The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-07-21
IN NATIONS CAPITAL
Soldiers Bonus Bill Indefinitely Side
tracked by Senate According
to Harding's Wish.

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Decrease in Rates on Livestock Rec.
commended to Interstate Com
mefce Commission.
In one of the stormiest sessions
witnessed in the senate in years the
soldiers bonus bill was sidetracked
indefinitely, in accordance with Presi-
dents Harding's desire, by a vote of
At to 20. This action was followed by
scenes of disorder and near violence
never paralleled within the memory
of the oldest senator. The dignifed
and august senate was transformed in
to a veritable madhouse defying the
efforts of the presiding officer to re-
store order. Threatened fsticuffs,
superheated epithets, score of sena-
tors demanding recognition at once,
bewildering parliamentary entangle-
ments, and cloudburst on the roof of
the capitol combined to create the al
most unprecedented pandemonium.
Both parties divided on the rollcall,
nine republicans voting against, while
eight democrats Joined the bulk of the
republicans for recommittal. Advo-
Gates of the McCumber soldier ad-
justed compensation bill were warned
by Senator Kellogg, in a speech be-
fore the senate, to quit trying to fool
the country and former soldiers with
a measure that doesn't become effec-
tive for year and makes no provision
for raising the $3,000,0OO,0O0 to $5,-
100000 it spends. Senator Kel-
logg told them bluntly they can't get
away with it. He urged that the Nc
Cumber bill be recommitted to the
finance committee until the tax laws
are revised and new tariff schedules
written. When the adjusted compen-
sation bill comes out again, he insist
ed, it must carry tax to pay it's way
and payment to soldiers must then be
started Immediately.
A substantial decrease in freight
rates on livestock in approximately
two-thirds of the United States from
the Pacific coast to the Mississippi and
from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
has been recommended to the inter-
state commerce commission by Exami-
ner Dique of said commission
Hides, raw, green and picked,
were thrown off the Fordney tariff
free list by the house, which voted,
1852 to 81, to impose an ad valorem
duty of Is per cent, to be followed by
another amendment taxing all leather
products, including shoes.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has informed the senate that the pro-
posal to cancel war debts has not been
preached to him by any allied nation
and would not be considered if made.
The bureau of international revenue
reports that $2o,ooo,o0O has been
added to the government revenue for
the last fiscal year by additional taxes,
penalties and fines resulting from the
discovery of false and fraudulent
income tax returns.
Legalization of 275 per cent barley
malt beer was urged upon congress by
northwestern farmers, who declared
it would add about $500 10000 to
their yearly revenue.
A lobby representative of invests
n1ent bankers opposed to the federal
"blue sky" law is working actively
against bill introduced by Represen-
tative Denison of Illinois which is
now before the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce.
Administration officials made it en-
phatic that this government would not
welcome any proposal to hold pre-
liminary discussion anywhere but in
the United States on the Pacific and
far eastern issues or any other phase
of the armament limitation conference
proposed by President Harding. They
do not want the success of the forth
coming discussion contingent upon
any international caucus abroad.
Consolidation of the war and navv
departments into onesedepartment of
national defense was reported to>be
included in the forthcoming recon-
mendations of the joint congressional
committee on government reorganiza-
ton.
Protests are being made to con-
gress against the provision in the tar
if bill applying to newsprint paper.
While newsprint is ostensibly on the
free list, proviso makes it possible
for the president to impose duties
when any other country or province
restricts expectation of newsprint.
Publishers hold that this might o.
crate very unfairly to them.
The cabinet decided to go slow be-
fore indorsing the proposal of Henry
Ford to take over the operation of
the government nitrate and water
power plant at Mussel Shoals. Secre-
taries Andrew Mellon, J. w. Weeks
and Herbert Hoover were commits
stoned to examine the proposal care
fully before decision is reached on