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G. Bailey, nominated to be secretary of the legation to the Roy Silas Atwood, of Pennsylvania. Netherlands and Luxemburg. Samuel Franklin Hawkins, of Wisconsin. Jordan Herbert Stabler, of Maryland, now secretary of the Jesse Lowry Sinclair", of Virginia. legation at Guatemala, to be secretary of the legation of the Oscar Krupp, of Vermont. United States of America at Stockholm, Sweden, vice Henry Charles Thomas-Stahle, of Pennsylrnnia. Coleman l\f ay, nominated to be secretary of the legation to Charles Meigs Wood, of Virginia. Paraguay and Uruguay. Edwin Joseph O'Hara, of California. Gustavus L. Munroe, jr., of Mississippi, now secretary of the Alden George · Strong, of Pennsylvania. legation at San Joi::e, Costa llica, to be secretary of the legation Rudolf William Riefkohl, of MaEsachusetts. and consul general at Bangkok, Siam, vice G. Corn.ell Tarler, Alexander Camman Sullivan, of New York. appointed to be secretary of the legation to Paraguay and Harold Burling Sampson, of the District of Columbia. ~~~ . INFANTRY ABM. Charles B. Curtis, of New York, now secretary of the legation at Christiania, to be secretary of the legation and consul gen­ Eugene Warren Fales, of Washington, to be second lieutenant eral of the United States of America at Santo Domingo, Do­ of Infantry, with rank from October 7, 1011. minican Republic, vice Francis Munroe Endicott, nominated to PROMOTION IN THE NAVY. be secretary of the legation at Christiania. Passed Asst. Paymaster Alvin Hoyey-King to be a paymaster J. Butler Wright, of Wyoming, now secretary of the legation in the Navy to fill a vacancy occurring on the 16th day of July, at Tegucigalpa, to be secretary of the legation and consul gen­ 1911, and to take rank from the 25th day of May, 1911. eral to Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria, vice Roland]). Harvey, nominated to be secretary of the legation at Lima. CONFilll\IATIONS. SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES. EaJecutivenominationsconfirmed by the Senate December 21, 1911. Charles S. Wilson, of .Maine, now secretary of the embassy at Rome, to be secretary of the embassy of the United States of l\IINIS'J.'ERS. America at St. Petersburg, Russia, vice Post Wheeler, nomi­ George T. Weitzel to be minister to Nicarugua. nated to be secretary of the embassy at Rome. E1liott Northcott to be minister.to Venezuela. Post Wheeler, of Washington, now secretary of the embassy JUDGE OF THE POLICE COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF 0oLUM1J,T \. at St. Petersburg, to be secretary of the embassy of the United States of America at Rome, Italy, vice Charles S. Wilson, Alexander R. l\f ullowny to be judge of the police com ,~ n;s. nominated to be secretary of the embassy at St. Petersburg. trict of Columbia. Montgomery Schuyler, jr., of New York, now secretary of POSTMASTERS. the embassy at Tokyo, to be secretary of the embassy of the MINNESOTA. United States of America at :Mexico, Mexico, vice Fred Morris William Kaiser, Faribault. Dearing. Charles H. Latterel1, Foley. Arthur Bailly-Blanchard, of Louisiana, now secretary of the Henry 0. 1\Iille1;, St. Peter. embassy at Paris, to be secretary of the embassy of the United Henry Olson, Battle Lake. States of America at Tokyo, Japan, vice Montgomery Schuyler, Seth J. Swanson, Cokato. jr., nominated to be secretary of the embassy at Mexico. William H. Towle, Annandale. Robert Woods Bliss, of New York, now secretary of the lega­ tion at Buenos Aires, to be secretary of the embassy of the NEW YORK. United States of America at Paris, France, vice Arthur Bailly­ Harry C. Holcomb, Port'lille. Blanchard, nominated to be secretary of the embassy at Tokyo. William Ingleby, Belfast. G. Cornell Tarler, of New York, now secretary of the legation Orson F. Jones, Red Creek. to Paraguay and Uruguay, to be second secretary of the em­ Niles I. McKeeJ, Yorktown Heights. bassy of the United States of America at Constantinople, James B. Uich, Hobart. ' '.rurkey, vice John H. Gregory, jr., nominated to be second sec­ Blanche M. Smith, Franklinville. retary of the ernJ:>assy at Rio de Janeiro. OREGON. John H. Gregory, jr., of Louisiana, now second secretai'y of George W. Donnell, Grants Pass. the embassy at Constantinople, to be sei:!ond secretary of the Charles E. Hazard, Drain. embassy of the United States of America at Rio de Janeiro, HerTey i\f. Hoskins, McMinnville. Brazil, vice Arthur Orr, resigned. RIIODE ISLAND. William P. Cresson, of Nevada, now secretary of the legation at Lima, to be second secretary of the emba~sy of the United John W. Little, Pawtucket. States of America at London, England, vice Leland Harrison, Harry E. Tennant, Natick. nominated to be secretary of the legation at Bogota. WASIII NGTON. JUDGE OF THE POLICE COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMilIA. Anna Arnold, Waitsburg. Alexander R. Mullowny, of the District of Columbia, to be John L. Gruber, Winlock. jndge of the police court of the District of Columbia. (A re­ appointment, his term having expired.) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. APPOINTMEN:TS IN THE ABMY. COAST ARTILLERY CORPS. . THURSDAY, December ~1, 1911. To be second lieutenants with rank from December 20, 1911. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Philip Gullion Blackmore, of Virginia. The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the Henry Clarence Davis, jr., at large. following prayer : Theouore Rodes Murphy, of Missouri. Our Father in h ea>en, once more under t he d is penmtion of Benjamin Noble Booth, of Connecticut. Thy pro\idence we approach the advent of the Christ child, • George Ira Thatcher, of Pennsylvania. heralded by the angelic host "praising God and saying, 'G!ory Edwin French Silk.man, of Maryland. to God in the highest, and on ea.rth peace, good will toward OctaYc De Carre, of New York. men,'" which has been sounding down the ages, growing in Itobert Shimer Oberly, of Pennsyl'la.nia. intensity and in volume. Open Thou our enrs. that we may Claude Martin Thiele, of the District of Columbia. hear the in piring strains, and our hearts, that the Ch ri t spirit Cedric Malcolm Stanley Skene, of Connecticut. may come in and dwell with us and with all peoples; that the A-rery Johnson French, of Ohio. unholy strife and contentions of men may be swallowed up in Edward lUontgomery, of .Massachusetts. brotherly love. And grant, 0 most merciful Father, that th~ Robert Edes Kimball, of Massachusetts. world may never again behold the awful pectacJe of men WilJiam Harry Weggenmann, of Delaware. seeking to slay each other on the field of caruage; that pence Leigh Francis Joseph €erbee, of Ohio. may reign in every heart, in e-rery home, in every Jnnd in all Carleton Ula Edwards, of the District of Columbia. the earth, to the glory and honor of Thy holy name. And now. Coleman Wortham Jenkins, of Virginia. O God, our heavenly Father, as we sepnrate to cel eb rate th~ Wilmer Townsend Scott, of Tennessee. marvelous event, fill our hearts with love and generosity. 1hnr • Herbert Eugene Elli , of Oklahoma. we may make glad the hearts of our friends, and cspe::: i;1 l ly Randolph Tucker Pendleton, of Virginia. those who are less fortunate than we. Let the ble sing of Stewart Woods Stanley of South Dakota. heaven he upon the officers, Representatives. and employee of Kenneth Thompson Blood, of Massachusetts. this House, and bring us together again without the loss of David Xerxes Shubin, of Pennsylmnia. any, and the better prepared to do the work of the remaining .19J1. . CONGRE,SSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE . 599

