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1920. ' CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-_HOUSE . 3457 habitues, like papaverine and thebaine, may be imported in place it where it may be establiRhed on a firm nnd indepen<lent small quantities by well-known and reputable firms or institu basis, so that we may have within our own borders not only a tions upon compliance with the regulations. dye industry but also an industry that will enable us to lH'Otluce We extend this e'en to sponges. t11ese great measures of preparedness which we will not have The act of June 20, 1906, declares it to be unlawful to land, wHhout a dye industry, and al:-:o those drugs and pharma deli\er, cure, or offer for sale at any port or place in the United ceutical supplies 80 essential to the maintenance of the health States any sponge!S taken by means of diving or diving appa of the people. ratus from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Straits of The PRESIDE:NT pro tempore. The question is upon the Florida subject to two provisos: First, admitting sponges taken motion of the Senator from Indiana that the Senate proceed in certain waters; and, secondly, sponges 4 inches or more in to the consideration of House bill 8078. diameter when taken from such waters. l\lr. W'ATSON. I withdraw the motion. I might also recite that the tariff act of 1913 distinguishes resi dents from nonresidents, and the ail).ount of personal effects which CITIL SERVICE RETIREMENT, passengers may bring into the United States, and so forth, the The Senate, as in Committee of tbe Whole, resumed the exemption from duty of such effects is resh·icted in the case of consitleration of the bill ( S. 1699) for the retirement of em nonresidents to articles actually owned by persons arriving in l1loyees in the classified Ci\il service, and for other purposes. the United States and in their possession abroad at tb,e time of 1\lr. SMOOT. I suggest the absence of a quorum. or prior to their departure from a foreign country and necessary The PRESIDEXT lH'O tempore. Tile Secretary will call the and appropriate for the wear and use of such persons and in roll. tended for such wear and use and not for other persons or for Tile roll was cal1etl. and the following Senators answered snle. In a case under the Revised Statutes, section 2505, wllich to theit' names: exempted from duty wearing apparel in actual use and other per Ball Glass Moses Smoot Brandegce Harris Norris · · Spencer - - sonal effects of persons arriving in the United· Stutes, the proper Capper Henderson ·ugent Sterling rule, tile Supreme Court declared in Astor v. Merritt (111 U. S., Chamberlain Jones, N. Ml'x. Overman 'J:homas 202), to be applied was to exempt from duty snell articles n.s ful Cummins h':euyon Page Trammell Dial King Phipps Wadsworth filled the following conditions: Elkins Kirby l'omerene Watson (1) Wearing apparel owned by the pas. enger and in a condition to Fernald Knox Hansdell be worn at once without further manufacture; (2) brought with .him as Fletcher I .odge Sheppard a passenger and intended for use or wear of himself or his family, who F1·elinghuy. en McNary Simmons_ accompanied him as passengers, and not for sale, or purchal'ed o1· im l\lr. S:\IOOT. I wish to announce the absence of the Senator ported for other persons or to be ~iven away; (3) suitable for the season of the year which was rmmediatel;\·1 approaching at the time of arrival; from Kansas rMr. CL"RTTS] on official business. C4) not exceeding in quantity or qualit)• or value what the passenger The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. Thirty-seven Senators hu\e was in the habit of ordinarily providing for himself and his family at answered to the roll call. There is not a quorum pre. ent. thut time and keeping on hand for biR an<l their reasonable wants in their mcanH and habits of life, even though such articles had not been 'l'he Secretary will call the names of the absent Senators. actual1y worn. 1\lr. KING. I mo\e that the Senate adjourn. Exemption from duty is nc<.'orded, under paragraph.· :>82 m1<l 'The motion was agreeU. to; and (at 4 o'clock anu 40 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tbur day; Feb 63;:i of the tariff act of 1913, to professional hook~, implements, in:,;tnnnents, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, in ruaJ·y 26, 1920, at 12 o'clock meridian. the actual pos ession of versous emigrating to the United States, owned and used by them abroad, and to works of art produced by American artists temporarily residmg abroad. IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Here are drugs used for immoral purpo es. Such drugs are · - forbidden importation anu entry, and are subject to forfeiture "\VEDKE DAY, Febn1ary ~5, 19£0. by due course of law. There is a proviso to this law " that the The House met at 12 o'clock noon. drugs hereiubefore mentioned, when imported in bulk un_tl not The hnplain, Re\. Henry ~. Couden, D. D., offereu tile fol put up for any of the purposes hereinbefore specified, :ue ex lowing prayer: C(.']lted from tile operation of tbis subsection." .