Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-13
ACCORDING TO MARK
SULL|vAh's PREDICTION
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in congress a bill. fathered by Senato
Kenyon of wallace's homo state. fol
the regulation Of the packing industry

in congress a Dill, t6tueIco py ochS~S'
Kenyon of wallaoe's homo state, for
the regulation Of the packing industry.
on this bill Mr.. Wallace has taken
position Of qualified advocacy few
sentences from q recent utterance OF
his paper will throw light on his posi-
ton. while there are some provisions
in the Kenyon bill which may seem to
be rather drastic and while some stock
men arc particularly fearful of the
proposal to place such great power IN
the hands OF the secretary or ayr cur
turc We do not think there is any
danger that legislation will be enacted
which will cripple the packers, P''-
v.ded It is enacted soon.
TT is astonishing to US that the
packers themselves do not see TINS.
they have been under fire for thirty
years past, and the fire has been get
ting hotter all the time, they can ex-
pect nothing less than that 1t will con-
tinue to set hotter until remedial leEis-
laion is enacted, and VIC should think
they would be glad to accept fair
bill which will give the government
some supervision oveS their operation.
This uttcrance gives key TO MT,
wallace's point OF view and temper
On public questions, he stands midway
between the radicals and the conser-
vativcs: on the one hand, he advo-
Gates reasonable control on the pack
ing industry, on the other hand hc
fights the radical non-partsan league
most strenuously.
! Tho chief man whom the opposition
to Wallace has put forward is an
other resident Of Iowa, Charles F;
rurtiss. dean of the Iowa Agricultural
College and head of various live stock
associations. Between these two
supper, of both the senators from
Iowa. and I am told he has tho support
of ,evo-y ono OF thc G1evcn lo"a'
members OF congress.
About the only other man seriously
mentioned for secretary Of agriculture
Is Governor Lowdcn OF Illinois, and
there is not much to that suggestion
senator Harding himself has feel
ing about Wallace that is strong
enough to resist n good deal OF oppo-
seition. During tho campaign Hardins
repcatcdly sen. for Wallace and in the
LAYING down OF national policies about
agriculture in his campaign speechcs
consulted Wallace more than any other
man. j. is likely that Harding. in his
own mind. picked Wallace earlier ana
moro definitely than any other mcmpcf
of his cabinet
men who know him is indicated by the
fact that whenever they describe him
F, they always include the terms Scotch
man, that he Is. ian unemotional
Scotchman." or a ''sure-footcd Scotch
man" Sometimes when thew moan TO
emphasize certain strong qualities in
him they describe him as red head
ed Scotchman."
They all speak OF him as being OF
tho highest character. OF having an in.
tegrity that is mathematical and or
having to a high degree. the admins
trative ability that the office Of secrc-
tary of agriculture demands.
| Wallace nppears to be n man VINO
takes a definite position on public
question and sticks to II firmly. In
the course of taking position on public
| affairs within the past few yoars.
Mr.. Wallace has opposed Hoover on
the ground that the latter as food con-
trollcr in his relations with tho farm
ers was not always wiso according to
Mr.. wallace's view and most deplor-
able of all to a man of Mr.. Wallace
temperament. was. as ho thought. in
consistent and vacillatins. Incidental
lly IL has no connection with this, but
1t is fact that the likelihood OF
Hoover being in the cabinet seems a
little less certain now than II was
some weeks ago. The opposition TO
Hoover has been most strenuous in
getting it's views before Harding.
There has como to be. by the way,
a good deal of discussion among party
leaders and others about this setting
up of names as cabinet possibilities
and then letting everybody take a shot
at them who feels like II. 1t is ad-
mit.ed that it may have the merit of
bringing out everything that can be
said about a. man. but there are other
points of view from which 1t is less
agreeable to the men concerned.
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