Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-05-22 | Page 6 | Food Measures to be Rushed

uu F'Ofllff SHIP h PHTIDIPO IIP UL laUySuLil Stimulation of Production to Be Taken Up First Food Control Follows. BILL IS REDRAFTED Price Fixing, Food Administration, Administra-tion, Prohibition and Regulation Regu-lation Proposed. WASHINGTON, May 22. Food legislation leg-islation laid aside in the senate yesterday yester-day is to be taken up again at once. That dealing with stimulation production produc-tion first will be taken up and a new bill dealing with food control will follow. fol-low. The senate agricultural committee today reported a redrafted bill dealing with production. It amended the house bill introduced by Representative Representa-tive Lever for the department of agriculture agri-culture and made plans to bring it before tho senato for action at once. By Friday it is planned to introduce the food control bill dealing with price fixing, food administration, prohibition and regulation of grain exchanges Amended Bill Provisions. The amended bill agreed upon today to-day by the senato committee provides for a national food survey and appropriates appro-priates for various measures to increase in-crease food production. It would authorize au-thorize the secretary of agriculture to investigate all details of present food supplios, demand, consumption, costs, transportation, production, storage and distribution and to co-operate with state and other federal agencies in increasing in-creasing production. Appropriations for specific purposes, including federal purchase and distribution of seeds are proposed. Provisions of the house bill designed de-signed to prevent monopoly were stricken out by the 3enate committee, leaving the new bill to cover only questions of production. It is hoped thus t6 expedite enactment of the first measure, as extended debate on the food regulation bill to follow is threatened. House Provision Eliminated. A provision in the house bill for commandeering seed supplies was struck out by the senate committee. An appropriation of $2,000,000 to combat hog cholera and other livestock live-stock diseases and to conserve meat, poultry and dairy supplies was Increased In-creased by the senato committee to $4,500,000, while It reduced from $6,-500.0000 $6,-500.0000 to $2,500,000 the house appropriation appro-priation for seed purchases. The house bill's appropriation of $4,500,000 for stimulation of foodstuff production produc-tion and elimination of waste was reduced re-duced by the senate committee to $3,000,000.