session. And we will ascribe all praise to Thee, in Jesus Christ papers. The message distinctly declares for an ad valorem our Lord. Amen. duty on manufactures of wool instead of the present specific The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and duty. [Applause on the Democratic side.] approved. Mr. PAYNE. May I remind the gentleman that it has always TARIFF ON WOOL. been found, since 1865, that it was impossible to put a duty on manufactUl'ed woolen goods without using an ad valorem duty, Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, tbere is a message from and for that reason the specific duty has not been used; but tbe President of the United States on tbe Speaker's desk, I it has been found possible to put a specific duty upon the wool understand, relating to tbe wool schedule. I desire to move always, and it has always been there.; and the method of the that the message and accompanying papers be referred to tbe specific duty on a scoured-wool basis was adrncated by the Committee on Ways and Means, and tbat the message and ac­ then chairman of the committee during the hearings in 1908, companying papers be printed. and it was proved to the satisfaction of tlle reasonable men I have had the clerk of my committee make an estimate of upon tbe committee tbat it was possible to use it, by the testi­ the amount of printing in the message and accompanying mony of the expert, :Mr. Graham Clarke, who was called before papers, which I send to the Clerk's desk and ask the Clerk to the committee for that purpose after the hearings closed. read, so that the House will understand. Ur. U1'1DERWOOD. I am glad to know that the President The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the statement. · follows our recommendations for a sole ad valorem duty on The Clerk read as follows: manufactures of wool as the proper method, instead of the com­ G01iteiits of Tariff Boarcl report. pound duty which now is fixed in the law. Typewritten Mr. DALZELL. But he does not. The President ad"'ocates \ sheets. both duties. Part 1. Glossary (four sections)------629 Mr. UNDERWOOD. I do not so understand the message, Part 2. Production of raw wools (section 1)------125 Wool shrinkages and methods of levying duties on raw and I read it only a short time ago. wool (section 2)------37 Mr. PA.Y.l\TE. He recommends a compound duty on cloth; and Raw wools of third class (sertion 3)------43u that has always been there. Wool industry of Australia (section 4)------..------72 (Maps and charts in separate package.) l\Ir. UNDERWOOD. The President distinctly advocates an Part 3. Manufacturing costs (two sections)------;T----- 402 ad valorem duty on manufactares of wool. (Exhibits to accompany part 3, marked Not for Mr. PAYNE. If tbe gentleman can possibly get any comfort printer," containing about 200 samples.) out of this report he is welcome to it. Part 4. Ready-made clothing and wearing apparel (two see~ons~- 237 Mr. U1'1DERWOOD. There can not be anything but comfort Part 5. ~:J~sa;a~~dv~~~arg~f~r~~g~ns~~:;d(~et;J~~ ~):~~~-~-= .~~~ on this side of the House. [Applause on the Democratic side.] Che Republican Party in the last Congress stood for Schedule Total------~------~--~------2,570 NOTF..-The pagination does not include two packages containing K without alteration. The gentleman from New York [Mr. maps, charts, illustrations. - · PAYNE] proclaimed that his bill was the best bill that was ever Mr. UNDERWOOD. l\fr. Speaker, in making this motion written, with Schedule K unaltered for 40 years, while the that I have made to print the usual number of copies of the President of the United States now says that we were right iu message and acco~panying papers, that does not includ~, as I our contention tben that it should be altered and revised down­ understand it and as I suppose the House unuerstands it, the ward. ~ [Applause on the Democratic side.] printing of anything except what the Tariff Board itself has Mr. PAYNE. Tbe gentleman from New York said. in 1909 n?nrked for the parpose of printing. They bad not marked the that Schedule K ought to be revised and ought to be revised exhibits, and unless the House especially desires those to be downward and the duties properly adjusted, and the report ex­ printed which the board has not asked to be printed, I Ehall actly conforms to what the gentleman from New York said r:.ot include them in my motion. to tbe men who met in the subcommittee upon the making of .Mr. PAYNE. I suppose, Mr. Speaker, I have unanimous con­ Schedule K; but that was rejected by a majority of the com­ Sf'nt, the same as the gentleman from Alabama has? mittee, because, they said, they had not sufficient information The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Alabama has the :floor. on the subject Now this Tariff Board reports and presents Ur. UNDERWOOD. I have the :floor, and I yield to the gen­ the full information, so that tbe wayfaring man ought to be tleman from New York [Mr. PAYNE] such time as he may able to take cognizance of it; and if the gentleman really be­ desire. lieves in the report, he ought to bring in a bill in accordance Mr. PAYNE. The question I wish to ask is, whether there with it. I am waiting to see whether he does. are tables with tbe report, and if so, whether those are included Mr. UNDERWOOD. I am glad th:e gentleman from New with those that the gentleman expects to print! York has thrown light on his individual opinion. Of course, Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes; I have included everything except his party opinion and his committee opinion were Written in law at the time, and there can be no dispute about that. the samples that were marked" Not for printing." , Mr. Speaker, I ask for a vote on my motion. l\fr. PATh"'E. The gentleman spoke of maps and charts. Are Mr. HILL. I should like 5 or 10 minutes. they charts such as are usually used in all statistical work, Mr. Ul\TDERWOOD. I yield to the gentleman from Con­ showing by lines the comparative growth, and so forth? necticut five minutes. Ur. UNDERWOOD. The board has marked the maps and Mr. BUCHANAN. I should like to ask the chairman of the cllarts for printing, and I expect to print them. Committee on Ways and l\feans a question. Mr. PAYNE. The gentleman expects to p1·int that part '-0f The SPEAKER. He has already yielded five minutes to the them? uentleman from Connecticut [l\Ir. HILL]. l\lr. U~DERWOOD. Yes; certainly. 