Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-05-05
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washing, once more l.
IN session, and it is hard TO find
man here who is optimistic enough
to set the day of adjournment prioi
to some happy hour well within the
keeping of the autumn months.
The Legislative program still is ii
state of mix" Barring the facl
that The army and navy supply bills
which faded at the last session must
be given consideration, and that III
attempt mast he made To secure The
snnction hy the senate Of the Colon
ban treaty, no one yet knows def
hitely what matters of legislation viii
lake precedence in the active cmSid
+ratiun of the law makers.
Some of the things to be d, ne are
known. but just when they will he
done is unknown. There will be a re-
organization of the government de
rartnlents. bur when this matter will
be taken up it IS impossible today t.
say. A bill has been introduced by
Senator MedilI Met Cormick of Illinois
rUaccomplish the department reorsah-
ization, and it IS possible that the Me
COrmick measure may prevail, bul II
seems more likely today that II simly
will be the basis of the legislation.
4 The Mccormick measure aboliFhes
the Interior department and creates
in Its place two new departments Of
government. ,Ato be known as the
department OF Public WoNks andgt
other as the DenQrtment Of Public
~Welfare. If this SAReasnRe shall 90
Through. the Department Of Public
.sINssh j Mi include m ghe tiagifeerillg Z
gad hhiIding services which are now
parts of various departments Of gov
ernment The Department OF Public
Welfare will include all welfare ageh-
cies, like the public health service, war
risk insurance pensions. vocational
training. and the chilrden'S bureau.
Good Roads and immigration.
1t is probable that before congress
adjourns good roads legislation VIII De
enacted There are Two groups OT
opinion in the matter OF good foaus.
The members of one group lhslst that
federal aid for good roads shall he
continued by matching federal dollars
against state dollars in equal numbers
in the general plans for improvement.
The other group desires national sys-
TEN Of highways to be constructed ana
maintained wholly by federal money
and authority.
The immigration bill, whi"h was pre-
vented from becoming law by Il
"pocket Veto" will be called up by
Its advocates as early as possible III
the new. session. 1t is probable that
the measure introduced by Senator
Dillingham; of Vermont will be re-
passed without much change, unless
the great number of new members VINO
have lust entered congress shall alter
the aspect Of things and insist upon
what men call more libertal bill
The Dillingham; measure, as 1t
passed the senate and was agreed to
by the house, limits immigration from
any one country In any one year TO
three per cent of that country's nation
ais now residing in America. 1t Is
said that an attempt will he made to
increase the limit to five per cent.
There is going to be a struggle over
the navy bill, for the reason that the
auestion of disarmament Is certain to
come ND. Senator Borah, it Is known,
will seek IT, minimize the appropria"
tions for battleshps. Both President
Harding and the secretary of the navy
helieye that there should be no change
in the navy building program,
Taxation and Tariff.
g Revision of the taxation laws will
occupy much time in congress. one
writer has called tariff and tax re-
vision Legislative twins, because OF
their quality In Importance and In
magnitude" II is not known definite
~. even today, just which will have
the right OF way over the other.
It is virtually certain that the Ford
ney tariff measure, which II IS claimed
will give the farmers OF the country
rslief, will be passed without much de-
lay. and with little or no change from
the form In which 1t passed congress
AZ the last session. Ii is said, how
ever. that some Of the Senate leaders
NOW wish 10 amend the bill 10 elm
mate some " the features which
marked IL when II was foreseen that
President Wilson intended to veto IT,
There will be an attempt To grant
free passage through the Panama
canal to vessels engaged In eonsfwis'