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CONGRESSMAN TO RESIGN
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Friends Still Hopeful of Having
. North Carolina Congress.
man Take Minority Leader
ship; Senator Overman .To
Introduce Bill Providing. For
Federal Aid
' The News and Obaerver Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By R. E. POWELL. N
(By Sneeial Leaser Wire.)
Washington. Dee. IS. ltonreaentntiva
Clauds Kitchin has bo intention of re
signing his seat in Congress because of
ill health, it was said, at his office today.
One of the press associations tent
oat the report fight before last-that he
would resign from the ways and means
committee and copies of tli North Caro
lina papers arriving here today, promi
nently displaying the report, ereated
much speculation. No one seemed to
have heard St and the faet that Mr.
Kitchin has been ia the State two or
three days attending to private business
tende! in some circles to bolster up the
report.
This is what happened:
The Associated Press reporter, eover-
ins; ine neariugs oi (no ways ana mean,
committee day before yesterday, under-
t stood Representative Jack Garner, who
will be ranking Democrat on this com
mittee in the next Congress, to say that
Mr. Kitchin had notified members of
the committee he would resign. This
nun correct in that Mr. Kitchin,' severs!
weeks ago, told newspapermen he would
resign from the eommitteo, of which
he was formerly chairman, in order to
aceept the ninority leadership.
Garaer Started Report.
The remark was mad by Representa
tive Garner in connection with a very
vigorous opposition to the hearings on
revenue at this time because, aa he told
Chairman Fordney and the committee,
several of the Democrats now on the
ways and means committee will not be
on it after March 4. Mr. Kitchin
heads the list and other include Repre
sentative Henry T. Bainey, of Illinois,
tnd Representative' Cordell Hull, of
Tennessee. "
It will be unfair to the minority to
hold long bearings bow on intricate mat.
ten concerning the country's reveans
with the "lame ducks" eompoaiag a re.
specUble minority of the Democratic
membership on the committee. There
will b at least thwe and possibly four
vacancies-en the Democratic side of"; the
committee and it is likely that one of
the four North Carolinians coming to
jthe new Congress may draw one of the
.places.
There has been mneh gossip about Mr.
Kitchin resigning from Congress though
bo authoritative indication that he ex
pects to quit before his new term be
ginning March expires. Borne of his
friends have told him that "the game
Isn't worth the candle," that it isn't fair
to himself to undertake the task of
directing the Democratic membership iu
the next Congress.
His Physician Optimistic
Dr. Battle, Mr. Kitehin's physician,
holds to the contrary and many of the
u..r.A Nulr itilaimai'i friends be
lieve him in sufficiently good health.to.1
look after the leadersnip. iney appre
ciate the inroads upon his health aa a
result of his stroke of paralysis last
year and the rather mild attack of acute
indigestion several day ago, but insist
that Mr. Kitehifi is rapidly regaining
his full vigor and hunger for actios.
! The prospect? even though remote, thst
he will yet decide not to aeeept the
minority leadership, which practically
everyone wants him to have so long as
he feels it will not operate against his
. restoration to health, has epened an in
teresting field of peculation as to
where the minority leadership would go
in the .event he refuses it
Bepresentatlve Finis Garrett, of Ten
nessee, possibly the most aetivo Dem
' oerat in the House, is eliminated be
cause of his appointment to a Federal
judgeship sad the good chances ot eon-
' firmatlon. The next two Democrats who
would be considered in a eaueaa are
Representatives Edward W. Fob, of
North Carolina,' and Representative
Crisp, of Georgia. ,
Pea Net la Kate. .
