1913. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2337.

SENATE. Mr. PERKINS presented a. joint resolution of the Legislature of California, which was referred to the Committee on Com­ MoNDAY, July 7, 1913. merce and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: SE~ATE Oli' THE STATE OF CALIFC'R~IA, The Senate met at 2 o'clock p. m. Sacramento, June 30, 191J. To United States Senator GEORGE C. P ERKINS, Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D. Washington, D. 0. The VI CE PRESIDENT resumed the chair. DEAR Srn: Pursuant to the provisions of a senate joint resolution The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last was read adopted by both houses of the Le?islature of the State of California I herewith transmit to you a copy tnereof. and appro\ed. Respectfully, yours, W. N. PARmsH, Secretar;J. :MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Senate joint resolution 19, memoralizing the Congress of the United States for favorable consideration of the project contained in the A message from the House of Representatives, by J. C. South, report of the California Debris Commission relating to " control of floods in the river systems of the Sacramento Yalley and the adjacent its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had agreed to the San .Joaquin Valley, Cal." amendments of the Senate to the joint resolution (H. J. Res. Whereas the Secretary of War on the 29th day of June, 1911, sub­ 98) authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for mitted to the House of Representatives of the United States, duly the use of the Confederate Veterans' Reunion, to be held at approved and recommended fo1· adoption, the report of the Cali­ fornia D~bris Commission relating to " control of floods in the river Brunswick, Ga., in July, 1913. systems of the Sacramento Valley and the adjacent San Joaquin Valley, Cal.," now known and designated as House Document No. 81, E ""ROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED. Sixty-second Congress, first session ; and The message also announced that the Speaker of the House Whereas the approval of said report contains the suggestion "that work begin at once and provision be made for its early completion" ; and had signed the enrolled joint resolution (H. J. Res. 98) author­ Whereas the construction and completion of the project. proposed in izing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for the use of said report is of vital importance to the people of this State and of the Confederate Veterans' Reunion, to be held at Brunswick, the whole country ; and Whereas the Legislature of the State of California, in extraordinary Ga., in July, 1913, and it was thereupon signed by the Vice session assembled. did by an act of said legislature adopt the project President. and recommendations set forth in said report of the California D~bris Commlssion, and appropriate funds therefor, and has also PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. in said act provided for cooperation bet ween the State of California and the Government of the United States in putting into effect the Mr. PERKINS presented a joint resolution of the Legislature proposed project and recommendations: Therefore be it of California, which was referred to the Committee on Com­ Resolved by the Senate and Assembly or the State of California, merce and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: Jointiy, That the said legislature memoria izes the Congress of the United States for favorable consideration of the report of said Cali­ SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, fornia Debris Commission, transmitted as aforesaid by tbc Secretarv ot Sacramento, June so, 1913. War to Congress, together with all modifications thereof as approved United States Senator GEORGE C. PERKINS, by the said commission, the Secretary of War, and Chief of Engineers, Washingto1i, D. 0. and also for early action on appropriations to carry out the recom­ DRAR SIR: Pursuant to the provisions of a senate joint resolution mendations of said report and said project; be it further adopted by both houses of the Legislature of the State of California I Resolved, That duly authenticated copies of these reso1utions be herewith transmit to you a .copy thereof. transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Respectfully, yours, • W. N. PARmsH. ·secretar y. States, the Secretary of War, Chief of Engineers, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress; be it further Senate joint resolution 18, memorializing the Congress of the United Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our States for favorable consideration of the request of the Legislature Representatives in Congress requested to use all honorable means to of the Etate of California for investigations and surveys by the Cali­ secure favorable action on said report and said project. fornia D~ bris Commission under the provisions of an act of Con­ gress approved March 1, 1893, to aid in the preparation and making l\Ir. PERKINS presented a joint resolution of the Legislature n report ou a project for the relief from floods in the San .Joaquin Valley and the delta of the Sacramento and San .Joaquin Rivers and of California, which was referred to the Committee on Com­ for improvements in aid of commerce and navigation. merce and ordered to be printed. in the llECORD, as follows: Whereas conditions injuriously affecting vast areas of valuable land SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORXIA, adjacent to, and the interests of commerce and navigation in, the Sacra1nento, J une 80, 1913. river systems of the San Joaquin Valley, within the power of the To United States Senator GEORGE C. PERKINS, California Debris Commission to correct under the provisions of an Washington, D. 0. act of Congress ap1,>roved March 1 1893, creating said commission DEAR SIR: Pursuant to the provisions of a senate joint resolution and defining its duties, are identical with tho e existing in the river adopted by both houses of the Legislature of the State of California I systems of the Sacramento Valley a nd require like remedial treat­ herewith transmit to yeu a copy thereof.. ment; and Respectfully, yours, W. N. PARRISH. Secretar11. Whereas the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers form a delta common to both, and by connecting waterways their flood waters mingle, fre­ Senate joint resolution 23, relative to the establishment of a Govern­ quently involving great damage to property and to navigation; and ment-owned line of steamships to operate between Pacific and At­ When•as the work involved and plans contemplated in said rivers and lantic ports. said delta under the requirements of said act should be coordinated Whereas the shippers of the Pacific coast were for many years at the into one ba1·monious project; and mercy of the transcontinental railroads in the matter of rates charged Whereas the report of said commission made In accordance with the upon shinments to and from the Atlantic seaboard and Eastern requirements of said act. including maps and containing a project, States; and together wlth estimate of the cost thereof, for the relief from floods Whereas these transcontinental railroads have attempted and now are in the Sacramento Valley, transmitted to the Congress of the United attempting to secure an absolute monopoly of transportation facilities States by the Secretary of War .Tune 25, 1911, and approved and rec· by destroying independent water competition via the Isthmus of Pan­ ommended by him for adoption by Congress, now designated as House ama and by controllin~ existing lines of steamships ; and Document No. 81, Sixty-second Congress, fi1·st session, with such modi­ Whe1·eas this mernment owned and operated line Therefore be it of steamships to operate between Pacific and Atlantic ports ia Pan­ Resolvecl by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Oalifornia, ama; and be it further Jointly, That the Legislature of the State of Callfornla in regular ses­ Resol'l:ed, That the senate and assembly jointly request our Senators sion assembled memorializes the Congress of the United States for such and Representatives in Congress to use every possible and honorable legislation ahd direction as will provide for such investigations and sur­ influence toward the establishment of such a line. veys by the California D ~br is Commission under the provisions of said act, thereby hastening the preparation and making of the report on a l\Ir. PERKINS presented a joint resolution of the Legislature project for the relief from floods in the San Joaquin Valley and said of California, which was referred to the Committee on Public ~~i~e~nd for improvements in aid of commerce and navigation; be it Lands and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows : Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALlFORNIA, t.hey are hereby, requested to use all honorable means to secure favor­ Sacramento, June so, 1913. able consideration of this memorial; and be it further nited States Senator GEORGE C. PERKINS, · Resolved, That duly authenticated copies of this memorial be trans­ Wash ington, D. C. mitted by the governor of the State of Callfornia to the Senate and DEAR Sm: Pursuant to the pro>isions of a senate joint resolut ~ ion House of Representatives of the United States, the Secretary of War, adopted by both houses of the Le~islature of the State of' California I the Chief of Engineers United States Army, the California D~bris Com­ herewith transmit to you a copy thereof, mission.. and to eacb of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Respectfully, yours, W. N. PARRISH, Seoreta1·71. --- 2338 .· CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN.ATE. JULY 7,:

Senate joint resolution 27, relative to the purchase by the United States Wher~as tbe territory, situated on tbe middle fork of the Feather of the Tioga Road. River./.. included in the 6 square miles thus desired to be set apart, ls Whereas the State of California has by legislation and appropriations now uovernment land: Now, therefore, be it therefor established, constructed, and maintained a system of State Resolt·ea by the Senate and Asscrnbly of the State of California, highways, among which is a highway from Lake Tahoe to Placerville, jointly, That we hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States a distance of 62 miles, and a highway from Bridgeport, in Mono to act favorably upon a certain petition numerously signed by citizens County, to Long Barn, in Tuolumne County, a distance of 78 miles, of the State of California and of the United States asking that the and known as the Sonora and Mono Road, and is now constructinJ? a district hereinbefore described be set apart and established as a national highway from said Lake Ta.hoe Read to a point known as the junction park ; and be it further on said Sonora and Mono Roads, a