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' 2780 CONGRESSJON AL RECORD- SENATE. }lAY 23, . By Mr. TAGUE: Pe~it~on of New .England Label Conference, "Resolved bu the Patron8 of Husbandry of Shawnee County, That we against prohibition as a war me~sure; to the Committee on the urge the administration to establish a maximum · price at which the standard food products shall me sold, thereby protecting the people Judiciary. · from the inhuman and oppre-ssive acts of the food speculators. : By Mr. '.riLSON: Petition of the memb~rs of the First Metho· • II. <list Episcopal Church of Meriden, Conn., urging that the sale of " Whereas the American farmer is expected to raise the maximum liquor t,e pro.hibited during the continuance of the wa.r; to the amount of food which the land 1s capable of producing; and Committee on the Judiciary. " Whereas the cost of the products of the farm never have been so high By l\1r. WALDOW: Petition ofthe Central Labor Council of as it is at the present time: Therefore be it ·~Resolved, . That· we, the representative farmers, ask that we be as Buffalo and vicinity, demanding investigation of labor troubles, sured remunerative prices for all of our staple crops and have a mini etc. ; to the Committee on Labor. mum price at which we may sell and a maximum price established at Also, petition of the Hamburg Business Men's Club, of Ham· which food products may be sold. burg, N. Y., relative to the establishment of an aviation station III. at Hamburg, N. Y. ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. " Whereas there is a world shortage of food and food products and the farmers of our country have been appealed to to use their greatest Also, memorial of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, indors· efforts to produce the maximum amount of food products; and ing the establishment of a navnl ti'aining station for Buffalo, "Whereas the g1·ain used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages is N. Y.; to the Committee on Naval .' Fairs. worse than wasted : Therefore be it "Resolved by the Shawnee County Pomona Grange in regular session, . By Mr. \V ALSH: Petition of .:oim E. Stanton an<l 97 other That we urge our Representatives in Washington to use their influence citizens of New Bedford, l\1ass., urging the prohibition ·of the and votes to restrict the ruanufar:ture of alcoholic products to the actual manufacture of alcoholic liquors as a measure of food conserva· need of medlcinei science, and manufacturing industries." tion :m<l for !mmediate prohibition of sale of liquors for beverage Respectfu ly, purposes, to conserve the health, wealth, labor, transport facili lliBEL BUCKMAN, Secretary. ties. and military efficiency of the people; to the Committee on l\lr. THOMPSON presented a petition of sundry citizens of the Judiciary. Anthony, Kans., praying for the enactment of legislation to pro By Mr. WARD: Memorial of Breakabeen (N.Y.) Grange, No. hibit the consumption of food products in the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, which was referred to the Committee on 767, favoring prohibition .of manufacture of intoxicants; to the Agriculture and Forestry. - Committee on tile .Judiciary. By 1\Ir. \VASON: Petition of congregation of Main Street Mr. McKELLAR. I present several letters ant: telegrams from dtizens of my State, which I nsk to have inserted in the Methodist Episcopal Church and other citizens of Nashua, RECORD. N. H., for the immediate enactment of prohibit1on of the manufacture of alcoholic liquors as a weasure of food conserva There being no objection, the communications were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: tion and for the immediate prohibition of the sale of liquors for beverage purposes, in order to conserve the health, wealth, THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES, . · May 1a, mn. labor, transpiJrt facilities, and military efficiency of the people; Bon. KENNETH D. JI.ICKE LLAn, . to the Committee on the Judiciary. United States Senate, Washington, D. 0. Also, petition of New Hampshire Federation of Women's MY DEAR SEXATon: Referring again to my letter of the 9th instant. Clubs an orP"anization of over 9,000 women, to e ·tablish a 5-mile in relation to the tax proposed to ue put upon newspapers by the new revenue bill, of course it goes without saying that it would be unjus t zone free f~om alcoholic liquors and camp followers around !'lnd unfair to tax publications of any kind with 5 per cent of their every training camp, Army post, and naval training station; advertising receipts. a nd this feature of the bill l hould be stricken out by aJl means. It would linewise be a most unjust tax on the news· to the Committee on the Judiciary. papers to put a tarHI of 