Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-19

bers: They certainly gave Tho ~
OF attention to everybody who cox
to open his mouth to speak for
against any schedule.
1t seems now that the net ro,n,
Of the hearings win be that tbs ~
derwood bills OF the last session W.
tuaIly In the form In which thaS
were then presented, again will
given to the house for sanction 80
later will be sent to the senate - ~.
course of tariff and free trade o,,.,
cism. It Is said by men in congress
Democrats and Republicans. that NJ
Underwood expects his bills after N.
senate has considered them will co,ns
back to him considerably disngp,ss
Much Depends on Wilson.
The bills will be passed By N.
house unquestionably almost AZ N,
Underwood. In behalf Of his commit
tee. presents them. and just how mnos
punishment they will undergo at ~"
hands OF the senate Democratic ron
servatives, aided perhaps by some :.
tie high tariff Republicans. depend,
probably largely upon how stapncb
a supporter Woodrow Wilson win -
to the house bills in their origins,
form. Democrats say that the proa
ident-eiect can save the measures VI,
tually as they pass the house II M
chooses to interpose a violent do
Tense.
The wool bill which will go ora,
to the senate probably will be tina
wool bill of last session. The house
measure, however, was not the ana
which was vetoed by President Taft
Some of the Progressiye-Republie
In the senate antagonized the bin in
its presented form and were aided
In their antagonism by some of the
Democratic senators who thought NJ,
Underwood's bill made cuts in tina
rates which were too deep. The pres
ident therefore, did not veto Mr.. Tn.
derwood's bill. He vetoed what
may be called the senate bill, and II
the senate at the extra session shall
insist upon a compromise, Mr.. VIII
son may be called upon to sign a wool
bill which will be called by the mama
Of Underwood, but will bear the SO.
cret mark of some senator who sue.
ceeded in effecting q 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 1t was thought at one time
that the representatives would fall
to sanction it, but a 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 1t
sanction back of its endeaVor. The
proponents 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 can be no real oppos
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 Its
sanction and that Mr.. Taft viii give
his signature
Crusade Against Hookworm.
The moment that the Rockefeller
Foundation bill becomes law, the IN
corporators will announce the en-
trance upon a field Of labor WHICH
they say, II fully understood by the
lawmakers today, would furnish
powerful argument for the proposed
Incorporation. The Rockefeller money
is to be used in part for a worid-#lae
crusade against the hookWorm as
ease. The Rockefeller sanitary COM
mission has prepared for the crusade
and 1t is said that the only thing now
lacking to make the work a success
is the assurance CT that prestige III
foreign countries which nothing can
give except Incorporation papers sahG
toned by the congress and the pFeSr
dent of the United States.
The Rockefeller sanitary comnll',
sion has been cooperating with 'ns
department of state to the extent "
communicating with the American
representative In all foreign coun,
tries asking for information on 'no
hookworm subject. Letters also nav
been written to physicians and puons
health authorities in foreign idHu'
and the reports received have oooA
supplemented by reference to the ma
terial on file in the surgeon genera