bill. which pro
vided for regulation by. a livestock
commissioner was rejected, 81 to 81.
yesterday and today was defeated
again 81 tof31. The Sterling bin with
provisions similar TO the committee
measure except for regulation BY The
federal trade commission, went down
: to defeat, 33 to 81.
| The house bill on the final roll call
j was supported by 81 Republicans and
! Is Democrats and opposed by Is Re-
| publicans and six Democrats.
How They Voted
The roll call on final passa Sc ~
the house bill:
/ Republicans: Borah. Bursum. Cap
per, Cummins, Curtis. Ernst, Freling-
huysen, Gooding, Harreld, Johnson,
Jones (Washington), Kenyon LaFol-
lette, Lenroot, Lodge. Mccormick, Me
Cumber. McNary, Nelson. Nichilson.
I Norris. Oddie. Poindexter. Shorfridge,
! Spencer Sterling and Sutherland-27.
Democrats: Ashurst. Caraway Ger
ry, Glass, Harris. Heflin, Jones .tNew
/ Mexico). Kendrick, Myers. Overman.
/ Owen, Pittman, Sheppard, Swanson.
Trammel, Walsh (Massachusetts).
Walsh (Montana), Watson (GeorgIaD
lis. Total, As.
AGAINST
J Republicans: Brandegee, Cameron.
Dillingham;, Edge. Fernald. Keyes.
Knox, Mclean, New. Phipps. Smoot.
| Wadsworth, Warren. Watson OIndl-
hHt), ana Welltr-lo.
! Democrats Broussard. Dial. King.
Stanley. Underwood. and Williams-6.
Total, 21
The more important amendments
made by the senate included one by
Senator Kenyon, Republican of Iowa.
REQUIRING packers and stockyard oper-
| ators to keep such records and state
ments of account as the secretary OF
i agriculture may require and authoriZ-
ing the secretary TO prescribe uniform
methods of accounting and to exam
inc business methods. Insertion OF
this amendment was described by
| packer regulation forces as having
| put teeth in the house bill" Another
amendment adopted is designed TO re
move the smalr-butcher from the reg
ulation.
Forbids Monopoly
The bill forbids the packers TO en-
gage in unfair or deceptive devices
or practices. to apportion the supply
by inter-dealing or restrain commerce
or Great monopoly. or to manipulate
prices by inter-dealings. IL also pro
hibits stockyard operators charging
unreasonable rates or engaging in de-
ceptive practices.
The house bill, during the debate
in the senate, generally was described
as less drastic than the agriculture
committee measure and Senator La
Toilette, Republican of Wisconsin.
charged that il 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 amend
ments had made il more acceptable.