'l:> Mr. HILL. m::r. Speaker, at the very •start I should like to The purpose of my motion, Mr. Speaker, I would say to the correct tbe gentleman from Alabama in his declaration that gentleman from New York, is to print everything there ~at the message of the President confirms the Democratic Party the board has asked to have printed, which includes everytning in their satisfaction with their former bill, for if he will turn except certain exhibits and samples. to page 7 of the message he will find the following : Mr. PAYNE. That includes everything that is printable, The Tariff Board reports that no equitable method ha~ been found then? to levy purely specific duties on woolen and worsted fabrics, and that, Mr. UNDERWOOD. Yes. I would _say, Mr. Speaker, that excepting for a compensatory duty, the rate must be ad valorem on nHhough this is a rather large printing bill, I tlli1;1~ .this side such manufactures- . <:f the House ought at least to welcome the prmting of a which is the rule now, and was the rule in the Dingley bill report which we have not read yet, but which the President in as well. his message says shows tbe necessity of revising Schedule K The President adds : downward in accordance with the views of the Democratic It is important to realize, however, that no fiat ad valorem rate on rarty as expressed in its last national convention. [Applause such fabrics can be made fairly and effectively. on the Democratic side.] So tbe gentleman is entirely ,wrong. Mr. PAYNE. If the gentleman will yield to me for a mo­ l\1r. UNDERWOOD. Will the gentleman from Connecticut

ment1 I will say that I think this side of the House ought to yield? join heartily in a motion for the printing of a report which Mr. HILL. Certainly. negath·es the idea of the Underwood bill for n.n ad valorem Mr. UNDERWOOD. Does· not the gentleman agree with me uuty on wool and justifies a much higher rate of duty upon that the rate on raw wool should be an ad 1alorem rate? wool than that put there by the Underwood bill; and 1 might Mr. IDLL. That is not the question. I am prepared to dis­ "'O further an,d say something more, but that would be personal cuss that. I am in f:wor of an ad valorem rate on wo?l in ~he to myself. [Applause on the Republican side.] grease. [Applause.] I always have been; but I am d1scussmg Mr. UNDERWOOD. l\f r. Speaker, I am disappointed th:tt tbe question now of what the President's message does t-0 the my friend has not examined the message or the accompanying Democratic Party. • '·, 600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE . . . DEOEI\IBER 21,

Now, I want to go a little further. Last summer, during the l\fr. RILL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? extra session, the gentleman from Alabama, in response to an The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Alabama yield to inquiry made by the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Hrnns], said the gentleman from Connecticut? that, so far as he knew-and I think that was correct-so far Mr. Ul\'DERWOOD. Well-- as he knew all protection was absolutely eliminated from the Mr. HILL. I just want a couple of minutes. cotton bill, and presumably, fTom the statement of the report, l\1r. UNDERWOOD. I clo not like to cut my friend off, but I from the wool bill. desire to close the matter. A little later, a few weeks after, he denounced the Tariff Mr. HILL. I just want to call the gentleman's attention to Board as a set of clerks acting without authority of Congress, an error he made in reading from the message, on page 7. ' and, by inference, said the Presidel).t had no right to wait for Mr. UNDERWOOD. I read the ex:act language. the report of such an informal body before he acted on the Mr. HILL. Yes, I know; but the gentleman read it as he wool and cotton schedules. But the gentleman from Alabama said I read his speech-disconnected from anything else. has advanced from that position. A week ago last Saturday l\Ir. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask for a vote. night, at a dinner given by the Pennsylvania Society, in New Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. York, the gentlcrunn uttered this language, which shows that The SPEAKER The gentleman will state it. there is yet hope for him : Mr. M.Al~N. Of course this motion is not debatable to begin I hn.Ye said nnd say again, on behalf of all Democrats who have at with, but the gentleman h{:lving, by unanimous co11sent, occu­ heart the interest of the people, that if the Tariff Board reports some­ pied considerable time and as the House is waiting for a mes- • thing that is reasonable, just, and fair, we will adopt it. sage from the Senate, what is the harm in further discussion? That left it to his discretion as to what was reasonable, just, Mr. Ul\'DERWOOD. l\Ir. Speaker, it may be debatable in the and fair. But again h~ attended another dinner last Saturday way the motion was made. . night, and this is wlrnt he !'::aid-he had advanced still further The SPEAKER This debate was proceeding by unanimous and de.fines what is reasonable, just, and fair. He says: consent. In my opinion, the dividing line between the positions of the two .1\Ir. l\IA.l~. The rules expressly provide that it is not de- great parties on this question i very clear and easily ascertained in theory. Where the tariff rates balance the differeflce in cost at borne batable. and abroad, including an allowance for the difference in freight rates, l\fr. UNDERWOOD. l\fr. Speaker, I ask for a vote. the tari!I must be competitive, and from that point downward to the l\fr. ROTHER.1\IEL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? lowest tariff that can be levied it will continue to be competitive to a greater or less extent. The SPEAKER Does the gentleman from Alabama yield to Now, that is exactly where we, or where I, stand; equalizing the gentleman from Pennsylvania? the difference in co t of production at home and abroad, and I Mr. UNDERWOOD. I will usk the gent1em:m to let us have welcome the gentleman in abandoning his bill at the extra ses­ a \Ote at this time. sion and coming forward to the Republican position [applause .M:r. ROTHERMEL. I want to ask my friend a simple ques- on the Republican side], and I ask him, if he means what he tion. I would like to ask the gentleman wbether-- said in rrew York, to make it subscribe to and tally with what 1\:lr. MA.i~. l\Ir. