The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-23
Measure of Louisiana Con- gressman Is Designed To Provide Supervision For Sugar Exchanges And To Sentence Every VioIator
NEXT CONGRESS TO RALLY TO AID OF HOUSEWIVES
AnsWeII Wants To Put Stop
 To WhoIsesaIe Gambling And Steady Market. He Would Put Sugar Exchange Under Very Careful Scrutiny

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Mem- bers of Congress, stirred by recent disclosures of sugar gambling in New York, are rallying to the aid of American housewives who have been very much worried over how high the price of the leading table com modity would climb.
 With the blame fixed largely on widespread speculation. several members of the House and Senate have indicated their intention of pushing legislation in the next Con- gross which will regulate sugar trading as cotton and grain trading are now regulated. and which will put all end to the shakiness which the sugar market has displayed for the last few years.
 One bill Is already being drafted by Representative Aswe1l Of Louisi- ana of the committee on agricul- ture. In his measure. Aswell seeks regulation In two ways:
 First-Supervision of sugar ex- changes by the Secretary of Agri- culture along the same lines now followed in cotton and grain trad irg.
 seeond-Fines and jail sentences for violators.
 Since the supreme court upheld the recent grain futures act members of Congress are now sure h1> far they can go in regulating trading in sugar. They believe that super vision by the Secretary of Agricui- ture as under the grain futures act, will stop the wildcat tendency of the sugar market.
 Seeks HardinS's Advice.
 As an evidence of this. they are pointing to the correction of alleged questionable practices which were found on a large scale by experts of the department of agriculture re- gently when they audited the books of grain exchanges in the middle west. According to Secretary Wal lace, these irregularities have been corrected. In some cases, fines have been laid. It was found on several exchanges that the very approach of rection of questionable practices.
 Aswell. in framing his bill, has sought information from President Harding, Secretary Hoover, Chairman Marvin of the United States commits sion. and Attorney General Daugh- ' his step, has assured Aswell that he will give him all the information that has been brought to the Presidents attention.
 Aswell, with other members of Congress, does not hope for much from the action taken by the de- partment of justice in asking for an injunction against the sugar ex- change in New York. He declared that the steps now being taken with such a blare of trumpets to punish the sugar gamblers arc little short of farcial"
 Would Flush Gamblers.
 The remedy that my colleague and I are working out Aswell said will transform the principal sugar exchanges of the United States iA O contract markets by extending Ine supervisory power of the Secretary of Africulture 10 those places, as has been done with the cotton and grain exchanges. It will be found that the ink is not dry on such statute be- fore the gamblers will be rushing to cover"
 There were no new developments over the weekend here in the ac- tivities of the department of justice toward driving sugar spectators out of business. Experts of the depart ment are still engaged in working up their case, under the direction of acting Attorney General Seymour, who mad charge of the gathering O. evidence and who will very likely represent the government in the case before the New York district court.