Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-08-25
CONGRESSMAN ARE BUSY MEN
Son Writes to Parents i'm This CITY
Showing Congressman Green
Is a Busy Man.

quainted with Congressman Green,
and know something of his capacity
for work. In some quarters there is
belief that our congressman have
little or nothing to do. The follow
ing letter will convince, all that there
is at least one real live, working con-
gresham on the job:
Washington, Aug. 10, 1921.
Dear Folks:
have been working like Turk
all day but I'm going to get you
short letter anyway, for have good
news for mamma. We have just re-
ceived notice from the Pension Bur-
eau that Mrs. Crossen's pension had
been allowed for s12 month from
March 4th, 1917, so that she will get
about $500 back pension and $40 ev-
cry three months hereafter. / am
writing her today.
Congress is up to its neck in work
just at present in an effort to get
away next week. / think they will
adjourn next Wednesday but don't
expect to come home myself. The
Judge will probably go if he can get
away from the Ways and Means
Committee. Don't know, of course,
whether he will be in Audubon, but
if he is you will probably see him.
The revenue bill is scheduled to
pass Saturday afternoon. The Judge
spoke on IL yesterday. He sure has
big finger in its preparation and
about everything favorable to the
| little fellow went there because the
Judge insisted. Take the transpor-
talon tax for instance. Secretary
was against his proposal to take it
off and Mellon was backed by Hard
ing Most all the Committee was
against it, also, but the Judge kept
plugging away in that quiet way of
his and when he smoke blew away
the freight and passenger tax had
disappeared. He also made the mo-
ton increasing the exemption to $2,-
500, and the dependency exemption
from $500 to $500. He was the big
figure in getting the tax off propri-
etary medicines and stock medicines
and cutting off the soda fountain
and other nuisance taxes, as they are
called here.
/ In the tariff hill he g,t all farm
machinery, barbed wire, harness,
boots, shoes, leather goods, admitted
free; kept the tax off lumber except
on such as never bothers Iowa any
way; high rates on agricultural pro-
ducts, and did many other things
which will be mighty helpful. II
Iowa doesn't prosper under these two
bills 1t won't be Judge Green's fault,
for he sure has done his share. He
wrote the cotton manufacturers
schedule in the tariff bill and has
all the manufacturers in New Eng
land on his neck because the rates
are reasonable instead of phohibit-
airy. The cotton schedule is the most
difficult of all the bill to write and
have been told that no other mem
Der, would take the responsibility
of preparing it, although the Judge
did not say that. In fact the Judge
wrote more of the tariff and revenue
bills than any other man in Congress
and is the leading man in the COM
mittee. / know, because have been
up there and seen them in executive
session, struggling over these bills.
1 understand there is some impa-
thence over the delay in getting them
through. II people only understood.
Members of the Committee have al
most killed themselves during the
past eight months. The tariff bill
contains over 10000 items and fins
printed book Of S46 pages. The
revenue bill is more than seven
newspaper columns long. There is
chance for an honest difference of
opinion on nearly every item. Eth
err bill is ordinarily regarded as a
whale OF job for a whole Congress.
The Ways and Means Committee
alone has prepared two such bills
within the last eight months, 70 say
nothing of the emergency tariff on
farm products-which, by the way,
was Judge Green's bill also.
Some of the carping critics make
me tired II they could come down
here and follow Judge Green around
for about three days they would be
so tired their tongues would be
hanging out and so dizzy they would
not know where they stood. He has
worked about eighteen hours day,
seven days week, for many months
and has been out of the city on
Sunday Just once. There isn't dis
trict in the United States better rep
resented than the Ninth Iowa, and
there are darned few of them that
exert greater influence on national
i legislation. When something goes
wrong on the floor OF the House,
who do you see with their heads to-
gether. Probably Mondell, Green,
Mann, Cannon, Campbell and Long
worth, and every one OF them has
been here darned sight longer than
the Judge. saw this very group in
consultation not ten days ago.
|
Glenn simcox.
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