The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-02-23
NOTES FROM
WASHINGTON
r,o,,se Had Something to 40
n NTH Passage of Market
ing Measure

congressman John W. SUMMER
p ~, sS's dispatches announce .. with tn
Press ,,sto that the senate passed on
n1 S',,.yy sth the Farmers Cooperative e
t n.rssting bill by vote Of % .t to anu
1 =, .his as the work OF the farm
bloc. :. we'll remember this same
'uss u.s. originated in the house with
nea ss;srds Of agriculture or farm bloc
ne q. ~, nlease, and was passed by the
ayou Nv 4th. 1921, and that the
house 10. deiiberated and delayed this
ssn,ss ~ LEGISLATION just nine months
nee0s s.,r DAYS. Four hundred and
s .s:... .y members of the house
' ueuld bs pleased to have the country
note. note where delays occur .
.,.ver to many inquiries as to
s,ture Of reclamation, the situa-
=. s ! nresent is about as follows: /
=. me Department Of Interior Appro-
...;or hin now before the house, car
RES: y.,.;,. nroiect.
sI for the Okanogan project;
.osoOOo for the Wapato Indian pro-
Jet; r.,,on;sh- s;mcoe
Indian project;
$500 for the Ahtanum Indian pro-
10000 for the charges against Ind
~ lands in the Okanogan project.
The soldiers adjusted compensation
h;1l. as YOU know, carries a land set
Element provision, which is regarded
= one Of the best features of the bill.
However, eastern and central states
continue to oppose this provision. We
II the west confidently hope to sue
eeed in retaining it in the bill. The
Smith-McNary bill is before the SEN
ate and lengthy hearings have been
held by the Irrigation committe of the
house of which I am member. 1t has
now been decided to give the soldiers
land settlement bill the right of way
and ther, press the Smith-McNary bill
il the time seems opportune.
There's only one Uncle joe Cam
no. never knew him in his hey day of
power, but at the age of sc years he
is a kind, considerable and lovable man,
always ready to help younger MEM
Der. He tells me he was in the Illinois
state convention that endorsed Lincoln
and the Chicago convention that NOM
mated him, and that he was candi-
date for District Attorney in 1860 on
the ticket with Lincoln, but only re-
ceived honorable mention" Howev-
e., he served as District Attorney from
1864 to 1872, and was then elected to
congress where he has remained for
80 years with the exception of an en-
forced vacation, as he calls it, from
1890 to 1892, and again from 1912 to
1914. On the 18th of March 1923, when
be retires he will have served 46 years
winch is two years longer than any
other man ever served in the Ameri-
can congress.
Stop, look and listen! Here are
come interesting comparisons: Eng
nnds present expenditures are five
ana half times her present war ex-
penses; those of France are ten times;
isaiys nine and half times; while
ue expenditures of the U. S. govern
nens from July 1, 1922 to June 80,
lszS' will be less than three times
WAT they were before the war.
Speaking in round numbers, next
year our interest on war debt, care of
: soldiers and other expenses incident
tue war, will amount to two billion
s0liars' while all other expenses will
Qua one and a half billion dollars.
vui annual expenditures before the
,'M were one and a quarter billion