The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-03-27
THE NATION
Al CAPITOL
EVENTS OF INTEREST FROM
THE SEAT Of Gov
ERNMENT
Condensed in Paragraphs For the
Benefit Of the Busy Readers
of The Times.
A JOB For STATESMEN

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There has been hut one law on the
statute hooks i'm r,~S.nt years that could
be successfully utilized i'm fighting the
trusts-that being tine s.,-call.~l .'Sher-
man law, ln endeavoring to improve
IL. the Democrats of Congress have ex-r
ciss-d all their wits; and their numerous
bills, after l-ring analJS'-i 10y the Pre-
idsnt and his experts have ls~n shufiie~i
into the di-'ari. There arr. Jobs that arr.
mans siz,.' but tl,e iornAtinn of tn.
new antitrust law J. -int.-man- = size -
and II ls questionahl, whether the men
on the House Judiciary Committee arr,
equal 10 the task
INTERSTATE TRADE COMMISSION
Plans have h~en perfected for the in
ter-tate trade commerce hill. and thu
measure has isrn agn~~l L. by Dcmocrat-
and Republicans of the IIous... and IL
will l%come Law. IL e.r-ates a commi-
-ion oi thrte meinbers u aid In the legal
regulation and operation of big and small
business Regular and slrcial rrports
from corporations will he required AMI
Investigations may le ordered at any
time lts powers will H. broader than
those Of the present hurean of corpora-
tons, and Il IL unslcr~t0sd that Mr.. Da-
vies. the present commissioner af corpo-
ratlons. will lie the chairman of the new
n lf.ara lat frD. 4.
enlarged powers that will come u the
commission IL is calciflated that many in
ve-tlgatlons ON a broader scope than wa-
possible under the old law, will he taken
up Among the-e questions will he the
right oi manufactures to establish resale.
prices by iObbers aud retail dealers.
CLARK CONTEMPLATES CHANGE
Speaker CLARK conternplatsS tle prep
aration oi joint resolution Amending th.
constitution Wy changing the dat. of ma
tional electlOn- from November a. August
and the inaugural late from March 4th
u the first Of October following the sls-,-
ton. The effect of this amendment would
isr to do away with the short ss-s-ion -of
COngre-s Which follows zach national
election and place the victorious party
immediately ia pos-.-s~ion Of the machin.
cry Of the government. Now, unless AL
extra ses-Ion II called, th. new tsonyre--
doe- not get down % work until thirteen
months after It's election. Az AN alter
native t. his PROPOSAL the Speaker would
have 10th elert'on and inauguration Iate
IN the spring To avoid bad weather.
"ELOQt ENT IN MERE APPEAR-
ANCE"
Washington appears disposed u over
look the small ''brsak" Of Aufa--ador
Page. who tod the enthusiastic Briti-l,rr-
how great n benefit u tlsern would l.. th,.
Panama Canal. The result Of the Pagr
incident j. that a Suggestion ha- come To-
the eiisct that our Ambassadors should
~ taught -" IT, eloquent in mere al
Pearance. aud to let their orAtory stot.
At that
LETTER MAY ACCOMPANY
PACKAGE
inst Hhy somebody lid not have --n-r
enough o. think 81 IL before j. the i'm
preston that follows tie reading If one
Of the 10 te~t o<'lers Of the Po-trna-trr
General. lie ds~rs-- that when the end
er Of parcel ro~t package on whicl. y,o-t-
agr at the fourth cls-- of parcel t,o-t rate
- fully prepaid. de~ir,s that IL may -
accompanied With = communication whien
y net = permissible enclosure With mat
Tor mailei At that rate. the communi-
cation may 10 place,i in an envelope fully
prepaid III tie lir-t cla-- Or lett.r rate II
E~~tage, and - attacIse-i u the parcrl
In other ~or'ls packsgrz and letters can
- -rnt togeu'er, thus insuring that the
tvo will arrive a. their destination st one
AMI the same time
TOO BAD T'LATT DIED
The Uniie'i stats Expre7- Company.
child 81 forfner senator Pistt. and hi-
levacy D. hi- family. hs< announce-I thst
the shutters viii ~ pulls,i down ut<.n
the lu-ins~-. and that II will clo-e np
shop. The president q the Unit<Si STATE
hxpre-- say that the company - con-
ironted by no theory, Int q real oondi-
ton lie s-rihe- the trorbles of hi-
concern o. the parcel pet. an Institntion
which VA effectively prevented from -
ing born when the silent hr--'' Wa On
the moTtsl side q the shsdow-.
THE PfST OF THE PRAIRIE Dog
The sum of $50 - b~ing sppropri-
afed by Congre-s % help exterminate
prairie dogs, which have hscouc the
plague - the western prsirie-, and IL !.
declared that The country - losing snnu-
ally something like se5.ooo.Wo on &C.