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of placing first mortgages at $10,000 made it 

 impossible to cover even 50 per cent of the 

 valuation on many farms : 



The Truth in Fabrics bill, designed to assure 

 the elimination of fraud in the sale of woolen 

 fabrics. While this legislation had moved 

 slowly, due to the opposition of the powerful 

 manufacturing interests and the difficulty of 

 working out an effective method of administra- 

 tion, it was none the less vigorously supported 

 by the members of the Bloc : 



The Filled Milk legislation, designed to pre- 

 vent the manufacture and sale of products as 

 milk containing vegetable fats^ was listed for 

 attention. 



The Muscle Shoals development plan for the 

 purpose of producing fertilizers was approved 

 and listed among those measures that should 

 have prompt attention. 



The policy of the Bloc to specialize in the 

 study of one particular measure at a time, go 

 thoroughly into its various angles, and to work 

 out a well organized plan of procedure was still 

 kept in the fore-ground. The Agricultural 

 Bloc's program has never been extensive at 

 any particular time since its whole purpose was 

 to concentrate upon matters of current im- 



