Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-01-27
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national goyerpment- and Congress-
have, been impressed With the force,
and tie inheritance Of the vide
spread movemepi 70 reduce the cost
Of the znecesssriss OF life. This Is.
indeed, a yiial question and j, sp-
pears 70 be permeatipg every nook
and eorpeE Of the country. There
VIII be, investigation by the Score
tary Of Agriculture and his many,
aeld experts, by Congress and by
the Learn throughout the country,
apd after Investigation has done its
perfect work u viii probably be
found that everybody knew in the
beginning the, real causes, Of the rise
IN the, cost 81 food stnffs,, Mean
while IL the people Of the, ;country
baye nerve enough TO- continue the
boycott on meats, the price Of this
almost un9ecessary, article Of diet
viii come dowp wbils1 there win be
gIeat. and in some Instances, as
toRishing Improvement, in health
and relief from. , rheumatism and
othsr, uric, acid diseases. There is
PC, doubt whatever that the people
Of this country are the most waste
ipl Of slla peoples ip the matters Of
fo0d, They eat, TOO mach. they
thrpw away what would, support 40
eapsl number of, people OF India,
China Or Japan and there 10 not the
least exaggeratipp in the statement
that the cost Of what she average
man in America eats In one day.
would keep 90 inhsbitsnt Of China
q. India in food for two weeks.
This ise temperate stasemept. I
know i % be true from personal OBJ
ssrya'iop on she sp0' ,,erlag ,.,.,
80
/ Whether one favors or disapproves
female suffrage there can scarcely
be but one ans wer % the question OF
DBL [.
. ,yociferops sufrage.te who points
TO Congress apd asks Gould any
body Of women waste more, tune in
words?" Congress with more work
laid opi thab Hq9ld pc 1aeiopplished
in q whole year Of daily sessions has
IS YET not even begun on one Of the
timportan. items Of rs lengthy pro- 70
gram. Everything waits willie the
Insurgents surge and Speaker Can.
non smokes and sits sight in The
chair from which they Would pry
him loose. The Baliinger-Pincho
case which was 10 be "inr,vestiga-
ted" has not had preliminary air
ing and knowing Congress il i. safe
70 predict that when 10 is introdu s,
ed we will have q repetition OF the
Brownsville investigation, the tax
ing OF endless testimony. the sxami-
nation OF innumerabls Witnesses un
I'll Che public will have forgotten the
original issue. The Immigration
comnittee hoped to spring q sensa-
zion on the public by ito introd uc-
ZION o. The White Save bin and q
few Representatives have worked
themselves into . fine furyov err |,
but the, public SO far as one can
Judge IL from the Capital shows no
sccelsration Of pulse. Southern
members embrace the opportunity
TO saw the air and pow WOW about
"the disgrace 70 our glorious women
kind" but e9eler FLOODED Statesman
and smart New York millienaires
lounge about and think refiectfvely
upon thesubi ect Hot one bali OF which
can be told. 2. ~ -' ''7 -'IH
~-'d cot ~ SCI. go ,D.. ..
In searching for an explanation Of
She general ineffectiveness OF Con-
gress too much stress cannot be
laid upon the obvious fact that that
body has become q huge social cen.
tire ADD that the Congressional ses-
sion IS regarded more seriously az
Q social season than a period Set
aside for the transaction OF national
business. Everyons is familiar
with The fact shat the majority of
members are engaged in grinding
their own axes and that many are
the soofs OF corporations that have
elected them but aside from this i,
is clear tina. social ambitions. "a sap
the energy and spirit Of practically
all Of them. Washington has be-
come 9 centre OF fash ion and extrava.
canoe. The social pace is set BY q
yearly increasing colony OF million
aires With nothing 70 do but am an,
themselves. Congressman whose
sole income is their salary q are sc en-
deayoring 70 keep up aud spending
eli their money and much Of their.
energy in the effort. IN any other
city they would not attempt i. bs.
hasfaR tsraeV sasug S6&ats bp6si.ion
accorded chem by reason Of their
ofhse they become infected by the
prevailing bmafsdy 70 be In the
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