The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-03-09
NEWS SUMMARY
OF THE CAPITAL
Republicans of House Ways and Means
Committee Arrive at COmpro-
mise on Bonus Bill.
FARMERS WIFE EXPLAINS
Nelson Warns Senators That Budget
system Will Fail Unless They
Follow House Lead.

promise soldier bonus DILL along lines
officially submitted last week has been
reached by the house ways and means
committee republicans, who believe
they have found solution of the prob
lem which has been giving administra-
tor and congressional leaders concern
for several weeks. AS now drawn the
bill provides for cash payments only
to those men whose adjusted service
pay would not exceed $50 and these
four optional features: Adjusted SER
vice certificates with an added loan
provision which would enable the men
to obtain Immediately from banks a
sum equal to so per cent Of the adjust
ed service pay; vocational training,
home and farm aid, and land settle
ment. Chairman Fordney said that
probably a week would elapse before
all details Of the loan proposition could
be worked out and the original bill
amended to conform to it. He stated
that he believed the bill would meet
with general appreciation for three
reasons, namely: The needy veteran
can obtain money as soon as his GER
tificate is issued and in greater amount
than is provided in the cash plan of
the original bill; no large drafts to be
made on the treasury until the expira-
ton of three years; no new taxes re-
quired.
The plight of the farmer, his wife
and children under the stress of hare
times in agricultural pursuits was
portrayed before the senate commit
tee on agriculture by Mrs. N. P
Dadick of Fulda, Minn., farmer:
wife, who is vice president of thu
United Society Of Agriculture. Sh'
said that unless congress does some
thing to stabilize farm prices farmers
wives will be heard from in the mex
election; that the formers families arr
being broken up because the young
men and young women will not stay
at home to face existing economic con
ditions; that farm women are no long
err the patient plodders they once were
content with whatever came, but ar
demanding fair return for the wor]
they put into making the farm sue
cess. "Farmers," said Mrs. Radick
Give by hope, faith and accident. W.
pillow and SOW in hope, live in faith an
market by accident. The farmer, hi
wife and his family received about fiv
cents per hour for last years work"
Warning was sounded to the senat
by Senator Knute Nelson that the nev
budget system will fail unless tn
senate follows the lead of the nous
and requires that all appropriate
bills be considered by single commit
tee. A resolution providing for sue
a change was discussed in the senate
but no conclusion was reached.
Opposition to any general reciproc
ty agreement with Canada was voice
by Chairman P. J. McCumber of tn
senate finance committee when II
formed that w. Fielding, Canada
minister of finance, was in Washing
ton in the interest of such an agree
ment. canada has only agricultur:
products to send to the United State
under such an agreement" said Sens
tor McCumber, land we have an e,
portable surplus of such commodities
McCumber is doubtless in the right.
The St. Lawrence waterway projet
seems to have died abornin'.
At least $5O,OO0,00O and possibl
$60,000,000 will be slashed from tn
budget estimate Of the war depar
ment by the house appropriation
subcommittee which is framing tt
army appropriation bill for the fsc;
year beginning July 1 next, member
of the subcommittee predict. TT
measure, they add, not only will pr
vide that the enlisted strength of tt
army be reduced from it's prese1
strength of $4,000 to $4,000 men {
July 1, but that the number of Officer
be limited to 1900, as compared wit
the present strength of 1850 on tt
active list. From this estimate it do
not seem that the officers are bei1
reduced pro rata with the rank al
file