The Monticellonian., 1919-10-31


 Each House Has Ra. .Iroad 6til
 This would mean tlaI so lar aS the house is concerned, railroad legislation would uot receive much lf any. Jtten- lion heture the opening If the regular St->>ieH oB ihe first Nuaaay iu HreelH- ber To considerable extent lhe senate committee on interstate com merce and the house committee on H. tefSlafe and foreign commerce ace working along the same lines in pre- pairing railroad legislation. but II k ioreseen that each branch of the leSis- Iatise body will pas its own Bill al4 that tl4e respansiba5ty for perfecfIs the legislation viii eventually nave 10 he assumed hy a conference commit lee representing the tWu houses.
 The only thing definitely settled about railroad legislation at this tine is that il will Har provide for govern meuI ownerShR The roads Will 70 back te their owners for private maH- asefHeHt under Str.cfer federal reSlrie- tions than existed prior to the @ar, but the precise nature of these restrie. lions remains to be determined.
 IL is not the first time congress has been confronted aith demand for legislation creating a federal budget system, hut thrfe is all insiStenee about the demand tilis time that was HsYel otieable before lie subject Las recently been taken ap ia botA senate and house fn committee. The lenders n congress realize that if the uey SgSzeI k 10 Te introduced the nece@Sarf legislation should he ea- acted a. SeHH q. possible Under ez- lstng EaN il =ss.Hl be necessary far jhr secretary of fbe gFestsuGyz ta saa11 { .l5r ez.5aates for government expenditures lal. lle Ese,z zeaG beginning jGiF l. la-6 10 congress when it meets in regular session U December Sa II tl#e zas eHa aa6 iS ta get tAa aeEefi1 af slza= tad1e5=,. ~teH FH 1gzt T..e system must te provided between now uad fHe fIst HaHdaE il December.
 school Garaen Work W5as.
 0f sHe numerous activities 0f tl.e zede5aI bureau .. eaaea5i7n tHc sclBei aaIaeH WeE6 k pfaH. .a- HaSg PaPa5aH. Sehaoa supervised saefzs could De found dafmz lAe last saHlaer iH nearly every ettE. Eo7sh :tHd village h tifa United Sfa5e5 aI.a = ae6asszoee5f possessions. MhIie tAe gaIsl6Ie results of tHe work Of Che mIl- l.oIS Of children enlisted u fhe [. S. .S . H. ia lhe United States. Hawaii. Porto Rico and Che Philippine iSfaads ,sHe et great magnitude. yet the ill., tangible results are infinitely greater Secretary of the Interior Lane said the other day:
 As matter of fact. the UHited stafes school garden army of the bu reau of education, department of the interior has been raising citizens ih schools supervised gardens.
 II k estimated this year that the more than 2.500oO0 children produced approximately S4s.00U000 worth of vegetables and small fruits. These food products will be consumed where produced without loss in handling or cost of transportation. In several cities tn these staIes last year the average produced Nas more than S.56 Der child enrolled iu the L. S. $. C. A.
 Possibly fhe biggest. and certainly lhe most outstanding feature of the work of the school garden army k the spirit of national cooperation that II has developed. Governors of states Who differ widely in political beliefs paroehIaI. private and public school of irials; chamber of commerce and la- bor organizations the General Federa- ton If Womans Clubs. and the Ma tieual council of Women have united in working for the development of the child through the medium If school gardens and school-suPervised home gardens. organized on the plan of the United States school garden army.
 Helps Reduce H. C. of L.
 school-directed home gardening. as promoted bg the United States school garden army of the national bureau of education. K having a decided intu- ence in reducing the high cost of liv- ing in many city homes in southern Virginia. the Piedmont section of North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Three years ago one of the specialists in the bureau of education was stationed in tbls territory to direct the garden ae- tieltfps of the public school children of the upper grammar school grades Local boards of education in Lynch hure and DanYille Va; Greensboro Durham. Raleigh. Salisbury and other towns in North Carolina and Ghatta- n6oaa and MorriStown Tenn. em- DJoypd garden teachers to work after schanl oil Saturdays and during tho summer vacationS These teachers en- rolled school children in regular classes. and the production of vese- tahles in back yards and vacant lots Was begun During inc three wears i fhat inc work has been in progress there has been marked increase in the enrolment and the value of the prod ucts If children's home gardens.
 The actual expense Of garden work 10 fhe children. which includes seeds i tools. fertilizer-in short everything hut lay fer the work of the children totals S10.233.45 For all expenditure on the part of school boards and the homes of SIG.9S3.,,5 q total Of S20S- 93653 was received
 importance Of Good Health.