The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-04-21
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
Brief Stories Gathered From Various
Sources at the National Capt.
tai by Correspondents.

Emergency 1d1Au DIN o9Seo AAvo9e
Measures Before Congress to Re-
duce Farm Products Freight.
With party lines fairly closely
drawn, the house has passed the emer-
gency tariff bill by 269 to 112, with
two recorded absent. Half dozen re-
publicans voted against this bill and
nearly dozen democrats supported it,
but the defections on both sides were
fewer in number than when the meas
ure was under consideration in the
last session. The bill as passed pro-
vides increased rates Of duty on a
score of different agriculture commodi-
ties, this portion of the measure being
identical with the bill as vetoed by
former President Wilson. The new
parts of the bill are antidumping pro-
visions designed to prevent the sale OF
foreign goods below their fair value in
the home country.
Shipment of arms and ammunition to
Ireland would be prohibited under the
proposed amendment to the act of
1912, requested by the state depart
ment, to prevent such shipments to
any country for use in aiding revolt
tons.
Representative J. w. Good, chair
man Of the house appropriations COM
mittee, declared that revenue from in
ternal taxation need not exceed from
81 SOC, oo0,o to $2,75o,oo0,ooo, in
stead of 100000, 900, as asserted by
President Harding.
Measures to improve business condi-
tions throughout the country were dis
cussed at the last cabinet meeting. 1t
was agreed that the railroad situation
is the key to the problem.
Another attempt will be made in the
national house Of representatives to
increase its membership, this time to
460-a sort of compromise arrange
ment. At the last session the bill was
introduced to increase the number of
representatives to 483, but the house
voted to hold it's membership to 435,
reapportioned on the basis of the 1920
census.
Farmers of the west who have been
urging freight reductions are about to
be rewarded for their efforts. A par
tial solution of the railroad problem
one providing for the modification Of
rates on some commodities which are
so high as to interfere seriously with
traffic-will soon be advanced. Pro-
posals will be placed before the inter-
state commerce commission for the re-
duction of some rates on which per-
centage increases have either scri-
ously rent the rate fabric and rate re-
lationships or entirely halted ship
ments.
Senator F. B. Kellogg read to the
senate letter of the last Theodore
Roosevelt asserting that payment of
$25, 100000 to Columbia would start a
general Latin American attempt to
blackmail the United States out of
hundreds of millions of dollars.
The senate by a vote of AZ to 20,
confirmed the appointment of Colonel
George Harvey to be ambassador to
England. One republican, G w. Nor
ris of Nebraska, voted against him.
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio was con-
frmed for ambassador to Franco with
out opposition.
A resolution introduced in the house
by Representative N. J. Gould calling
for an INVESTIGATION by the committee
of agriculture of griculturalorganiza-
tions and associations, relative to the
control and price of food products,
came in for considerable attention at
the American Farm Bureau federation
conference, which is formulating a
legislative program to be laid before
congress.
The resolution authorizing an in
vestigation Of the escape Of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft
evader, who is now in Germany, was
adopted by the house without opposi-
ton after brief debate.
The Japanese government has liter
ally rejected the demand of the United
States regarding possession of the
island of zap.
Proposed imposition of duties on all
kinds of finished lumber promises to
cause hot fight in congress. Under
tentative action of the subcommittee
only rough lumber other than spruce
and fir will come in free.
d. AR. Delegates Meet in Washington
The thirtieth continental congress
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