Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-24
REVOLVING FUND
To BUY ARSE:NATE
APPEARS ASSURED
Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
40S Evans Building.
RY THEODORE THLER

fVo Evans
BY THEODORE .TILLER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-It be-
came assured Thursday that before
adjournment of congress the house
will vote on a senate resolution of
greatest Importance to the entire
| cotton belt, the expected approval of
which will establish a revolving fund
of ten million dollars, appropriated
| by the federal government, for the
purchase and distribution at cost Of
nitrate of soda and calcium arsenate.
Probably no such measure of similar
Importance to cotton producers has
been before congress in many years.
Southern members of congress
feel that ultimate passage of the bill
is now certain, as the house rules
committee has voted to make the
bill of privileged status. Chairman
| Campbell, of the rules committee,
promised Representative Crisp, of
Georgia, that the senate resolution
and special rule would be laid be-
fore the house within the next three
or four days. Representative Crisp
drew the special rule which was Of
fered by Representative Pou, rank
ing Democrat of the rules commit
| tee, and adopted by that committee.
All members of the Georgia delega-
ton joined in the appeal for a spe-
cial rule. Without such action by
the rules committee the senate reso-
luton would have been caught in.
the legislative jam and probably
could not have been reached at this
session.
Passage Seems Certain
Passage of the senate resolution,
first offered by Senator Smith, of
South Carolina, and amended by
Senator Harris, of Georgia, will aid
the cotton farmer in this way. The
government will supply a revolving
fund of ten million dollars, to be
controlled by the president. Under
his direction and regulation, using
such agencies as he thinks best, the
government will purchase nitrate of
soda and calcium arsenate in such
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be necessary and find available for
increasing agricultural production
during the calendar years 1928 and
| 1924 and to dispose of same at the
total cost to the government, pay
able in advance"
This is expected to bring to the
cotton producer not >clly cheaper
fertilizer, though the purchases of
nitrate of soda, but more effective
means of fighting the boil weevil
through use of calcium arsenate. The
size of the appropriation, which will
be turned over and over, makes GER
than a steady flow of these COM
modities direct from the government
| to the farm. Representative Crisp
said today he had consulted Chair
man Campbell and was promised
there will be no delay in bringing
up the special rule in the house.
The rule was so drawn by Represen-
tative Crisp and Representative Pou
that the ten-million-dollar appropria-
ton is made in order and Immediate
ly available, without reference of the
resolution to the house committee on
appropriations.
Georgia Members Active
Members of the Georgia delega-
ton, along with about fifty others
from the cotton growing states,
brought such pressure on the rules
committee that it finally yielded on
the rule. For a time there was OPP
position because certain committee
men thought it unwise to put the
government into the business of buy
ing and selling fertilizer and calcium
arsenate, the latter a fairly effective
poison in the boil Weevil fight, The
senate passed the Smith resolution
early in January. Originally, 1t
called only for nitrate of soda pur-
chase and distribution, but Senator
Harris amendment to include cal
cium arsenate was adopted The
house plans to pass the resolution
Just as it came from the senate, ex-
pediting final approval.
st regard this resolution" said
Representative Crisp, las of most
vital Importance to the cotton
states 1t is one Of the most help
full measures we have had before
congress in years. I am confident
of it's early passage and every mem
Der of the Georgia delegation is be-
hind it and assisted in getting &C.
ton from the rules committee"
Senators Harris and Smith appear
ed before the rules committee in sup
port of the senate resolution and the
hearing room was crowded with
members from the cotton belt.
Cotton growers scored another VIC
tory when the house adopted the
senate provision in the army appro'
nriation bill authorizing the chemi'
cal warfare service to expend fifty
thousand dollars in governments
against the boil weevil. The cheml'
cal warfare experts will experiment
to see if the boil weevil can be con-