The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-09-08
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laws for national defense, include the
following:
Government ship law: Appropri-
ating S5OOOJ,OOO to operate ships in
foreign and coastwse trade when un-
able to lease them to individuals or
private corporations.
Child labor law: Denying interstate
commerce to products of mines and
Quarries, employing children under
10 years of age factories mills, can
neries and other establishments EN-
ploying children under IA years.
In the week before adjournment
congress was occupied with legisla-
tion which prevented a threatened ma
tion-wide railroad strike. President
Wilson, after futile negotiations with
officials of tn railroads and railroad
| brOtherhoods, submitted the contro-
rersy TO congress, commencing legis-
| ation to prevent the strike to pre-
vent such emergencies from arising
III tllc luluTt.
After a week of consideration, dur
ing which the president visited the
capitol daily, comforting with admin
istration leaders, bill was passed to
establish an eight-hour day as basis
for pay of railroad workers, the pre- ;
ent rate of pay for ten hours work
not to be reduced and the men to
receive pro rata pay for work in excess |
of eight hours, pending an investiga- |
ton by a special commission into the
effect Of the S-hour day on railroad
revenues.
Railroad S-hour day law-Establsh-
ing eight hours as the standard for
reckoning the compensation of rail
road employees operating trains in in
terstate commerce after January /,
1911, and providing for commission
of three to investigate The effect of
the S-hour standard, present wages
not to be reduced during the invcsti-
cation, nor for thirty days thereafter
and in excess of eight to he paid for
at a pro rata.
Rural Credits Law: Establishing a
farm loan board in control of system
Of farm loan mortgage banIs
Nc;kmen's Compensation Law. Pro
vIi ny uniform sicl- and Ico,dent 'er
et'is for empoJe' of the federal gov.
crtment, and benefits 20 dependents IN
cas- OF death.
Emergency Revenue Law: Provid-
ing for doubling the normal income
tax on the lowest class; making ad-
diticnal surtax ranging from one per
cent on that portion of incomes ex-
ceeding $4,000 to IL per cent on
a mount of incomes in excess of s2,-
100000: levying a graduated tax of
one to ten per cent on inheritances
ranging from s50,e@0 to S5,O0O,0o n
ten per cent net profit tax on manu-
facturers of materials entering into
a license tax on actually
invested capital stock of corpora
tions capitalized at more tnan $4,000:
wine, beer and liquor excise taxes and
stamp taxes.
Good Roads Law: Providing for CO.
operative federal aid to the states for
of highways, and appro-
priating s75.OOO,OOO to be spent in
Eve Years.
Postal Savings Law. Amendment
Increasing the amount which individ-
~, may deposi; from $500 to $1,000,
with interest and an additional $1,000 I
without interest.
Federal Reservec Amendments. in
,luding amendment to the Clayton \
nti.trust law permitting officers and
directors of member banks to become Z
'ffcers and directors of not more =,
han two other non competing banks:
renGmenls permitting national 4
anks 10 establish foreign branches.
iheralizing regulations for discount
rg commercial paper and permitting 3
member hanks in towns of 5000 or n
Hss population to act as agents for
compares. u
Railroad Legislation: Creation of a
joint subcommittee of senate and a
ouse interstate commerce commit
ees to investigate necessity. for fur 4
her legislation for railroads and the Z
commerce commission. cues n
on of government ownership Of pub