The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-15
VIC. I. U.PLANS ID
 VISIT CONGRESS Working Hard to Kill Orig
 inaI Package Law UNDERWOOD GROWING
President Will Send Message Recom- mending International COmmis- sion to Study Cost of Living.
 Don't Shoot Anybody

Washington, February 1i-tSpeclal)- Congress now knows jest how the active women temperance workers of the nation | feel towards the original package" law which makes prohibition in the "ary | states" very largely an illusion.
 Natural officers, state presidents and | legislative workers of the Women's Chris | tian Temperance Union from all sections of the country were here last week in | conference on the best method of carrying
 on the fight against the demon rum and particularly to urge Congress to pass the | Sheppard Kenyon bill, which if enacted into law will make it unlawful for any | one to import or receive liquor in "origi-
 nal packages or any other way in a dry
 state. The dry states are now dry only in the fact that no saloons are licensed
 but manufacturers ship liquor to indvid- | ual consumers. The legislative workers of the Women's Christian Temperance
 Union are going after the situation with
 all their might and threaten to clean 1t
 up at an early date.
 The bill is almost a counterpart of the Webb bill to accomplish the same pur pose and was framed following a confer ence of governors and legislators held in Washington a year ago. Governor Mann of Virginia presdes at that conference.
 The bill has been discussed twice before the sub committee of the judiciary on the
 House side, and 1t is now understood that Representative Carln. chairman of that subcommittee, Is anxious to present his report to the entire committee.
 | The temperance workers declare that | free importation of liquor under the pro- | lection of the United States into states which have declared for state wide pro- hibitlon, is the only reason why "prohi- hilton does not prohbit,' and they are determined that it shall be stopped either | by the passage of the Sheppard Kenyon measure or a national prohibition law. President Taft will soon send a mes
 sage to Congress recommending that this , government take the lead looking to the creation of an international commission to study the cost of living. The matter
 was brought to his attention by Prof. IT, wing Fisher of Yale.
 President Taft has called upon the Sec retary of State for advice as to the form of his forthcoming message. It Is the understanding that he will ask Congress to pass a resolution calling upon him to invite the powers to join in conference to create an international commission to make world wide inquiry into the causes
 for high prices, and to suggest remedies. Professor Fisher went abroad year ago and preached the subject to Euro pean statesmen and economists. They
 gave the project their approval. Senators
 Lodge Shoot and Crawford have pubic
 ly indorsed the plan The democratic leaders of the House, while they were non-committal, indicated that if the project was worked out without regard to politics they would give it their sup port.
 The name of Representative Martin w.
 Iittleton of the oyster Bay district, now goes on the roll of honor made up of
 people who. just as matter of principle. refuse to be a party to a game of bridge whist
 Another Congressman undertook to in- troduce 1ittleton into the bridge prop osition not long ago. but I.ittleton man l fully declined, s-a-ls- ,.sys .ts "Nup." he said. 'Ill not play any game