The labor world., 1922-06-10
READ Them AND WEEP

Years of reflection convince me
that equality of economic opportun-
ity is probably the most serious con-
Germ of craftsmanship. Class legis-
lation lessons the creative enthusi-
asm of the group favored by it and
restraints the economic development
Of the group outside the favored
class.-Congressman Goldsborough.
1t does seem to me that we are
going a very long way when, we
want to put-a tariff on dirt and on
sand over this country. We are GER
tainly becoming a very enfeebled
nation If we can. not use a little
elbow grease and throw a little sand
in a box car without tariff on it.
Senator Dial.
Mr.. Bankhead. How much is in
volved in these two sugar claims l?
Mr.. Kincheloe. About $3,5oo,oo0
in these and about $750,0OO in one
that is now pending before the COM
mittee on agriculture. How many
more there are do not know. They
got these bills on the Union Calen-
dar, and then rushed to the rules
committee, and if I am not mis-
taken informed the committee on
rules did agree to report the rule
for the consideration of the Voigt
bill, because it is public bill, and
then every member of that commit
tee knew that these two sugar
claims ought to be on the private
calendar, and every man in this
house knows it. How they got on
the Union Calendar, do not know.
The rules committee did not want
to break a. precedent. These bills
are on the Union Calendar, and if
they had been on the House Calen-
dar that committee knew. they had
no right to report a rule for their
consideration. But now they bring
out a shotgun rule, wide open as
bootjack, and they give three field
days. as the gentleman from Texas
says, to the committee on agricul-
ture. What is on the calendar of a
public nature? The gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Denison) came there
with a bill asking for an. .aprropria-
ton of million dollars to buy seed
for the flood-stricken farmers of
the Mississippi valley, and it was
reported out unanimously. It is on
the calendar. You do not hear of
any rule for that bill. The game-
refuge bill is, a. bill of a public char
acter and it is. on the Union Calen-
dar, where it belongs. The commit
tee on rules is not anxious about
that. Then there is the bee bill. Of
ficials of the agricultural. depart
ment testified before the committee
that unless we stopped the import
alton of bees from Europe the bee
industry Of this country is likely to
be destroyed by a. peculiar disease.
That bill is on the calendar. There
is no effort to bring that up. It will
not be brought up in these three
days, because, the sugar claims, Of
private individuals have the board.
Within the walls. of this capitol and
house office building is the most
gigantic lobby have ever, seen since
I have been Mn congress for these
sugar bills, and the flood-stricken
farmers of the Mississippi valley
must step back, because the con-
gress is going to take up these pri-
vate bills.-Congressional Record.
This economic writer. of world.
wide repute CDR. r. Estcourt) seems
una BILE to find any other solution for
our present problem except that we
shall encourage q still greater piling
up of profits by the economically ia
vored classes. SO that they may take
to themselves and use up our ac-
cumulated surplus of production so
as: to allow industry to go on again.
~ Others hold on the con-,
trary that even with the utmost ex-
travagance the rich do consume and
can consume only a very small part
Of what is produced; yet, inconsist-
emily these economists hold that the
consumption Of the masses must al
ways be rigidly restricted by keep
Ing down OF wages or otherwise in
order to prevent impairment OF our
capital. Senator Ladd in Congress
sional Record. 5s ssssszs:f