Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-09-26

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events of Interest from the Sent
of Government. .
BY j. T.. JONES.
Beef from south American,

In Washington and other Eastern
cities, the dealers are now advertising
that they are receiving shipments of
beef from Argentina, and ii is under
stood that Australia is also a large i'm
porter of fresh beef. With porter
house prices competing with the Wash
ington monument, the Rocky me- an
tains and other famous heights, it is
interesting to know that the import
price on this beef ranges approximate
ly TO 10 cents per pound. Added TO
this is the tariff of ~ cents per
pound, as well as the cost of trans
portation. Between 100000 and g.
100000 pounds of fresh beef have come
into this country from the south tenn
perate zone in the past three months
The Elasticity of Currency.
Representative Galloway of Texas
interrupted a speech by Congressman
korbly to be informed that Korbly was
working for elasticity of currency, and
then Galloway declared that this could
be accomplished with a central bank
such as is proposed in the currency
bill" He declared that he had doubts
as to whether real elasticity has been
provided and used little home spun
humor to explain: 81 may say that
my suspenders are elastic, but are
they elastic if | have to slip a buckle
every time l want them little longer
or little shorter? They have got to
respond when the strain comes if they
are really elastic"
kindcl Again Over the Traces.
The obstreperous Mr.. Kindel of Col
orado is being put over the ropes. He
had been here but short time before
he contemptuously declared that if he
could not have what he wanted he
wouldn't play. kindel now eats hum
Bile pie in letter written to the presi-
dent withdrawing charges hastily made
by him against Attorney General Nc
Reynolds who, he said, violated the
of the president in the
Union Pacific Southern Pacific dissolu-
ton agreement, before its approval by
the United States court. Mr.. Kindel
was asked to call at the White House,
where he says he was scolded. Then
Secretary Bryan smoothed out his ruff
Hed fQQthnrc nd IN s,t>
finding fault with the Wilson admins
tration. The result was very nice
letter from Kindel gracefully climbing
down off his high horse. The letter
said in substance that Kindel was sor-
ry but glad of it.
"The Nation Wants Constructive
Work."
Using as an illustration the great
floods of last March in Ohio and In
diana, Senator Ashurst made strong
plea in support of the Newlands river
regulation bill, in speech in the
in the course of which he said:
81 believe that solution of the ques-
ton of the control of the flood waters
is the passage of the Newlands river
regulation bill. so called, and my pur-
pose in rising today was to speak in
support of that bill. The present tenn
per of the country is such that it will
brook no more delays. The nation
wants constructive work, not postpone
ment; progress, not procrastination.
The nation demands action, not inves-
tigation.'
Laws dealing with tuberculosis have
been passed in 30 states during the
past year, while in "a states consid-
Grafton was given to bills dealing with
the prevention of the disease. Appro-
priations to the amount of more than
100000 have been set aside for the
treatment and prevention of tubercu-
lOsis by the different state legislatures
in session this year.
Gets Mad and Quits Committee.
Representative Anderson of Mime
sofa, with sobs in his voice and walls
of intermixed defiance and bombast,
has rendered his resignation as men,
her of the a1I-DOWprful committaa IN