Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-06-28
Congress Just Closing Made a
Record of Hard Work
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
Railroad Rate Bill and Meat Inspec-
tion Bill Will Soon Become Laws
Before Adjournment Pure Food
Bills Will Have Been Passed by
Both Houses-One New State Has
Been Added to the Union and Other
Legislation Enacted.

Washington. Special
measures extending federal reoula-
ton and control have been enacted NJ
the first session of the Fifty-ninsh
congress, now rapidly drawing TO
close. The railroad rate bill and tbc
meat inspection bill will soon become
Jaws and before adjournment both
houses Of congress will have passed
pure food bills which. though dissim-
liar IN terms, are both based on the
same principle of federal control II
is the present intention TO try and ad-
just these differences before adiourn-
ment. There has been no marked di-
VISION on party lines IN effecting the
above results, the difference being only
as to ways and means rather than os
TO policy
Besides branching off into this new
heid OF legislative endeavor, the pres
ent session of congress has made il
sell important in other ways. 1t has
added one, and perhaps two new
states to the union, and by so doing
disposed of four territories. Great rc.
suits to the people are expected from
the removal of the tax oil denatured
aicohol. III predictions are fulfilled.
heat, light and power to be supplied
by alcohol made from the confields
OF the country. from sugar beets. and
sugar cane, from fruits and other
vegetation.
Panama Canal.
by deft turn Of legislative points
OF view. the questions which have per
picked congress for some time regard
ing the Panama canal have been SET.
tied. The president NAV DIG n lock
canal as last rs he pleaScs. A joint
resolution was agreed 10 recurring
canal supplies to be OF American man
ufacture
An act making much needed rcor-
ganlzatlon of the consular service was
passed. Nothing was done in tbe
Santo Domingo controversy and Tho
ieSlslatlon affecting our colonial DOS
sessions was mca"re and unimportant.
although tariff revision for the Philip-
pines received the attention and nm
proval of the house, and an net wns
passed revising the tariff collected bv
the Philippine government. \ coin
age act was passed.
But congress talked about our own
tarlh law. Thousands and hundreds
OF thousands more words than hovr
been uttered at any other one session
OF congress were compiled i'm The
congressional Record Nearly 10000
bllIs were introduced. Ii has been i'm
possible TO hold the approximations
down 10 much less than 5000 lOO. 600
although economv'' was The ,votcb-
word from the start. Permanent an
nual appropriations Increased during
The session nearly f5,000,0O0 MAKING
total permanent annual apDropri,-
tlon OF $l40000,000. The mrat in
spectlon bill carried a permanent an
nual appropriation of S3.00O.00O and
me same day the house pua>cd The bill
adding 81 100000 To like nmourt nm
nnallY for the support of the State
militia.
Important to the Sonth. q
Important to the Southern States
was the enactment of the ocucy,I
Quarantine bill providing for coopcra-
ton O. State and federal authorities
III supprcssn@ yellow fever
President Roosevelt was given &25-
600 to pay travelling expenses for him
self and invited guests.
The private pension legislation of
the session was heavy and many hur
dred acts will be signed before thcl
end comes
The jamestown, Va, tercentcnnial
Is expected TO be recognized bv law
before the session ends.
Organized labor succeeded i'm sccurl
ing the enactment Of the "emplovers
liability BILL
The eight-hour bill got no further
than Favorable committee action and
the antI-inJunction bill was POSTPONED
until next session
Congress authorized the constrpc- |
ton Of the biggest battlesbip
ahoat." with the provision that before
the plans Of the ship are submitted
or bids received or accepted the plans |
OF the ship must he submitted TO CON
gress at its next session.
Hazing Rebuked.
Hazing IN the naval academy WAS !
gwen further legislative rebuke bv |
the passage of bill giving the secre. |
tary of the navy discretion 10 dismiss |
or otherwise punish hazcrs al that in