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. he does in his committee nt Washington; if he will we will have The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. no trouble in making a tariff bill that will affect one of the l\Ir. l\1ANN. Is the gentleman entitled to the floor as a mat· gr a.test industries in this country, and one which I know sorely ter of right or is this a proceeding by unanimous consent? needs a speedy and definite settlement of the present agitation. The SPEAKER. This whole proceeding is by unanimoua I therefore invite him,· on the basis of his own declaration consent. in New York, to join us 011 this side of the House in framing l\fr. UNDERWOOD l\fr. -Speaker, I decline to yield further a tariff bill which will equalize the foreign and domestic costs and ask for a vote. of production in this industry according to the report of the The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gen­ Tariff Board. [Applause on the Republican side.] tleman from Alabama, to take the message of the President from the Speaker's table, refer it to the Committee on Ways I\fr. U:~'DERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I did not intend to get into a discussion of this matter, but the gentleman from Con­ and Means, together with the accompanying documents, and necticut has referred to my position, and it will be necessary for have the message and the accompanying documents printed. me to make a short reply. Before doing so I wish to state that The question was taken, and the motion was agreed to. a few minutes ago I said that the President favored an ad The SPEAKER. The Chair will state to the chairman of yalorem rate on woolen manufactures. On page 7 of his mes­ the Committee on Ways and Means that the large bundle of sage, toward the lower part of the page, he says : papers accompanying the message was supposed to be in the I ttcr'"'fore recommend that in any revision the importance of a care of the Speaker. The Chair did not want it in his room. gradunted scale of ad va1orem duties on cloths be carefully considered fearing something might happen to some purt of it, so he asked and applied. the Sergeant at Arms to take charge of it; and the chairman If that does not mean that the President adrncates ad yalorem of the Committee on Ways and ·Means will therefore please duties, I do not know what it does mean. . send his messenger or some trusted man down there and get it. ..,.\.s to the duty on raw wool, if the gentleman from Connecti­ [Laughter.] cut refers to a compensatory duty, the gentleman agrees with WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS. me anu has agreed with ipe for many years that the proper way By unanimous consent, Mr. HuaIIEs of New Jer~ey was to levy a duty on raw wool is on an ad valorem basis. I am granted leave to withdraw from the files of the House, without sure he does not deny that proposition. leaving copies, the papers in the case of John l\IcKeon, II. It. As to the statement of the gentleman about my position in a 30658, Sixty-first Congress, no adverse report having been made speech I made recentl~ in New York, of course.you can read a thereon. portion of any man s speech and make it seem to mean any­ LEAVE TO PRINT. thing. I will state to the gentleman what I said in New York. l\Ir. FOWLER. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for five It was this: That where the rates of duty levied at·the cu r. toms legislative days in which to extend my remarks on the pension house equalize the ditierence in cost at home and abroad. then bill and the eight-hour labor bill, which recently passed the there must be some competition, because the foreign n :·ticle House. and the dome tic article are reaching the home market on The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The equal terms. I said from that point do,vnward to the lowest Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. rate that could be levied was in the domain of levying a tax for revenue only [applause on the Democratic side] ; but I said PRESIDENTIAL .APPROVALS. that whenever yon went above the difference in cost at home A message, in writing, from the Pre ident of the United States and abroad yon were protecting profits nnd had entered the was communicated to the House of Representatir-es, by l\fr. domnin of the Republican Party as declared in its own platform. Latta, one of his secretaries, who also informed the llouse of [Applause on the Democratic side.] No man can deny that the ltepreseritatives that the President hnd approved and signed ~enUeman's party officially, as,well as by the bills that it has bills and resolutions of the following titles: r: ussed in this House, sta,nds for the principle not of equalizing On December 8, 1911 : the difference in cost at borne and abroad, not of seeking a com­ H. R 1671. An act to provide a suitable memorial to the petitirn tariff, but stands for the principle of protecting the memory of the North American Indian. profits of the manufacturer. • On December 21, 1911 : So, instead of the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. HILL] H.J. Res. 166. Joint resolution pro-viding for the terminntion welcoming me to his side of the Honse, if he believes that no of the treaty of 1832 between the United States and Rus ia; tariff bill should go above the difference in cost at home and H.J. Res.185. Joint resolution to pay the officers and em­ abroad, he bas brought himself within the realm of a competi­ ployees of the Senate and Houes of Representatives tlleir re­ tir-e tnriff and is approaching this side of the House. [Applause spective salaries for the mo:pth of December, 1911, on the 21st on the Democratic side.] day of said month ; and • 1911. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE._ 601

H.J. Iles.180. Joint resolution to pay Members, Delegates, and to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses IlPi:::ion the salaries to be paid, that the conference report would be. I do not know whether it has should be done. This does not provide for promiscuous ex­ become customary for conferees to furnish their reports to the penses, but specific individuals to be ·-employed in connection press before they do to the two bodies of Congress, bnt was the with this service, and therefore the Congre s ought to know statement in the press fairly accurate? what is the value of the service of an arbitrator, of an umpire, 1\Ir. FITZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, there was no statement an agent, a counsel, or other clerical help. It eems to me we given out by the conferees on the part of the House or by any­ pass daily upon the question of what is the value of the Rervice body connected with the Committee on Appropriations of the of a clerk, of a counsel, of a solicitor, or an a"ent, and I can House. These reports, until they are submitted to one House not understand just why it is that the State Department did or the other, are not public property. There was a leak at some not submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House place, and I ha-ve not yet