Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-12-08
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Consideration of Methods to
Restore Normal Business
Conditions One of First
Problems.
Host Of Plans Proposed

Washington, Dec. 7.-Congression-
al and consideration OF methods to
aid III restoring normal conditions
in business appeared in the offing to-
night with the announcement that
majority members of the ways and
means committee would meet tomor-
row to discuss legislative program
with respect to commerce and in
.dustry.
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 busi-
ness generally, made it appear GER
tain that congressional attention
would be turned to business prob
lens, once the appropriation bills are
out of the way. Leaders in the SEN
ate and house do not believe that
actual enactment of any such legis-
liaton can be accomplished during
the present brief session, but they
are evidently agreed that the founda-
tions should be laid through COM
mittee consideration for prompt ac-
ton after March a, next.
Many Bills.
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 congressional investiga-
tion of unemployment. Among such
measures was a resolution presented
today by Representative Mason, re-
publican, Illinois, calling for series
of house committee Investigations
and a conference of governors and
federal officials to ascertain facts
and figures and make recommenda-
tions. Mr.. Mason's resolution set
forth that there now were more than
100000 per sons in the United
States i'll enforced idleness.
Would Reduce Taxes.
Permission todeductincome taxes
paid this year from next years as
sessable income was proposed as a
business relief measure by Repre-
sentative Alderman, republican, New
Jersey, who declared that the burden
of taxes should not further be in
creased by taxing money already
paid or to be paid into the federal
treasury.
Bills were offered in the senate
in large numbers with the general
aim of stimulating business. The
program of Senator Capper, repub-
lican, Kansas, for farm relief legis-
lation found expression in several
measures to regulate grain ex-
changes, while Senator McCumber,
republican, North Dakota, intro
duced bills to prohibit the importa-
ton for one year of grain and grain
products and live stock and other
food commodities. and the appoint
ment by the president of commits
sion to prepare for congress a gen.
eral system of cooperative market
ing.
Farm Bills Offered.
Cooperative marketing also was
dealt with in the house bills. Means
of taking care of the surplus of ce-
real crops and at the same time as
suring the farmer of proper sale or
his products was the stated object
of bill by Representative Christie
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,
their proponents declared, to aid the
consumer as we'll as the producer,
but the urban members were not
overlooking opportunities to render
assistance by legislation where pos
sible to the businesses of finance and
manufacturing through changes i'll
the federal reserve act and banking
laws.