' Mr. Pou, it is strongly believed, would
hesitate to aeeepV He has declined ap
pointments toaay ' committees
witt the exeepUon of the rules eommuV
tee and o this he retains his ipUee as
-msling Democrat. His health, too. Is
not sumelent te enabU lira to direct
the Democratic policies In the .lower
branch, it is believed. ,
Crisp is available but hardly
a popW as Mr. Kitchin, Mr. Garrett
or Mr. Pou. He is eonaiderei an able
legislator sad ens of the finest psrlm
mentarlsas in the Hoaae, but he does
i - ..It .; Is SAM ema titan
not get aiong so " "1 7 . ;
, Northers. Democrats. That would cause
friction and the Democruts don't
to be worried with any friction la their
nr.M t. Iatswdac. BUI.
, Senator Lee Slater Overmaa will In
troduce in the Senate within the -ext
few days s bill to appropriate slxmilUoa
dollars for ths continuation of Federal
aid 4 toad f uilding la Worth Carolina.
; Ths Junior Senator SBnounced his
purpose to do this today, sUtiag that
the bill was bow being prepared. , It
carries practically ths same amount as
appropriated heretofors and eovers s
period of els J". ' 'i aL?
BepreseBtaUves of 8outhra 8tates
. have been ia WMhingtoa for several
days meeting with the Amerifan , Asao
riaUoa of Highwsy OfBeials, Chairmaa
Frank Page, of North Carolina, having
arrived early for the session. .
Senator Overman, as waking s-
HOLDING GUILTY
Wake Forest Druggist Will Be
Sentenced Next Tuesday;
Released Under Bond
HONEYCUTT GIVEN FIVE
YEARS IN PENITENTIARY
Neuse Merchant Also Fined
$5,000; Defendant Appeals
and Ia Released Under Bond
of $20,000; Herbert Pearoe,
Another Defendant, Is Ap-
v prehended In Tlorida
The return of a verdict of guilty
against T. E. Holding, Jr., Wake Forest
druggist; the eentenee of A. J. Honey
curt of Neuse to serve Ave years ia the
Federal penitentiary at Atlanta and to
pay a line of $5,000; the appeal of
Honey.utt to the Cireult Court of Ap
peals; the apprsheasioa ef Herbert,
Pearee, on Tf-ths twer defendants re
maining at lasge; the eontiauance for
the term of the Vance) Pearee case,
which is contested and the postpone
meat of the . eases against the five de
fendants who have confessed, so as to
permit their use as witnesses ia other
cases, were the outstanding- develop
ments yesterday in1 the ear robbery
eases which have engaged the United
Mates District Court since last inurs
ilar
Although large number of people
had waited all day to bear ths verdiet in
the Holding case, spectators as well as
connsel on both sides had become re
conciled to a hung jury, before the
twelve men finally reached aa-agree
ment. Yesterday morning, Judge Con
nor sent for the jury to inquire if addi
tional instructions were desired. The
foreman declined ths offer of a further
charge and stated 'that some of the
jurors were Unwilling to aeeept the evi
dence in regard to ina interims com
merce piase. of the case.,
When the verdict wsa dnally rendered
it was accompanied by, a recommends
tion that the court be merciful. After
a conference, attorneys for in, defense
requested that sentence be deferred;
and Judge ConaoranaaBccd that he
would hear the prayer: for judgment
next Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty
o'clock. The court, anaoanced that at
that time it will hear any additional
evidence either side earea te introduce
touching on the character; of the de
fendant.
Mast Testify la Caart.
"Bat I waat to say sow for the benefit
of .'some estimable gentlemen who, do
not seem to anderstsad the proprieties
that I cannot hear say statement about
thfiwcharaeter of say maa who ha been
convicted anywhere except from the
witness chair in opea court," Judge
Connor stated, the court added that
any such testimony would be welcomed
at the proper time sad place, but
strongly diseocatenanced efforts which
had been made to see him privately.
The defendant was plaeed under a
bond of SI 0,000 for his appearance
Tuesday. During the trial he -had been
under a bond of $7,000.
Advlett Makes Btateawat.