distance of 81 miles, and has con­ Resolved, That our Senators be instructed and our Representatives structed a highway from the east end of the Tioga Road to a point In Congress be rPquested to use all honorable mea.ns necessary and n ear l\lono Lake and known as the Iono Lake Basin Road, a distance appropriate to secure the enactment of the necessary legislation there­ of 9 miles, and there is now pending in this session of the legislature for; and be it further a bill for the construction of a State highway from Bridgeport to Resolt:ed, That the governor of the State of California be, and be Is Independence, a distance of 150 miles, connecting with said Mono hereby, requested to transmit a certified copy of these resolutions to Lake Basin Road, all of which roads are opened to travel of all kind the President of the Senate of the United States and to the Speaker thereover ; and of the House of Representatives of the United States and to ea.ch of Whereas there is now pending in Congress a bill to purchase by the our Senators and Representatives in Congress. United States said Tioga Road from its owners and to maint..'lin the same by said Government as a free public road for travel thereover, Mr. PERKINS presented a joint resolution of the Legislature and which bill has been favorably acted upon by the committees in of California, which was referred to the Committee on Woman Congress to which it had been referred ; and Suffrage and ordered to be printed in the REcoRD, as follows : Whereas said Tioga Road connects at Crockers with the Big Oak Flat Road, and if the purchase of said Tioga Road be completed and sald SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, road be maintained as a free public highway for travel it makes a Sacramento, June SO, 1913. complete highway system from Sacramento to Lake Tahoe, thence To United States Senator GEORGE c. PEBKINS, over the Alpine highways to Tioga, Yosemite Valley, and San Fran­ Washington, D. 0. cisco, traversing the Sierra Navada Mountains amid nature's most DEAR Srn: Pursuant to the provisions of a senate joint resolution beautiful scenery : Therefore be it adopted by both houses of the Legislature of the State of California I Resolved bu the senate and assembly Jointly, That we request our herewith transmit to you a copy tberedf. Senators and Congressmen to use all honorable means to secure the Respectfully, you.rs, W. N. PABRISH, Secretary. early passage of s:iid bill providing for the purchase of said Tioga Road Senate joint resolution 30, relative to memorializing the Congress of and an adequate appropriation to place and maintain the same in good the United States to initiate proceedings therein for the preparation condition to provide for free travel for all kinds of vehicles thereover; of and submission to the several States of an amendment to the Con­ and be it further stitution of the United States placing women and men on an equality, Resolved, 'l'hat the secretary of the senate be directed to send a copy with respect to citizenship and the exercise of the elective franchise. of these resolutions to the President of the United States Senate and Whereas the right to equal privileges in the exerclse of the elective Speaker of th.e House of Representatives and to each of our Senators franchise by women is fast being acknowledged by the people and and Representatives in Congress. accorded by the several States of the American Union ; and Mr. PERKINS presented a joint resolution of the Legislature Whereas the exercise of this privilege should not be restricted to States of California, which was refen-ed to the Committee on Public but should be as complete as that enjoyed by men: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and. the Assembly of the State of Oalifornia Lands and ordered to be printed in the RECOBD, as follows : Jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California memorializes S.E:ln of the Legisla­ tives in Congress. ture of California and the Assembly Jointly: .Whereas sections 2291 and 2297 of the Revised Statutes of the United Mr. PERKINS presented a joint resolution of the Legislature States, regulating the acquisition of title to public lands under the of California, which was referred to the Committee on- Post homestead law, were amended by act of Congress dated June 6, Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed in the REcoBD, 1912 (37 Stats., 123) ; and as follows: .Whereas the law now requires the cultivation of at least one-sixteenth of the land entered before the expiration of. two years from the SENATE 0.11' THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, date of entry, and the cultivation of at least one-eighth thereof Sacramento, June SO, 1IJ1S. before the expiration of three years from the date of entry and there­ To United States Senator GEORGE C. PERKINS, after until the submission of final proof ; and Washington, D. 0. Whereas there is no provision for the grazing of stock in lieu of cul­ DEAR Srn: Pursuant_ to the provisions of a senate joint re solutll'~ tivation on lands chiefly >a1uable for pasturage purposes; and adopted by both houses of the Legislature of the State of California I .Whereas practically all the vacant lands within the Sacramento land herewith transmit to you a copy thereof. district in the State of California are valuable only for grazing Respectfully, yours, W. N. PARIUSH, Secretary. purposes and are not susceptible of cultivation; and Senate