The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-12-12
CONGRESS PUSHES
BUSINESS BILLS
House to Revise Revenue Stat
utes, but May Delay
Tariff Changes.
RETURN OF RAILROADS.
3est Points in Cummns Measure VIII
SuppIant Clauses in Esch Bill
and Conference Committee
Will Draft Real Law.

Misunderstanding legislation
affecting business and industry awaits
the consideration of Congress during
the present regular session.
Immediate steps will he taken 10
push the railroad bill. This measure
has been made the unfinished ortirr of
business in the senate, and will be
taken up at once The plan is TO
substitute the essential features of the
Cummins bill for the Esch bill as
passed by the house and to rush it
through the senate and allow confer
ence committees to frame the real
measure.
1t is the belief that the anti-strike
provision of the Cummins bill will
meet with the approval of the senate
but the house appears to be fatty
against it and the final compromise
relative to wage adjustment will have
10 be something much more moderate.
Senator Cummins. who, as chairman
of the senate committee OH Interstate
Commerce, will be in charge of rail
road legislation in the senate, will
make every effort to expedite action.
There is still chance of action before
the end of the calendar year, when the
roads are to be returned to their own
erS.
Failure to enact Legislation before
the holidays will cause an eleventh
hour effort to be made to pass an
emergency bill, which would continue
governmental guarantees temporarily
pending the passage of a permanent
measure.
Another important piece of legisla-
tion which is up for immediate action
is the Edge bill for the formation of
foreign financing corporations under
the supervision of the Federal Re-
serve Bourd The bill has been passed
by both houses and conference COM
mittees headed by Senator Mclean of
connecticut and Representative Platt
of New York agreed upon a com
promise bill The conference report
was submitted 10 the house just be-
. fore the adjournment of the extra
session. 1t will lie called up for action
early in the week and then sent over
10 the senate.
The probability is that the house will
approve the conference report without
much difficulty but there may be a
hitch in the senate. The action Of the
conference in striking out the senate
provision for the elimination of the
double liability is expected to provoke
d fight In the senate. Rejection of the
conference report by the senate would
mean that the conferees would have
TO renew their negotiations.
Another subject of legislation which
will receive early attention is that re-
lating to dyes. The Longworth bill in
crpasing tariff duties and providing for
control of imports of dyes by license
system was passed by the house sew
eral months ago but never has been
considered by the Senate Finance
Committee before which it is pending.
Tie Finance Committee deferred ac-
lion pending the disposal Of the peace
treaty but was instrumental in put
ting through the resolution for a con-
tinuation of the authority of the War
Trade Board Section of the state de-
partment over dyes until January l5.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the committee, is expected
to arrange for hearings on dye legiSla-
tion in the near future. Whether the
committee will approve the Long
worth bill in its present form is ex-
rrcmely doubtful Senator SInOot, of
Utah, and other influential Republic
an senators, have declared themselves
opposed to the license sytem and
numerous witnesses repre- senting dye
consumers are expected to appear in
opposition to it.
Representative Fordney, Of Mich
igan, chairman of the house Ways and
Means Committee, has been anxious 10
take up general tariff revision during
the winter session, but may be side
tracked by other Republicans.