The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-04
HOUSES
ARE ORGANIZED.
I EGlsLATION PROPOSED SOLVE
HIGH COST LIVING MARkED
OPENING CONGRESS.
BILLS ARE READY
Measures Proposing FS,osl Exporta-
tion Emi,argo~~ Are R-stly ~
l3e Introduced In lsssts
tlaase AMI .enatc


WASHINGTON. pec. 4--Lesisla-
tive proposals. Intended to shattes the
high cost OF living marked the re-
opening OF congress today.
Representative Fitzgerald. loader
OF the embargo forces. introduced
four plans two OF them calling for
food expectation embargoes and the
other two for regulation Of cold
storage and for the reduction of
parcel post charges on food.
Representative Farr Of Pennsyl-
vsnia proposed an embargo on wheat
aud Representative London OF New
York. socialist, worked on 4 measure
proposing virtual food dictatorship
ard placing food expectation under
n ban.
Further action In the senate Ii
i promised BY Senator Lewis OF I'LL
Eois, who said he would introduce
bill providing that the government
hc empowered to seize food supplies
| Ii corner Ia attempted by commia-
sion men and resell the to the pub
| lie.
Senator MARITIME Of New Jersey u
another who will fight IN the upper
rouse for embaSEpes m all staple
articles. lie announced that he will
offer his resolution later this week.
Congressman from industrial cen
| ters favor the price control plan.
Representatives from tho farming
districts walled against the bills and
threatened munitions embargoes II
they are molested In their present
prosperity.
| Both houses passed resolutions
notifying President Wilson that they
were sitting and ready to hear his
message tomorrow.
| The house convened at 1901 AZ.
Speaker Clark pounded for order,
and the senate got down to business
three minutes later. At 1871 the
senate recessed until o'clock. In
the meantime appointing commit
tee to notify the house II was ready
| for business.
Crammed galleries watched the
proceedings In the house and Speak
er Clark was cheered roundly. After
the mob-like chatter OF the welcome
home squad was quelled the chaplain
prayed for peace within our bor-
ders" while the representatives took
their places for business.
Representative Fitzgerald said;
THE multiplying investigations
into the wide spread high cost
of living makes me hopeful OF
success. am certain an embargo
OH foodstuffs. and regulations Of cold
storage and parcel post rates will
bring relief to the country
Fitzgerald's bills in brief are:
First--Provision for an on. and
out expectation embargo on farm
products and manufactured food
1 III oaG yN0t~
Second provisions for. the presi-
dent to suspend expectation when
prices become extortionate and the
lpublic interest requires such action.
j Third--Regulation OF cold storage
and prohibiting interstate shipments
o. food other than butter stored
longer than ten months. and hat
i 1t be distinctly labeled showing
the date of storage.
Fourth-the abolition OF parcel
post zones in so far as farm products
and manufactured foodstuffs are
concerned and the admission of such
goods to the parcel post In packages
4 Up to $50 pounds at three cents for
} the first pound, one cent for second
J pound and for other pounds there
after slightly higher charges.
i The embargo of exemptions in
} clude all American diplomats ,aad
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