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Show ACTIVITIES OF FARM BLOD TO ; BECOIITIIIUED. ;. - - . j Capper Declares Congress Should Enact Certain Measures With View to Aiding Agriculture TOPEKA. Kan. Aug. 1 (By A. P. Resumption of ths activities of ths "(arm bloc" la ths United States senate, upon toe opening" of a new session of congress naxt December, Is predicted by Senator Arthur Cav per fit Kansas, shalrman of tha aenats "bloc" during tha latter part of last sesaien. "Our legislative program probably will not ba aa extensive aa It waa at tha laat seaalon. but still wo believe be-lieve congress should enact certain measurss with a view to aiding sericulture." aald Ssnator Capper. "Tha most Important of theas la ta securs a reduction In freight rates through tha repeal by eongraaa of tha aocalled guaranty provision of ths Eacn-Cummlnf transportation act.- Also, whlls It Is not our deal de-al re to annul the supervisory powers pow-ers of ths Interstate commerce com mission over tha rail lines, wa hops to obtain a restoration to states of soma of ths powsr of jurisdiction over railroads that waa lost through the Escb-Cummlns act. This would pertain, of course, to rates antlrsly , within tha auto. 'The guaranty provision has besn proved unsatisfactory. In tha Wott the farmer ats ths brant of unties- I esasrtly high freight rstes Senator Capper said hla "truth In fabrics" bill, which was before the Isst congress, wilt bs Introduced agsln In ths coming seaalon. . . - . |