The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-06


chairmen Of committees or in special
appointive capacity make reports,
send thousands of specimens of their
handiwork In printed form to their
constituents, and occasionally they do
not limit the production to the fields
of their immediate districts.
Change VIII BE Unpopular.
This change in the old free-for-all
mailing system probably will be ex-
ceedingly unpopular. and 1t seems
likely that quiet attempts will be
made to induce the party members
who are responsible for its sugges-
ton, and the party leaders who have
given 1t their sanction, to change
their minds and to prevent the pro-
vision from coming to a vote. It is
virtually certain, however, that II the
proponents Of the plan stick to their
intention there will be few members
OF congress, Democrats, Republicans
or Progressives, who will care, OF
mayhap dare. to vote against 1t.
1t will be put forward by the com
mittee with the sanction of the post
master general, who it is understood
Will make favorable reference to 1t
In his annual report. and with such
endorsement, coupled with the word
that 1t Is in line with the Democratic
policy of economy, It probably will be
enacted into law.
To Cut Printing Bills.
Side by side with this plan to abol-
ish the ranking privilege. 1t is the
intention to introduce bill which will
cut the printing expenses of the gov
eminent. The joint committee on
printing Of house and senate will rec
ommend that rule or a law, which
ever Is necessary to accomplish the
end, shall be enacted which shall for
bid the wholesale printing of docu-
ments for which there is likely to be
little demand. There are thousands
of government reports turned out by
the departments every year to say
nothing of the thousands of congress
sional reports and documents.
1t is never known in advance how
great demand there may be for the
publications, and so in the absence of
definite knowledge on the subject 1t
has been the custom to print large
numbers of everything which the off,
cial pens produce. Hereafter 1t is
the intention to have an estimate
made of the probable popularity Of
written reports, and the orders for
printing them will be shortened or
heightened accordingly.
Will Debate NAVAL Holiday"
Shortly after congress meets In
regular session 1t will have brought
before ii for debate and perhaps for
passage a resolution introduced by
Representative Hensley of Missou-
ri declaring readiness to cooperate
with Winston Churchill, lord of
Great Britain's admiralty, In an at
tempt to get the great powers Of the
world to agree to stop all warship
building for one year. II this resolu-
ton shall be sanctioned and IL other
governments Join with the United
States and Great Britain, the Ameri-
can administration plan for three
battleships this year will be kept on
the shelf for another twelve months
at least
What the Carnegie endowment for
national peace, known to the fiippant
as the Peace trust" because 1t DOM
lnates.the peace endeavor organization
of the world, will say about the Hens
ley resolution no one yet knows. 1t
oil MI a of ~ ca ".
ing money and at the same time pre-
venting one nation from getting ahead
of another in armament ought to ap-
peal to the proponents Of the cause
of the dove and the plowFhare. Since
this matter of calling of the big ar
morers and the big gun makers for
one year. was brough, before the
house the members have eeen interest
ed in looking up the armament budget
figures. Mr.. Taft's ecoromy and eff
cheney commission, which was legis.
lated out of existence last year, made
a report and 1t is now being consulted
by congressman who thought the com.
mission was of no particular service.
Nearly Half for Defense.
The members of the commission fig.
ured out on the basis of the estimates
for the year 1913 that fhe total gov.
eminent expenses were $3.50, 1888, 261
and that Of this sum S4G2, 91S,347 was
voted for purposes Of national defense,
leaving $436,6S6,961 for the civil func-
tons of the government. 1t will be
seen from these figures that the ex-
penditures for preparations for war
fall little short Of the sums needed
for the activities OF government along
the lines of the coromoi, welfare
which run at right angles to those
leading to war.
If the Hensley resolution does not
pass and If the plan of Winston
Churchill shall fail, tho expenditures
by the United States oext year for
national defense purposes will be far
larger than those which were voted to
meet the requirements OF the last
gear. There seems to be Justification
in the figures for the blunt words Of
Speaker Champ Clark when in sup
port of his fellow Missourian's naval
holiday resolution he said:
ut Is the strangest thing that NOR.