160 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



of Representatives is not so easily shown, since 

 the organization there has never been so clearly- 

 defined as in the Senate. About the time the 

 Senate group was formed there was a meet- 

 ing of a number of representatives from the 

 House under the leadership of Representative 

 L. J. Dickinson of Iowa. Committees were ap- 

 pointed on Transportation, Taxation and Rev- 

 enue; Tariff, Credit and Miscellaneous meas- 

 ures. This group has not included all of those 

 interested in agricultural measures, however, 

 and can hardly be compared exactly with the 

 Bloc in the Senate. 



The results of organized interests in agri- 

 culture is shown by the fact that the House 

 passed all of the measures enacted by the Sen- 

 ate by larger proportionate majorities than were 

 secured in the Senate. 



On several bills there was a hard fight by the 

 farmers' representatives against those who en- 

 deavored to block or postpone legislative action. 

 But after the first parliamentary skirmishing 

 the final votes were large, as for example, 269 

 to 69 on the Future Trading Bill; 251 to 71 on 

 the Packer Bill and 315 to 21 on the Amend- 

 ment to the War Finance Corporation Act 

 granting greater credits to farmers. 



