CHAPTER XIV 

 THE RECORD OF THE BLOC IN CONGRESS 



Action on agricultural matters in the Senate 

 dates from the first meeting of the group of 

 Senators in May, 1921. The agricultural de- 

 pression had been thoroughly discussed, both 

 in hearings and on the floor of the Senate, but 

 little had been accomplished except the prepara- 

 tion for the passage of the Emergency tariff, 

 generally called the *^ Agricultural'' tariff bill. 

 There had been much talk and little action since 

 the end of the war. 



While tariff questions were never regularly 

 considered a part of the Bloc's program, there 

 is no doubt that the attention which agricul- 

 ture has received in the preparation of the 

 tariff has been to some extent due to the pres- 

 ence of the Bloc. A group of Senators worked 

 together on the tariff and this group was some- 

 times called the Agricultural Bloc, but this was 

 not correct. 



Shortly following the time when the Bloc 

 began to consider its program of action the 

 Emea-gency Tariff bill was passed. Another 



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