The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-31

Committee listened to arguments fav-
oring the Pernell bill which provides
for additional aid for state agricul-
tural experiment stations. The House
Rivers and Harbors Committee is
conducting hearings on various pro-
posals for the extension and deepen
ing inland waterways.
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President Coolidge has impressed
government executives with the
necessity for rigid economy. He is
against the policy of granting subsi-
dies from the Federal Government
to the states as a form of extfava-
gance. The feeling exists among
Federal officials that the states and
municipalities should evince more in
terest in the reduction of local taxes
through essential economies in oper-
ating costs. 1t is stated that the Fed
eral income tax in 1921 amounted to
$6.79 per capita, as against $68.37
per capita of all taxations, Federal
state and local.
The uncertainty over tax reduc
ton plans continues undated.
There is talk of compromise among
congressional leaders but the atti-
tude of President Coolidge brings
considerable concern to public lead
ers. He is opposed to changes in the
Administration tax bill, though Re-
publican leaders have submitted re-
ports indicating that marked conces-
sions must be made.
Minority Leader Carrot claims that
the Democrats will fight for the adop-
ton of their tax reduction plan and
declares that the President would not
dare veto a measure of this kind in
the event it passed Congress. There
has been a move toward redrafting
Mellon plan by the Republican ma
jority in the House Ways and Means
Committee as a method of keeping
the substance Of Treasury proposals.
A poll of the committee indicates
that repeal Of taxes on telephones,
kilograms, and candy will be recon-
mended. The principal argument,
however, concerns the rate of sur
taxes. Some agreement will be nee
essary between the two major parties
before a tax reduction measure can
be reported to the House.
The President has declared that
he is willing to give full credit for
the tax bill to those who vote for it,
and it is not his intention, he says, to
claim it as a partisan bill. He be-
lieves that further consideration Of
the Treasury proposals and substitute
measures will prove that the Mellon
plan is more popular. However, the
minority in Congress do not share
this view.
The agricultural problem is claim
ing the attention of all branches of
the Government. With the President
taking the lead there is a concerted
movement for farm relief which may
bear fruit. In the Senate, the farm
bloc leader, Senator Capper, of Kan
sas, claims the repeal OF Section 15-a
of Tie Transportation Act would re-
move restrictions from the Inter
state Commerce Commission and per-
nit them to lower rate on agricul-
tural products.
The Senate Agricultural Com
mittee has been conducting hearings
on the McNally-Haugen bill, which
provides for grain export evorpo-
ration. Various agricultural organi-
cations have endorsed the measure.
The President has also given his UNI
qualified approval to the Norbeck-
Burtness bill for government loans to
Northwestern farmers for the pur-
pose of crop Investigation and the
purchase of live stock. Senator
Sterling, of South Dakota, offered a
bill to authorize the War Finance
Corporation to make advance and
purchase notes and drafts as financial
relief to farmers.
A special report prepared by the
Department of Commerce, issued this
week, shows that 80 per cent Of the
total trade of the United States with
Europe consists of farm products. 1t
is stated that the manufacturing pop
ulation east of the Mississippi River
is becoming more dense and will con-
sumo an increasing proportion of the
food and raw materials produced in
this country. 1t is predicted, how
ever, that surplus of some pro-
ducts will be found because this To-
cal demand will stimulate production
and will tend to intensity cultivation
nm tho hoct form, lands
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Senator Borah, Rep, of Idaho, in
troduced a bill to regulate the coal
industry. It was drafted by Gov
ernor Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, and
submitted to Senator Pepper, who
returned it to the author because
he was not in sympathy with its pro-
visions. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of |
Massachusetts, offered bill to abol-
ish the Shipping Board and provide a |
Bureau of Merchant Marine in the
of Commerce. Mr.. Walsh |
also offered an amendment to the
tariff act to place sugar on the free |
list. Senator Copeland, of New
York, filed a joint resolution which |
would establish committee to in
vestigate housing conditions and de-
termine the effect of existing rentals |