joint resolution 34, relative to the amendment of the postal law Whereas the aforesaid vacant lands spould be utilized under the home­ , of the United States to permit inspection and subsequent treatment stead laws by those persoll! who have made or are entitled to make or destruction of nursery stock, shrubbery, ornamental plants, and homestead entries; fruits upon arrival in the State to which it is consigned through the Now, therefore, in view of the foregoing, we respectfully memorialize parcel post. our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use all honorable Whereas the present statutes of the United States prohibit any post­ means in securing the enactment of such statute as wlll better adapt master from delaying the delivery of any package or parcel or to open the homestead law to the character of the land still subject to entry or inspect the same ; and nnd relieve many entrymen who made their fl.lings under the law as Whereas the new parcel post law Is bringing into the several States amended, under a misapprehension as to the requirements thereof, nursery stock, shrubbery, ornamental plants, fruits, etc., in great thereby promoting the settlement and development of the vast area of quantities; and public land subject to entry if grazing of live stock be accepted in lieu Whereas our inspection officers a.re finding on some of these shipments of cultivation ; and be it further serious insect and fungoid pests not yet in our State, which if intro­ Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be transmitted by tele­ duced would do us incalculable damage ; and graph to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Whereas Order 6696 of the United States Postmaster General states that any postmaster "may," if requested, Inform the horticultural .Mr. PERKINS presented. a joint resolution of the Legislature officer of any parcel of plants, trees, or fruits received at his office of California, which was referred to the Committee on Public and to whom delfvered ; and Lands.and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows : Whereas It is impossible to search out all of said importati-0ns for pur­ pose ol inspection ; and SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Whereas it is imperative for the safety of the great fruit interests that Sacramento, June SO, 191S. tbere be thorough and universal Inspection of all trees, plants, and «'o United States Senator GEORGE C. PERKINS, fruits received through the mails at the points of delivery; and Washington, D. O. Whereas this under the present law is entirely impossible: Therefore DEAR SIR : Pursuant to the provisions of a senate 'oint resolution be it adopted by both houses of the Legislature of the State of California I Resolved by the Senate of the State of Oalifornia and the Assembly herewith transmit to you a copy thereof. Jofatly, That Congress be, and hereby ls, requested to take immediate Respectfully, yours, W. N. PARRISH, Secretary. and necessary measures permitting and requiring the Postmaster Gen­ eral of the United States to order all nursery stock, shrubbery, oma­ Senate joint resolution 40, relative to setting apart a district of land in mental plants, fruits, etc., sent through the malls to be forwarded to Butte County, State of California, as a national park and memorializ­ certain conveniently located points where they may be inspected, and if ing the Congress of the United States to create such national park. found free from injurious pests or diseases to be repacked and remailed Whereas there has been discovered in Butte County, State of Cali­ to the consignee, and if infected to be treated and remailed or de­ fornla, a region of great waterfalls, imposing precipices, and mam­ stroyed ; and be it further moth trees, including the famous Fall River Falls, Bald ·Rock Canyon, Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be re­ and other points of interest; and quested to use all honorable means to secure the action desired in this Whereas one of these waterfalls alone bas a drop of 500 feet and matter for the purpose aforesaid; and be it further others are of almost equal grandeur, thus entitling them to a place Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Presi­ among the world's great falls; and dent of the United States, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of Whereas, owing to the marvelous beauty of this whole region, a move­ Agriculture, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of ment bas been started to set this district apart for the people of the Representa ves, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in United States as a new wonderland and playground; and Congress. 1913. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.· 2339