When the jury returned its verdict,
District Attorney E. F. Aydlett stated
that he wished to reply la .the presence
of the jury to the charge made Tuesday
by General Beverly a Boyater that ths
interest shown ia the case by ths Dis
trict Attorney aad his assistant, Mr. C
EL. Thompson, had been personal rather
than professional or official. Be stated
that on aeeoi. of his eV-o friendship
with the father and ether relatives of
ths defendant, be had seriously eoa
sidered not appearing against the de
fendant and would net have done so hat
for his official posi.ioa. General Boyater
disclaimed having intended any reflec
tion upon - the District Attorney and
Judge Connor stated that he was sura
that no ens who knew Mr. Adyiett
would think that he had been actuated
by any personal motive in. the discharge
of his Official duties.
- Judge Ceaaers First Appeal.
As soon as the judgment of ths court
was announced in tne itoneyeatt
ease attorneys tor ' ue aeieaaani
gavs notice ef . aa ' appeal to ths
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the ap
nea! bond of the defendant was plaeed
at $20,000 the bond being Immediately
furnished. Judge. Connor stated that
it was the first time during his twelve
years service oa the zederai benea
that aa appeal has been taken from his
judgment if a criminal ease. '
Attorneys were sttvsb. . uunr nays
within which to make. up their list of
exceptions. It is understood thst la
the ease of aa unfavorable decjaioa by
the Circuit Court of Appeals the ease
will be taken t the Supreme Court of
the United States; Most of the excep
tions en which the appeal la based grow
out of the refusal of the court to grant
the petition of the defendant for this
return of certain canceled cheeks and
other property which the defendant al
leges were seised -aalawfally and ths
subsequent adm isaion of the cheeks in
to evidence. The' defendaat contends
that seixure of the cheeks Constituted
violation of : the fourth and. fifth
amendments' to the Constitution of ths
Uatted States, " while - the government
maintains they were takea la a proper
and lawful manner. ,
Though there has been bo anaennee-
meAt by counsel, aa appeal la the Hold
ing ease is considered anlikely. Few
exceptions were noted sad the charge
of the judge -was not recorded by a
stenographer.
Plea for eaeyeatt.
Both aides iatrodueed evidence yttter-
day respecting the character of Honey
eutt. The defendant wsa -given a had
character by Dr. N. T. Galley, ef Wake
Forest, Jtev. B. J. Betta, W. o. Jones,
Ex-Sheriff J. H. Sears, Commissioner
of' Public Safety J A. H. Mooneyham
sad several pokes officers; all of Ral
eigh. "W. C. Brew, ef Wake Forest,
t hairman, of the V ake Con Board
of Comntiasioners was also called as a
WASHINGTON RESIDENCE PRESIDENT MAY BUY
. p,, jinn j ' 11 j
H7 sHr bill I r :
Photograph shows the home of Representative Alvia T. Fuller (insert), of Massachusetts, at 241 Wyoming Avenue,
Northwest, Washington, for which it is understood negotiations for purchase are being made by President and Mrs.
Wilson. Representative Fuller is now in Europe. He severs Ins connection with Congress January 1, when he takes
office -as Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts.
Declares Cotton Mills Can
Make Greater Profits Now
Tl
Carlton Serves Notice On Gov
eminent; Other Cable Mat
. ters Discussed
Washington, Dec TS. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Notice was given the
American government today y New-
comb Carlton, president of the Western
Union, that his company intends to
connect its new eable from the Bar
badoe with the lines, in the United
States by-means of existing cables to
Cuba, regardless of the opposition - of
President Wilson and the ' State De
partment; , . , . i -
Mr. Carlton's statement was mads ia
testimony before a Senate interstate
commerce sub-committee, which has tie
fore- it an administration measure giv
ing the executive department absolute
control over the landing of eable lines
on Americas . soil. He was one of four
witnesses examined at the opening of
aa inquiry into the whole subject of
eable communications and from whose
testimony the committee developed,
among brother things, that the All
America Cables, Inc., aa American eon
eern," is engaged, with the support of
the State Department, in a fight against
the W cetera Union Telegraph Com
panv of Great Britain, and the West-
era Union, in aa effort to break the
cable monopoly enjoyed by the British
company in Brazil. t
There also was testimony that the
All-America Company enjoys eable mo
nopolies in several Central and South
American countries; that the Interna
tional Communications Conference
hers has reached a tentative agreement
that ao eeasorahip shall be imposed
upoa cable messages merely passing
through relay points; that there is bo
cable communication between the
UnitedU States and Germany, except
over British controlled lines; that some-
foreign governments are subsidizing
news agencies disseminating reports in
other countries, and that the Western
Union ' plans further Independent con
nections through Americas eable lines
to Italy Holland and rJeaadiaavia.
