Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT DITS OF THE UNUSUAL 1 1 i Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. SENATE PASSED FOOD BILL Leaders Hope to Get the Measure to the President in Ten Days Washington, D. C., July 23. The administration food control bill, virtually rewritten after five weeks’ bitter contest, was passed Saturday by the senate, 81 to 6. Conferees from house and senate will begin work early this week and leaders are hopeful that the measure may be in the President’s hands in ten days. A§ revamped the bill gives the President broad authority over foods, feeds and fuels, the latter including kerosene and gasoline; provides for administration by a food board of three members instead of an individual, authorizes federal fixing of coal prices; rqj quisitioning and operation of mines, and authorizes a minimum guaranteed price of not less than $2 per bushel for wheat at primary markets. The senate section prohibiting manufacturing of distilled beverages during the war and directing the President to buy gll distilled spirits in bond was substituted for the house "bone dry” provision and will be one subject of difficulty in conference.