The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
AL|B|S NUMB ER0US OVER D|TCH|NG OF
 BILL FUR FARMERS
Tactical BIunder Among Other Factors Contributing to Sidetracking Chilean Ni-
 trate Purchases
WASHINGTON BUREAU |
 THE AGE-HEkALD : Washington, D. C., March 10

Senators with a constituency of farmers have, since the conclusion of the last session of Congress, inn pressed on the people that the de- feat of the resolution authorizing the President to expend s10,000,000 In the purchase of Chilean nitrate and calcium arsenate to be retailed to farmers at cost, purposely eliminated a boon of infinite possibilities for good.
 The rules committee instructed its chairman, Representative F. r. Campbell of Kansas, to report a rule putting the resolution in order in the House. Had Campbell obeyed in- structions the resolution would have passed, and as it had previously passed the House, would now be law. Whether the result would have been as beneficial as sponsoring senators declare, is a matter of dispute. It is admitted, however. that the calcium arsenate feature was it's most valu- able legislation inasmuch as calcium afsenatc is required in fighting the boil weevil.
 Bernard Baruch, in formal state ment, declared that the saving to farmers in Chilean nitrate would have been immaterial, as the Chilean . government has set q standard price which would have not been lowered , ;tt the request of this government. Gray Silver, Washington representa- tive of the American Farm Bureau federation, frankly disparaged the resolution and suggested that if Con- gross was really anxious to serve the farmer 1t would hastily sell Mus ele Shoals to Henry Ford
 z Prceipitated Fiiibuster.
 !. The autocratic action Of MT. Camp ; bell led to filibuster, the first in the history of the republic hay sing for it's object the coercion of another house of Congress. Senator @sJ. Thomas Heflin of Alabama led this @filibustcr, and intimated that the .FSenatc would transact no other busi- @ness until the House had passf4H the z nitrate resolution. Senator William ]. Harris of Georgia aided Senator Heflin, but when he attempted to read a printed debate which had oc- cured in the House he was taken fromy his feet on a point of order made by Senator Charles Curtis of = Kansas. Thereafter the filibuster sswaned to its death, although Sem ator Heflin did attempt to revive it. He had no support, however, from other senators, not even the autho; of the resolution Senator E. D. smith of South Carolina. The acting democratic leader. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, aware that the sus- tained oratory of the Alabama sem ator was, on account of the few hours remaining to the session, jeop- ardizing important Legislation with which the Senate was immediately concerned, openly repudiated the filibuster. This prompted Senator Heflin to intimate that if he could not have the assistance of senators from other southern states that fact would be made generally known.
 Tactical Biuader.
 It is generally admitted now that the author of the resolution, Senator smith, made tactical blunder when he offered the resolution as a sep arate measure rather than as an amendment to the agricultural ap- propration bill. which was at that time available. It is pointed out that II he could put the resolution through as separate measure by an unanimous vote, he could have attached it to the appropriation bill by at least a majority vote. Had he followed that course. the sense Hof the resolution would be preserved tptaS iHdSHiucn as It would not have been subjected to the perils which ultimately resulted In its death.
 senator Harris of Georgia ex- blamed his part in the Heflin ill., rated filibuster in part as follows: ..- Republican leaders in the House acted in bad faith in preventing pas sage of the bill despite the instruc- tons of the rules committee and a majority of the members of the House. For that reason I joined Senator Heflin in protest against outrageous methods and injustice to southern farmers
 think our protest will have good effect. In future, at the close of sessions, when leaders attempt to perpetrate an injustice, they will re- member that some of their bills Jailed of passage in the late hours"
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