The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-01-15
CONGRESS- ||||||G|l| AGAIN 1t
SQRK WILL TACKLE
WILSON'S PROGRAM
Trust legislation Most
Pressing Subject
Now.
RURAL BANKS TOO
Wilson Will Advocate Some
NewzPlan for Providing
FarmFC Credits.
RURAL BANKS TOO

norway play ape3l, ~ tHe Tiouse.
promptly at noon Speaker Clark
dropped his gavel. and a similar
ecene was enacted in the Senate with
Nice-President Marshall in the chair.
Fresh from q vacation which follow
ed nine months of tariff and cur-
rsncy, members of both Houses re-
turned refreshed and ready for work
at a new point in the democratic ad-
Immigration.
win Cover Wide Field.
AS a result, the work of the next
few months In national Legislative
halls lis expected TO cover a wide
range sof subjects. Antitrust lcgisia-
tfOn remains as an important factor
In President Wilson 3 legislative pro-
gram, that must be considered by
congress, but It will not displace 9TH
or impdrtant legislation, as did the
bills for tariff and currency revision.
-Four general subjects will em-
brace much Of the work OF Senate,
md. HOUSE, during the coming
months. They e
Control of trusts and monopolies,
Including legislation to prevent cold
storage manipulation, unfair price
cutting. and other abuses directly at
fectlng retail business.
Rural credits, and other legislation
Directly affecting farmers aud land
owners, such as good roads improves
upent and federal aid to vocational
and agricultural education;
strengthening Of the national dc
fersc, through measures such as the
ssvolunteer army bill" already pass
ed :by the House; tho Hay bill 10
create anew aviation division In the
arniy; The fsdgett bill to put the
naval militia on a. war footing; the
Robson bill for q counsel OF national
defense; and the general administra-
ton program for a two-battleship
addition to the navy;
5 Win Spend y billion.
Aside from those subjects, cong
ress will take up early in the session
the settlement of labor problems of
far.reaching Importance. Members OF
both Houses have announced their.
plans to call for federal investigation
Sof the strike in the Calumet copper
mining region and the forcible re-
moyal from Michigan of Charles II.
Meyer, president of the Western Fed.
GRAFTON OF Miners. While many House
lenders oppose the undertaking of II
special investigation, 1T is expected
the Senate may be more disposed to
authorize IN investigation similar to
that which 1t conducted last summer
into the coal strike in West Virginia.
Government ownership of rail-
roads, as proposed in the Alaskan
railway bills Will be forced upon the
attention of members Of both bodies
assOotsAs they. take up work. iIiisoaeh
branch. 1 bill to authorize the gov
eminent to build railroads i'll the
northern territory has received the
endorsement of a committee, and
has been placed before Congress as
'sunfinsshed business" where it must
be taken up without delay. While
the principle of government owner
ship, even as applied to Alaskan
roads, has many opponents among
the leaders of both houses, some
leaders expected that q bill author
izing the proposed development Will
be passed after q short debate. u
Wilson for Rural Banks. M
President Wilson's influence is
strlngly behind the plan for a system
OF rural banks and credit associa-
tiOns. and that project Is expected to
vie With trust questions, in the att
tention that will be given to 1t by the
administration. The report OF the
rural credit commission which toured
Europe last year. has been carefully
gone w by the president; and
when legislation is taken up it prob
ably Will be along concertedalines,
such as characterized action on the
general currency bill.
Witch the prospects of q hard on
gressional campaign next summer
and fall, the Democratic forces are
anxious to add the rural credit laws,
anil several effective truatsstatutes, to
the record Of legislation with which
they can go before the voters. From
the outset Of work, leaders In both
houses VIII attempt to guide Slegisla-
ton to that appropriation bills can
he completed early Il atIie spring, AMI
other important measures disposed OF
IN time to permit an early adjourn
Ment.
Opposition to tho s~so-called "sea-,
lnaan's bill. regulating the labor of
sailors, has become so pronounced la
the House that hard fight promises
to- face that measure before 1t can be
passed The bill passed the Senate
last fall and an EFFORT will be made
TO bring it up In the House for ac-
ton at an early date.
Suffrage to BE Pressed.
sWOmanss suffrage will also give
both branches of congress a busy
time. Advocates Ola constitutional
amendment permitting women to
vote have massed their forces liz
Washington. and are preparing for a
fcfNncerted attack on Senate and
sHpHse, aided by many senators and
REPRESENTATIVES who favor general
,snt9rnge and who will advocate some
p01ltige action by congress endorsing
ably kill not he fully outlined for