The Tomahawk., 1919-10-23

to expedite In the house vote upon
the resolution for an inquiry into the
financial condition of these compa-
MES"
Note on Militariam.
The mother of a boy who was killed
in France wrote to Senator Penrose Of
versal military training, such as is
now indorsed by Secretary of War
Baker and the general staff. This wo-
man lives in Salt Lake City. Her
name is Mrs. Clarence E. Allen. Sem
ator Penrose wrote in reply that he Is
opposed to the legislation now under
consideration, and does not believe It
is necessary to resort to compulsory
military training in order to maintain
suitable and adequate defense for
the country. l am of the opinion that
small standing army, and volun-
teer force when needed, will meet all
the requirements of the situation"
So another line for the 1920 CAM
paign may be drawn. Hiram johnson
and Boies Penrose agree in being op'
posed to universal military training.
Baker is not challenged in the oppo'
site position by any prominent Demo-
crat in the administration.
Steel Trust Theories.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
has increased during the past week his
efforts to prove to witnesses on be-
half of the steel strikers that they
ought to be glad to work for the
United States Steel corporation with
out regard to any deprivation of indi.
vidual or collective freedom that the
overlords of the steel plants may re.
quire of them.
Among the ideas be has put forward,
by question or by inference of his re-
marks, are:
That the order Of the corporation
which outlawed all unions did no
"reaI' harm to the men.
That company gunner may have the
right to forcibly enter a hotel and
kidnap and deport union organizers
who come into a strike region, on the
theory that if the organizers remained
they might persuade strikers to break
the law.
sidiary company shuts down it's plant
in order to force it's workers to dis
solve their union, the union official
from outside who can break up the
union is to blame for the suffering OF
these families If he fails to withdraw
their union charter; that the con-
pany is not to blame.
Sc IN hue IF
ate committee to try to prove quar-
rel within the ranks of the steel strik-
ers, or even to start one, on theoret1.
cal issues, rather than to inquire into
the quarrel between the strikers and
the steel corporation. This attitude
marked his numerous sharp questions
put to Foster, secretary-treasurer OF
the strike committee.
House Gets Lease Bill.
Representative Baer of North Da-
kota is beginning fight on the Smoot'
Sinnott coal, oil and phosphate leasing
bill-the annual attempt to give away
the last of the public mineral re-
sources. Baer is backed by group OF
liberal men in the house and by the
mining trades department Of tho
American Federation of Labor.
Near-worthitss Feedstuffs.
Chairman Haugen of the house COM
mittee on agriculture has prepared
and introduced a bill to protect pur.
chasers of animal feeding stuffs from
worthless or near-worthless feed in.
gradients.
The Haugen bill provides for the
plain statement on the tag or label
on all feeds sold in interstate COM
merce of the ingredients which are
mixed to form the feed, their common
names and definite quantities. Many
states have feed laws in which the
names of the ingredients and the
amounts of the nutrients must be put
on the tag, but without the statement
of the amount of each ingredient. This
is the chief, although not the only
point aimed at in the Haugen bill.
The idea is that If feed contains
oat hulls, barley hulls, corncobs, peat,
coffee hulls, ground hay or straw,
chaff, sorghum pulp, fax plant refuse
or cottonseed hulls, the amount OF
these ingredients used should be stated
in pounds or in percentage on the
tag in plain type, and by their proper
names.