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Show Uncle Sam: Dealer in Hay and Grain? President llurdlng or administration champions In congress. The bill as reported from the committee com-mittee on agriculture varies but little lit-tle from the measure originally introduced intro-duced by Senator Norris (Uep. Neb.), cluilriimn of tlie coin ml i tee on agriculture. agricul-ture. The "farmers arid consumers corporation" created under the bill would be managed by a board of three 0lrcctor8 appointed by the President. The original bill provided that the secretary sec-retary of agriculture should be one of the three directors, but this provision wua eliminated by the committee. The enpltul stock of $100 000.000 would be subscribed by the treasury. The corporation is empowered and authorized to build, buy, lease, and operate op-erate elevators and storage warehouses; ware-houses; to buy and sell agricultural products, to act as agent of any per son or co-operative organization pro duclns or dealing in agricultural products; prod-ucts; to make advances for the purpose pur-pose of assisting any person or cooperative co-operative organization in financing the sale or exportation of agricultural products. TX7ASHINGTON. The senate wm-W wm-W rolttee on agriculture, dominated by the radical group of Kepuolivuus, has ordered a favorable report to the Semite of the Norris bill to create a $100,000,000 government corporation to buy und sell farm products and to lend money for financing their sale. The Norris bill wus ordered reported while the senate banking and currency committee was continuing Its heurltu on the administration program for rural credits legislation, and there wns a conviction among senate leaders that the Norris measure, which would put the government definitely into business, busi-ness, would not receive the support of |