been able to ascertain just where it an itemized statement of what these expenses would be. It occurred. So far as the members of the committee are con­ seems to me this is an unbusinesslike way to appropriate u cerned, they propose to endem-or to prevent the premature pub­ bulk sum and leave it entirely in the discretion of a head of a lication of reports that are required to be presented to either department to determine the salaries to be paid. body before they are made public. Mr. FITZGERALD. Mr. .Speaker, it would be very difficult Mr. GAlU\"'ER. Now, may I ask the gentleman a question in for me to determine what should be paid to the arbitrator. I reference to the bill? understand the custom has been for the respective countries Mr. l\1A.1'1N. Will the gentleman from New York-- appointing arbitrators to pay an equal amount to the arbitrators The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from New York [Mr. representing their respecttve countries. I suppose it is a matter FITZGERALD] yield to the gentleman from Tex.as [l\Ir. GARNER]? that requires some adjustment. As to what the Talue of the Mr. FITZGERALD. I beg the gentleman's pardon. I be­ services of counsel in matters of this character would be, I do lieve the gentlemnn from Illinoi~ [Mr. MANN] has a funller not know that I would be prepared to state. I have here a list question which he wishes me to answer. of the claims appended to the agreement which was negotiated. Mr. MA.l\TN. I was going to ask the gentleman if he would Mr. GARNER. While I am on my feet, may I ask the gentle­ give to the House a list of these amendments that were agreed man a question with reference to another amendment connected to with the items? with the bilH .l\fr . .LfITZGER.A.I .. D. Yes. The Honse agreed to amendment 1\fr. FITZGERALD. Yes. I should like to finish this first. No. 1, which relates to the titJe of an item. It agreed to amend­ It seemed that the United States bad a much larger number of ment Ko. 2, with an amendment striking out the provision mak­ claims which it was urging for adjustment than Great Britain ing it available until expended. It makes this appropriation had. Whether it will take more to compensate the claimants of aT'aHab1e for the current year. the United States than it will take to compen ate the smaller :Mr. GARNER. Now, would it interfere with the gentleman number from Great Britain I do not know; but the conferees on from Illinois [.l\Ir. lliANN] if I we1:e to make some inquiry the part of the Honse believed that in view of the character of concerning these amendments as we go on? the claims to be adjusted no very extraordinary extravagance 1911. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 603

could be indulged in by making available for six months for tlll Mr. l\IANN. That was a very peculiar amendment of the the services connected with the arbitration the sum of $25,000. Senate to strike out "that no," and then insert "no." It Mr. GARNER. By that time you can get a line on the would have been easier to strike out the word "that" salaries paid. _ Mr. FITZGERALD. Sooner than haYe a controversy, the l\Ir. FITZGERALD. The House managers insisted on striking managers on the part of the House agreed to it. out the provisions making the appropriation available until ex­ The House also agreed to Senate amendment No. 7, inserting pended, so that in connection with the estimate submitted for the words "during· the Civil War." the coming fiscal year it will be possible to go into the questions The House conferees agreed to Senate amendment No. 8, suggested by the gentleman from Texas as far as possible. strilting out the word "that," being an amendment similar to Ur. SULZER Will the gentleman allow me? No.6. Mr. FITZGERALD. I yield to my colleague. The House receded from its disagreement to Senate amend­ ment No. 9. It appears that the Columbus l\Iemorial is under a Mr. SULZER. Mr. Speaker, just a word. I am informed by contract which calls for its completion by the 1st of May, H>12. the State Department that this appropriation is an important Mr: MANN. Where is that to be erected? and urgent matter. These claims of our citizens are now in Mr. FITZGERALD. Right in front of the Union Depot. The arbitration, and, of course, it is incumbent upon the Govern­ contract calls for its completion by May, 1912, and $2.500 is the ment to present the case in a legal way in the interest of our appropriation usually made to provide for stands and other ex­ citizens who hnve these claims in arbitration. I send to the penses incident to the dedication. · Clerk's desk and ask to have read in connection with the matter The Senate receded from amendments Nos. 10, 12, 13, 14, and a letter from the Secretary of State. 15. The House receded from amendment No. 16, with an The SPEAKER. Th,,e Clerk will read. amendment inserting as a title "Department of Justice." The The Clerk read as follows: Senate receded from amendment No. 17. The Senate receded DECEMBER 15, 1011. The honorable the SECRETARY OF THE 'l'REASURY. from amendment No. 18 and also from amendment No. 20. r.rhe Sm : I ha rn the honor to inclose herewith an urgent deficiency esti­ House receded from amendment No. 19, and the Senate receded mate of $70,000 for the purpose of carrying into effect a special agree­ from amendment No. 21. ment for the. submission to arbitration of pecuniary claims outstand­ Mr. GARNER. Right there, in reference to amendment No. ing between the United States and Great Britain, signed by their re­ spective plenipotentiaries August 18, l!HO, which, together with the 21, I want to call the chairman's attention to the verbiage. I fl.rst schedule of claims and the terms of submission thereof, were sub­ understand the appropriation is $20,000 for the employment of mitted to the Senate at its last session and, on July 19, 1911, received experts and temporary assistants. Is there anythin~ to restrict the advice and consent of that body to their ratification. It is impor­ tant that the expenses of preparing for the arbitration under this agree­ the amount of salary paid to the experts and temporary as­ ment be provided for at the earliest practicable moment. I request, sistants? therefore, that the following item be submitted for the appropriation of Ur. FITZGERALD. Nothing but the amount of the appro­ $75,000 for these expenses: " For the expenses of the arbitration of outstanding pecuniary claims priation. This is the miscellaneous item for the conduct of the between the United States and Great Britain, in accordance with the Bureau of Labor. The appropriation for the current year was special agreement concluded fo1· that purpose August 18, 1910, and the $64,090. The Senate in June, 1910, adopted a resolution direct­ schedules of claims thereunder, including office rent in· the District of Columbia and the compensation of arbitrator, umpire, agent, counsel, ing the Bureau of Labor to make certain investigations into the clerical and other assistants, to be expended under the direction of the conditions existing in the steel industry: The cost of that {lecretary of State, and to be immediately available and to continue investigation will be about $50,000. A part was paid from the available until expended, $75,000.'