Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-30

$10O000,000 appropriation for the
purpose.
The roll call on the Tess bill found
only three Democrats voting for 1t
along with 20 Republicans, while Fl
Republicans joined with 80 Demo-
! Gratis and the one Farmer-Labor
member in opposition.
The senate roll call on the Tess
farm bill included the following
| eastern senator's:
For the BILL Republicans: Butler.
Dale, Gillett, Hale, Metcalf. Moses
| and Wadsworth. Against the bill:
! Democrats: Copeland and Gerry.
Paired for the Tess bill were: Dupont,
| Reyes, Lenroot, Mclean and Means,
Republicans. Senator Green was abb
| sent and without pair.
Immediately after the defeat of the
Tess proposal, Senator Robinson, the
| Democratic leader re-offered his pro-
posal for the establishment of a
| $500, 100000 farm export corporation,
which was rejected by the senate
| last week.
Senator Howell. Republican, Ne
| braska, re-offered the Haugen bill,
| rejected by the house, but with a
| provision excluding all crops except
wheat from the payment of an
| equalization fee. The measure would
authorize the appropriation of $780,
| 100000, not more than half of which
might be loaned to cotton co-opera-
| tives.
| 1t was rejected overwhelmingly.
| The vote was % to SIS, Senator Moses,
Republican, New Hampshire, then
moved that all pending amendments
be referred to the agricultural COM
mittee, Senator Robinson, the mi
nority floor leader, countered with a
motion to table the Moses Proposal.
The Moses motion was tabled by a
margin of votes-40 to 3S.
Adoption by the Senate of an
amendment eliminating naval stores
| from the measure means that the CO.
| operative marketing bill must go to
| conference. House and Senate lead
ers are agreed, however, that this
difference can be adjusted and the
measure sent to the president
| probably the only farm relief meas
ure TO reach the White House dur
ing this session, which is nearing a
close.
i The vote on the cooperative mar
keting bill came after ten hours
! contiguous session during which a
| wide range of proposals to change
| tariff and railroad rates for the bene-
| fit of the farmer and to aid him by
othe rmethods had been thrown into
| the discard.
The vote on the Tess proposai
came late in the day, and without
pausing for dinner recess the SEN
ate sent one substitute after another
down to crushing defeat.
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas
| the Democratic leader re-offered his
proposal for establishment of a $780,
| 100000 farm export corporation, but
| it was rejected 26 to 5.
Senator Howell. Republican, Ne
braska, called for another vote on
the equalization fee measure with a
| provision excluding all farm COM
of the fee. 1t was smothered by a
| % to So vote.
Senator Moses, Republican. New
Hampshire, moved to refer all SUBJ
st1tutes to the agriculture commit
| tee, but at the suggestion of Sena-
tor Robinson his motion was tabled
| 40 to SO.
Then a fight more bitter even
! than that over the Tess bill. was
| provoked when Senator Robinson of
Tered an amendment to direct the
| tafllI commission to Investigate for
| eign and domestic costs of produc-
ton with a view toward lowering
taft rates for the benefit of the far
| mer.
Immediately Senator Curtis of
| Kansas. the Republican leader sug-
| gested an amendment to the Robin
son proposal to direct the tariff COM
! mission to investigate tariff rates to
| determine If they could be either
| raised or lowered without injury to
| the farmer.
Finally after all had been dispos-
| ed of. the cooperative marketing bill.
which had been before the Senate
| for three weeks, was passed without
a roll call and with only few sena-
J tors on the 5Ioor