The Washington herald., 1914-01-18
Under the Capitol Dome.

terday was a speech by Senator Hoxe
Smith, OF Georgia, in support of his bill
to provide for cooperative agriculture
extension work between the agricultural
colleges of the several States and the
United States Department Of Agriculture
The bill appropriates s4soooo. of which
go. 600 will be paid each State agricultural
college for the purpose OF inaugurating
the work. and thereafter the additional
sum Of 100000 for nine years. and con-
tinuing appropriations. provided the
States furnish like sums. Senator Smith
gave notice that he would call up the
bill and ask that II be made the unfin-
ished business of the Senate as soon as
the Alaska railroad bill has been voted
on
Representative Dillon, of Montana, in
troduced a resolution outlining a plan
for cooperation between the Interstate
Commerce Commission and State rail-
way commissions in fixing intrastate
and interstate rates. The bill was re-
ferred to the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce.
At the request of Senator Chamberlain.
the Senate agreed to vote on the Alaska
railroad bill next Thursday. before the
close of the legislative day" 1t is ex-
pected the bill will pass. The bill au-
thorizes the construction and operation
by the government of railroads in Alaska
in the interest OF developing natural re-
sources Of the territory at a cost OF
SIS, 900 600.
The Swedish and Norwegian ministers
to the United States yesterday transmit
ted to the Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee OF the House, through
the State Department. letters objecting
to the McKellar cold storage bill. on the
ground that IL would restrict the COM
merce with those countries in fish, They
ask that salt and preserved FISH be ex-
empt from the law.
A special rule to jam through the House
the Burnett immigration bill was favored
by the House Rules Committee yesterday.
The rule will provide for seven hours de-
bate on the Burnett bill and will make
the immigration measure in order at any
time.
Senator Bacon, despite his broken rib,
was at his office early yesterday and ex-
poets to continue his usual duties, al
though swathed in bandages. The broken
rib is the result of a fall in the bathtub.
but Senator Bacon did not discover 1t
until Thursday.
After a weeks illness Minority Leader
Mann returned to his duties in the
House yesterday. His appearance was
greeted with applause on both sides OF
the chamber. The minority leader showed
that he was in his accustomed form when
he assailed the Democrats because they
adopted a resolution appointing an assist
ant journal clerk at S1,soo year. This
position Mann said was abolished when
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the House.
An effort to reduce the cost Of living
and eliminate the charges of middlemen
is contained in a proposal for national
clearing house for food products, embod-
led in a bill introduced in the Senate yes
terday by Senator Borah.
Construction of eight torpedo boat
submarines to be used exclusively in
guarding the Gulf coast of the United
States. is proposed in Dill introduced
by Representative Hardy, of Texas. 1t
proyides an appropriation of $4,000, 900.
one half Of which is to be Immediately
available.
REPRESENTATIVE Francis. of Ohio, in
troduced a bill raising the pay OF rural
mail carriers whose routes are particu-
larly difficult on account of length
and condition of roads. On paved roads
the minimum pay is to be sl,1oo year.
on gravel roads. s1.15o. and on dirt
roads. s1,25o. Twenty dollars extra is
to be Ipaid annually for each mile OF
the route over twenty-four miles. and
"a extra Tor each mail box served
above 1870. The maximum pay is to be
$500.
The high cost of living Is given as q
reason for a request sent yesterday by
Secretary of War Garrison asking the
House to appropriate 5000 additional
for feeding veteran soldiers at the Ma
tional Home at Santa Monica, Cal
In a report sent to the House Rivers
and Harbors Committee yesterday the
army engineers recommended the expend-
iture of s., 600. 900 for the construction Of
an inland waterway from Florida to the
Rio Grande, extending the entire Gulf
of Mexico, to be link In the proposed
waterways beginning at
Boston and extending along the Atlantic
coast.