St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-10
SUBMITS HIS
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money trust and that it will pre-
vent nationwide panies and stabil-
ize commercial, financial and indus
trial conditions in the United States
RURAL CREDITS
/ supported the Rural Credit Law
which will enable the farmers OF
this country to borrow money or
longer terms and at a cheaper rate
of interest and thereby help to builc
up our agriculture.
AGRICULTURAL LAWS
| supported the Lever Cotton anc
Grain Law, the Lever Warehouse
Law, the Smith-Lever Agriculture
Extension Law, and the law Gre
ating the office Of Markets.
GOOD ROADS
/ supported the Good Roads Bill
/ believe in the principle Of Fed
eral aid in the construction an
maintenance of good roads through
out the country.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
! voted for an appropriation for
investigating the question Of Fed
eral aid for vocational education
and for recommending a measure
to Congress. The Commission SUBJ
mitted the Smith-Hughes Voca-
tional Bill, which is receiving my
hearty support.
NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE
voted against the proposed
amendment To the Federal Consti-
tuition to give women the right to
vote On the ground that it is a
State and not a Federal question.
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
l also voted against the Hobson
amendment for National Prohibi-
ton on the ground that this is also
q State and not a Federal question,
| believe that these questions
should be left to the vote of the
people of each State without inter-
ference from the outside.
ANTITRUST AND LABOR BILLS
| supported the Antitrust Bills,
which include the Clayton Anti
Trust Law and the Federal Trade
Commission Act.
| voted for the Labor and Farm
ers' Union amendment TO the Clay
ton Bill, for the bill prohibiting the
importation of goods made by con-
Wet labor, and also for the bill pro-
tecting u goods made by free la
Dor as against goods made by con-
Wet labor within the States. / sup
ported the bill creating a Bureau of
Safety in the Department of La
Dor, and voted for the amendment
creating a Bureau of Industrial
Accidents. / also voted for the Ar
bitration Bill, the Bill creating the
Children's Bureau, and the Child
Labor Bill.
IMMIGRATION AND PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE
| voted against the original I'm
migration Bill because Of certain
recognized defects in it, but voted
for the last immigration bill modi-
fed to meet conditions arising from
and which follow. the present Eu-
ropean war
I supported the PHILIPPINE Inde-
pendence Bill.
ARMY AND NAVY
I supported the Army and Navy
Bills, providing for an adequate and
efficient Army and Navy to pro-
tect the lives of our people and
their property in case Of trouble
with any foreign power.
WATERWAYS AND FLOOD CON-
troll
I voted for every meritorious APP
preparation for the Improvement of
our waterways and heartily sup
ported the Flood Control Bill. /
secured appropriations for govern
ment surveys with the view of i'm
proving Bayous Plaquemine Brule,
Foures, Courtableau, Boeuf, Coco
drie, Shallow Bayou, Mermentau
and tributaries, and the re-
moval of the Mermentau Dam. The
present River and Harbor Bill also
contains appropriations for the In
and Waterway, Calcasieu River,
River and tributaries.
ind the removal of the wrecked
Dam.
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
I supported the Panama Canal
'oll Bill, to compel ships belong
ng to private corporations,-but
ct government ships to pay toll
/ using the Canal in order to help