The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-04-24

delayed until after The election. RI
gardiess of political affiliations, SEM
tors and representatives are divide
on the question as to whether In
merchant marine should be govern
ment-Owned or owned privately. Tn
senate committee on commerce is still
listening tn persons who have thought
about what should be done with tn
ships. but apparently is far from com
ING to Il decision or Il recommends
ton. In the meantime it is the polio.
of the shipping board to sell ship
whenever fair prices can be obtained
| During the last six months the gov
eminent has parted with Il large mum
Der of ships it built during the war.
Army Reorganization.
Army reorganization legislation will
it now seems probable, he completed
before adjournment is taken. II is alb
Solutely necessary in the Judgment OF
the war department that this legisla
| ton shall he in force by the beginning
! of the fiscal year July l. The house
! has passed Il reorganization bill and
| the senate committee on military af-
fairs is now giving that bill consdera'
tion. While the recommendations of
the war department are in general
way carried out by the house bill, the
bill as Il whole falls considerably short
or the aspirations af the department.
The failure To make any provision for
universal training or for reserve
army is particularly disappointing To
the general staff. There are probably
enough votes in the senate to put a
universal training provision in the bill.
but senators realize that the house
would not accept it and so the proba-
bility is that the senate will not delay
the passage of the bill by attaching
any such provision. 1t is believed that
the senate will take q somewhat more
liberal attitude with respect TO army
legislation than did the house.
About the hardest nut congress has
TO crack relates to legislation that will
take suitable care of the soldiers and
sailors of the world war. Some eX-
preston on this subject, it seems, will
have to be made before the session
comes to an end.
Interest Aroused in Gardening.
The United States school garden
army which enlisted u million boys
and girls in the war time and two mil
lion and half last year has perfected
M 70 ha
surpass both preceding years in num-
Der of children enrolled in home gar
dens and in amount of land cultivated
and products harvested, and in aroused
interest in everything that comes from
healthful work on the soil
In an announcement covering the
work for 1920, Director John l.. Ran |
iall of the interior department says:
with the coming of new year the |
problems that confront us are to in |
'rease the numbers in the United |
States school garden army to make |
he garden work more permanent, and |
o increase its educational value. The |
MOTTO of the garden army-'A garden
only be realized when gar
Iening becomes a definite part of
choOl work.
THE president recognized the value
f schoOl-supervised gardening by
making it a productive line of defense
uring the period of the nations need.
congress has appreciated the service
t garden leaders to The country and
as recognized the permanent value Of
his work by granting an appropriation
D continue the United States school
arden army. This is a work not for
or any organization, but one
evOted in n spirit of service to the
ducation of children"
Interest Is General.
The 1919 record of the school gar
en- army reveals that the qualities of
luck. perseverance, and "stick-to-itive-
ess" were demonstrated in almost the
lme degree by the children of every
New York city, where
1854 children raised garden prod
ITS worth S715,17S.71, to the quiet lit
e mountain town Of .MOntezuma.
OlO.. where the garden flag waves
yer "the great divide" and from Min
eapolis, Mimi, acre, to Corpus Chris
Tex, where the children combated
Iccessfully the devastation of storm
I'd tidal wave.
Although the financial returns of
hool-supervised NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
o in 1919-sound sufficiently impress
We in the aggregate. the $4,000 gar
n teachers of the United States are
unit in believing that the lessons of
lf-government. organization, individ-
il responsibility, thrift, and communi-
effort which the children have
ined from their garden work have
en- far above all tangible results.
,vertheless financial results are i'm
rtant, and a nationwide review of
2 tangible results of school-super-
'ed gardening cannot fail to be Of
,nificance to those who have COOP
lted by furnishing money assistance
d awards, trophies, and prizes.
Efforts Crowned With Success.
The total value of the garden prod
is in different cities varies greatly
cause of climatic conditions, amount
land available for gardening, and