President Warren Harding signs the Capper-Volstead
President Warren Harding signs the Capper-Volstead Act of Feb. 18, 1922. The Act explicitly authorized and sanctioned the elimination of competition among farmers through cooperative association for the orderly marketing of their crops. The law was hailed as Magna Carta of agriculture. Andrew John Volstead, is at far left. (BSLOC_2015_15_22)
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