148 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



tural group was pointed out as a part of its 

 program in the press. From the very outset 

 there were certain questions which the Agricul- 

 tural Bloc regarded as distinctly partisan and 

 outside the scope of a bi-partisan organization. 



One instance was the agricultural tariff. 

 Though there has come to be a surprising 

 agreement between representatives of the South 

 and West on the agricultural tariff, it has never 

 been a part of the Bloc's program. Certain 

 other distinctly administration measures have 

 been regarded as foreign to the central purpose 

 of the Bloc and have never been introduced in 

 its discussion. It was inevitable that group ac- 

 tion when it had once been demonstrated to be 

 as effective for agriculture as it has been in the 

 past for business, industrial and labor groups 

 would be adopted by those supporting other 

 measures. The '/Farm Tariff Bloc," so-called, 

 was from the outset a different group though 

 necessarily including many of the Senators who 

 were members of the larger group. 



The critics of the agricultural movement have 

 failed to realize that there is not an entire agree- 

 ment between farmers of various regions be- 

 cause in many instances their best interests 

 lies in opposite directions. There are numer- 



