The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
MAY BE FORTY HOUR LIMIT
Members OF Both Houses
Greatly interested In Pros
poets For Adjournment But
Unless Senate Leaders Push
Anti Trust Bill August Will
Be EearlieSt Date

Washington. u. Q. Ma. Twin
debate in the Senate on repeal OF thu
tolls exemption clause OF the Panam.
Canal Act. nearing the end. the Iious.
this week will take up what it con-
slders the most important work Of the
session. consideration Of the three So
called antitrust bills. which. with
the necessary appropriation bills. now
make up the administrations legie-
latiye program.
Democratic leaders in the Senate
aligned with the President for repeal
of tolls exemption expect To see de-
bate closed by Saturday, but the most
optimistic Hous leaders do not he
lieye the three trust measures can ba
passed. in less than three weeks. The
trio Will be taken UP by the Hous~
under a special rule which will he re-
ported Tuesday.
Forty Hour Limit.
The rule as framed in committee
viii limit general debate To forty
hours. but there will be no limitation
to debate under the five minute" rule
and no limit upon the amendments
which ma be offered. Aside from tn
light which is expected on the broad
principles laid down III each Of tl.r
bills there will be particularly bitter
struggle on the part Of members faE-
orable to labor and agricultural unions
TO exempt them from the operations
of the Sherman Antitrust Law. Pr
Sident Wilson is understood to aay-
told House leaders interested in tbs
legislation that he does not approx
his exemption and there is iittl~
doubt that his desires Will be met,
bat "a strong effort viii be made !,
incorporate an exemption amendment.
Adjournment Looked For.
Members Of both Houses are still
greatly interested in the ftr
adjournment by the middle ii 1u;y
but unless Senate leaders deciG" mot
to press anti-trtst legislation there
seems to be little probability az All
j%ournnent before August ut the ear
liest. There has been some talk ~
the capitol that :ne Senate Shouli
pass only one trust" ill which word
create a trade commission and thu,
one of its duties %-os,it y: to invest
gate such subjects Is i~ntorlOEkln@ G =
r~eCtorates, holding c~otapar.eS and rail
way capitalization and repor. ~
findings next winter. With eight up
preparation bills to be passed and a
vote Yet to he taken on Tepcal II tcii>
exemption, Democratic leaders IN the
Senate lay Ert turn to this cofi:se rs
the Oatv one 10 assure &diOrrnmeni
in july.
Tie fight over the repeal bill is ex-
pected to reach its climax during the
present week. Five Senators haNs
given notice Of their intention 10 speaA
on the subject and several other.
: probably will give such notice within
the next few days. Majority LeadeI
Kern is hopeful that a vote may he
: taken by Monday. The administra
: ton. confident as its leaders may bt
that the repeal bill Will carry. has no
ceased its efforts. A statement wa!
issued tonight from headquarters o
2 the Democratic National Committee
: dpc13YIn0 that in r~nSnonCn RI an Sp
Quiry by Senator Gore, 1902 delegate
, to the Baltimore convention out o
867 heard from nave registered op
position to the free tolls plank OF tn
Democratic platform. The statemen
says that 127 delegates stand for IN
L free tolls provision and that letter
from So others are non-comnittal.
Way Clear In House.
The House has about cleared TN
Q way for the antitrust bills. TIL
Rules committee will meet tomorrow
4 and pass upon the Informal under
e standing reached by some Of its Dem
2 ocratic members to present a blanke
e rule for the passage of the trio. Thi
rule, as now contemplated. would pro
y vide for taking up first the tovingto'
e interstate trade commission bill. the
e the Clayton antitrust bill. which con
. olidate a number Of former indie
pendent bills relating TO i~nterlockin
d~irectOrates. holding companies. price
fixing and price discrimination. deiini
6 tons Of the Sherman antitrust Lax
t and. asst, the Rayburn bill to regu
late the issuance OF stockS and BOND
by railroads.
II The forty-hours Of general dcbat
d the rule will allow IS 10 be divided 5
o as to give twenty hours to be cor
5 trolied b. the interstate commerce
IS commission. which reported the trad
u commission and capitalization contrs
a. 4 < nn1 fur 2 fn. n -. - tho md sasn .
i committee which reported the ant
trust bill.