The committee will continue its in
quiry "tomorrow 'and again next week.
and it plans to . inquire parucuairiy
into the matter oi the dissemination
of American - news . abroad and the
hadl'"g of eablo messages of Ameri
can -fizms seeking foreign business,
These subjects were touched upon gen
erally today and the committee receiv
ed suggestions .from Mr. uariton mat
independent' cable lines be established
between ,the' United- States and Japan
and the United States and China for
the exchange of news between those
countries. " -
The committee was told today by Mr.
Carlton that the censorship -of -foreign
(cables -was sot to be feared in time
of peace. He saia ' it required a very
bis organization' to sensor eommunica-
tions and ' that - thees had ' beea broken
p by" European . eountriea generally
sines ths war. . ,
Reading a prepared statement to the
committee. Mr. Carlton discussed at
lenrth . the refusal of ths- American
s-overament to vermit, the , landing at
MismiNiia4 .oi bis eompanys eaoie
with the :BriUsh line-there, to . Brazil,
and charged that by , its , action the
government was seeking to preserve "a
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MOKGKNTHAU TO ACT AS ,
. -V .WILSON'S KEPRKSXNTATTT 1
1: Wsahlagtea, Doe: UV-KBy The As
eclatod. Prssa) Hoary Morgeathsa,
f New.Tork, .fesrmer smaasesder te
Tarfcey,' has beea selected hy Preab
seat Wilson to act as the Prealdent's
persemal representative la mediating
netwoea the Armealsas ' aad the
Tarklsh NsUoaaltats,
Mr, . Mefgeathaa eesferred f with
AeUac Becretarr Davis at the Mate
L Departsaeat today, receiving laal ta
il (tractions ' as to) hut mlaaioswA The
aeaattmeat, however has ,- not, yet
heard frost the Leagae of Nations la
respeasstto the Presldeat's resjaest
for farther iaformstloa as to pro-
m
HON TO
COIECLITS CABLE
eeelare. . -
South Carolina Senator Com
pares Cotton Prices and
Wages With Products
CONDITIONS IN NATION
FPIGHTFUL, HE ( ASSERTS
Real Help and Not Fine Span
Theories Needed To Help
Farming People
Washington, Dec 15. Cotton mills of
the South and New England were de
clared by Senator Smith, Democrat, of
South Carolina, ia an address in the
Senate today, to be in a position to
make greater profile now with cotton
selling at a low price and with their
produots cut S3 1-3 per cent than during
the recent days of eXKeent 'cotton when,
he said, the profits of many mills
amounted to 300 per cent.
The, Sooth Carolina Senator charged
that the afills had aot reduced the prices
of their prodncts to correspond with
the drop- in the price of cotton and also
m many eases in the wages of workers.
The price of raw cotton, ho said, had
declined 200. pet cent, while the prices
received by the mills for the finished
products had fallen only 83 13 per
cent. .
Conditions Frightful.
"Conditions in this country are fright
ful," Senator Smith declared. ''Senators
come in here with fine spun theories in
stead of trying to do something to assist
the farmers.'
