Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-25
Of MEAT
PACKING INDUSTRY IS
DECREEO BY SENATE
Long Fought Bill for Federal Con-
troll Is Passed by Margin
OF 13 Votes.
LINEUP WAS NOS-PApTlssN

By Associated Pre-s % Evsfy gssnins
Washington. Jar - Win par
tial victory won lD mo Benates adoI
tion Of the measure by r. margin ~
- votes. proponents - ihe Drpnna ll
for federal regulation = ~ meat N.
ers ard other agencies - the ilFeFr' 4.
Industry today VeTo aging plans q.
obtain final action by me Housf before
adjournment = special rule giving fhs|
measure right - way over Other .ogs
latiOn will be sOughf Exhaustive hear
ings already have beer heif r tn#
House agriculture conrrittes 9n o. .f
legislation
Washington. Jan. - ~ msrxr
of - votes the senate late gesfffGar
parsed The long fought BIN Pr Feders
regulation = the meat YarFers ard
other agencies n the i've afosk lr..
dDstry
Tho yo,o was a. 70 ~ ana tre 'sgis
lation. the centre = bitter ooutrot
for decade. now goes 20 tha ifnYa
with IT. supporters hopef8l ~ dra
action during the gTcaerf snsaior .f
Congress A special r'ile 20 -zpefift
House action is to be- s0uEhf
Partisan division N me senate ras
lacking. but. Hpst Democrafa s1N
ported the bill while q ma jorlty - 'na
Republicans opposed j. The .ErfH
lineup was IS Republicans tnd 4a
Democrats FOR passage. attn 2s Heuuf
Leans and 70 Democrats agairg' frr
ron call fOil0we
Republicans Borah. Cappsr Dur
tis. CoodinR 0rouna Johnsor ICaf
Kellogg. Kenyon. Ia Toilette. L.srrou'
McNary. Nelson. Norris Pnf1d~xfsr
Spencer. sterling. ToVnsend and wits
Total Republicans for %
Democrats for Ashurs, CuIb~reor
Fletcher. Glass. Gore Harris Harrisor.
Hitchcock. johnson fS D1 zones N
NJ. Kendrick. kirby. Mckelisr Mver-.
Oyerrnan, owen Pheian F1tnnar Pon.-
creme. RansdeIl. Reed. Robinson sh@p-
pard. smith (ga ;. syareor Trar r-rnfiIt
Walsh Mass and Wslsh Mont
Total Democrats for. ~ Total flr ss
Republicans aEeinsf-Hau BrandnA
gee. Colt. Dillingham; Edge. Eahlr-I
Fernald. France. Hale Eeyes kunTl
Lodge. McCumber Mcl.@au Noses
New. Page. Phipps. sherman srsoofi
Sutherland WadFworth ard Narrafl
( Total Republicans against l4
Democrats against rsec khan, llislt
Helm. King. Shields. smith iAriz ;.
1 Smith (Mc.), STANLEY. q InderEood md
Williams. Total Democrats agalrEt.
/ 10. Total against. ~
4 All fundamental features % the iegls-
latlor presented ~ the Agricuisurs
4 original Kenyon ksndrtcx biIl we're ls.
! tanned by the senate.
Z The bill would create a Federal Crri-
mission Of three msmbers app1iutetl u
Z the President q have jurisdiction owed
I the livestock industry
This commission sroula have power
( 70 issue orders. collect and tissen,iuau us
I information. have access 20 nackers
I books and have general superwsiou
/ over packers. STOCK Yards. summisslat
( men and similar agencies. tteyicw
/ the livestock commissiors Hriiern
/ would be provided by The uLi. wllcn
( also presoribes rules Tor conduct "a
/ the packing business and stipulat.1nf
( against monopoly. unfair trade prac-
/ tices. engaging in unrelated indusrrlet
and other similar acts.
Voluntary licensing q uas lsers ass
I Is provided. an artemp by senatai
Pomerene 70 eliminate this feature has-
ms been defeated, % % 50.
Two important amendments wers
adopted BY the senate before paszins
/ the bill. one. by senator Wassssorth
! would include horses. mules and soafs
within the operations 0f the bail al.
I though horse and mule markets vouid
be excluded from the proposed Federa.
I supervision.
Another amendment. b senator
PitmaE. would exempt al persons wnosc
chief business Is live stock groWinE o.
production OF agriculturai products
from the bulls provisions. The althor
declared that the legislation should nOt
extend 10 small stock growers En
operate their own feedins yards.
Other amendments adopted .nciu1e
one by Senator Borah providing thg,
all proceedings Of the Live STOCK Cosi-
mission should BE open o. the ngbil.
and an amendment by Senator Rome
rene. declaring that upon enactmcn.
OF the bill all supervisor over the tsa
eral Trade Commission over the nRa
stock industry should b. terminated
and transferred % the Live Stock com.
mission.
Friends Of the h.l succveded in alth-
standing virtually ali other rcvisions
proposed. and also defeated motion
to recommit the bill - ne Agricliturs
Committee An amendment hy senator
Hitchcock proposing that packers giv-
A weeks notice of bids ard prices zoe
live stock was lost 20 20 = The authcf
said IL was designed 20 stabilize the
market.