Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-28
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The BulIetilfA


 same lines as agricultural colleges, and make fish culture a study in order to conserve and increase the supply of food fish?'' asks Dr. Hugh NJ. Smith. United; States commissioner of fisheries There is now one such college established on the Pacific coast and the Atlantic coast should have one also, In that case some point along the New England coast will be the best. Probably in Maine, he add l ed. The suggestion made by the com | missioner lis to utilize some college all ready established and establish a sepa- rate branch for the study of fish culture. In the west, it was the University of Washington that took, the initial step, and pr. Smith proposes that some one of the New England states shall Hollow that | lead. In Maine he suggests that Bowdoin Bates or the University of Maine would be desirable The purpose of the college 1 would be two fold-hrst to offer instruc- tion in the practice of fishery and to pro- mote fishery resources. Fish as a food supply is of great importance, as any oth- 1 CT, yet except the one year old college 1 established in the state of Washington there is not a place in the country where fish culture, or practical methods Of propagation and marketing are tausGes. The Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- | tion of the commissioner and expects to institute such a course in the immediate future, with the aid and advice of the bureau of fisheries
 Commissioner Smith calls attention to the rapidly decreasing supply of Holsters. oysters and other valuable food fish. such as Maine salmon and the white fish of l the Great Lakes ,and he urges state and local cooperation with the government to preserve the future supply. He also said he wished the farmers of the country could be made Ito see how easy and mex pensive it would be for them to stock small fish ponds or running streams on l their farms, and thus furnish themselves Ewith fresh fish right out of their own waters It is understood Maine will take the matter of college of fisheries unuer consideration and that the incoming governor of that state feels very r7.Andly to the idea. Commissioner Smith believes states having lakes and rivers, like those of Connecticut should be awake to the possibilities of such a course of instruc- tion would offer.
 Senator Thomas of Colorado declared l in the floor of the senate that there are now 125 separate lobbies, political, racial social, industrial or. sectional, every ont
 
 welfare and no desire to decrease expenses of the government, but determined by threats. or persuasion or other methods tt secure legislation for themselves and de feat all other legislation. The senate was speaking of the great annoyance tt senators and the danger to wise and ligit. II innate legislation caused by the thousand: of lobbyists who swarm the capitol l We are afraid of them since they hell each other, added Senator Thomas. Of fensive propaganda for all sorts O schemes and projects flood the mails 0 senators and members of congress ! tn, corridors of the capital and the offices 0 the legislators are filled with men ant women urging the passage of whatevs pet scheme for which they are working i There are representatives. of organiza . tions urging laws for more drink and fo less drink-for more tobacco and les tobacco flor the rearing of children an, for birth control; for labor and for cap itol for a league of natins and for stand aloof policy-and all these men an l women, entirely inexperienced in legisla ! Etive responsibility are endeavoring to in struct each of the 9S senators and the 43 f lneuibers of congress how they ought t
 vote and are doing so with threats, prom ises and warning of what will happen their instructions are not obeyed. Jean
 cite Rankin, the one woman who has a
 yet occupied a seat in congress is her heading one of the most powerful lobbie Of the day-her privilege of former mem r bership gives her unlimited opportunity t T reach the members personally-Mau t Wood Parks a well known speaker | I woman's clubs, heads another, and tn f list of names known to the country, an . of obscurity would fill the pages of pretty big book It is an era of propa ganda-well paid lobbyists and concer trated effort to force congress to pas d measures endorsed by organization. j. Congress doesn't like the method and s getting thoroughly disgusted and irr- 3 tated over ii.
 The feature of the congressional sree z was the passage by the house of the fse - called emergency tariff bill. Its primar . aim is to relieve the farmers of the wes 0 and certain other western and souther - interest now suffering from: after-war d. :. precision. It is a protective tariff measur :, and for that reason won the support . many republicans who do not believe
 that sort of class legislation and at tf
 same time it won democratic support ( t men whose sections of the country wou] j. benefit, even though they stood persor
 
 n many amusing incidents occurred durir
 the hot debate which preceded ithe fin.
 vote. Dem ssrats shook their fists at eae
 other and demanded loudly to know "tf reason why the other fellow voted u | way he did while republican leaders a.
 gued and urged protection no matter wi
 1t hit or who it left out in the cold. IT # fact g that each man knew there wll I
 day of reckoning coming when the r
 publicans put a high protective tariff b It before congress next sprng. It will l d embarrassing for those democrats WI 7 voted for this one to turn down the ne
 simply because it don't benefit them c, r. clusively-it will be equally difficult n explain to republican leaders why repui ' iicans turned down this bill because
 didn't meet the needs of their own 1ocal :. ties.
 .- Rainey of Illinois big burIy and ,
 old time free trade democrat, shout
 bitter denunciations on the men or i
 ptTty who jumped the reservation. ru is hing his fingers wildly through his thi ig shock of grey hair, till every spear of
 stood on end Garner of Texas, small
 >stature, and ,,and shrill of voice. but. G. democrat who knows when his sectioR rs the country will profit by protectic
 talked back vigorously at Rainey and I
 the democratic bolters as they march
 side by side with the republicans in pas pc ing the bill New England was divid, eV The bill was so openly a plan to help t