New Britain herald., 1922-05-23
CONGRESSMAN FENN
 QUITE OPTIMISTIC
Sees Business Boom-.Says Con.
 gress Is Doing Good

The great business revival Is her,
 and today this country is on the
 eve Of prosperity" spoke Congress.
 man F. Hart Fenn at a banquet of
 the Plainville Chamber of Commerce
 in the Masonic Temple in that town
 last night. Tt is true" said the Con-
 gressman, that the revival Is slow
 and hardly noticeable, but neverthe-
 less, the hardships .af the few terrible
 years following the great war are
 practically over and everyone of you is looking forward to a prosperous time to come"
 Praises Congress.
 The agricultural conditions are better. far better, since the 67th con- gress convened and gave it's hand towards aiding the farmers in their difficulties. There are many em- ployment agencies in some cities which have been forced to close. There seem to be no more positions open and the unemployment situation is much better. Building booms have started and the demand for agricul- tural labor has increased greatly. All these things are helping this country to regain its old stand. J. P. Morgan said to his son once: My boy. put your bet on America and you will never lose; it Is the greatest country in the world and he is right" added the congressman.
 Congressman Fenn, who is rep resentatve from the first congression- al district. said that when he was elected to the senate, he realized that he must act in the interests of this district and has done as best he could. | My office was to serve my constitu- ents and realized this duty must be carried out" said Congressman Fenn. The people, however, have no idea of the great amount of work which | is being done in congress, where the | welfare of the country is discussed | and much valuable achievements are 
 Tells of Work Done.
 Congressman Fenn gave graphic outline of the conditions in this coun- try IA months ago when the 67th congress convened. He laid stress on he agricultural department which had been in bad shape. Giving ex- amples of the price of cotton. selling for seven cents a pound, corn and other field harvests away down in price, Congressman Fenn outlined the lardships of the farmers west of the mountains and in Penn ,ylvania who were forced to sell sev- .ral head of their prize cattle in or fer to keep their farms going. Why vas this necessary" asked the con- ,ressman. Because of the jam in he banks, of the facilities eof the banks in lending money had reached ts limit The farmers were forever 'enewing their notes, unable to pay hem until a fund of one billion and . half had been appropriated to re- ieve this stress"
 Senate Has Long Job.
 The congressman spoke of the diff lculty the senate has in settling the ariff and bonus measures in addition o the ship subsidy bill. Each of hese bills needs long deliberation said Ir. Fenn and one cannot predict vhen either of them will reach the tage of settlement. He gave an out inc of what he considered the many important things accomplished by his congress and named the revenue ct and the budget committee, which ommittee saved the United States overnment more than one billion five undred million dollars through it's york. The congress is for economy. aid MT. Fenn, and it is hard to get
 bill past it which calls for large ppropriation. He also named the eace resolution, the veterans bonus ct. which cares for all disabled sol Iers: the immigration restriction act, rohibiting the overflow of immi- rants to this country; the farm loan ,t, enabling the agriculturalists to |, otain money to carry on their work; le rural credits; appropriation for II ,e army and navy and the federal ghway act, which appropriates 900 towards every mile of new ghway to be constructed in every ate. Congressman F'enn opposed this ,t believing it would be burden the Connecticut taxpayers point 2 out that every mile of road in is state costs approximately s30,o0o i'd while but S.10,0oo would be ap- .opriated by the new act. the rest
 the money would have to come om the state. Congressman Fenn told an inter- ting story of the signing of the Ten aar Holiday in which all nations .. ,onrneaotod opd the effart the