The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-11-01

before next spring.
The plan OF the senate committee on /
Interstate commerce i 20 be- ready To I
report a railroad return bill a. soon rs
the treaty is OUT Of the way. This may
mean that bill viii be submitted 10
Inc senate by the first of next month,
bat senators as rule are NOT very
>an-uiue that such good progress can
be made with the treaty. Unless the
house committee on Interstate and for
eigU commerce shall change its mind
IL will report its conception OF what
railroad legislation should be before
The end OF this month. Then II ne
hopes of the house leaders are real
lied the house will take recess until
about the middle of November.
Each House Has Ra lroad Bill.
This would mean thar 81 far a. the
house il concerned, railroad legislation
would not receive much. il any. atten-
tion before the opening OF the regular
session On the first Monday in Decem-
Der. To a considerable extent the
senate committee on Interstate conf
MERGE and the house committee on IN
rerState and foreign commerce ace
working along the same Lines in pre-
pairing railroad legislation, but it is
forpseen that each branch OF the legiS-
lative body will pass its own bill ana
that the responsibility for perfectlng
the legislation will eventually have 10
Il +
tee representing the two houses.
The only thing definitely settled
about railroad legislation at this time
is that it will not provide for govern
menr ownership. The roads will 90
back to their owners for private man
agement under Stricter federal restric-
tions than existed prior To the war.
but the precise nature OF these restrlc-
tons remains To be determined.
It is not the first time congress has
been confronted with demand for
/ legislation creating federal budget
/ system. but there * an inSiStenCe
| about the demand this time thar was
/ never noticeable before. The subject
/ has recently been taken up in both
senate and house in committee. The
/ leaders in congress realize that if the
+ new system Is To be introduced the
necessary legislation should be en-
acted a. soon as possible. Under eX-
| listing law it will be necessary for the
| secretary of the treasury % submit the
estimates for government expenditures
for the fiscal year beginning July l..
/ 1920. 10 congress when il meets in
the government is to get the benefit Of
The budget system in 1920 the system
must be provided between now and
the first Monday in December.
School Garden Work Wins.
OF the numerous activities of
Il the federal bureau OF education
the school garden work is prov
Ing most popular. School supervised
gardens could be found during the last
summer in nearly every city, town and
village in the United States and its
acroSs-Ocean possessions. While the
tangible results of the work of the mil
lions of children enlisted in the l. >
). G.. \. in the United States. Hawaii
. Porto Rico and the Philippine islands
are OF great magnitude. yet the in
tangible results are infinitely greater
Secretary of the Interior Lane SAID
the other day:
AS a matter of fact. the United
States school garden army of the bu
=. | rt an
interior, has been raising citizens il
: school gardens"
! 1t is estimated this year that tht
more than 100000 children produced
approximately $4S,0OO,0OO worth OF
, vegetables and small fruits. These
, food products will be consumed where
a produced. without loss in handling 81
I cost of transportation. In several citie'
, in these states last year the average
I produced was more than $50 per child
Z enrolled in the L. S. S. q. y.
Possibly the biggest, and certainly
, the most outstanding feature OF th'
, work of the school garden army is thu
. spirit of national cooperation that i
Z has developed. Governors of states
who differ widely in political beliefs
: parochial. private and public school ut
ficiaIS: chamber of commerce and la
: Dor organizations; the General Fedora
. ton of Womans Clubs. and the Ma
|, tinnaI council of Women have unite'
\ in working for the development of Ih'
p child through the medium of schoo
gardens and school-supervised hom'
: gardens. organized on the plan of th'
United States school garden army.
!. Helps Reduce H. C. of L.
: School-directed home gardening, a
= nronoted by the United States schoO
n Garden army Of the national bureau o
e education. is having a decided iniu
e ence i'm reducing the high cost of liy
n inc in many city homes in southern
e Virginia. the Piedmont section of Mort
e Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Thre
d wears ago one of the specialists in tn
: bureau of education was stationed il
l. this territory to direct the garden aC
e tivities of the public school children
e of the upper grammar school grades
o Local boards of education in Lynch
/ burg and banville. Va; Greensboro
e Durham, Raleigh. Salisbury and othe
e towns in North Carolina. and Chatts
nooca and MOrristOwn, Tenn. en