The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-04-15
FOR Z WARSHIPS TO LOWER FARES
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
CARRYING 1928, OBJ, 500
is PASSED.
VOTE Is NON PARTISAN
ship Lost by Vote Of 1o4 to 1873.
More Wyoming Land
WITHDRAWN.

Washington, d. c. BY a decisive
and not voting, the house author zed
the construction of two battleships to
cost $g,0U0,O0U. Thirty-three Demo
crats voted Tor two battiesnips and "A
Republicans against the proposition.
This action was taken just prior 10
the passage Of tAc naval appropriation
bill carrying $lZS,037, 602. This amount
is about So, 1000, 900 less than was rec
commended by the navy department.
In addition to the b~attleships, the bill
also provides for the construction Of
two fleet colliers and four submarine
boats.
AS amended, on motion of Mr.. Fitz.
gerald OF New York, the two battle
ships and two fleet golfers must be
constructed by firms operating under
the eight-hour law.
Mr.. Gronna of North Dakota moved
to strike out the authorization for the
construction of any battleships, a viva
voce vote showing there were not q
handful of advocates of a mo battle
ship policy.
Speaking in favor of his one-battle.
ship plan, Mr.. Tawney reiterated his
statement that y per cent of the rev.
enue of the country was being expend-
ed for wars that had passed and for
preparation for wars to come. He said
n battleship was sufficient to main
tain the proper strength of the navy.
Mr.. Thomas of Ohio proposed an
amendment for four battleships, but
mously.
Mr.. Tawney's amendment for one
battleship also was lost by a vote of
1O4 to 1873. At least 80 Democrats
voted with the Republicans against
Mr.. Tawney's plan.
The rivers and harbors bill as it
and harbors appropriation bill as it
mittee on III next Monday will
carry $52,566,418 in actual a%ppropria-
tons of cash and amounts involved in
continuing contracts. AS the bill was
passed by the house it carried zoos
176. of which $685. TAG represented
cash and $7,O26,43O continuing con-
tracts.
No increase was made by the SEN
ate committee in the appropriation of
81, 0O0, 900 for the lakes to the gulf
waterways project or in the a%ppropria-
ton of $4,000 to pay the expenses of
the board to be appointed to invests.
gate the project. although the provision
was made to widen the scope of the
boards activities.
Increases made by the senate com.
mittee covering both cash and appro.
p%riations and sums involved In con.
xinuing contracts by states include:
Michigan, sos, 600.
Wisconsin, $4,000.
Minnesota, $1,000.
Mississippi river, $83,755.
Missouri river, $4,000.
Oregon, s763,S6
Washington, 1901 900.
Alaska, $53 200.
Several small decreases were made
by the senate committee in certain
house items affecting several states.
Because about 80 per cent of the
mine laborers in Alaska have no lien
for the labor they perform, a bill in
dorsed by the administration to pro-
tect the miner in this respect has been
favorably reported to the house by the
territories committee. The bill gives
the laborer a lien on the dump or the
mass of g~oldbearing gravel and the
gold and gold dust therein which he
removes from the mines.
The Scott bill to prohibit futures
transactions in cotton, recently acted
upon favorable by the house commit
tee on agriculture, was reported to
the house. The committee says the
purpose of the measure is to restrict,
as far as possible, those transactions
on the cotton exchanges of the coun-
try which are recognized as dealing
only with the fluctuations in the price
Of cotton and which do not involve the
actual transfer of the commodity.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
withdrew from all forms of DISPOSE
ton under the mineral or on-mineral
land laws approximately 27,736 acres
of land in Wyoming which are sup
posed to contain deposits of oil. The
withdrawal was made in aid of legisla-
ton affecting the use and disposal of
petroleum deposits on the public do
main.
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