The "Senator upbraided those who, be
saidr had declared ''let the farmers take
their medieiae In the form of falling
prices.
Many millionaires were made during
tie war, but not one of them came from
the farmers, he continued. "You stand
here haggling about anti-trust laws
breaking the hearts of the farmers when
thousands are suffering."
Profiteering Gees On.
Senator Smith declared there was as
much or more profiteering today 'in
dollars" as there had been a year ago
in "commodities," although no word of
criticism was heard. He quoted Secre
tary Meredith to the effect that the far
mers already had lost over $5,000,000,000
his year through shrinkage in the values
of their products,
BETHLEHEM CORPORATION
IN FAVOR OF OPEN SHOP
Eugene 0. Grace Says Fabrica
ted Steel Not To Be Sold On
Union Shop Basis
New York, Dee. 15. The Bethlehem
Steel Corporation will refuse to sell fab
ricated steel to builders and contrac
tors la the New York and Philadelphia
districts to be'ereeted'oa a. union shop
This policy was disclosed by Eugene
G. Grace, president of the corporation,
who testified' today before the joint
legislative committee investigating the
alleged "building 'trust" replying to
eharges that his eoneera waa sponsoring
the ''open shop" movement by with
holding steel from builders employing
only union iron erectors.
'1 think it is a proper thing to pro
tect the open shop principle," declared
Mr. Grace, who exlained that his stand
would aot be changed even if building
operations in New Fork were to be sus
pended because steel could aot be ob
tained by anion erectors..
Whether the corporation will extend
its policy to other parts of the country,
ths witness said, depends ; entirely oa
what effect I should expeet.it to have
on our general labor situation.
, The steel magnate, who was oa the
witness stand aesrly sa hour, was sub
letted to S severs grilling by Samuel
Untermyer, the eommitee s counsel, who
has stated that he. Untermyer. Is the
largest stockholder la the Bcthlohcm
Corporatioa. 1 1 -
ORDINANCE TO REGULATE
AIR TRAFFIC OVER N. T.
New York." Dec 1!L Regulatioa of
air traffid over few York City is pro
vided in an ordinance to be- submitted
by f. H.tLagutrdia, president of the
board of aldermen, he announced to
day.. The ordinance,' he said, would
stipulate 3,000 feet as the minimum for
airplanes over . Manhattan and 0,000
feet, over, other-boroughs. All ""stunt
flying ever' crowded streets would be
TARIFF MEASURE
REACHES CONGRESS
Republican Representative Puts
Bill Into The Legisla
tive Hopper
PEANUTS NOT INCLUDED
BUT WOOL AND WHEAT ARE
Ways and Means Committee
Decidedly Averse To Taking
Any Action at This Session;
War Bisk Insurance Se
cured For Deceased Baleigh
Servifje Man
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By K. C POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 13. The BeDuBli-
eans lauached their tariff program ia
the House late this afternoon whea
Representative Green, senior majority
momber of the committee, put into the
hopper a bill to place a duty oa wheat.
eorn, beans, cattle, sheep and wool snr
a period of One year. '
The introduction - of ' this proposed
measure Is aaid to have approval of
the full Republican membership of the
committee, and that ia sufficient, to pass
it in the House. It means that the
embargo proposals, in several pending
bills have been abandoned for the
straight-out tariff on agricultural and
farm products.
Republican leaders have beea eon
sidering the possibility of a veto on
this bill if it is passed. It will be
objectionable to Southern Democrats
party leaders said tedsy, and it may
prove objectionable to the President,
the Republicans hope that Southern op
position will be discounted by home
demands. ,
Peaaato Not lacladed.
Representative Green does, not In
cludo in his bill the one commodity
upon which the Southern farmers, es
pecially in Georgia, Virginia and North
Carolina, want s tariff. That Is the
peanut .They want a protective tariff
that wUl stop the importation of great
quantifies of goobers from China, where
coolie labor is so cheap.
