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Show TREASURY MAY BUY FARM LOAN BONDS WASHINGTON". Dec. 15 The secretary secre-tary of the treasury is authorized to purchase pur-chase not exceeding S100.00u.000 farm loan bonds each year for two years upoo-" recommendation of the farm loan hoard in a bill favorably reported tday by tiie house banking and currency committee. Requests for the legislation came Today To-day from the f.irm Ua n board, which plpns to resume within a few weeks tb sale of bonds, .stopped December 1. when selling areenient with private boin'1 dea lers ex pi red. A'.i ti-,ori::ii ion of put -chase by the treasury is soueht in orde" to stabilize the interest on the bonds and to enable bankers to h:j ve Hme to flo;1 r-. them, instead of 1 h rowing them on the market under emergency conditions with hish in i ere.-1 rates. The lull. ;is reported tod; v, limits the interest on the bonds the "'ir'-"n' , -liiru, purchase to 5 per cent. |