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Capper–Volstead Act (P.L. 67-146), the Co-operative Marketing Associations Act (7 U.S.C. 291, 292) was adopted by the United States Congress on February 18, 1922. It gave “associations” of persons producing agricultural products certain exemptions from antitrust laws.
The Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926 44 Stat. 802 (1926) was a piece of agricultural legislation passed in the United States which expanded upon the Capper–Volstead Act of 1922. [1] It allowed farmers to exchange “past, present, and prospective crop, market, statistical, economic, and other similar information” at their local cooperative ...
He also helped author the Capper–Volstead Act, which enabled farmers to form locally owned cooperatives without fear of prosecution under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The law is still in effect. Volstead was a member of the 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th, and 67th congresses. He was defeated in his attempt to be elected to ...
February 9, 1922: World War Foreign Debts Commission Act; February 18, 1922: Capper–Volstead Act; February 18, 1922: Patent Act of 1922; March 4, 1922: Model Marine Insurance Act of 1922; March 20, 1922: Seed and Grain Loan Act; March 20, 1922: General Exchange Act of 1922; May 11, 1922: Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1923
Beginning with the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act and 1922 Capper–Volstead Act, which regulated livestock and protected farmer cooperatives against anti-trust suits, United States agricultural policy began to become more and more comprehensive.
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was an act of the 66th United States Congress designed to execute the 18th Amendment (ratified January 1919) which established the prohibition of alcoholic drinks.
Volstead was a moderate progressive who coauthored the Capper–Volstead Act in 1922, which legalized agricultural cooperatives. [5] The house in 2018. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 for having national significance in the areas of agriculture, politics/government, and social history. [6]
February 18 – Harding signs the Capper–Volstead Act into law. [151] February 20 – Harding informs the Senate that there are no records of the deliberations before the drafting of the Four-Power Treaty. [152] February 21 – Comedian Will Rogers is no longer welcome at the White House after making jokes at the administration's expense. [153]