The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-12-26
At NATIONAL CAPITAL
Paragraphs on Important Gov
eminent Affairs.
The Tribune Bureau.
BY j. K. JONES


remembered that at the time of the
passage OF the Sherwood "dollar q
day pension bill that great cry
was made throughout the country,
10 the effect that the added cost
would be seventy FIVE million dol
lars a year; and so well grounded
was this belief that it was pub.
lished in some of the leading
magazines and periodicals Of the
day. Now General Sherwood is
taking occasion to remind the
prophets that they were wrong.
He says that in advocating tie
passage Of his bill that he stated
on the floor OF congress that the
increase Of pensions would not be
more than Sal, 900, 900 year. The
old general is sometimes very
emphatic 10 his remarks, and here
is what he thinks of the discrep-
ancy between the prophets and
the statistics compiled by the
government itself. THAT S54,-
600, 900 dollar lie has travelled from
Cape Cod to San Francisco Bay,
and from Putin Bay, in Lake
Erie, to GulfPort, on the great
Gulf. for over year, and this is
the first opportunity have had to
contradict 1t and to show by the
official record of the Pension Office
that the bill has carried less than
Sal, 900, 900, verifying within about
Sl85, 900 the estimate that the
committee on pensions made at
the time the bill was passed."
That the trusts are having bad
dreams is apparent. One of the
biggest appropriations ever made
for an investigation of any kind
will be asked in order that the
bureau OF corporations, OF which
Joseph E. Davies is the head, may
solve the trust problem. 1t is
known that there is to be a thor.
ough overhauling of the antitrust
laws, yet it seems probable that |
only two or three bills will be i
passed this winter, and that the !!
rest OF the program will be put |
over until the completion of the
investigation by the, r,missioner
OF corporations and other govern
ment agents. 1t is semi officially
declared "that the president is nor |
opposed to big business, but that
he wants to remove By law the re- /,
strietions now imposed by big
business en- little business in order
that both may be included in laws
fair to ALL"
The first shipment has been
made of Maine Holsters to the
Puget Sound region in futherance
ct the plan which is ardently sup |,
ported by Secretary of Commerce
Red6eld; and a systematic cam.
paign has been opened 10 estab.
lish the eastern lobster on the
Pacific coast.
More than 5000 horsepower
has been der eloped from streams
on national forests under govern
ment regulation. This represents
The output under conditions of
lowest streamflow.
According to Miss Alice Paul,
chairman Of the congress ional
committee of the National Wo-
mems Suffrage association in
Washington, President Wilson
las alienated the equal suffrasists
1t America 10y refusal to take up
heir cause. and she believes the
women sh ould ssturn the millions
II votes ct women" and their in
luence with male votes against
he Democratic party in the next
election, unless that party changes
IS mind on tbs: question of suffrage.
Miss Paul. states that the Progress
ives, Socialists and Prohibitio,,
PARTIES are in favor of equal sui
rage.
That tho government will re-
strict man ufactures in the same,
~, that hac koop |