Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-28
PRESIDENT SENDS
IN 1000 NAMES
Postmaster Appointments Swell
Enormous List Held UP.
TO REMAIN AT PRESENT SIZE
House Members Vote to Keep Member
ship at 435-Michigan Gains TWO
Seats, Indiana and Iowa Lose
One Each.

One Each.
Washington, Jan. DENOMINATIONS
of approximately 1000 postmasters
were sent to the senate by President
Wilson.
This swells the already enormous
list of nominations made at this SEES
sion and on which Republican leaders
have determined not to act except
where an emergency exists.
The house of representatives, by a
vote of 1913 to II, decided against in
creasing it's membership, now 435.
This action was taken by adoption
of an amendment to the reapportiOn-
ment bill which sought to increase
the total to 4S3. Under the amend
ment the following states gain in rep
resentation: California, three; Michi-
gan and Ohio, two each; Connecti-
cut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tex
as and Washington, one each.
These states lose: Missouri, two !;
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Nebras-
ka, North Dakota, Rhode Island and
Vermont, one each. Other states are
unchanged.
Another amendment to reduce the
membership to 307, was voted down
overwhelmingly.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
carrying $50, 517, 459 for the next fiscal
year, 1881. 925 less than the esti-
mates, has been reported to the house.
The total exceeds that for the cur
rent year by $1,S04,675.
The bulk of the Appropriation is
for use by the department of agricul-
ture, but S1,000,000 was authorized
for the national forest reservation
committee for acquisition of addition
al lands at headwaters of navigable
streams. The committee asked for
$1OOO0,OOO.
The committee added 100000 to
the appropriation for the eradication
of animal tuberculosis and 100000
for eradication of hog cholera. The
sum of S150.000 was provided for
fighting the brown tail and gypsy
moths, rampant in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Small increases also were reported
for aiding development of sirup from
sweet potatoes and for protection of
the date industry of California. Ari-
zona and Texas from a new type of
boil weevil that threatens its eXtinc
ton.
Voices Opposition of Coal Operators.
Opposition of organized coal op-
orators to the Calder bill proposing
federal regulation of the coal indus
try was voiced before the senate man.
ufacturers' committee by ]. D. 4. Nor
row, vice president of the National
Coal association.
He stated that mine operators gen.
orally had not taken excess profits
during the coal shortage last year.
Statistics upon 100000 tons of
production, collected prior to October
1.-The said, "show the average selling
price at the mine to have been S3.47
ton, and the cost of producing S276.
That left margin of II cents, which
does not represent profit, because
the overhead costs, depletion charges
and taxes have to come out of it,
The witness told the committee that
the figures would have been more
complete except for the action Of
the Calder committee in sending it's
agents TO take papers out of our of
fee, which, with attendant publicity,
caused our members to cease report
ing"
He added that the department of
Justice had also objected to the col
lection of cost statistics, regarding
1t as method of price-fixing.
"Yet a system of collecting and pub
lishing coal cost statistics is exactly
the thing which this bill aims to bring
about" said Senator Reed Dem.)
of Missouri
Proposes Flat Tax on Profits.
A bill to repeal the excess profits
tax and TO substitute for it fiat tax
of 10 per cent on the profits of cor
pOrations was introduced by Repre-
: sentative Mcleod (Rep) of Michigan.
Abolition of the $1,000 exemption .aow
granted business concerns also is nro-
posed.
A Roosevelt 2-cent piece is favored
/ by the house coinage committee.
which reported favorably q senate bin
authorizing the coin. The committees
report said there was genuine need"
for 2-cent piece and coinage of one
would be "a fitting manner in which
TO honor the memory of great Amer
ican."