, 1921-09-22

by a lack OF organization and mar
keting facilities. Congress outlined a
program Of relief which is now COM
pleted.
THE emergency tariff was passed
and became law in May. 1t restrained
by increased duties foreign importa-
tons Of products whose importations
had increased so per cent. and to the
great hurt of u own farmers. Con-
gress also authorized a commission
to investigate the causes Of the pros
tration OF agriculture with power to
recommend to Congress remedial leg
islation. This commission has been
at work for weeks and will soon
make It's report. Congress also en-
acted the packers legislation in the
interest of the livestock industry.
1t also enacted what Is known as the
grain futures act to correct the fic-
titious price manipulation on the
stock market.
1.-The Farmers Cooperative Asso-
citation bill is now in conference and
will soon become a law. This se-
cures the right of collective bar
gaining to the agriculturist.
1.-THE agricultural aid bill permit
ting the War Finance Corporation
to aid In financing exports of farm
products is just passed and promises
greater relief by loans to European
capitalists upon satisfactory security,
and upon condition that the money is
limited to be expended to purchase
the product of the American farm.
1.-TWO measures looking to assist
the farm loan banks to further ex-
tend farm credit have been passed by
both Houses. One allows $31.00O,-
900 to relieve the credit situation
and the other allows 5h per cent
interest on land-bank bonds.
mo Congress in our history has
carried through such f~ar-reaching
remedial legislation looking to the
rehabilitation OF agriculture as this
special session of the Sixty-seventh
Congress.
This Congress faced not only
greater but graver questions than
any former one in our history. One
committee of this Congress, the
Ways and Means Committee, has
conducted the hearings and reported
out the tariff and taxation bills.
Note this work, which ordinarily
could not have passed within two
years.
1.-THE emergency tariff to prevent
immediate distress of the farm.
That measure Is now a law, since
May.
''Then came the permanent tariff
bill. That legislation has been
passed through the House after
weeks of committee consideration.
and was passed in this body and is
now in the Senate.
1.-THE revision Of wartime taxa
ton. That bill came before the
House after mature committee con-
sideration and was passed in this
body and is now before the Senate.
There is an annual saving here of
500. 900. 900 or more than the total
cost of the Government in 1912.
1.-THE committee will now take up
the funding of the foreign loans.
The Senate Is already considering
this most important, problem. This
will be followed. by the ~refunding
Of the public debt. All this will be
before the session adj
Z
"The establishment of the veter-
ans Bureau. unifying under one
head the activities of the War Risk
Bureau. the soldier re-
previously under the
Board for Vocational Educa-
ton. and the Public Health Service
is already accomplished, and will not
only insure expeditions action on
disabled claims but will operate in
distinct saving to the Government.
1.-THE amendment to the volstead
Act to prevent the traffic In beer
through the venue of prescriptions
will also be placed to the credit of
this session.
1.-THE Redistribution of the postal
employees upon a o equitable
basis of compensation is also enacted
into law. These are some of the
achievements already accomplished.
THE calendar shows favorable
reports to the House Of
233 House bills, 29 House joint reso-
lutions, 60 House resolutions. and Z
House concurrent resolutions. OF
this number So House bills and 8
House joint resolutions have been
acted upon by the Senate. Fifty
eight Of the so House resolutions re-
ported for action have been favorably
acted upon by the House.
"a complete summary OF the ses-
sion up to date is conclusive against
the senseless criticism hat the Con-
gress has been inactive.
THE calendar shows a greater
amount Of constructive legislation
than any equal period Of legislative
history. IA our past any one OF the
great outstanding measures would
have been thought sufficient to sig
nalize the Congress-"