Upon wheat the Green bill proposes
a tariff of fifteen cents per bushel; on
corn, ten cents per bushel; on beans,
two cents per pound; on cattle, S2J0
per bead less than one year old and
nnder $15, thirty per cent ad valorem,
and on sheep, $1.50 per hesd for one
year-olds and older and under, 75 cents
per head.
Here ia the wool clause of the bill,
which interests forth Carolinians:
Pata Tariff oa Wool.
"Wool, commonly known as elothing
wool, including hair ef the .camel, an
gora goat and alpaca, but not sueh
wools as are commonly known as ear
pet wools, twelve cents per pound;
when imported washed the duty shall
be twice the amount upon unwashed
wools; whea imported scoured, three
times the duty to which it. woold be
subjected if imported unwashed ; all
manufactures of wool, except manufac
tures of carpet wool ih addition to the
rates and duties now in force, twelve
eents per pound whether the bill shall
bo wholly or . only made ia part of
wool,' -
The wool producers declare that the
sitnatioa is known' to be extremely fav
orable st this time to foreign pro
ducers who are dumping large -quantities
of the fiber upon American mar
kets ia anticipation of -tariff regula-
tloas under ths new administration.
The Amerieaa producers have been
working for embargo legislation bat
they are becoming convinced that this
Is' not , obtainable end are shifting to
tariff-proposals that 'will give them s
preference in the . sals of their wool
over the foreign product.
Want to Peetaeae Action.
The Ways and Means Committee is
decidedly adverse to doing more-than
is absolutely necessary ia advance of
the - tariff legislation that will come
with the next session of Congress.- It
is inclined. to past. the back aa mneh
as possible. It was said at the Capitol
today that -the proposal of the National
Association of Wooleh Manufacturers
to apply tariff duties st the par value
of exchange,." rather, than the depre
ciated value and thus -increase exist
ing tariff rates by upwsrds of several
hundred per cent, has beea abandoned.
Many ot the members are much, im
pressed with the, statements of Assist-
sat Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas
First of Former Enemy States
Admitted To League After
Passage at Arms
CHINA TAKES PLACE ON
COUNCIL OF THE LEAGUE
Success of China Due Largely
To Personal Strength of
Wellington Koo In League
Assembly; Woman On Plat,
form Before Body For First
Time ; Opium Traffic Up
Geneva, Dec. 13. (By The Associated
Press.) The assembly of the League
of Nations elected today the first form
er enemy state member of the Lieaguo
without opposition. The vote on the
admission of Austria came after an un
expected passage at arms between
Giuseppe Motta, of Switzerland, and M.
Viviani, representing France.
M. Motta, speaking- on the report '
committee, recalled the rejection of
Germany's application for admission by
ths pesce conference, saying that Switz
erland had always regretted it snd that
there were now three places vacant in
the league, which ought to be filled by
the United States, Russia and Germany.
Vlviaal Gets Ovation.
At the mention of Germany, V.
Viviani sprang up and asked for the
floor, and upon conclusion of M. Mntta's
speech, in which the Swiss delegate ap
pealed to the assembly for justice, M.
Viviani mounted the tribune and
launched into a fervid defense of the
French viewpoint. It waa soon apparent
that the assembly was with him and hit
remarks were greeted with frequent ap
plause. Whea he descended from the
tribune he received the greatest ovation
of the assembly.
The voting for the admission, of Aus
tria, which immediately followed, de
veloped 35 votes in favor of Austria's
entrance. Two members were absent
and four abstained from voting.
China Gets la.
The four elective members of the
league council chosen by the assembly
today were Spain, Brazil, Belgium and
v mna, me anal sueeoas or Lhina eoming
after several ballots, being greeted
wiu onwusissue applause.
