CHAPTER XIII 

 THE PROGRAM OF THE BLOC 



At the first meeting of the Agricultural Bloc, 

 Senator Kenyon in his introductory remarks 

 reviewed the generally deplorable condition in 

 agriculture and pointed out the necessity for 

 action by Congress on relief measures. He sug- 

 gested that by bringing together Senators from 

 the leading agricultural sections of the middle 

 west and south it might be possible to bring to 

 bear sufficient cooperative action in the Senate 

 to put before that body some of the pending 

 measures. 



The farmers' desires were then reviewed by 

 speakers who emphasized the general interest 

 among farmers in proposals for better financing 

 for farm marketing, personal credits, the 

 privilege of cooperative marketing, the read- 

 justment of freight rates, packer control and 

 the regulation of future trading in grain. In 

 fact the entire list of agricultural measures of 

 importance was discussed. 



The suggestion came from many sources that 



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