Evening times-Republican., 1920-12-16
AL MEMBERS OF DELEGATl,,N
ACTIVE IN BEHALF or
REMEDIAL LEGISLATION.
solEs 10 GO AFTER
LoRoLY COAL sARc',as
Will Demand Relief From prso.nt
Exorbitant Prices For Fusl-sS1a-
tors Cum mins and k.nyof e tsavs
Full Control Of Important patron-
age, Except Postoffiess.
Thy e, G. Dougherty.l8

Washington. Dec. 15.-Remeelia al
legislation that viii correct the pres
ent financial problem With which rhe
farmers OF Iowa and other states .llta
confronted Is certain to be passed
soon by congress. just what form II
{ viii take, however. can not be deti-
4nitely stated, except that all the good
points OF the various relief bills will
be molded into an enactment Tor
speedy passage.
8 All the IowaN members in both th'.
aenate and house are taking Q lively
interest to bring about relief to the
AGRICULTURAL sections Of the country
white Representative Dickinson, oi
the tenth Iowa district, is the only
member who has actually presented
measures contemplated to give the
leliAf sought. comprehensive study
sef the various legislation proposed iss,
being made by al the Hawkeye rep
iSsentatives.
congressman W. D. Boles. Or the
E,eventh lows district, which 81
largely An agricultural district, said
today that the quickest action shoult
he taken by both branches OF the
congress to relief legislation now be-
fore them He favors the widea,
measure OF rslisf for tho farmers al
this time to tide them over the pres
sent chaotic condition.
After the farmer legislation is dis
posed, Mr.. Boies said he will give his
attention to affording relief from the
j present hieh prices asked for coat in
the northwestern portion ofeIowas Mi.
Eoies favors some meaaure which
VIII be I step toward preventing the
uressnt exorbitant prices forsfues.
and ne will preis before sthe house.
committee OF which he ~ = member
any action that will result an Aequir,.
sing tho prelcnt cost OF producing soft
and hard coal and its transportation
from tho InineS to the tconsumers. Hg
81 Of the opinion that the present
quotations on soft coal In Sioux City
aiid other northwestern Iowa terri-i
tory are wholly unjustified, and he sx-
pect1 that IN Investigation into the
coal industry will disclose that the
operators and fuel. handlers ARE maxi
ing exorbitant profits.
Senators 10 Control Patronage.
IT has practically been definitely
decided by the Iowa delegations here
to permit Senators Cummins and
Kenyon to direct the distribution OF
patronage In Iowa, except for So
called district patronage, when the
new administration comes in on
March neTt. The members Of the
lower house.N Of course, will still re-
tain their preogative Of recommend J
,ing postoffice appointments and 9TH
ser offices of a purely district char
-acter, but for the federal plums of a
state nature. the members of the up
pei, house will have the last word.
Because OF the fact that many Of
the democratic federal officeholders
siii IowT-w we're reappointed two years
ago, and still have upwards of two
Years to serve, no great amount of
patronage 10. expected to be at the
/ disposal Of the two Iowa senator's
until late next year or early in 1922,
The office of collector OF internal
revenue In Iowa, however.Nis now va :,
cant, due t6athe resigna ton OF Louis
Murphy. ana altho President Wilson
has named I. T. Jones, OF Des Moines,
for this post. 1t 1t understood that he
viii not be confirmed, and that short
II after President Elect Harding
goes into office. . republican will be
selected for the post. The same situl--
alton exists a. to numerous postnas-
tershIps in Iowa-notably the one at
Sioux City. for which Postmaster
Kerberg was recently renominated.
This office. Iowa members believe,
should Abe given to republican.