CHINA ENTERS COUNCIL Or
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
w-v sZ. . .
ueneva, uec ia. (.Hy The Associated
Press.-China today took rank among
i" principal powers directing the af
fairs of the world through its entry
law ue eouatil or the. League of Na
tions in succession tit Or. Tit
tioa of China had beea discounted
largely since the assembly previously
uau aaopiea ue recommendation of tne
committee on orranizstina that annili.
eieruve memoer oe allotted to Asia.
It waa doubtful up to the last mo
ment, however, whether ths members
who. for the last few hart sSAen
adTotatinir Slav
senuuon, wouia not succeed with their
argument uat tne Asiatic races eould
not expect two places on the council
while two important European coun
tries were not represented st all.
lr. Km Big Figure.
The msioritr nt tha tUloo-ntaa tin.
ever, held to their implied promise, but
uie success ot unina waa due largely
to tha neraonal atronvth TW Wallinvtnn
Koo, of the Chinese delegation, has ac
quired in tne assembly.
The delegates appeared to be less
interested in the election nf naar taim
to the league and followed 'he reeom-
snenasiion or tne committee on the ad
mission of new states, which it hsd
Ions? been known aa -a fnreirnna nn.
elusion they would approve.
Weaua la Assembly.
Woman nidi her Hahuf in thm lu.n.
todav and was eordiallv mrlA nl
'welcomed by the assembly. In the dis
cussion on aetioa to suppress the whits
slave traffic. Mademoiselle Heart Fort
hammer, a an hat i rut a daWat tnr TV.
mark, tpok the floor, aad in the purest
sv uhdkici example
of clearness and consciousness, which,
if It had come earlier, might have
shortened the meeting of the assembly.
OPIUM AND WH ITE SLAVE
TRAFFIC ARE DISCUSSED.
Geneva, Dec. 15. (Br the Associated
Press.) Proposal that the League of
Nations assume the duties which here
tofore have devolved upon Holland nn-
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BILL FOR CO-OPERATIVE
MARKETING IS PASSED
Measure Now Goes From Sen.
ate To Conference; Amend
ments Are Added
Washington, Dee. 15. The CaoDer-
Herssaan bill exempting farmers co
operative marketing associations f rW
the provisions of the Sherman anti
trust law waa passed today by the' Sen
ate with on t a record vote.
The bill bow goes to conference
for consideration of the Senate amend
ment providing that the Federal Trade
Commission instead of the Secretary of
Agriealtsre shall pass oa complaints
against any co-operative association.
Other amendments added by the Sen
ate provide that complaints against the
co-operative associations shall be heard
ia the Federal judicial district ia which
tha principal office of the association is
located, and that any attempt to create
a monopoly or resort to unfair methods
of eompetftioa ia commerce shall make
the 'Sssoeiation liable to prosecutions
nnder ths anti-trust laws aad the Clay
ton act. ' - t
.Assoeiatloas formed under the meas
ure mast operate for the mutual Uwaefit
of the members. vNo member is per
mitted to have mora than one vote re
gardless of the amount ef stock or
membership capital and dividends are
limited to eight per, sent of the capital
President-elect Declares Old
Time Home Spirit Must Be
Kept Alive
PLANS FEDERAL PUBLIC
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Makes Particular Plea That Re
ligious Training Be Kept
Within The Province of The
Hearth, and Voices Hope
For Revival of Religious
Reverence In Nation
Marion, Ohio, Dee. 15. Amerieaa
mothers were asked by President-elect
Harding tonight to give to school offi
cisls and other public servants a full
measure of co-operation In the educa
tional, religious and physical training
of children. Speaking here before a
state meeting of the Child Conserva
tion league, Mr, Harding declared it
the duty of motherhood to keep the
old-time home spirit alive in spite of
the growing tendency to. entrust the
instruction of the ehild almost wholly
to public institutions. He made a par
ticular plea that religi- us training be
kept within the province of the hearth,
and voiced a hope for a revival of re
ligious reverence in the trying timet
ahead.