\nother instance of this character is animals certified by the Our Father in heaYen, increa ·e, we beseech Thee, our longing Secretary of Agriculture to be pure-bred animals of a recog for the eternal principles of right which Thou hast woven into nized breed ru·e entitleU. to entry free of duty under paragraph our souls. _ 397 of the tariff act of 1913, when imported by citizen· of the Honesty is the basis of all tllat is best in man. Honesty for United States for breeding purposes, whether intended to be tile sake of policy is selfishness. Honesty for the sake of honesty useu by the importer himself or for sale for such purpose.s. is truthfulness, purity, nobility of soul, God-like. What is true This provision regards-and I call the attention of my friend of the indi\idual is true of the nation. The dishonest man, the the Senator from Iowa [1\lr. KENYON] to this-first, the thing im l(]ishonest nation, seeks refuge in deceit. Diplomacy, if it is n,>rted : second, the importer; anu third, the purpo e. The Sec honest, is good. Diplomacy, if it is disbonest, is destructive. i·etnry of Agriculture must determine and certify certain facts. "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your 'l'o that end he must in\estigate and keep records; duties also good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven." deYolYe upon the importer. Furthermore, both the Secretary of Amen. · Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury ha\e the duty of The Journnl of the proceedings of yesterday was read nnd up- prescribing regulations for the enforcement of this 11rovisions- proved. · the re~nlations of the S-ecretary of Agriculture to be for ueter EXROLI.ED Bll..L SIG~ED. mining the purity of breeu and the identity of the animal and l\Ir. RA~I EY, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported •the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury to be for the tllat they had examined and found truly enrolled bill of the strict enforcement of the provision. following title, "-hen the Speaker signed the same : So that the proposition we ha\e here embodied is not new to H. R. 10453. An act to provide for the termination of Federal our tariff legislation, but is in entire keeping with well-estab control of railroads and systerbs• of transportation; to provide lished precedents, :md is entirely different and as wide apart as for llie settlement of disputes between carriers and their em tile Nortb is from the South or the.East from the West from the ployees; to further amend an act entitled "An act to regulate license system proposed by the Longworth bill in the House. commerce," approved February 4, 1887, as amended, and for There is much more that might be said on this question, but I other purposes. presume the debate will proceed for several days, and there will be yet other opportunities to develop other phases of the ques PREFERENCE RIGHTS TO, SOLDIERS ; OREGON R.llLROAD-GRA 'T LANDS. tion ; but, Senators, I belieYe that this matter is of ove1'Whelming l\Jr. SINNOTT. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex importance. I am an old-fashioned protectionist. I ha\e even tend my remarks in the RECORD. What I wish to extend my re been accused-of course wrongly-of being a standpatter; but I marks on is this: This Congress nassed House joint resolution hav.e neyer believed in a license system. I have always believed 2{), reported from House Committee on the Public Lands and it to be entirely obnoxious to our form of government. approved February 14, 1920, by the President, giving qualified I do not like an embargo any better than anybody else; persons who performed military or naval services in the war but, after all, e\en if you call this an embargo, I believe that with Germany preference rights to enter lands hereafter thrown because of the conditions tbat surround this industry at the open to entry. There is nn area of about 360,000 acres soon to present time, and because of the disastrous effects that will be opened to entry in the Oregon & California Railroad land come to it by imports from Germany in the.