1\f r. PERKINS pre!!ented a resolution adopted by the Com­ A bill (S. 2681 ) f or the relief of Fred Larsen (with accom­ monweal th Cl.ub of California, favoring .:m appropriation pro­ panying paper ) ; and vitling for a diversion of the waters of the Retch Hetchy Val­ A biU (8. 2682) for the relief of the estate of William Mc­ ley for reservoir purposes, which was referred to the Committee Clea¥e; to th-e Committee on Claims. -0n Public Lands. Ry Mr. CHAMBERLAIN : Mr. BRADLEY. I present a Jetter in the nature of a m~mo­ A bill (~ . 2683) granting an increase of pension to John B. rial from the superintendent of the Board of Trade of Louis- · Salsman (with ac~ompanying paper} ; to the Oommittee on ·ville, Ky., which I ask may be printed in the RECORD and re­ Pensions. ferred to the Committee on Finan~e . By Mr. SMITH of Arizona : There being no objection, the letter was referred to the Com­ A bill (S. 2684) to i-egulate detached service in the line of the mittee on Finance and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as A.rmy; to the Committee on Military Affairs. follo-ws: By MI:. SHIELDS : LoUJSVTLLE BOARD OF TRADE., A bill ( S. 2685) for the relief of the heirs of Joseph A. Louisville, Ky., June ~1, t!J13, Hon. w. 0 . BRADLEY, Mabry ; to the Committee on Claims. United States Senate, Washington, D . 0 . By Mr. BRADLEY : DEAR Sm: "The directors ot the Louisville Board ot Trade at their A bill ( S. 2686) for the relief of the estate o:f Uarilda F . meeting on June 25 adopted a resolution by a unanimous vote protest· Sims, deceased. and othe1·s ; and ing against the passage by Congress of that portion of the p,ener:il reyenue bill now pending in the Seuate which is placed under subsec­ A bill ( S. 2687) to carry out the findings of the Court of tion E of income-tax section, which requires a tenant paying a rentnl Claims in the cases herein enumerated by payment o:f the sev­ of $4,000 or more annually to withhold out of his payments to his to landlord each year a sum sufficient to pay the normal taxes of 1 per eral sums mentioned to those .named herein ; the Committee cent imposed upon such sum by the income-tax law, and I was directed on Claims. to l:ly this protest before the Senators and Representatives from Ken­ By Mr. JOHNSTON of Alabama : tucky, and re!?pectfully, but very earnestly, .request them to oppose the passage of said section. .A joint resolutiun (S. J. Res. 55) authorizing the Secretary The only e.ondition upon which a lessee may withhold from his of War·to receive for instrudion at the United States l\lilitary lessor ~ess than 1 per cent of the rental is that the lessor shall render Academy, at West Point, N. Y., Mirza Mohammed Ali Khan, o:f to the lesaee an affidavit to the effect that deductions from such annual Persia; and rental on a.ceount of necessary expenst> of ma.intenance, such as taxes~ insur:mce, n.nd repairs, etc., bring the am01;mt of the income receivea A joint resolution (S. J". Res. 56) authorizing and directing by the lessor from such tenant from all other sources to a sum less the Secretary of War to accept the title to 4,000 acres of land than $4.000. Such affidavlt filed by such lessor with such lessee must contain a statement of the dedudions asked for on account of taxes, at or near Anniston, Ala~ for the purpose of establishing insurance, repairs, etc.. and must also contain a statement of the maneG.ver camps, rifle and artillery ranges, etc. ; to the Com­ lesrnr's annual account, profits, and income from all other sources. mittee on Military Affairs. The directors do not by any means -OtJpose a Federal income-tax law, but they believe that this provision referred to is unnecessary, and in­ REPORTS ON COURTS AND JUDGES. cidents and requirements pertaining to it would be inquisitorial and unfair. They believe that 1f a landlord 0-r other person is compelled Mr. WORKS submitted the following resolution (S. Res. to expose his priYate business and atl'alrs to any person it should be 126), which was read, considered by unanimous consent, and only to a Government official and not to private person. I I um direr.ted to respectfully ask your attenti-On to this provision agreed to : of the prnposed law and to request that you will object and oppose its Whereas 1t is openly and publicly char~ed that the Department of passage. Justice has established and ts ma.intainmg a system of investigation • By order of the board of directors. and espionage over the courts and judges of the country and that LOUIS\ILLE BOARD OF Tn...!.DE, spies, inspectors, oi: agents of some kind are appointed and sent out By JAMES F. BtJCKl\'ER:, Jr., SeC1·etarJJ. by said department to secretly spy upon, investigate, and report on NATIONAL CO:'i"S.EBVATION EXPOSITION. the conduet of such courts and judges: Now therefore Resolved, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, instructed .Mr. SHIELDS. On the 10th ultimo I reported from the Com­ to inform the Sen.ate what inspectors or other agents are appointed by mittee on Industrial Expositions the bill ( S. 20G5) to provide him or his department to investigate and report upon the conduct or in proceedings of any of the courts or judges of the country, their names, · for participation by the Gowrnrnent of the United States the the duties performed by them and each of them, under what law they National Conserration Exposition to be held at Knoxville, are appointed, what instructions are given them, any rules and regula­ Tenn., in the fall of 1913, and I submitted a report thereon. A tions under which they act, what courts and judges have been under investigation within the past five years by appointed agents, asl'!istants, letter from B. T. Galloway, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, or othel'wise, and the reports made by such inspectors or others bearing : which was to form a part of the report, was omitted, and there­ upon the proceedings or conduct of any and all such courts and judges, fore I ask for a reprint of the report (Ko. 62). and what action the Attorney General or the Department of Justice The VICE PRESID~-rrr . Is there any objection to the re­ has taken in each case on such reports.