.' Your attention is called to the fact that an item of $50,000 for the ·appropriation of the preceding fiscal year, and it will tnke Game purpose was included in the estimates for the fiscal veat· ending $20,000 of the appropriation available for the usual work of the June 30, 191~, and was transmitted to the Speaker of th"e House of bureau to meet these investigations. Under the act creating the Representatin•s December 10, IDIO, but, although this item of the esti- . mates for 1!)12 was passed by the House during the last session of the Bureau of Labor it is required to make any investigation ordered Sixty-first Congress, it was not adopted by the Senate, for the reason by Congress or either House thereof. The Senate ha-ring that the special agreement for the arbitration of these claims had not adopted the. resolution directing the investigation to be made, at that time been submitted to the Senate. The matter was again sub­ mitted to the last session of the p1·esent Congress on July 31: last, but the bureau was under no discretion as to what it should do. no action thereon appears to have been taken. · . l\fr. GARNER. Does the gentleman mean to say that the con­ As the time has now arrived when active work in the preparation of the claims should be undertaken by the department, an appropriation ferees could not so amend this as to limit the salaries paid to for that purpose is urgent. experts? 'l'he special agreement referred to above, together with a schedule of Mr. FITZGERALD. The conferees could have receded from the claims, is submitted herewith. their disagreement and concurred with amendment providing If this appropriation is made now, the appropriation estimated for an on page 17 4 of the Book of Estimates for 1913 will not be needed. certain limits upon the compensation to the experts, but the I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant; conferees did not do so and did not consider it advisable to P. C. KNOX. attempt to do so. :Mr. SULZER. Mr. Speaker, the letter just read is conclusive Mr. MANN. Is it not a fact that item 21 is identically in the and 8elf-exp1anatory. The Secretary asked for $75,000 for this same language as the existing ·appropriation? . work. The conferees haYe agreed to $25,000, which, I under­ Mr. FITZGERALD. It is in the language of the appropria­ stand, is sufficient to carry on the work of preparation until the tion for the current year-the usual practice in making appro­ regular appropriation can be made. This. is a very important priations to supply deficiencies. The only practice that is matter, it seems to me, to many. of our citizens. It is an mgent advisable is to use the language of the current nppropriation. matter, and I trust there will be no objection to the report of The Senate receded from amendments 22 and 23 and the House the conferees concerning it receded fr~in amendment 24. The House receded from its dis­ Ur. MANN. Will the gentleman give us the other items agreement to amendments 25, 26, 27, and 28 and the Senate that a.re agreed to? receded from its amendment 29. . l\Ir. FITZGERALD. The House ngreed to amendment No. 5, Mr. MANN. Did the House conferees haye such stony hearts which inserted a comma. , as to insist that the Senate should recede from amendment 20? Mr. FITZGERALD. No; they did not; they intimated that it l\lr. l\llNN. Why is that? What important matter was in~ would be advisable, and the Senate conferees thereupon receded. ·rnh·ed? Was that the fault of the enrolling clerk? Who in­ Mr. Speaker; I wish to make a brief statement as to Senate se1'ted that comma? amendment No. 18. The Senate proposed .to increase the appro· Mr. FITZGERALD. The Senate inserted that. pria tion for the Census Office from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The Ir. 1\IA.NN. Oh, no; the Senate struck it out. I think it is House declined to yield on that amendment. The managers on important to 4now who inserted it, and whether we have clerks the part of the House stated distinctly that there was no inten­ who know when a comma ought to be in and when it ought tion at any time during the present session of. Con;;ress, or at to be out. • any other session of Congress, to appropriate any additional .Mr. FITZGERALD. The Senate inserted the comma. money for the conduct of the Census Office dur\ng the current 1\lr. l\IANX The Senate struck it out. The gentleman is not fiscal year. familinr with what has been done. The amendment is agreed to. The practice bas not yet been entirely eliminated from the Mr. SHERLEY. As a punctuation leader the gentleman from heads of some of the departments, and some of the bureaus Illinois is a great success. proceeding upon the theory that when Congress refuses to l\lr. FITZGERALD. The Senate did strike it out and the appropriate the money requested by the department or the House made no objection to striking it out. bureau for its current work that it meant merely to postpone l\Ir. UA:NN. It is a great tlling to let the Senate ha-ve its the inevitable day when the appropriation must be made. The wny. [Laughter.] belief seems still to linger in the minds of some officials thnt if l\fr. FITZGERALD. The House receded on Senate amend­ the appropriation requested be not granted at one time Congress ment No. 6, the effect of which was to strike out the word will be in a more complacent mood later, and that it will sur­ "that" at the beginning of a paragraph on page 7. r('nder its right to determine what shall be expended for the 604 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE,. DECE1\IBER 21, conduct of some branches-Of th~ public service to the head o.E the there was no mo.re ·extravagant waste of money in any depart­ dep::irhnent or the bureau who has it in control. ment that I know. if l'eceived, and Members of Congres her~ It may be well, Mr. Speaker, that those who are charged recefred, reports six and seven years afteL' the data was sup­ with the conduct of the pubnc seniae and of the observance posed to have been gathered, a.nd the data, as presented, \Yas of tile law, n~ hich req1tires them to so adjust their service as only of Talue to a v:ery, very limited minority of -people, and to 'ba\e it carried on within the limit fixed by Congress in its was usually useful for the purpose of proving things that were appropl'iation, should realize tllat they must either obey the nat so. [Applause.] law or l>e re ponsible for t.heir inabiTity to continue their work The SPEAKER. The question is ·on agreeing to the confer- l>ec:rnse of tbe lack of funds. So far as the committee is con­ ence report. · cernea, it does not propose to furnish additional moneys fer '.rhe question was taken, and the conference rep01t was gm·ernmental ser\ices merely hecause some official sets bis agreed to. judgµient up as superior to that of Congres and ignores the On motion of Mr. FrTZGEBALD, a mot.Ion to reconsider the i-o-te limitations placed by Congress. upon -his acUvities. was la.ic.l on the table. l\Ir. l\f ~NN. Will not this, then, resuJ t in postponing the ;pRINTING OF HEARINGS, COM HTTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. preparation and publication ·of information relating to tbe l\ir. FTh"LEY. Mr. 