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Show oo HOUSE FDDD BILL . IS SUBSTITUTED WASHINGTON, May 31. To expedite expe-dite passage of tho administration food bill, the senate today formally substituted substi-tuted for tho Gore bill the measure already passed by the house with the addition of the Polndexter amendment penalizing improper storage of food and other necessaries. The senate also al-so agreed to the amendments in tho substitute bill corresponding with those which were acted on In February-Senator Wadsworth said the Polndexter Poln-dexter amendment, unless changed, will prohibit tho storing of foodstuffs oven temporarily. Senator Fall then offered an amendment which would make it a "violation to unreasonably hold" foods. An amendment to cover dumping of food into tho sea while in, transit to the United States was proposed by Senator Stono, who said ho had heard in the last few days that coffee, in transit to American importers, had been destroyed that way for fear too large a stock here might reduce tho price. The Senator said ho had heard tho same thing about bananas. |