Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-01-28
MEAT CONTROL
BILL is PASSED
Senate Measure Places Packing
Industry Under Strict Gov
eminent Supervision.
NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE
Little Prospect of Final Passage This
Session-18 Republicans and %
Democrats For; 10 Democrats
and % Republicans Against. 4

Washington, Jan. 26.-The Gronna
bill placing the packing industry I'M
der strict government control was
passed by the senate. 1t now goes to
the house, where, it is said. there is
little prospect of its passage, at least
not at this session.
Although it became apparent when
the senate by agreement began ballot
ing on the amendments to the bill at
four o'clock that it would carry, the
final vote of 46 to SO, an hour later,
came as a distinct shock to its oppo-
nents.
They had confidently predicted that
whatever the result might be, it would
be close. They were totally unpre-
pared for the show of high feeling
against the packers disclosed by the
vote.
The chief purpose of the Gronna
bill is the establishment of a federal
live stock commission, with powers to
prevent conspiracies among the pack
ers to control markets and prices, re-
strict food supplies, crush comped-
ton or profteer.
Preparation of these practices were
charged against the packers by the
federal trade commission, whose re-
port to congress, after an exhaustive
investigation of their activities. re-
suited in the Introduction of the Gron-
ma bill.
Another big feature of the measure
is the provision which requires that
within two years after its passage the
packers shall have relinquished their
stock yard holdings This also has
been undertaken in the proceedings
brought against the packers by the
Department of Justice, which are now
in the courts.
Opponents of the measure were not
completely routed, however. They put
through an amendment by Senator
Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, ex-
empting farmers and live stock pro-
ducers from the provisions Of the bill.
Another amendment sponsored by
Senator Smith, Democrat of Arizona,
permitting the packers to appeal the
decisions of the live stock commits
sion to the courts also carried.
Party lines were defaced in the final
vote.
Republican senator's who voted in
the affirmative were: Capper, Kan
sas; Curtis, Kansas; Goodings, Ida
no; Borah, Idaho Gronna, North Da-
kota; Johnson, California; Kel-
logg, Minnesota; Kenyon, Iowa !;
Lafollette, Wisconsin; Lenroot, Wis
consin; .AIcNary, Oregon Nelson,
Minnesota; Norris, Nebraska; Poin-
dexter, Washington; Spencer, Mis-
souri,; Sterling, South Dakota; Town
send. Michigan; Willis, Ohio-18
Democrats voting in the affirmative
were Ashurst, Arizona; Culberson.
Texas; Fletcher. Florida; Glass, Vir-
ginia; Gore, Oklahoma; Harris. Geor-
gia; Harrison, Mississippi Hitch
cock, Nebraska; Johnson, South Da-
kota; Jones, New Mexico; Kendrick,
Wyoming Kirby, Arkansas; Nickel
lar, Tennessee; Myers, Montana; Over
man, North Carolina; Owen, Okla
homa; Phelan, California Pittman,
Nevada Pomerene, Ohio; Ransdel,
Louisiana Reed, Missouri; Robinson,
Arkansas; Sheppard. Texas; Smith,
Georgia; Swanson, Virginia; Tram
nell, Florida; Walsh, Massachusetts /;
Walsh, Montana-2S
Senators who voted in the negative
were Republicans Ball, Delaware;
Brandegee, Connecticutc Colt, Rhode
Island; Dillingham;, Vermont: Edge,
New Jersey; Elkins, West Virginia !;
Fernald, Maine; France, Maryland !;
Hale, Maine; Keyes, New Hamp-
shire; Knox, Pennsylvania; Lodge,
Massachusetts; McCumber, North Da-
kota; Mclean, Connecticut; Moses,
New Hampshire; New, Indiana Page,
Vermont; Phipps, Colorado; Sherman,
Illinois; Smoot, Utah; Sutherland,
West Virginia; Wadsworth, New
York Warren, Wyoming-23.
Democrats Beckham, Kentucky /;
Dial, South Carolina; Heffiin,. Ala
bama King, Utah Shields, Tennes-
see; Smith, Arizona; Smith, Mary
land; Stanley, Kentucky; Underwood,
Alabama; Williams, Mississippi-10.