'Speaker, I ask for the immediate ·con id­ 'l'birteenth Census, which could just as easily be published eration of the privileg-ed resolution which :r end to the CleT'.1(-s before the 1st of July? . desk. , Mr. FITZGERALD. It may result in the ·postponement of The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the pri,ilegeu reso­ the pnbli hiug of certain information, and 'it would not be of lution. the slighte t detriment to the public ervice or th~ needs of The Clerk read as follow.s: :if the people, :iu my opinion, it con1d be ·postp0ned indefinitely House resolution 345 (H. Rept. 203). and on entirely eliminated. [.A.ppla·use the DemocTatic side.] Resohed, '!:bat there be printed, for the u e of tile House of Repre­ 1\Ir. MANN. Yet only the other day we added a lot more data sentatives, 10,000 copies of the hearings before itbe Committee on For­ to be gathered and publisheU by them, of less ·,,aiue than that &ign .A.1Iairs on Honse joint re olution 166 :vroviding for tbe termina­ already required. tion of the treaty of 1832 between the United State nnd Russiu. Mr. GARNER. That is a mere matter of opinion. Mr. li.I.A.i-W. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for a 1\fr. FITZGERALD. Mr. 'Speaker, the gentleman from Illi­ question? nois [Mr. MANN] 'is familiar with my views on such Jegislation. Mr. FI.i\~. l\Ir. ~pe::tker, I ask that rf:he report be Tead. I think the desire to ha\e the Census Otfice turned into a 'l'he SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the report. bureau of universal information, where information may be The Clerk 1·ead the repo-rt, as fo1lows.: furnished upon every subject for the benefit of the business of Report 203, to accompany Ilouse resolution 345. -any cla · of peop1e, is not sound governmental policy. 'The Committee on Printing, having had unde-r con ideration the House Mr. LANGLEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? resolution <(II. Res. 345) pro·v-iding for the printing of 10,000 copies of th~ hearings before tlIB Committee on Foreign Aft'ai.rs on House joint .Mr. FIT.ZG-ER.A.LD. Certainly. ,,,.. . resolution 166, ·reports the same back to the Ilouse, with the recon:­ 1\Ir. LANGLEY. Does the gentleman mean to give notice mendation that the resolution be p.greed to with the followin"' amend­ that the committee will be opposed to any fmther appropria­ men.t ·: That on line -2 the ~01•ds "' ten thousand" be striken out and the words " fi:ve thousand five hundred " be lnsetted. '.rhe estimated tion. even if it should ap11ea-r that this -appropria.tion will not be cost will be $1>00. sufficient to carry -0ut the ·provision of a'isting law? The said resolution is as fol1ows: l\1r. FITZGERALD. I mean :to say that, so far as r am.:per­ "Resoli:ed, That there be printed, ior ;the use of the Members of the Honse o1 Representatives, 10,000 copies of ihe bearing- before the Com­ sona'1ly concemed, after a 'lery caTeful ·examination and consid­ mittee on Foreign Afl'a.i:rs on House joint resolution 106, providing for eration of the tatements made 'by the Director of the 1Census, the termination of the treaty of 1832 between the United States a:nd I am opposed to g1,ing a single dollar more for the current -Russia." Fear for :the Oensus Office than will now be made available. Mr. FINLEY. Mr. 'Speaker, the report of the committee Ur. BARTLETT. M.r. Speaker, will lt:he geut1ema11 yield2 s:r>eaks for itself. Mr. FITZGER~LD. Certainly. Mr. MANN. Will the gentleman yield for n question? Ur. 1-tMtTLETT. Afr. Speaker, speaking on1y for myself, I l\lr. FINLEY. Certainly. wrn ·say this, that unles. a better ·sho'°"i.ng is made .before "the 1\Ir. M.L~N. ·wm the gentleman give us tbe information as Committee on Appropriations as to tbe manner in which the to whether, under this resolution, these doeument , when mouey ·has ·been ·expended, whicb -ha-s already been n.pprn;pTiated, printed, will he distributed tbitough the folding room or through ancl that in future it will be expended in a different a:nd a mol'e the document i·oom? economical way than H bas been 'heretofore, or unless the Mr. FTh"LEY. They will go to the folding room. Bureau of the Census sbows that 'it needs the money in order Mr. l\LV\TN. Then most ·of them will be wasted. to properly carry on the business which dernl\ed upon it, I The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendmeut. shall not be in favor of extending this appropriation. We 'l'he .Clerk rea.d as follows: ha\e not been able to get lfrom tbe Director of the Census -the 'Strike out, in line '2, the word "ten " a.nd insert the word "five," necessary information to Show that we :were justified ·in giving and insert after the word "thousand" the wol'ds "five hundred,'' so any more than ·we have gi·rnn; ·and ·some .o.f us reached the that it will read, "5,500 copies." utmost limit of ·our liberality in giving e1'en this :amount. ' The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. Mr. SHERLEY. Mr. Speaker, will the ·gentleman from New The question was taken, and the resolution as amended was York 3'ield? agreed to. · Ur. Fr.rZGERALD. Certainly. PRINTING SPECIAL CONSULAR REPORTS ON COTTON TABE. 1\!r. SHEHLEY. ·1\Ir. Speaker, I desire to ·emphafilze one Mr. FINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I a·sk the pre ent con ideration statement niade by the chairman of the Committee on Appro­ of the privileged resolution which I send to the Clerk

