The Washington herald., 1915-03-15
Fell by the Waysidc.

their fences between the date of adj
journmcnt and election day on November
> small wonder that some ninety Con-
gr"ssmcu and nine Senators fell by the
wayside. and will he replaced by both
rev material and old stager come backs
IN the SiXty-fourth Congress. In all,
the SiXty-thrd Congress sat for s37 legis-
lativa days
of the so-called Wilson policies on
acted into law. the principal were the re-
vis"d tariff law, this time really revised
Downward in some instances almost To
the point Of elimination. and its adj
drndum. the precious income tax. still
about as understa nda bl". without the aid
of a Philadelphia lawyer. as u Greek
puzzle.
Later came the Federal rescrv" act
a measure designed TO place the banking
and currency system Of the country
under government control. through the
medium of twelve regional banks reEulat-
- by Federal Reserve Board of seven
men
'On November lS last this act became
effective and after four months trial
seems TO be regarded A. filling a long-felt
financial want. and being. in the main.
satisfactory. Two items of antitrust leg
islation. experimenting the Sherman law.
We're also passed. one of them being the
Layton law. providing individual punish
ment' for violators Of the antitrust law.
instead of mere fines. Under the filming
penalty. certain corporations have secnr-
ed to find it better business to break the
law and pay the fines than not 10 break
the law and save the fines-perhaps be-
cause they always make the peepul
pay the fines anyway. by the simple de-
vice of raising the price OF their COM
modify. from Il cent TO i cent and
half,
Threatened with Jail.
We shall now see il, with the pros
poet of 4 jail sentence awaiting such
lawbreakers. the Sherman law will be
any more carefully observed The other
item of antitrust legislation provided
for a Federal Trade Commission Of
five men to replace the Bureau of Corpor-
atoms in the Department of Commerce.
a government institution to keep cor
porations within the law"
Two pieces of leg slation that spe-
tally pleased me-" said the speaker.
were the act appropriating tire sum
Of S35.000.0O0 for the construction of
a government railway to the coal and
mineral fields of Alaska. and the final
passage and going into effect on March
I of the anti-opium laws.
The first should give the much
needed boom TO our song-neElected
northwest territory of Alaska, in which
l nave lett ne" ana Reener interest
since taking the trip from Seattle to
Skaway a few summers ago. And, OF
he anti-opium laws, too much cannot
be said in praise of the valiant efforts
I'm this crusade of DR. Hamilton
Wright and those who have worked
with him for this reform, since the
irst Opium Congress of 1907, held in
shanghai and presided over by Bishop
Brent"
In speaking of the war. Miss Rich |
ards said that for a moment during the
past week she had almost begun to
hope that patch of blue-at least as
large as mans hand-was about to |
appear in the leaden war cloud over |
spreading Europe. This hope. she said. |
was based upon such representations |
81 the intolerable suffering imposed |
apon the neutral nations by this con-
iict, as were made in the Philadelphia |
Ncademy of Music a few evenings pre- |
'ious by two such forceful and in
iuential speakers as Miss Jane Adams |
md Rabbi Wise.
The latter had counseled his large |