The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-13

derWOOd DillS or the last session, VII
tually in the form Ia which they
were then presented. again will be
given to the house for sanction, and
later will be sent to the senate to run
course of tariff and free trade criti'
cism. 1t is said by men in congress-
Democrats and Republicans. that Mr..
Underwood expects his bills after the
senate has considered them will come
back to him considerably disfigured
Much Depends on Wilson.
The bills will be passed by the
house unquestionebly almost as Mr.
Underwood, in behalf of his commit
tee. presents them. and just how much
punishment they will undergo at the
hands Of the senate Democratic con
servatives, aided perhaps by some OF
the high tariff Re- ublicans. depends
probably largely upon how staunch
a supporter Woodrow Wilson will be
to the house bills In their original
form. Democrats say that the pres
ident-elect can save the measures vfr
tually as they pass the house II he
chooses to interpose violent de-
Tense
The wool bill which will go over
to the senate probably will be the
wool bill OF last session. The house
measure, however, was not the one
which was vetoed by President Taft.
Some of the Progressive-Repu5licans
in the senate antagonized the bill in
its presented form and were aided
In their antagonism by some Of the
Democratic senators who thought Mr.
Underworld bill made cuts In the
rates which were too deep. The pres
ident therefore. did not veto Mr.. I'm
derwood's bill. He vetoed what
may be called the senate bill. and n
the senate at the extra session shall
insist upon a compromise, Mr.. VIII
son may be called upon to sign wool
bill which will be called by the name
of Underwood but will bear the Sc.
cret mark of some senator who sue.
ceeded In effecting a compromise.
Rockefeller Plan Favored.
1t seems to be the general be
lief in Washington that the SEN
ate will pass and the president will
sign the bill recently sanctioned
by the house Of representatives
for the incorporation Of what is known
as the Rockefeller Foundation. There
was opposition TO the Incorporation OF
the Rockefeller institutional founda.
ton and it was thought at one time
TO sanction it. but change suddenly
came over their temper and the bill
went through by an entirely unexpect
ed majority. 1t Is now for the senate
and the president to act
AS the country knows, Mr.. Rookie
Teller wants the national Legislature
to incorporate this foundation which
he has established In order that II
may do Its work with the government
sanction back OF its endeavor. The
of incorporation say that
the good which will come from the
expenditure of Mr. Rockefellers mil
lions along the proposed lines can.
not be measured. They say that the
government is not committed to any
thing except an act Of incorporation
and that there oan be no real opposi,
ton except that which Is based on
what they call false sentiment. There
are other views on this question OF
the falsity of sentiment. but inasmuch
as the measure has been approved by
a house which supposedly was hos.
tile. it seems likely that the senate,
supposedly less hostile, will give It's
sanction and that Mr. Taft will give
his signature.
Crusade Against hookworm.
The moment that the Rockefeller
Foundation bill becomes law. the in.
will announce the en-
trance upon a field of labor which
they say If fully understood by the
lawmakers today, would furnish a
powerful argument for the proposed
The Rockefeller money
is to be used in part for a orld-wide
crusade against the hookworm dis
ease. The Rockefeller sanitary com.
mission has prepared for the crusade
and it is said that the only thing now
lacking to make the work a success
is the assurance Of that prestige in
foreign countries which nothing can
give except incorporation papers sane
toned by the congress and the presi
dent OF the United States.
The Rockefeller sanitary commits
sion has been cooperating with the
department of state to the extent NJ
communicating with the American
representatives in all foreign coun.
tries asking for information OIL the
hookworm subject. Letters also have
been written to physicians and public
health authorities in foreign lands
and the reports received have been
supplemented by reference to the ma.
terial on file in the surgeon generals
Office in Washington.
This preliminary inquiry has shown
that the hookworm infection Is wide.
spread in forty-six foreign countries,
including an area of 14,464 1853 square
miles and 9l9,S5S,15S inhabitants. The
countries include Italy, India, Algeria.
British East Africa, Egypt, Tunis,
Panama, Peru and most OF the South
American republics. Wales, Germany,
The Netherlands, Belgium, France and
Spain are affected with the hookworm
disease, but the trouble Is almost
wholly confined to the mining indus.
tries
noticeable percentage from Is TO 25
per cent? of the other type The diff.