Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-09-18
EXPECT BONUS
BILL'S RETURN
Predictions Are That Presi-
dent viii Veto So, 0O0,-
G00,000 Measure
Old Army Supply Sale Gives Ameri-
can Products Black Eye-Austrian
Paper Money Passes Trilhon Mark
Canadian Newsprint.
Ry Isaac Gregg.)

Washington, Sept. lS.-Ihe 3d.
000.000,000 soldier bonus bill has
been sent to the President, after be-
ing signed by Speaker Gillett Of the
House. The President has ten days
in which to approve or veto the bill,
without effecting a pocket Veto but
the expectation is that he will re-
turn the measure to Congress Tues
day or Wednesday with a singing
veto message.
This will be done. it is anticipated,
so that the Senate and House may
have an opportunity to vote to pass
the measure over the veto and adj
iourn by next Saturday which is the
day now set for the sine die ad-
journment of this session.
While the great majority of OBJ
servers were confident today that
the President would veto the bill,
several Of the bonus proponents in
GLIDING Senators McCumber of North
Dakota and Watson Of Indiana pro-
fesSed to believe that the President
will sign the bill because Of the i'm
minence Of payments Of interest eX-
pected from the British government
on October Is and November 10,
amounting in all to $99,000,00O. This
amount, McCumber and Watson point
out. is entirely sufficient to pay the
cost of the bonus for the first year,
and if the British government con-
tinues to make interest payments for
twenty years, they will pay enough
to satisfy the total amount to be eX-
pended on account Of the bonus.
American foodstuffs are getting
black eye in Poland, due to the con-
tinued sale Of old eX-army supplies
left in Europe by the American Elk
peditionary Forces. The stocks of
American goods are of doubtful
age and their quality is probably so
to the standard grade that
they are poor examples of the pro-
duct they represent.
According to advices received by
the Department of Commerce from
its representative at Warsaw, the
people are rebelling against the sale
of these articles and the American
Consul at Warsaw suggests some sys-
tenn of dating which would differen-
tiate between articles Of current pro-
duction and the old army stocks still
being iobbed about Europe.
The circulation of Austrian paper
money reached uuheard of heights
when it exceeded a trillion crowns up
to the beginning of September, with
q resultant chaos in commerce, ac-
cording to advices received by the
of Commerce from Trade
Commissioner Epson, at Vienna.
The depreciation of the crown, the
exchange value which fell to one and
made nearly impossible the purchas-
q half hundredthS of a cent, has
ing of necessary raw materials from
abroad. Conferences held by Chancel-
Tor Seiple in several neighboring
during the past month show
the extreme gravity and information
al political significance of the Aus
trian problem.
An increase of 1872 per cent. for the /.
cost Of living in Austria has been
noted during the past month, a loaf
of bread which formerly cost 2,49O /
crowns now costs 6,240 crowns. Vio- /
lent demonstrations by the unemploy-
ed have forced the Austrian govern
ment to increase the unemployment
allowance to a maximum of 6.72O
,rowns per day which is a little more
han the amount required for a loaf
If bread
The unprecedented decline of the
German Mark and It's effect On traIa