, 1921-12-15
MONDELL reviews WORK
Of THE SPECIAL session
HOUSE HAS considered and PASSED ALL OF The MEASURES
Fur Which The PRESIDENT CALLED congress.

sion Of tariff schedules. on July 21.
and the measure is now before the
Senate committee. and we entertain
the hope and have the assurance that
this legislation, so essential to the
of a sound and depend
able basis and foundation for trade
and industry, will be reported to the
Senate and considered It a reason
ably early date in the regular ses-
sion, which begins December S.
There is always ground for honest
difference Of opinion with regard to
the details Of schedules even among
those who believe in the principle
and policy Of protection, and no
tariff bill ever has been or ever will
be In all of its details and in all Of
its thousands of items and provisions
ideally perfect or wholly and COM
pletely satisfactory. Notwithstand-
ing the inevitable difference OF opin-
ion with regard to provisions and
schedules Of a tariff bill, the fact re-
mains that the tariff bill as passed
by the House met less criticism. not
only from the standpoint of those
who believe in the principle Of pro-
lection but from others who en-
deavor to analyze a tariff measure
from the viewpoint Of its effect o n
the business, industry. and produc-
ton Of the country. than any like
measure that has passed the House
in many years. There are sharp diff
ferences in opinion with regard to
some of the more important features
OF the bill, like the new provision
for American values. Ali these mat
tiers will be considered by the Senate
and in conference and we may con-
fidently expect a measure the very
best can be enacted at this time Of
varying costs and unsettled curren-
cies.
THE so-called Volstead anti-beer
bill became necessary as a result of
an eleventh-hour decision by Attor-
ney General Palmer the day before
the close OF the Wilson administra-
ton. While there has been much
sharp difference of opinion with re.
gard to the provisions Of the mea-
sure, 1t is believed thai the bill is a
fair compromise. maintaining the
national faith in the enforcement Of
the prohibition act, while guarding
against the possibilities OF abuses OF
power and authority.
THE bill providing for a budget
system brought to a realization the
hopes OF those who have been labor
ing for a generation or more bust
uesslike. scientific, economy-urging
system of estimates, appropriations.
and expenditures. We have already
experienced great benefits through
the establishment Of a budget system
In the checks which have come
through that system upon the ex-
penditures OF the executive depart
mcnts. The influence and agencies
Of the budget system, under the d.
rection Of the President as the head
OF that system, brought the lewiston
relative to economy in expenditure
which made possible the lifting of so
large a portion of the Federal taxes
in the tax reduction bill. The bud
get law has already justified the
highest expectations Of its friends and
trainers and there is every reason to
believe that 1t will prove to be what
has been claimed for 1.-THE greatest
reform in governmental procedure In
half a century.
1.-THE peace resolution declared the
end Of q state of war, the existence
of which was proclaimed by the wal
declaration. 1t placed vi in a posi-
ton Of official peace with Germany
and Austria, and paved the way for
the negotiations since entered into
for the re-establishment OF normal
peace relations with our late enemies.
1.-THE so-called Sweet bill. estab-
fishing q Veterans Bureau and con-
sofidatinK all Of the agencies charged
with care and responsibility on be-
half of the ex-service men, is the full
fllment of . national obligation to
provide an organisation which. SO far
as II is possible to do 20, will cure the
delays which have been complained
Of in meeting our obligations to u
national defenders. Under our OBJ
LEGATIONS to our national defenders.
Under this bureau 1t 10 hoped that
there will be little cause for COM
plaint, and that the appropriations
OF Congress-, which will total ap-
proximately one-hslf billion dollars
for this fiscal year, may be utilised to
the best possible advantage for b
benefit Of the soldiers OF the late
World War.
''The bill amending the War FL
nance Corporation act, to provide re-
lief for producers Of and dealers In
agricultural products, 10 expected to
afford o very large measure OF reliet
IN It's provisions, under which the
War Finance Corporation may issue
and utilize Its securities IN q sum not
to exceed q bfllions dollars to aid In
the carrying and e4parletion OF asfi-
cultural products sAed$ In. providing
credit for AgricNltusAlspurpos In
eludinR tina hre9dinH. raising, t0tt0Ns