quest of the Senator from Tennessee? The Chair .hears none, NOTES ON TARIFF REVISION, 1913 1 (S. DOC. NO. 122). and there will be a reprint of the report. 11.Ir. SMOOT. I ask unanimous consent to have printed as a BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIO~S INTRODlICED. public document Notes on the Revision of the Tariff of 1913,· Bills and joint resolutions were introdueed, read the first compiled by Thomas J . Doherty, Esq. time, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and referred The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there any objection? The Chair as follows: hears none, and it is so ordered. By Mr. CUMMINS: nm LANDSCHAFTEN SYSTEM OF RlIB.A.L CREDITS (s. DOC. NO. 12sr. A bill (S. 2674) to define certain crimes and to provide pun­ ishment therefor; to the Committee on the Judkiary. M:r. FLETCHER. I ask unanimous consent to have printed A bill (S. 2675) to promote safety in the operation o:f rail­ as a public document a paper which I have just received from roads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate com­ Hon. David Lubin, American delegate to the International Insti­ merce to equip their locomotives with efficient and suitable tute of Agricu1tui·e, in which the writer discusses some of the headlights, and for other purposes. important subjects that are now being investigated by the l\Ir: OU:M~IlNS . The latter bill I introduce by request. I United States commission in European countries generally deal­ am in entire sympathy with the object of the bill. I introduce ing with the question of rural credit and cooperation in agricul­ it by request only because I have not had an opportunity to con­ tural matters. sider carefully the provisions of the proposed measure. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there any objection to the re­ The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be referred to the quest of the Senator from Florida? The Chair hears none, and ·committee on Interstate Commerce. it will be so ordered. , By Mr. JONES : PROTECTION OF BIRDS. i A bill (S. 2676) to punish Indians for accepting, rece1vmg, The VICE PRESIDENT. The morning business is closed, soliciting, or purchasing intoxicating liquors; to the Committee and the calendar under Rule VIII is in order. l on the Judiciary. Senate resolution 25, submitted by Mr. McLEAN April 7, 1913, ~· A bill ( S. 2677) granting an increase. of pension to Daniel and reported April 12, 1913, from the Committee on Foreign Igo; and . Relations, with amendments by l\Ir. RooT, was announced as A bill ( S. 2678) granting an increase of _pension to Logan the first business on the calendar, and the Senate proceeded to McD. Scott; to the Committee on Pensions. its consideration, as follows : By Mr. WORKS: Resokcd, That the President be requested to propose to the Govern­ A bill ( S. 2GW) providing for a com.mission to recommend ments of other countries thi! negotiation of a convention for the mutual appointments to office, and for other purposes; to the Com­ protection and preservation of birds. , mittce on Privileges and Elections. The first amendment of the Committee on Foreign Relations ! Ily Mr BRADY: was, in Jine 3, before the word "protection," to strike <>ut the A bill (S. 2680) for the relief of Peter W. Anderson (with woril. •· mutual." a ccompanying paper) ; 'l'he amendment was agreed to. 2340 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JULY 9,

'l'be next amendment was, in line 4, before the word "birds,'' COXFIRM.A.TIO:N'. to insert the word "migratory." Bxccufi'!;.e nomination confirmed by tile Senate July "I, 1913. i\Ir. ROO'l'. I think the amendment introducing the word . "migratory" in the resolution is unnecessary, and I will ask UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. tbat that amendment be disagreed to. Walter Guion to be United States attorney for the eastern 'l'he a:.nendment was rejected. district of Louisiana. The resolution as amended was agreed to. JACOB M. COOPER. WITHDRAWAL. 