The Washington herald., 1918-10-26

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witness the confirmation of AL
bert Strauss Thursday.
The confirmation took place without
a committee meeting to formally ap-
prove II and without a majority OF
| the committee being in the city to
pass upon it
Senator Hitchcock, vice chairman Of
tho Banking and Currency Commit
| tee, acted as chairman in this matter
He merely told the Senate it was not
| desirable to leave the matter on the
executive calendar longer. Several
members Of the committee had agreed
on poll to the confirmation, but not
a majority was present, the Nebras-
kan said. The Senate understood and
| without questioning anything voted
to speed Mr.. Strauss across the plat
ter on the last lap Of his official trip.
Secretary McAdoo, so we are told
Just before going to press" was
nightly pleased with this action be-
cause it disposed of a matter that he
has had on his mind for some time
past. And Mac" has so many things
on his mind, anyway, he does not
| court the opportunity of leaving any
OF them there too long. There are
enough new things coming up every
day to prevent his mind being bur-
dened with ennui
Thomas w Lawson is making a
campaign in Massachusetts, which
places John w. Weeks. contender for
the Senatorial toga, in a class with
Boies Penrose.
In a startling pamphlet which he
alludes to as the political murder OF
| Samuel Mccall, Mr.. Lawson makes It
| perfectly clear that he doesn't have
| any use at all for Weeks, and that II
the entire Mccall faction of the Re-
! publican party comes over to him on
election day he will do nothing to
| turn them away.
! The race is between David Walsh,
| the Democrat, and Mr. Weeks, the
Republican holder OF the toga at the
present-and with Mr.. Lawson as the
third candidate. If Mr.. Lawson can
win the Mccall following and inde-
| pendents away from Weeks he may
make it possible for Walsh to win.
with Weeks. he thinks. and the vote
may turn that way. so some OF the
folks say there.
AS election approaches members
OF the two parties in Congress, par
ticularly in the Senate, are more
! than anxious to have the dread day
over with. Control of the House and
! Senate is a prize worth while II
the Democrats keep it they expect
to be able to get their reward by
a national victory in 1920.
II not, they fear that disturbing
influences might be brought into the
equation which would seriously i'm
/ hRfr Hh
years hence. There are reports
from states which indicate that il
is hard to tell just what may happen
this year. The political leaders
have been trying to make figures on
the old line-ups but they are not
| entirely successful at this and ad-
NIT there are situations which puz-
zle them exceedingly.
1888. 0''0" SiNce
That year the cry was: SUPPORT
the Republican administration be-
cause an overthrow Of it would
mean joy in Spain"
| The Democrats tried to combat
that issue but they found it hard TO
90 So and the results of the cleo
tlohs that year were far from sat-
! lsfying to them
! = 044IOSl ats thlS year are cry
ing: Support the Democratic ad-
ministration because an overtbroIY
OI II would mean joy in Germany
The Republicans are irving to
combat this cry-and think thew
nave done so-but it will remain for
the Gays Immediately following No
Nemoer to reveal that to the Coun-
try. 'e 'ouH-
Farmers OF the West are asking
that as long as some liberties have
oeen taken with their wheat the
price OF corn should be fixed ar 81 *
oushel and the price of oats at *
cents a bushrl
Ihe demand has been growing in
view OF the fact that corn dronnad
90 cents bushel there in ten davs
ending yesterday and hogs dropped
S2 hundred in the same ten davs
Inc ngures mean more to Wash
lngton folks than they suspect.
"hIIe these commodities have
been going down at a wonderful
rate the prices of ham and bacon
nave actually been rising here
Ihe price to the consumer has gone
up-Whlch makes the consumers
Doll and the price to the producer
has gone down which makes the
producers more than disguised. The
difference between the production
price and the consumption prica is
greater than it has been in wears
and somewhere along the line Of
marching a hog from a Kansas or
Iowa pen to Broadway THERE ARE
BIG MEN getting rich.
The farmers of the West are saw
ing IF the Food Administration
cannot handle this situation then
Tor Gods sake get someone who
can. And the farmers cry is very
lnsistent. for many of them were
I lnVelgied' into raising hogs. thew
say at promised good prices. and
now they find they may not get as
much out Of them as they put into
them.
Another interesting observation.
Said Mr.. Hoover: we need wheat
badly So let all good farmers of the
country SOW much winter wheat for
the 1919 harvest"
Says Mr.. Julius Barnes. head of
the U. S. grain corporation. an Off
shoot of Mr.. Hoover's organization
We have too much ground planted
to wheat. We have large enough
acreage. If we plant too much il
will be at the expense of the forage
crops"
The ideas are conflicting. and
which of them is being used as the
moving impulse of the Food Admin
istration's operations in the great
agricultural parts of the country. is