Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
BOTH SIDES DELAY
MILITARY BILLS
Democrats Ask : How Much
Money viii Be Needed.
REPUBLICANS KILLING Time
Ask Where Party In Power 10 Going
to Get the Necessary Funds and
What Articles viii Be Taxed-one
j.. Plan Would Make Newspapers and
Magazines Pay About $1,000, 900. .
BY. ARTHUR w. DUNN.


: Magazines Pay About $1,000, 900. .
BY. ARTHUR w. DUNN.
:. Washington. Jan. 19.-tSpeciall-
There inay be a little Jockeying In this
matter OF. national preparedness Iegis-
lation and the measure for supplying
the money.
Let's see. how much money they are
going TO- need say. the Democratic
members OF the ways and. means com.
mittee, "and then we will see just how
we win raise It,
Lets see. how they are going to
raise the money for thar program of
preparedness" say leading Republic
ans. "and then we can see. what we
will de- In the way OF voting FOR In
creased military expenditures" F.:
If both sides thus hold OF It Is ex--
pected that the whole program VIII go
over until long into the session, per
haps until near election time. There
are Democrats who do not want to
vote any more taxes until after the
elections. :.
Looking FOR Taxable Subjects.
Meanwhile the members of the ways
and means committee are looking for
taxable subjects. Nearly everything is
being put into the hopper: One sug-
gestioil has been "a tax ON. newspapers
and periodicals by way OF increasing
the rate they pay for second class car
riage IN the mails. Az estimate from
the postofIice department has been re-
ceiyed by the committee showing that
from $6,OoO,0O0 to :$S,0O0OOO could be-
raised in this way.
~ don't know whether we viii do
anything about 1t or not" remarked
one of the leading members of the com
mittee, but the newspapers and mag
azines have been among the foremost
in promoting the necessity for prepar-
edness. and 1t seems only fair TO make
them pay part of the taxes necessary
for such preparation"
lis Reclamation a Failure7.
people of the far west when the Hans
brough-NSwlands law was enacted pro
ylding for irrigating the arid lands of
the west But now doubts are express
ed about its success.
II say with sorrow" said Senator
Fall. Of New Mexico, speaking In the
senate, that. the reclamation policy of
the. United. States is an absolute fail
ure."' = . 49,.
Tie went on to. explain that the cost
was too heavy for the settlers on the
lands reclaimed TO bear. NO man. can
pay $50 per acre for water and live"
he said. ut may be in our Socialistic
state some atty years hence that PEG
pie: will cultivate one. two and three
acre tracts, where the wife and every
member Of the family will work all the
time, but that Is the only way In which
these lands can be made. to- pay the
money now. required by the govern
ment for Watering them"
Want to- Hear Chamberlain. +:
Since Senator Chamberlain OF Ore.
gon made his American speech In New
York he has. created Il. demand for
other speeches: There seem to bs a
lot Of people IN different parts OF the
country who like 10 hear him. Cham
berlain hit Great Britain. rather hard
In his. speech, and he does not hesitate
to say other things along the same line
Scratch a true.s American deep
enough he remarked the other day,
"and you will, find an anti-Briton. 1t
is because Great Britain has outdone
US In every. diplomatic negotiation. we
have ever: had with ber,"~: -.
California Delegates. :
A remark:was made about. the alb
'sence of William Alden Smith from the
senate, and a Michigan man said;
"William Alden has been handicapped
as a. presidential candidate because II
is said he has no strength outside of
Michigan. l would not be surprised
to learn that he is: ont In California
now for the purpose of taking some OF
those delegates away from Hiram
Johnson IT,: :,..~
Win Lead the Delegation.
1t is expected. in fact, almost Ger.
tain. that Senator Lodge will for. a
afth time be. the. head Of the Massa-.
chusetts delegation to. the Republican
national convention. 1t Is place he
has had in every convention since 1896,
save only in 1912, when be. did not go
because his personal relations with
Roosevelt: and his political relations
with Taft made 1t impossible for him
TO take part in the contest. Il shall 20
and do all L cam for Senator Weeks"
remarked Lodge when speaking OF the
coming convention; "'althoush I:have
felt that l. had served my time at ma
tional conventions. A."
National Anthem.
Senator Clapp OF Minnesota would
have the Star Spangled Banner" made
the national anthem by law. There is
no objection, although common consent