Cotton Futures Act

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Cotton Futures Act
Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on July 27, 1914; agreed to by the Senate on July 27, 1914 (146-77) and by the House on July 27, 1914 (passed)
  • Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson
  • on August 18, 1914

    The Cotton Futures Act of 1914 authorized the United States Department of Agriculture to establish physical standards as a means of determining color grade, staple length and strength, and other qualities and properties for cotton. It was intended to minimize speculative manipulation of the cotton market.

    The Act was rendered

    Federal district court because it originated in the Senate. As a revenue act, it should have been drafted in the House. It was replaced by the Cotton Futures Act of 1916.[1]

    References

    1. ^ Markham, Jerry W. (2002). A Financial History of the United States. M.E. Sharpe. p. 96. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

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