'l'he bill July 5, 1913, was read and approved. EXECUTIVE SESSION. FUTURES IN COTTON. l\lr. BACON. Unless there is something very special desired Mr. DUPRE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ by a Senator, I move that the Senate proceed to the considera­ tion of executive business. I will not make the motion, how­ tend my rema rks in the RECORD by inserting a communication ever, if a Senator has a special interest in any matter which is from W. B. Thompson, former president of the New Orle:ms now available. Exchange, to Hon. C. S. Barrett, president of the National The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Georgia moves Farmers' Union. th::i.t the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive busi­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Louisiana asks unani­ mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD. Is there ness. The motion was agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the objection? consideration of executive business. After 1 hour and 40 min­ There was no objection. utes spent in executive session the doors were reopened. The letter referred to is as follows : NEW ORLEANS, July 2, 191J . .ADJOURNMENT TO TIIURSDAY. Hon. c. s. BARRETT, l\Ir. KERN. I move that when the Senate adjourns to-day it President National Farmers' Union, Union City, Ga .: The Clarke amendment to the tariff bill will not regulate future adjourn to meet on Thursday next at 2 o'clock p. m. trading, but by destroying the future-contract markets will st1·ike down The motion was agreed to. all future trading, both good and bad. Hedges can not be bought or sold, hence the spot-cotton business will be made speculative in the VA.LORIZATIO'N' OF COFFEE. last degree. This will mean that the multitude of cotton buyers ol small or limited means will be forced out of business and the producer l\Ir. NORRIS. I July 10, 1913, at bership in an institution when such fact subjects bis private contracts 2 o'clock p. m. to :m excessive tax. and renders him liable to a penalty from 1.000 to $20,000 for conducting bis business in accordance with the rules and regulations established by such exchanges for the protection and benefit of the trade. If all these exchanges were put out of busl· NmIINA'l'IONS. ness there would be no points for the collection and dissemination of information as to conditions, and the producer would be wholly in E:r:ecufi'l:e nominations recci-'l:cd by the Senate July "I, 1913. the dark as to the value of bis cotton and would be at the mercy of the buyer, whose superior private facilities put him into possession of COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE. such information. :lloreover, i.f there were no exchanges or similar organizations there Hubert L. Bolen, of Oklahoma, to be collector of internal rev­ could be no rules or standards of trade r egulating and restraining indi­ enue for the district of Oklahoma, in place of George T. Knott, vidual conduct in busines , which would result in disorderly conditions superseded. most prejudicial to all concerned. In other words, the said tax amend­ ment would not only destroy the future markets of America, but would AMBASSADOR. disorganize the whole system by which our crops are moved and" place us in the llands of foreign organizations and local combinations of Frederic Courtland Penfield, of Pennsylvania, to be ambassa­ buyers. dor extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of It is reported that in supporting said amendment some Senators take the position that while they doubt the wisdom of the measure, or are America to .Austria-Hungary, vice Richard C. Kerens, resigned. of the positive opinion that it is unwise and will be injurious, still, as the farmcn; want it, they say, let them have it and take the conse­ UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. quences. " e can not nfl'ord to experiment with such a vital matter. I am not connected with any exchange in an official capacity. and I Walter Guion, of Louisiana, to be United States attorney for have no interest in any future business. You know that I have gi>en the eastern district of Louisiana, vice Charlton R. Beattie. much time and effort to the betterment of tbe producer's condition whose term has expired. and to improvement in all legitimate trade. I think you believe in the sincerity of my purpose. I say to you earne tly that. in my opinion, PROMOTION IN THE ARMY. this measure is fraught with the most sel"ious con equences to the interests you represent; and with no intention of being officions. but MEDICAL CORPS. animated only by a !ncere de ire to cooperate with you in your work for the southern farmer. I beg you to giYe this vital matter your most Capt. William J. Little, Medical Corps, to be major from July serious consideration before using the powtfr of your great or ganization to advance so dangerous a measUL·e a nd before you accept respon ibility 2, 1913, vice l\Iaj. William II. Brooks, retired from active service therefor. July 1, 1913. W. Il. TIIOMP!:>O~.