The President-elect also asked that
the public welfare agencies of the na
tion beltept democratic, and expressed
disapproval of the practice of the rieh
in withdrawing their children from the
publie school" and entering them in
private institutions. He reaffirmed his
hope that great good would be accom
plished by the new Publie Welfare
Department to be proposed by his ad
ministration and said he hsd found
sentiment in and out of Congress
strongly supporting the plan.
Delivered la Charch.
The address was delivered at the
Methodic Episcopal Church here at
the end of one of Mr. Harding's bus
jest days since he began, his consulta
tions on an niweciafiwrwt nations and -other
public problems. Hit callers la?
eluded Raymond Robins, of Chicago,
a former leader of the Progressive
party; Senator A. B. Fall, of New
Mexico, and George Fred Williams, a
former Amerioan minister to Greece,
and the conferences are understood tf
have covered many foreign and domes-tisoiaesUoaa.-'--
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Mr. Fall, the first member of the
Senate to visit the F resident-elect
since his return to Marion, came from
Washington and is said to have given
Mr. Harding detailed sdviee oa, nu
merous subjects that have been talked
over among Republican leaders in Con-,
gress. It was indicated that cabi
net selections was arts of the topics
discussed and that much attention waa
slso given to the financial sitnatioa.
Mr. Fall is an advocate of immediate
aid to the agricultural interests of the
country and told the President-elect
that unless something were done with
ni the next three months serious dis
location of food markets would occur.
Solves Pesce Taagla.
Confidence of sn acceptable solution
of the pence tangle was- expressed ' by
Senator Fall, who said after the con
ference tlint he believed the President'
elect's consultations here were progress- -ing
toward a peace plan that would per.
mit Amorica to regain world leadership.
He said he personally believed ths best
solution would be a new peace confer
ence at Washington at which European
nations would be eager in be present.
Senator Ball, who has been mentioned
in some quarters for a eabinet position,
has been irreconcilably opposed to the
treaty of Versailles, but he said he
knew of no irreconcilable Senators who
wanted ho world peace association at all.
Mr. Robins' talk wh the Presideat
elect was directed toward economic aad
social conditions abroad, although the
financial and labor situation ia tha
United States also was discussed. Mr.
Willisms presented a carefully prepared
association plan which, he said was
favorably regarded by a number of
prominent Americans.
Tomorrow Governor Calvin Coolidge
of Massachusetts, the Vice-President.
elect, will talk over administration poli
cies with Mr. Harding.
In his address here tonight, Senator
Harding said:
Text of Address.
"In my sddress to women voters last .
October 1 I .spoke of my desire that
there shall be created in our govern
ment a Department of Publie Welfare.
It is with soma, satisfaction that I am
now able to say to you that sines the
election I have had opportunity to dis
cuss that proposal with a number of
leaders of liberal publie thought la ana
out of Congress with reference to crys
tallizing it into legislative aeeonTplish..
ment and have found them eager to
help in the constructive task.
Ita aeeomplishmenta will tardily .
place our government oa something"
like aa equal footing, in recognition of -this
set of problems, with governments
which have long maintained ministries
of education represented la.- their
cabinets. While my own ides envisages
a broader scope for , the new depart
ment, giving it eoneera with 'many
other phases of human welfare it Is .
interesting to know that its creation
will for the first time place this great
work on a phase of dignity comparable,
to that given la many countries, i "
Opnortaalty ef Servicer ''
'Whether wo may esteem it wise or
tnwiee, the modera mother must realise
that society disposes mora snd mors to '"
take from her "control the training, tht
intellectual direction and ths spiritual
guidance of her children. Ws may well
plead with the mothers , to make ths
most, for good, of tha lessened . op
portunity they possess for molding the
lives snd minds of ' their children.
Througheuch co-operative effort ss this
it teems 'to me, there is opportunity for
a great service. Herein is . presented f
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