Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-08
II |. AID BUSINESS, CONGRESS PLAN Ways and Means Committee Will Meet Today; Normal
 Conditions Hoped For MANY BILLS OFFERED Capper Program for Relief
 of Farmers Is Launched
 With Several Plans
MANY BILLS OFFERED

WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.-Congres- siohal consideration of methods to aid in restoring normal business con ditions appeared ill tfi1 offing tonight with the announcement that majori- ty members of the ways and means committee would meet tomorrow to discuss a legislative program with respect to commerce and industry
 The enormous number of bills dealing with farming and industry. presented yesterday and today to- gether with an apparent desire of leaders to do something for business generally. made it appear certain that congressional attention would be turned to business problems. once the appropriation bills are out of the way. Leaders in the senate and houie do not believe that actual en- actment of any such legislation can be accomplished during the present brief session but they are evidently agreed that the foundations should be laid through committee consider ation for prompt action after March 4 next
 Many Bills Prepared
 The ways and means committee will have before it wide range of proposals. for bills already dropped in the senate and house hoppers in clude measures providing all the way from far reaching tax and tariff re- forms and agricultural relief to aid or protection to limited groups of Industries.
 Some of the measures submitted would direct coneHsrsicnal investi- sation of unemployment. Among such measures was a resolution pre- scented today by Representative Ma son. Republican. Illinois. calling for a series of house committee iuvesti- cations and a conference of gover- nors and federal officials to ascer- tain facts and figures and make rec concentrations. Mason's resolution set forth that there now were more than 2,000,000 persons in the United States in enforced idleness.
 Permission to deduct income taxes paid this year from next years as sessable income was proposed as a business relief measure by Represen- tative Alderman. Republican, New Jersey who declared that the bur ten of taxes should not further be increased by taxing money already paid or to be paid into the federal treasury
 May Regulate Grain
 Bills were offered in the senate in large numbers today with the gener- al aim of stimulating business. The program of Senator Capper. Repub- ncan. Kansas. for farm relief legis- lation. found expression in several measures to regulate grain excbang- es while Senator McCumber. Repub- lican. North Dakota. introduced bills to prohibit the importation for one year of grain and grain products and livestock and other food commodi- ties and the appointment by the pres ident Of commission to prepare for congress a general system of cooper ative marketing.
 Cooperative marketing also was dealt with in the house bills. Means of taking care of the surplus of ce- real crcps and at the same time as surfing the farmer of proper sale of lis products was the stated object of a bill by Representative Christo- pherson. Republican. South Dakota. who proposed to revive the United States Grain Corporation as the ma chinery to handle the farm surplus.
 All of the measures dealing with relief for farmers were designed thhir proponents declared. to aid the consumer as well as the producer. but the urban members were not overlooking opportunities to render assistance by the legislation wiNre possible to the businesses Of finance and manufacturing through changes in the federal reserve act and bank ing laws.