The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-03

treasury VEIL he pL-lLGly. bEt CDldIEI
and firmly. kicked ont into tic reEIpuI
Of the Avenue. AS each Congress lasts
two years. III needs no slate and PercilI
to figure THAT tho House officials and
employees Ln#thC hienuia! period draw
sI.n0O,p0G
Each member Of the House is en-
titled 10 about $1,000 worth of patron
asn. Ey "Fntranage' " meant the busi-
ness Of jOb-inldnE fo! ona's political
Patronage SOUNDS more.
RuDhemistic tIltH thc harsher terrHa
usually applied
II can bts said without hetraying any
confidence mat the corps nH Office
holders and employees noW on the
House payroll Al today Ill an excess
lively ncryGus state II will continue
.In rFat condition until the new flouse
His organized some time iii 1917. The
Ent much more serious than the ner-
Nnllsness Of the outs who are Reprb-
Leans aspiring 10 tie House positions.
Among the leading officials Of the
House. leaving the speaker Ou | of con
sidrraliCn. is The secretary to the
speaker, the clerk at the speakers
table. Who III this case IS bennett G..
Clark son Of Speaker Clark; the
Speakers clerk; the chaplain, tire
clerk. the chief clerk, the sergeant-at-
aT3:s, lie dnorkeoPer, and 4 host Of
lesser lights
The House is 50 closely divided at
this time that il IS impossible to pre-
dict which side vii organize In. Official
counts, recnunts, the deathof a mem
her dr. tNsn nay throw III toSone party
or. theECther.F
1t may mean Il great deal to the
country which party controls the next
IIouse. = I.it as for the holders Of the
jobs and those who would hold them
tile control Of the House IS Us The
breath OF life.
The conditions resulting from the
European MAR are no longer operating
us a protective tariff. according 10 sta
stistics .jus \ issued. The tota ma luo OF
the foreign imports into the United
States during the nine months ended
with September last was 81 ,85 1.ltl,668.
II gatn Of 1929 100000 over the CORES
Honding period or the preceding year.
Under the present tariff law. and
despite the conditions existing iii L1u-
rope BY which those countries are sup
posed to be unahlet to supply their for
I5eign markets. and even with trade
with Germany and Austria completely
I#cut OF, the appropriations into the Unit
44EA
G$529, 600 600 In nine months.
Incidentally the present tariff law
lie not producing sufficient revenue
I#eYen judged from q Democratic stand
II point During the eight months endet
with August, 1914. the total value o
! imports was s1.2T0,361.263. On TIL:
Il the United States collected revenue
amounting To 100 71,5l3
T'oI, the eight months ended viii
August of this year, however, althnuE 81
during that period imports had in
creased to s1.667 .l55. 797. or S3S7.oo0.
1000 more than for the eight month
II ended August. 1919. the amount o
A duties collected had fallen to $lf7,
500, 101.
Il Is, therefore. clear that while th
Imports in {! light months have increase
BY SS97,00000d. customs collections
nevertheless. have decreased BY s26
500 600.
1T Is this situation which is causin
such a strong demand that the pres
dent name tho members ct the t1ri
commission without delay. SO that
may consider conditions disclosed y
those figures.
.'Everyoue knows said Senate
! EGallinger. that the Adamspn law
l¬ properly mn eight-hour Law. TINT
was never intended Us such BY the me
who sought I'll although I8Eflspccs ~ "a
ntainfornatton spread iii regard
4 lthis law was responsible for hundred
i / OF thousands Of votes being cast &
President Wilson on November h. IT
men who came here advocating x
law, admitted to us that II vas not q
eIght-hour law, but q wage increa;
Law, pure and simple.
III am in favor" continued the SCI
4 ator, "of some plan whereby industri
disputes may be investigated BIZ
Impartial body before any strike /
lockout IS ordered. know thnt Il
labor union leaders are opposing 81
law which would seem to compel 9
5itration before q strike vas ordere
I III know that samuel Gon1perg, pres
dent Of the American Federation
Labor, has been quoted to the effc
that the eight-hour law, so-calle
must 80 into effect January =. law
10 law of course. IL we ttIe goil
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