Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-26
Farm Bills
Are Pushed
In Congress
Agrarian Bloc Outlines Exten.
sive Program of Legislation
of National I'm.
pOrtance.
One Measure Is Passed
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.


BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING
Chicaso Tribune-OmahA Bee Leased Wire
Washington, June 25.-The agra
rian bloc in congress, which is max
ing the power of the farmers felt il
national affairs as seldom before
has mapped out an extensive pro
gram of proposed legislation and il
pressing for immediate actor
thereon. "
The packer regulation bill, passed
by both houses and soon to be SEN
to the president, is to be followed BY
the bill prohibitively taxing future
s.Gading on grain exchanges. This
bill has been passed by the house
and is now pending in the senate.
The next on the program in the
order of independence is the Cappel
Ibill authorizing associations of agri
)cultural producers.
Explaining this measure, Senator
Cappcr said Thursday:
Our system of marketing is the
ccstliest and most inefficient in the
world. for the reason that farmers
are compelled to pay daily tribute tc
a group of men who render nc
service to either the producer OF
consumer. In broad way this bill
seeks to eliminate the speculative
middleman and the unnecessary
proft-taker. Both political parties
endorsed this measure in their ma
tional platforms and all the farmer
organizations have memorialized
congress to pass it promptly. The
bill also has the approval of Secre-
tary Wallace
Truth in Fabric" Bill.
Another measure on the program
in the Capper truth in fabric bill,
which provides for compulsory
stamping OF cloth and the identified
ton of shoddy.
Congress should act quickly on
this measure" said Senator Capper.
I'VE can do nothing in Washington
that will be of such great assistance
in saving the sheep and wool indus
try from extinction. Furthermore,
congress should protect the public
from shoddy goods sold by deceit
and Misrepresentation. Ninety mir
lion pounds of shoddy are used an
nualiy in the manufacture of cloth,
most of which is sold as pure wool to
the public at profiteering prices"
The bloc also is backing the cold
:1s1sp ge Bill to make available for
the use on. the government a record
of foodstuffs held in cold storage and
the location Of such cold storage
warehouses, to require warehouses IN
which foodstuffs are held to be kept
in sanitary condition and the food
stuffs 90 marked as to determine
readily the ownership OF and date
when such foodstuffs were placed in
storage. Senator Capper said:
Limit on Storage.
"The limit of time for which food
can be held in storage-approxiinate-
ly IL months--is the period OF a
crop year, or the time allowed by ma
ture for producing another harvest.
and the advantage to both the pro-
ducer and consumer in forcing on
the market the foods produced each
wear will soon result in constant
flow through the channels OF trade
and eliminate price fuctuation which
so often occurs after the producer
disposes of his products to the mid
dleman and he places them in cold
storage to be released only when
prices advance to the point fixed by
him."
Senator Kenyon of Iowa has con-
tributed to the program a bill pro-
viding for truthful label OF paints,
oils, turpentines and varnishes. The
bill provides that there shall be
shown the per cent of the various in
gradients entering into the compo-
sition of such paints, oils and var
nishes.
Still another project Of the bloc
is legislation to enable farmers to
obtain credit on more favorable
terms. The Kenyon rural credit
and multiple insurance bill proposes
to create two federal corporations.
a rural credit society and multiple
insurance league. The rural credit
Ts.iety is based on the theory of a
central bank with branch for each
state. Capital of S23,000,O0O is to
be furnished by the government
without interest with sinking fund.
The capital of the branches, $2,4OO...
600 is to be furnished by such OF
the large life insurance companies
as accept the federal charter. These
branch banks guarantee against the
loss of the governments investment.
Rural Credit Society.
"The purpose of the rural credit
society is to standardize paper for
agricultural production in the open
market. and thus give the farmer
access to the financial and indus
trial centers for the sale of such
paper, whereas he is today restricted
TO the local deposit banks" said
Senator Kenyon. This would not
only materially reduce the interest
rate which the farmer would have
to pay, but it would provide an or
ganization or machinery for the cap
italization of the actual tiller of the
soil who possesses honesty, frugal
ity. energy and farming experience.
The purpose of the multiple in
surance league are two-fold, viz:
First. to furnish sound and eco
nomic insurance o. every kind as
security for the poor man who has
accumulated no property to pledge
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