The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-08-03
WHEN A BLOC
Is NOT A BLOC

Interesting and insrniou,' are the
word. which Iud-on &. Wclliycr. in the
Review Of Reviews. u.s.. 20 describe the
agricultural bio
The bloc !. interesting. say, Mr. Well.
liver, because the name agricultural bios"
vas given Co something that did no,
exist az that time u %. namei ingcniou.
b~Cau.c Il has accomplished eel in the
face Of opposition Hut is slso ingenious.
hcCau.c unlike other hlccs AZ Washington N
previous years. the agricultural bloc has
worked IN the OPEN the names u is rcr
hers APPEAR IN iron, page hcadlincs. it,
leaders have been frank in discussing the
motives which prompted them 90 cham.
pion the osu~ Of the farmer, Of the
United States
Cray Silver. Washington rcprrsentativ,
Of the American Farm Bureau federation.
Is gwen the credit fos anticipating the
present conditions q, a time when the gen.
ersl agricultural depression sas no, 80
generally realized a. nov and ~ regulating
the hrs, action 90 help matters Mr.
Silver. according 90 Mr. WelLvcf sus.
srsiei a conference las, spring Of ie~
Senator. from the farm state. % disrus.
the trend Of affair There vcrr prr.en,
S-natnrs Kenyon Ooval. Csppcr Kansas.
Cooling lliahol. NcNary lOre.onl,
lafollc,,e Wis.,. ipti y ~. Norm.
Nehtl HENDRIX lWyo D.. Fletcher IFia).
Sheppard Cresl.l. Heiin Ala D.. and lee
Others
No seors, Meetings.
Meetings iollo~ci meeting, bat a. Nc
time acre thrrr more than twenty .two
Senators pfe-cn, The meeting. ~ef,
never .ecfe' indeed an effort ~as made
10 interest as many legislator. o. gsB..ible
hevause support ~as wanted E,eryune
tns~ that these senators u~fe meeting IN
an effort 10 Obtain al the information fcf.
tanning TO the situation ant % develop
sonc legislative program that would
anticipate forthcoming ieprc..-on
The hlo, uemh~r. have thn,rsi on the
opposition AiV~r-r criticism ,nnVnees
them chat the hlo d, ~of.ns tor some
things that some persons So ~, Vani
and that Is pfuoi that the bio ha. a least
snne ies worth smile lualh,at.,ns
lhc-~ men began 20 ASSERT thcmsel,e. a
July. 1921. shen th~y oppp-ci the AZ
iournmeni Of the .p-cial .es,ion oi Goa
srrss. the members have he,n active IN
trNcfal undertaking, that have ksp, the
ae~spspcfs hilet 18th nc~s and the AR
charged ~iih propaganda charging that
the agricultural bloc !. out TO .te,k the
party IN po~ef
Restored Finance corpof.tiou.
Nv defeating the adjournment 81 the
SPECIAL SESSION the bios secured IN. passage
Of the measure whiCh restored the War
finance corporation TO tunc,ioning AZ
time When !, did the mos, good
The refusal to adjourn aIso enabled the
passa.. Of th. packers" ball ~hich rcsu
lated the meat packing industry to the
farmer, interest These ~efe the first
,~o definite step. which have bocn folio~-
81 by other and Increasingly impor,an,
legislative measures Which are ot beneht
TO the farmer
Not Q Bloc.
Ono gathers that the agricultural bloc
10 really no bios q, all. ays Mr. Wslliyes
IN the Rsvie~ OF Revie~.. 'bu, tina, the
name hs. been rather misappliei 60 .
group Of Senators and Congressnep.
Republican. and Democrats alike. from
states pre'iominan,ly agricultural. acting
pretty general, together IN supper, Of
measures favored by. and in opposition to
measures opposed by. their ronstitucnc ie..
rather csrhe~,ns discipline and disposed
70 ignore party 'eiicrsh,p and of.aniIa-
ion determined 20 sc, What they ~ant.
Shen the Sani y. and not TO take ~hat
they DO not sant. no matter Who urges q.
- nearly radical ~ ANYTHING Is our
somhfe huei congressional politics ever
gets and extreme lett. not hcraur Il 10
extreme but heyaus- IT. the EXTREMIST
there IL. Nho.r memb~fs. tired OF l.einS
steam -rollcfci have gone steam -follerins
Flavor this fc,ip~ Nth strong spice II
the .oil recognize the tact that the bloc
represents agriculture IN a time ~hcn Il Is
passing through the most acute crisis y
has ever sno~n, a. least since the panic oi
1857 ConCeic that party affiliations every
Nhcfe are ,cr, much rope II sand nova
DAYS ami you will srt pretty tlo-e to
What the agricultural blo, j. about