The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
HAS LONG PROGRAM
CONGRESS MAY BE IN SESSION
THROUGH SUMNER, SAYS
SPEAKER CLARK.
'NEIGHTY MEASURES PENDING
Army and Navy Bills May Take Long
Time-5ioIogicaI Survey an lmpor-
tant 5ureau-rershing's Rapid Work
in Mexico.
BY GEORGE CLINTON,

hlngton.-Prophets in congress
are still busy with long-distance fore
casts concerning the day of adjourn
ment Some of the prophets will be
without honor in Washington and in
the country. The more hopeful ones
declare that it will all be over by In
dependence day, while the others, less
hopeful, notably Speaker Champ Clark,
say that senate and house will be in
session until summer has been dis
missed.
There is a long legislative program
full Of items as yet uncanceled. The
preparedness bill framed by the COM
mittee on military affairs has passed
the house, but the senate still is de-
batting the Chamberlain measure on its
own account. The .erate bill provides
Tor a much greater degree of army
preparedness than does the one ia
thered by the representatives 1t is
probable that the senate will stick to
its own measure and that long sessions
OF the part of the conferees of the
two houses will be necessary before an
agreement can be reached
The navy preparedness bill has not
been passed by either house. The
committee on naval affairs of the
houf has been discuss-n -ng sea matters
for weeks
Senate Favors Big Navy.
In tho n1 {s
inclined to favor larger measure of
naval preparedness than is the case in
the house. So it seems likely that the
conferees on naval matters will have
long-continued sessions before the two
houses will agree upon the form which
the legislation shall take
Not long ago the administration al
lowed it to become known that it was
in favor of tariff commission legisla-
ton. Bills have been prepared to meet
the presidents wishes in this matter
aod it is expected that before con-
gTess adjourns legal authority will be
given for the establishment of COM
raission with advisory powers, to study
s.~l things relating to the schedules and
t" make reports thereon to congress.
A good-roads bill has passed the
bouse of representatives, carrying with
it appropriations for the extension of
the work of highway building. The
measure is now on the calendar of the
senate, but it does not resemble in all
its parts the bill that passed the
house. 1t is probable that good roads
discussion will consume some days CT
debate in the upper house.
The bill giving the Philippines inde-
pendence on certain date, and pro-
viding for various changes in the gov
ernmental system now In vogue in the
Islands, is still under consideration. No
one definitely can tell when it will re-
ceive the final vote. Rural credit leg
islation, the great government ship
ping bill and the immigration measure
are yet in abeyance. Add to these the
majority of the great appropriation
bills and all Of the revenue-raising
bills and t will be seen that If con-
gress is to adjourn by the Fourth of
July speed must be maintained and
that there must be an absence of sur
prises in the way of injected legisla-
tion concerning which no one knows
at the present hour.
Interest in Revenue Bills.
The revenue-raising bills are those
which are attracting perhaps the
sharpest attention from the country,
If one eliminates from consideration
the great preparedness measures. It
Is virtually certain that good many
more millions of dollars must be raised
in the next year than it was neces-
sary to raise in the past year The
army and navy are to be increased,
and other necessary expenses are to
be added to the debit page of the gov
ledger.
It seems likely that provision will
be made to raise some additional mil
ions by means of an increase in the
income tax. 1t does not seem at all
likely that any change will be made in
he paragraphs which exempt $4,000 |
incomes of married persons al 5000 |
incomes of unmarried persons. The
additional taxes in all probability will
De laid on incomes of a greater |
amount. Money may also be raised |
)y form of inheritance tax, and it is |
probable that tax may be levied on
he profits of concerns engaged in max |
ng munitions of war.
Valuable Work for Farmers.
Every American citizen who re-
ceives government publications |
through the mail and who reads |
hem, knows something about the bio
ogical survey of the department of ag-
iculture. 1t is Uncle Sans biologists
Who tell the agriculturists what birds
md animals are injurious to the crops
md which of them are beneficial.
They do their valuable work in con-
lection with their constant field study
# the habits of American mammal and
,ird life.
All of the biologists, of course, are
cienttsts and ordinarily people look
n scientists as belonging to rather
n aloof species of mankind. So far
s the workers in the biological sur
ey are concerned this estimate of the
evotees Of science is way beside the
mark. Uncle Sans scientists are ge-
ial souls and it does not follow at
II that because they love the wild