Nogales international., 1933-02-04
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WASHINGTON


since it was adopted in 1877, the
Constitution of the United states
has been amended again. BY the
ratification of. the "Lame DUCK"
amendment by So states, tnree"
quarters of the total number, tho
term for which Roosevelt was elect
cd President has been shortened, as
wei, as the terms of all Senators
and Representatives. Never again
win we be treated to such spec
tacle as is now on view in Washing
ton of a President and Congress
who have been repudiated by the
peoule still holding office and car
rving on the business of the Gov
ernment.
It took Congress ten years, arter
Senator Norris of Nebraska first
proposed it, to submit the amend
rnent providing that new Presl-
dent and Congress would take Of
flee two months after election, IN
stead of four months, without any
intervening session of the hold-ov-
ers. But it took only a year Tor the
amendment, once submitted, to 0e
ratified.
President Roosevelt's term, which
begins on March 4, 1888, will end on
January 20, 1897. The terms OF
members of Congress elected in
1894 will end on January 3, 1887.
There will be no session OF the OLD
CONGRESS between the election and
the incoming of those newly elected.
Economic Skies Brighter
The agreement between President
Hoover and President-elect Roose-
vclt to have the State Department
make arrangements for the discus
sion of war debts, beginning early in
March, is looked upon here as
step which holds out the hope that
there will be no delay after the new
President takes office in working out
Q readjustment of the international
financial situation. The British gov
ernment will send a representative
to Washington to thrash out not
only the question of what can be
done about the money which Eng
land owes the United States, but
also to go thoroughly into all the
related subjects such as deprecated
foreign currencies and tariffs which
impair England's power to pay their
debt in commodities.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Hoover
are in perfect accord on the idea
of treating with each of our Euro
pean debtors separately instead OF
in general conference on the sub
iect of debts. AS Mr. Roosevelt ex-
pressed it, this will not give ths
European nations chance To
s.gang up" against America. AT any
rate, there is a much more hope
full feeling in the air about the
general economic situation.
Farm Relief And Bonus
While it seems certain that the
farm relief project providing for
bonuses to farmers who voluntarily
reduce their crop acreage will ev-
entually sbe enacted, the bill seems
likely to have hard shedding ahead
of it so far as the present Congress
is concerned.
There have been SO many amend
ments adopted by the Senate Com
mittee which is considering it, that,
even though it passes the Senate, it
is not regarded as probable that the
House will agree to many OF the
changes which have been made, and
s.nce the present Congress cannot
sit later than March 4th, there
seems to be hardly time to get the
differences ironed out.
AS the measure stands now, the
bonus to be paid to the farmer who
reduces production is to be the dlt-
ference between the pre-war price
o. his commodity, as recorded in
government statistics, and the mark
ct price at the time his product is
sold Thus. if wheat was CSC bush
cI-which figure has been accept
cd as the pre-war standard-and IS
now 4Oc a bushel, the farmer who
agrees to a 20 percent reduction IN
his wheat acreage will get bonus
of 55c a bushel above the 4Oc mark
ct price received for such wheat as
HI actually sells. This bonus IS TO
he imposed as tax upon the MIL
lers who buy the wheat. They WILL
of course. pass it on to the buyers
Of flour. 1t makes a difference OF a
cent a loaf in the price OF bread TO
the retail consumer.
Tense Agricultural Situation
washington is beginning 10 wake
I'D to the seriousness of the agrl-
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