Sioux County pioneer., 1922-02-23

nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals vas re-
ferretl to the agricultural committee
Of tile senate. Acceptance of the offer
was urged by Senator Underwood of;
sAiabama, Democratic leader, and It
was predicted the committee would
recommend 1t. But insthe house mill
tary affairs committee the Ford prop
osition was having hard shedding. Sec
,retary Of War Weeks was called there
as witness and his testimony must
have: been rather saddening to the Sall-:
Stomobile magnate. It was thus sum
married bye Washington correspond
ent :.t. 3s3ss n, n y \
That Ford will pay $4,000, 600 for
that portion Of the Muscle Shoals
project which has already cost the
government $1O8, ,0O0,O0 III
! That the government, to complete
the project, must spend $4,000, 900 to
$5Q,OOOOOO additional, which Ford will
repay under exceedingly liberal terms.
That the government can realize be-,
tween $s,OOO,OOO and $18,0OO,O0O salv-'
age on the project which Ford wants
to buy for $5,OOO,O 900:
That the government can realize
more for the Warrior river plant and
neighboring property than Ford is
willing to pay for the entire Muscle
Shoals undertaking.
In reply to a direct question as to
what he would do with the offer II he
were member OF congress, the Sec
retary said he would vote to accept it
If he thought certainly it would pro-
tduces cheaper fertilizer for the farm
ers, but that he was greatly In doubt
as to this, and he believed Ford and
his engineers also were uncertain Of 1t.
He added that he would soon submit
to congress two other offers for Muscle
Shoals.
TENTATIvE estimates Of the cost
L of the proposed soldiers bonus
place it at $3.50, 600 600 a year. and the
Republican members of the house ways
and means committee spent lot Of
time last week discussing how this
was to be obtained. President Har-
ding made it clear to the leaders that
the bill must include a, provision for
the raising of the necessary revenue,
and that it must not be too oppressive
on the public; he agreed with Secre-
tary Mellon that bonus based on for
,eign bonds is out of the question. Like
wise, the plan Of raising money by any
form of general sales tax Is going into
the discard, for a ma jority of the Re-
publicans evidently are opposed to 1t.
Consequently the majority members Of
the committee have agreed that yari-
GUS miscellaneous taxes shall be Inn
posed, but, have not vet decided Just
WhatS;these shall he. Chairman Ford
ney favors an increased tax on tobac-
co and cigarettes, tax on real es-
tate transactions and light tux on
stock. and bond transfers. Other mem
bers urged taxes on gasoline and bank
checks, a. federal automobile license
tax based on horsepower, and an in
crease in first and second class post.
age rates. s
TN ORDER to relieve the congestion
= In the federal courts, the senate ju-
;dlciaW committee has decided to rec
& !9llmamAnd an. Increase Of Is On: the num-
: beri m United States sJldkeA Yhsae
!iew sndgeshiiFs, acc0fd ding TO the plan,
VIII. 60 one each to the following dis
trlctat: Massachusetts, eastern New
. York, southern New York, eastern
PENNSYLVANIA, northern Texas, eastern
Michigan, northern Ohio, middle Ten
nessee, northern Illinois, Minnesota,
aarthern California, northern Georgia
and Arizona. g..
"A LTHOUGH the United States has
: not accepted, and ID not likely to
accept the invitation to take part in
the economic and financial conference
In Genoa next month, preparations for
the opening Of the meeting are being
made by the italian governments All
the city's hotels and Qthers along the
Italian Riviera as far as Rapallo are
being reQaisitloned, rapid transporta-
tion and communication arranged and
the ancient palace put In order for the
sittings Of the conference. Baron
:Avezzano, formerly ambassador to the
United States, is general secretary In
charge of local arrangements, and Pre-
mter Bonomi. though he has resigned,
Is devoting most of his time to the af-
fair, pending the appointment Of his
successor. 81.
i America avoids this conference