The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
aExT CONGRESS
CONSIDERS BILL
TO REDISTRICT
49,. M9y Gain New Member In
House; Todd on Transports
ton Body.
washington News Bureau
Rock. Island Argus

UashfngtOn, D. u, lee o.
- hills of vital Importance to
.-n-etate counties of Illinois are
!. ,he program which will be laid
sso-e congress at the opening OF
- regular session Monday.
m primary interest to Illinois
.anresentatives and senator's are
as walsh federal judges bill, pro-
Has;oq 10 create % new federal
srd@eships, and the Siegel reap
SoIntment bill, proposing an in
reese in the membership of the
rouse from 435 to 46O.
n the Walsh bill is adopted as
written it will give the northern
and eastern districts OF Illinois one
sdditionaI federal judge each. The
Mn has been f~ayorably reported by
he house judiciary committee, and
viii be brought up for considera-
tom during the first days of the
rsw session. Chairman Volstead
lated here this week that the bill
4 in line with the recent recon
r~andatfon of Chief Justice Taft and
Attorney General DaugheTty for an
increase in the federal judiciary.
Illinois will gain an additional
representative in the house if the
slegel reappointnent bill is pass
ed Much opposition has arisen to
the Siegel bill and at the special
session. the Democrats and lin
surgent" Republicans succeeded III
having the bill sent back to com
nittee. Chairman Siegel OF the
census committee announced a few
DAYS ago that a second attempt will
be made to pass the bill during the
new session.
II the bill passes, the state tegis-
lature at Springfield will have to
choose between redistricting the
state or adding another represents
uVe-at-large, giving the state three
congressman without a district
Since the redistricting bill based on
the 1900 census, there has been no
redistricting law passed at Spring
field.
Seek New POStoffices.
Returning 10 Washington after
recess trips TO Illinois, down-state
members announced that they viii
attempt to obtain consideration OF
impending bills. providing funds for
the building of new postottices in
Illinois cities. Bills will be rein
troduced at the new session calling
for postoffce appropriations for
Rockford, Springfield, G~alesburg.
Bloomington and smaller cities
doyn-state. The committee on
postofice and post roads will meet
In a few days to determine whethei
or not it will report an omnibus
postofice bill during the session
This decision may settle the fate
of all the Illinois p~ostoffice bills for
the present.
While the house struggles with
the legislation listed above the SEN
ate must dispose of the permanent
tariff bill and the Newberry elec
ton case. The railroad bill is still
pending in the senate, but accord
ing to the latest announcement by
Senator Cummins may be side
tracked to prevent a reopening OF
the whole transportation problem
Urge Tariff Action.
The tariff bill contains schedules
affecting nearly all the agriculture
and manufactured products of Hi
nois. Senator Mckinley this week
received scores of kilograms from
down-state manufacturers urging
prompt action on the bill. 1t is
unlikely that the bill will be passed
until after the holidays.
Senate leaders fear that the New
berry case Will take weeks of de-
bate and interfere with prompt &C
ton on matters of routine legisla-
ton. Both Illinois senators are
counted as supporters of the
Spencer resolution, declaring the
Michigan senator entitled to his
seat.
Z. B. Hawks, Bloomington, presi
dent OF the Illinois Wholesale
Grocers' association, and Douglas
d. Bethard, Peoria. former presi-
Dent, presented at Washington thi;
week the protest of IA down-statt
members Of the association, includ'
ing Rock Island and Moline firms
against any modification of the de
cree OF February, 1920, restraining
me Big Five" packers from activ.
ny in the grocery field.
resident Hawks took the STAND
thursday before a committee ap.
pointed by Attorney General Daugh.
9ty to hear arguments for anC
against the proposed modification
Of the decree.
The wholesale grocers of Hi,
nois are unqualidedIy opposed t.
any change in this Decree" MIR
hawks told the committee.
We believe we have no selfish
MouVe to serve in making this pro
20" In the counties outside o
COX in Illinois, $4,000 people ar;
dependent for a livelihood upon the
"hoIeSale grocery business. Their
ore II competing wholesalers in tn,
sate represented in our associa
alone. II the packers r al
.Sseo TO resume their activities il
ueid' 1t will work disaster upoI
~ Wholesale grocery business ant
- Engaged in it as employers anC
employees, and it will put the con
Sunhg public at the mercy of
,uopoiy, entrenched in control o
ioou supply OF the nation"
a former head of the State as
-auon, ID. H. Bethard of Peori;
anmitted a statement confirmin,
u presented by Presiden
naNAs, He declared that tn,
tuO'esa!ers welcome fair competi
M U are unable to cope witt
big Five with their specia
GnPortation privileges and un
.ea financial backing"
anneorney General Daugherty ha!
roa.unced that the committee will
wanqe its hearings until mex
49, he will then decide upon tn,
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