Show BLOC WILL WORK FOR LAWS THREEFOLD agriculture legislation IS NOW BEING PROPOSED senator capper outlines legislative plans for farm relief with little hope in conning coming session washington A threefold program of agricultural legislation for the present congress was proposed by senator capper farm bloc leader from kansas with circumstances conspiring against any action whatever on farm relief before march the bloc has den ded aided nevertheless to press activity for three distinct projects as follows 1 A relief measure for livestock live stools ind catok men who have failed to realize the success of grain farmers banners brough increased prices and are still reported in financial distress bistress 2 adoption of gi a new plan to encourage cooperative marketing of all agricultural products 3 congressional sanction of a movement to readjust freight rates on all commodities so that agricultural products may be bene fitted capper is not at all pessimistic pesi about the outcome of the program he believes that all three of the projects may pass and he is certain that he movement to lower freight rates will be accepted the grain farmers had a great run of if luck which has enabled them to recover their stability to a 0 certain stent capper told the united press but they now need encouragement for cooperative marketing in some places their project along this line las not proven successful the system itsel itse however has succeeded succeed ea in saving the tobacco growers of the auth ard the fruit growers of the west and it can be made to save he f ners of the middle west this congress should pass either he williams capper bill creating a ederae ed eral independent marketing bureau of the curtis aswell bill chartering a government overn ment corporation with a 5 fund under the yoakum plan for encouraging group marketing the conference report on the smith hoch resolution will be adopted and will open the way for reduction in freight rates it declares he sense of congress that agriculture is a basic industry and advises he interstate commerce to readjust rates all along the line |