New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-04-16
CAPITAL NOTES.

Now that the River and Harbor
bill, which passed the House
February Is. has been reported
to the Senate. carrying in round
S<mbers $52.000.O00. the increase
Yer the House bill of $4,000. 900
being accounted for in the num-
Der Of new provisions added by
the Senate committee on Com
merce. it is expected that Chair
man Frye wi llurrc speedy con
Sideratioa Of the measure III ordcl
to &c the bill out Of the way DC.
fore the closing days of Congress
come around.
Threats are heard on the part OF
some Of the Western Senator's thai
un,ess a "rider" is attached to
the bill authorizing the issue O.
$50, $4,000 worth If bonds for tn,
purpose Of carrying on he grea
irrigation projects lteN undol
\ way that a "fi,libuste" will be
inagurated against tse bill and
that il viii suffer a fata similar
10 the one in the % Cngre,
which was talked 70 death by Sen
ayor Carter Of Montana. To
what extent these threats viii in.
fluencc the Senate in the final
consideration Of the bill is prob
lemG.ical. The Western Sena-
tors. however, are pretty "hot'
over he failure of the House com
mittee on Ways and Means t.
consider the irrigation bond issue
bill and they threaten TO show the
House that one body Of the Ma
tional legislature cannot comp etc
~ ignore the wishes Of co-odinat,
body, without suffering the con
sequences.
1t IS also expected that Scna
tor Burton of Ohio former chan
man Of the Rivers and Iarbol.
committee of The House viii file
his objections TO some of the fea
tures of the bill Just reported (,
the Senate, for the improvement
of the rivers and harbors Of th,
country, because Of the failure 0
the Engineer Corps Of the Army
to commend their adoption
Should this prove TO be true anoth
er danger would seem to threaten
the River and Harbor bill there
by jeopardizing its passage.
In view Of the Almost universal
sentiment prevailing throughout
the country for an annual river
and harbor bill, a sentiment large
ly traceable to the work of edu
cation on the part Of the Nation
al Rivers and Harbors Congress.
the failure to pass river and
harbor bill at this session would
be a staggering blow to the com
mercial and industrial interests of
the country.
The select committee of the Sen
ate, which is investigating wages
and the cost of living has had
many interesting arguments and
statements to listen to during the
past few weeks and while it is not
likely that any reduction in the |
price of food will result. some
facts have been brought cut and
others will be which may lead to |
serious thought by the American |
consumer One peculiar state
ment was made by a canny"
Scotchman who knows more about |
the catt.e business perhaps than |
any other man in this country. |
Ills name is Murdo Mackenzie.
Mae kenzie is manager for
large companies operating great
cattle, raising plants in Canada. in
the Dakotas, in Colorado. in Texas
IN Oklahoma and New Mexico.
lie showed to he committee why
the price of cattle will in all prob
ability never decrease and he as
serted that in his Judgment the1
price of beef will never again be
low for The reason that the rang
es upon which thousands of ami
mas run and were fed 20 wears
ago have gradually been cut up
INTO farms, and the white cotton
Doll today covers thousands of
acres in Texas for instance. where
. few years ago the white faced
Hereford dotted the landscape.
lie amused the committee. how
ever by expressing The opinion
hat in his judgment the introduc-
.lon OF the telephone has a great
Teal to do with the high cost of
God stuffs. Asked to explain
|lr, Mackenzie said. "That be-
'ase the telephone came mo prac-
ically universal use the house
VIE would start out with basket |
o market or The corner store and | i
would buy her supplies and car {
Y them home. bur with a tcle- i
hone she sits in her chair and
riders her supplies; which Of Ia
curse must be sent TO her. The j
esult is that the small grocer on Y
nc corner and the market dealer e
as been compelled to buy horses f
nd wagons with which to supply c
y customers if he desired to hold i,