10 per cent on paper imports. I may tell you Also, petition of Herbert J. Davis and 19 other citizens of Mere that the i11creased orice of paper paid by the Chattanooga Times for dith, N. H., favoring immediate national prohibition as ~ war 1917 over 1916 w111 entail an adrlitwnal charge thls year of between $35,000 and $40,000 more than was paid for the blank paper last mea ure in the intere t of national preparedness, efficiency, year. Add 10 per cent to this and it would involve an additional $8,000 and public morals; to the Committee on the Judiciary. fOI' 1917, and so that tarifl' should not be placed upon print paper, for By Mr. ZIHLl\IAN: Memorial of mass meeting in Brown Me it woulu break our backs lf it were. Now, Wtth reference to tqe postal rate. Papers which act straight morial Presbyterhm Church, Baltimore, Md., urging prohibition with the Government shoulu have the present rate, namely, 1 n •nt a -as a war mea nre ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ound. Papers whkh do not should have their rates inct·eased. What r consider as being papers acting straight with the Government nrc thost> whi ch charge the Sdme price or more for the papers whieb go by mail as is chargeu oy the publication in the cities where the paper is publishell. A number of papers have the very bad habit, in order. SENATE. to increase their circulations, of charging very much less for papers going by mail than they charge. the citizt>ns of their own community. WEDNESDAY, May ~3, 1917. If the second-class man Is earned at a loss by the Government. this is an, injustice to the Govenment, and the papers guilty of this practice ,. 'l'he Chaplain, ReY. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered the shoul'l be made to pay for it by a discrimination In the mail rate. For instance, I have before me the r·rice 9f three papers, whose subscrip following prayer: · tion charges are as follows : Almighty God, the revelation of Th)· will to llS has set our No. 1 : Per year. standards of honor very high, demn ;ttling the. ·expenditure of City subscribers------------------------- ~ ------------- $4.00 By mall---------------------------------------------- 2. 49 all our powers of manhood and the de,·elopment of all the manly No. !•: ·virtues. We pray that under the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit we may measure up to the standards of honor tbat Thou hast ~~Ym~tb::~~~e:~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: g:88 reyealed to us, that all we do shali be for the glory of Thy name No. o: , City subscribers--------------------------------------- 7. 50 , tmd the advancement in this country of all that Thou hast com By mall---------------------------------------------- 4.20 mitted to our hands. For Christ's sake. Amen. You will observe by this how manifestly unfair it is to the Govern . The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's ment to permit newspapers of this kind to enjoy the benefit of the 1-cent-a-pound rate as against newspapers which charge as much or proceedings, when, on request of Mr. s~rooT and by unanimous more for their outside circulation than they do for their city circulation, consent, the further reading was dispensed with and the Journal and this added to the further fact that It costs very much more to get was approved. the outside circulation than ·it does the city circulation. shows that unless· a fair price is charged all of the outside circulation by such PETITIONS .AND MEMORIALS. newspapers it is <arried at a loss. Tbt> only reason fot· this cut ls t<> increase the circulation and make the advertiser make up the . 1\lr. THOMPSON. I present resolutions ad9ptet1 by Shawnee loss by the adued price · of advertising space . County Pomona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Kansas, which When thi:,; matter gets before the Senate Finance Committee you might, if you want, use this as a pointer to amend the blll, and I ask to have printed in the RECORD. · · make the granting of the 1-cent-a-:pound rate only to publishers whose There being no objection, the resolutions were ordered to be charge for mail circulation is equal to the charge for city circulation. printed in the RECORD, as follows : I have written to Senator SHIELDS along the same line as this one to you, and it might be worth your while to confer together on this SHA W:\EE COUNTY PO:UO:'\A GRANGE, . PATJ.iOXS OF IlUSBANDRY, 'Su~~~~ assurances of my kindest regards and best wishes, I remain, Topeka, Kans., May 17, 19n. Bon. W. H. THo:arPSON, Very sincerely, yours, H. C. ADLER. Washington, D. 0. MY'DEA.R Sm : The following- resolutions were unanimously indorsed MEMPHIS, TENN., May n, 1917. - at a meeting of the Shawnee County Pomona Grange at a meeting held Hon.