The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-30

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before next spring.
The plan of the senate committee on
interstate commerce IS 10 be ready to
report railroad return bill as soon as
the treaty is out of the way. This may
mean th9t a bill will be submitted to
the senate oy the first of next month.
but senator's as rule are not very
sanguine that such good progress can
be made with the treaty. Unless the
house committee on interstate and for
eign commerce shall change its mind
1t VIII report its conception of what
railroad Legislation should be before
| the end of this month. Then If the
hopes Of the house leaders are real
lied the house win take a recess unil
about the middle of November.
Each House Has Railroad Bill
This would mean that so far as the
1 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 Deem
Der. To a considerable extent the
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 legis-
lative body will pass its own bill and
that the responsibility Tor 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 go
back to their owners for private man.
agement under stricter federal restric-
lions than existed prior to the war,
but the precise nature of these restric-
lions remains to be determined.
1t is not the first time congress has
been confronted with 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. The
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
g. a., ItVIx 1
1920, to congress when 1t meets in
regular session in December. SO If
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
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 mill
lions of children enlisted in the U. S.
s. &. A. In the United States, Hawaii.
Porto Rico and the Philippine islands
are of great magnitude, yet the u
tangible results are infinitely greater.
Secretary of the Interior Lane said
the other day;
"As matter of fact, the United
States school garden army of the bu-
reau of education, department of the
interior, has been raising citizens in
school-supervised gardens"
1t is estimated this year that the
more than 100000 children produced
approximately S4S,000000 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
in these states last year the average
produced was more than $50 per child
enrolled In the y. S. S. G. A.
Possibly the biggest, and certainly
the most outstanding feature OF the
work of the school garden army is the
spirit of national cooperation that Ii
has developed. Governors OF states
who differ widely In political beliefs;
parOchal, private and public school or
ticials; chamber of commerce and la
Dor organiza lions; the General Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs, and the Ma
tional council Of Women have united
in working for the development of the
child through the medium of school
gardens and schOol-supervised home
gardens organized on the plan of the
United States school garden army.
Helps Reduce n. c. of l..
School-directed home gardening, as
promoted by the United States school
Garden army of the national bureau of
education, is having decided intiu-
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
wears ago one Of the specialists In the
| bureau of education was stationed in
this territory TO direct the garden &C
! tivities of the public school children
of the upper grammar school grades.
| local boards OF education in Lynch
burg and Danville, Va; Greensboro.
Durham, Raleigh, Salisbury and other
/ towns In North Carolina, and Chatta-
uooga and Morristown. Tenn, EN-
Moved garden teachers to work after
! school. on Saturdays and during the
summer vacations. These teachers en-
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