Capper-Volstead Act

Capper-Volstead Act

Capper-Volstead Act was adopted by the United States Congress on February 18, 1922. As a consequence of the depression of agricultural prices subsequent to the World War I, farm organizations intensified their drive for government aid and managed to get a farm bloc established in Congress. Senator Arthur Capper was a member of this bloc and the Capper-Volstead Act was a part of the farm legislative program.

The act authorized various kinds of agricultural producers to form voluntary co-operative associations for purposes of producing, handling and marketing farm products - that is, it exempted such associations from the application of the antitrust laws. The United States Secretary of Agriculture was given power, on his own motion, to prevent such associations from achieving and maintaining monopolies. He could hold hearings, determine facts and issue orders ultimately subject to review by federal district courts.

It is included in the United States Code as Title 7, Chapter 12, Sections 291 and 292.

Source: Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940

External links

* [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+7USC291 US Code Title 7, Section 291] & [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+7USC292 292] (from GPOaccess.gov)
* [http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/capper.html The Capper-Volstead Act: Opportunity Today and Tomorrow / In Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act] by Donald M. Barnes and Christopher E. Ondeck -- a paper on the Act from the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives site


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