The Mena weekly star., 1916-09-14
CONGRESS QUITS,
 SPENT Z BILLION
,,r ,,- TIi,a, Vast Sum, S655, 100000 Went To Preparedness-17, 800 Bills Were Introduced-Sum-
 mary of Work.
WHAT CONGRESS DID

baorganized and tremendously in-
 4fsased both army and navy
 Made biggest appropriatlon m ms i1A<x of confgress "Preparedness'' to- <4is close to S700, 100000 are the larg-
 sSt peace-time military budgets in the 6istory of the world.
 Stonped shipment in interstate com ,.E rce of child labor products.
 passes rural credits act guarantee jnk long term, low rate loans to farm
 iranted Philippines greater self sRp Rpiaced heavy expenses of govern shent on munitions, incomes and inher- itances.
 5''' Passed act for government-owned sk0 000 .000 merchant marine.
 Conhrmed Louis D. Brandeis and
 1shn IF Clarke for Supreme Court.
 Noted to investigate railways.
 Took sugar from free list; created
 Ariff commission; levied protective fariff on dye-stuffs; passed anti
 FAdopted Workmen's Compensation principle for U. s. Employees.
 fIncreased the maximum amount al- 1owed to be deposited in postal banks. i# Confrmed Danish treaty. refused to .Henhrm Columbian treaty which would Fsve paid S25 0OO. 900 for Columbia's Rounded feelings for the United States *iieged aiding the Panama revolution. .II Passed uIaStlc measures dS part VI fhe s205. 000, 900 revenue bill by which the president is empowered to use the 4rmy and navy to uphold rights of American citizens against commercial Black lists and Interference with \ Passed an eight-hour law for raiI- load employees engaged in operation of interstate trains. thereby averting
 ~ EFFORTS THAT FAILED F Suffrage and prohibition denied folI-call test vote.
 LaFoilette beaten in fight on "se- Fret diplomacy
 LaFollette's fight to prevent use of Army and navy to collect debts of pri- yate investors in other lands given bnly ten votes
 S Confirmation of Federal Trade Com missioner Rubles blocked in Senate out of senatorial courtesy" to Gallinger, New Hampshire.
 f Immigration bill buried in senate's Diminished business"
 Il Conservation measure lost because Two houses could not agree. Plea for publicity of income tax re- furns scarcely given notice. Attempt to pass 6 rule making tfi- Busters in Senate impossible beaten i owens efforts to pass the corrupt practice bill 10 limit and publish cam paign Expenditures
 Washington. Sept. 8.--The con- gress of the United State adjourned sine die at 10 o'clock this morning. concluding a record-breaking ses- sion, which appropriated nearly s2,- OOO,O00000, and which was chiefly concerned with national defense of this country.
 When the gayel fell, congress had directed reorganization and re- equipment of the army and navy for defense Of the country at the cost of S655. 100000, with authorizations that will in- crease the total to nearly SS00,000,- poo. With all other expenditures, appropriations were brought to the grand total of Si,637 ,5S3.682, the greatest aggregate in the country's history and exceeding that for the last fiscal year by more than half billion dollars.
 Expenditures, necessitated by and the calling into action of military forces to meet the Mexican emergency, demanded re- venue legislation in the closing days oi the session. Congress responded by doubling the normal tax on in- comes creating an inheritance tax, munitions tax and miscellaneous excise taxes to raise S205,000.000 and by directing the sale of Sl30,000.000 Panama Canal bonds.
 Congress established tariff com government shipping board to rehabilitate the American merchant marine, a workman's compensation commission 10 admin lster a new uniform compensation law a farm loan banking system. a ohlld labor law, enlarged the sys- lem of self-government in the Phil