The Caucasian., 1913-11-27
WOULD SUSPEND
FREE TOLLS ACT
Solution For Adjustment Of
Existing Differences.
NEW PROGRAM IS ARRANGED
chairman Adamson and Congressman
Stevens of Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee Work Harmo-
niously Together-ln Favor of Aiding
American Foreign Shipping.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Nov. 26. - Especial -
Suspend the free tolls provision in the
Panama canal act until diplomatic diff
ferences can be adjusted" That is the
program arranged by Chairman Adam
son of the interstate and foreign com
merce committee and Congressman
Stevens, the ranking Republican men,
ber of the committee.
Adamson and Stevens have worked
together harmoniously on most ques-
tions in congress and particularly In
regard to the canal. They opposed the
free tolls provision when it passed the
house, but were outvoted The propo
sition to suspend the provision will
"give the fellows who voted for free
tolls an opportunity to save their
faces" remarked Adamson.
1.-THE coastwise shipping never de.
manded free tolls, and. as matter of
fact, 1t makes no difference whether or
not they have free tolls They have
monopoly and can charge such rates
as they choose.
Would Have Cut Loose.
Many members Of the house believe
that It would be better to do some
thing for our foreign shipping than fo'
the coastwise trade, view which Is
shared by Adamson.
.T never did think we should have
made the Hay-Pauncefote treaty" he
said, .but we should have abrogated
the Clayton Bulwer treaty and built
the canal on our own account and
managed 1t as we saw fit We have
spent our money on 1t, and we ought
to control it. But In suspending the
free tolls provision until the diplomatic
differences can be cleared up we re
lieve the tension concerning those
tolls. Besides, we shall get more mon
ey to operate the canal, and my ob1ec'
is to make it self sustaining
"How long would It take to clear uE
those diplomatic differences?"
"Well, guess Fred here"-noddins
toward Congressman Stevens of Min
nesota-"and myself viii not be inter
ested' In whatever happens by tha
time"
Mann Relented.
Two weeks before the session shoult
e.pire by limitation Minority Leade
Mann ceased to ask for roll call o.
motions to adjourn. When asked wh.
| he replied: "Oh, l can be halfwa!
decent once in awhile. | intended Z
| give the boys a rest during the las
| two weeks Of the session: allow then
| to 20 home II they wanted to withon
j missing a roll call or necessitating tn
return Of those who are away"
.Why have you got it in for me-!
asked Congressman Burke of Sout
Dakota. "I have been away for abou
two months. missing every roll cal
| and the first day return ready to ar
| swer you have no roll call"
aQuite a number of the boys wer
caught that way" grinned Mann. W
Murdock and several Of his Progres
sives were among the number
Admired Roosevelt.
Former Senator Cockrell Of Missouri
who was recently appointed a membe
| OF the board Of ordnance and forni
cations, was a great admirer of The
: dore Roosevelt. Cockrell might hav
2 been in the senate yet" remarked
: Missourian. s'if he had not praise
q Roosevelt so much during the 1S
Il campaign. He was loyal to Parke
5 but he couldn't help saying nice thinf
n about Roosevelt. and that helped
beat him."
Wanted Details.
/ Senator Newlands was discussing
general financial plan to take the plat
Of all that had been suggested In Il
way OF currency legislation. 1t WE
:. rather involved-as one man sal
s.nebulous. Finally Senator Clapp
Minnesota interrupted the Nevada Sc
III ator and asked him If he had embodit
his ideas In bill. Newlands replit
Ia the negative. ST think there is
great deal or force In what the senat'
says" responded Clapp. I should
glad to see 1t worked out in detail
81 am very much interested in the detail
Z of such plan"
And most Of the other senators pre-
ent chuckled as thes realized that Z
details Of a Ncwlands propositit
would be most elaborate affair.
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4 There Is permitted to be placed up'
: many food and drugs articles Z
9 words guaranteed under the food al
= drugs act. There is no guarantee
7 that label. and many complaints a
: being made about the abuse of tho
! words. It is probable that the depal
Il ment OF agriculture will have the pr
= llege OF using them Cancelled.
= Public Documents.
= Senator Cummins has began tilti
y lat that hoary privilege the print
u OF all kinds Of matter as senate doe
= menfs In order to get free circulate
- through the malls Something Il
: n 80 paxes of snch documents on
eoncelvahle subjects has been print
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