The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

but senators as a rule are not very
that such good progress can
be made with the treaty. Unless the
house committee on interstate ana lot
eign commerce shall change its mlnd
it will report it's conception OF Whal
railroad legislation should be before
the end of this month. Then II 'lle
hopes of the house leaders are rear
lied the house will take recess until
about the middle Of November.
Each House Has Railroad Bill.
This would mean that so far as the
house is concerned, railroad legislation
would not receive much, if any. atten-
ton before the opening Of the regular
session on the first Monday in Decem-
Der. To a considerable extent the |
senate committee on interstate COM
merce and the house committee on IN
terState and foreign commerce are
working along the same lines in pre-
pairing railroad legislation, but it Is
fOreSeen that each branch Of the leglS-
lative body will pass its own bill and
that the responsibility for perfecting
the legislation will eventually have to
be assumed by conference commit
tee representing the two houses.
The only thing definitely settled
about railroad legislation at this time
is that it will not provide for govern
ment ownership. The roads will 20
back to their owners for private man
agement under striCter federal restric-
tons than existed prior to the war
| but the precise nature of these reStflc-
tons remains to be determined.
1t is not the first time congress has
been confronted with a demand for
legislation creating a federal budget
system, but there is an insiStence
about the demand this time that was
never noticeable before. The subject
has recently been taken up in both
senate and house in committee. Ihe
leaders in congress realize that If the
new system is to be introduced the
necessary legislation should be en-
acted as soon as possible. Under eX'
listing law it will be necessary for the
, secretary of the treasury to submit the
estimates for government expenditures
for the fiscal year beginning July l
1920, to congress when it meets II
+ regular session in December. SO Il
. the government is to get the benefit OF
the budget system in 1920 the system
. must be provided between now an(
y the first Monday in December.
$ School Garden Work Wins.
s Of the numerous activities o
e the federal bureau of education
n the school garden work Is prov
ing most popular. School supervise
Q gardens could be found during the las
5. summer in nearly every city, town an
e village in the United States and 1t
h across-ocean possessions. While III
If tangible results of the work of the mi
e lions of children enlisted in the U.
v S. G. A, in the United States, Hawai-
ot Porto Rico and the Philippine lslanC
er are of great magnitude, yet the II
IT tangible results are infinitely create
n. Secretary of the Interior Lane sal
II. the other day:
it "As matter of fact the Unite
ar States school garden army OF the b
to reau of education, department OF Il
he interior, has been raising citizens
IS. -school-supervised gardens"
in 1t is estimated this year that Il
more than 100000 children produce
approximately $4SOOO,oOO worth
ne vegetables and small fruits. The
n food products will be consumed whe
he produced, without loss in handling
cd cost of transportation. In several cltl
o in these states last year the aVera
ial produced was more than $50 per Chi
II enrolled in the U. S. S. G. A.
III. Possibly the biggest, and certain
nm the most outstanding feature OF t
no work of the school garden army is t
no spirit of national cooperation thai
mt has developed. Governors OF stat
las who differ widely in political belief
ms parochial, private and public school
ew ficials: chamber of commerce and
ms Dor organizations; the General fede
,rv tion of Woman's Clubs, and the !
inc tional council of Women have unit
/, in working for the development OF
ase child through the medium OF sen
gardens and school-supervised no
nm. gardens organized on the plan OF
inp United States school garden army.
.rn. Helps Reduce n. c. of L.
of. School-directed home gardening,
or promoted by the United States sch
sea garden army of the national bureau
ere education, is having a decided In
rye once in reducing the high cost Of
in ing in many city homes in south
the virginia, the Piedmont section OF Nc
The Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Th
and wears ago one Of the specialists In
ex. bureau of education was stationed
ECU. This territory to direct the garden
the t,v,ties of the public school child
like of the upper grammar school gra
who Local boards Of education in Lyl
hou. hurg and Danvike, Va; Greensb
life Durham, Raleigh, Salisbury and o
time towns in North Carolina, and Chs
nooga and Morristown, Tenn,
At moved garden teachers to work q
!, of school, on Saturdays and during
ened summer vacations. These teachers
nary rolled school children IN reg
Glasses. and the production Of :