3 and 4 the words "fifty-five thousand" be stricken out and the words 1 the world buying American cotton to ascertain and report the ' one hundred thousand" be ins~r·ted, that on line 7 the words "twenty thousand '' be stricken out !ind the words "thirty thousand " be in­ facts about this, and if a discrimination existed against Ameri­ serted, and on lines 7 and 8 the words " thirty thousand" be s~icken can cotton to girn the reasons for it, together with any sug­ out and t~ words "sirty-five thousand" be mserted. The estimated gestion as to a remedy for it. These documents now sought to cost will be $7,1 3 ..30. Tbc resolution is as follows: be -printed contain those reports, and they eome from practkall:'<' ".Rcsoivea ·uy · the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), eTery country in the world where American cotton is sold. Tllat there shall be printed and bound in volume form, with accom­ They disclose the fact, first, that this discrimination exists, paming illustrations, 55,000 copies of the Special Consular Repo1·ts on Cotton Tare, submitted by the Department of State, in response to the and fuat it exists ev-erywbere, and then they give the reasons reque~t of Representative William G. Brantley. of which 20,000 shall for it; and the reasons, in the ma.in, are the inferior wrappin~ be for· the use of the Senafe and 30,000 for the use of the House of that we use on our cotton, the irregular manner of baling our Representatives, and 5,000 to be delivered to the superintendent of the document room for dish·ibution." . cotton, the ragged condition of American cotton when it goes abroad. Besides that, these reports contain practically the ~ls­ !llr. MA1\1N. Will the gentlen., an from South Carolina yield surance from the business men of the world buying om cotton for a question? that if we will standardize a bale of 'Cotton in this country ant~ l\1r. FINLEY. Certainly. get some uniformity about it, this discrimination will be 1·e­ Mr. MANN. The gentleman refers to 5,000 copies f :; r the mo1ed. superintendent of the document room. What does th€ gentle­ One of these reports in particular makes a calculation as to man mean by that? whnt our method of baling cotton, or our want of methoC.­ Mr. FINLEY. Well, I would say that-- the irregular met hod plll'sued in its resultant effects-costs this Mr. MA~~. There is a superintendent of the <.locument room country, or costs the cotton producer, on the 7,000,000 'bales of the House-- alone that go to Europe; and he puts it at above $12,000,000. 1\Ir. FINLEY. The words "superintendent of the .,, were in­ These reports establish the fact tha.t the loss is rea11y mucb serted inadYertently, and I imagine they should not be in. greater than that on the total eotton crop. They point out Mr. l\IANN. There is the superintendent of the document where the difilculy first starts in our method of ma.rketing <'Ot­ room of the House, the superintendent of the document room ton. The cotton farmer, when he sells a bale of cotton, sells of the Senate, and the superintendent of documents of the it at gross weight, and he has an idea that the more bagging PriD ting 0 ffice. and the more ties he puts on a bale the more profitable it is to 1\1.r. FINLEY. I wi1l ask at the proper time to correct that hiin. For instance, if he puts on two yards of 2-pound bagging by an amendment. and 6 ties weighing a pound and a half each, he has a wefo;ht l\lr. l\IAN.N. I would ask to which one the gentJeman refers. of about 21 pounds that costs him perhaps a dollar to pur­ M:r. FINLEY. To the House document room. chase, and if he sells his cotton at 10 cents a pound, he has .M:r. MANN. I suggest to the gentleman that he make th~ sold that weight for $2.10. Now. when the exporter buys the nmount given to the House document room larger and the fold· cotton at gross weight he knows he must sell it at net weight, ing room smaller. Although, -0f course, I haYe no objection to 'because be has so to do. the ix1ssage of n resolution to ptint any printing you want done, :Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for many of us have not any u·se for this clocument, and of course just a second? will not use it in the folding room. 'rhe SPEAKER. Does tile gentleman from Georgia yield to Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Spen.. ker, I would like to make a his colleague! suggestion to the gentleman from South Carolina Uir. FINLEY]. Mr. BR.Al\TTLEY. With pleasure. This is a report. as I understand it, in !'elation t-0 cotton Mr. BARTLETT. And that is true, also, With reference to tare---- . the cotton that is bought for domestic consumption. The Cotton Mr. FINLEY. To the tare -0n cotton; yes. Manufacturers' Association have also agreed upon a tare for l\Ir. UNDERWOOD. There are a great many Members of cotton bought for domestic purposes, which equals ·6 per cent. the House who are not interested in the report at all. If you Air. BRANTLEY. .Yes; and the result is that it comes out SE:.nd it to the folding room it will just encumber yolll' quota, -of the price of the. cotton, or, in other words, the price of the uut if a larger proportion goes to the document room the :\!em­ cotton is less. bers who want it can get it. Mr. BARTLETT. That is it. Mr. FINLEY. I will say to the genUeman from Alabama Mr. BRANTLEY. And the farmer, under the theory tilat he tliat I am not the author of the resolution. The gentleman is profiting by selling his cotton at gross weight, is actually from Georgia [~Ir. BRANTLEY] is the author. I simply brought. losing. out the resolution as it was introduced, except with slight Now, Mr. Spenker, these reports are accompanied by quite a modification by way of amendment, which was made after dis­ lengthy letter from the Secretary of State, in which he strongly cussion and consideration before the Committee on Printing on recommends and urges the standardizing of a bale of cotton in it~ suggestion. tllis country. It means millions of dollars to this country to :\ow, I will say this to the gentleman, that if these documents do it. It means millions of dollars to our people if they will go to the document room of the House there is likely to be a profit by the information contained in these reports. Wlthin so·arnble for them, and some of the Members will get less than my observation it is the first time there llas ever been made a their quota and others wm get more. That has been my compilation of this kind. These reports are educational, they observation in similar cases in the past. I imagine that tbere a.re instructive, and they ought to be printed in doeument form will be no difficulty in .Members -0f the House and -0f til€ Senate and distributed. from tile cotton-growing States obtaining these documents for l\fr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, not only is it information~ diEtribution amongst their c::mstituents. I may say the "iuta but every time a ta1·iff bill .has been considered for the last 20 that are to be gh·en out are -re:ry valuable. At this time .and for years and the subject of the tariff upon cotton bagging and ties :rears past tile cott-0n growers .of the United Stat-es haye lost u bas been under .consid€ration, those who were in favor -0f the grent deal of money, estimated at $12,000,000 last year, by tariff haye insisted that the farmer got pay for the cotton bag­ rE:ason of a discriminating tare imposed upon them by foreign ging and ties at so much a pound. This ·refutes that suggestion. buyers of .American cotton. Mr. BRANTLEY. Absolutely. Now, .Mr. Speaker, it was . 1 now wish to yield to t.he gentleman from Georgia [Mr. mv idea to i:lish·ibute these <.locuments through the folding room l{RANTLEY], if he wishes to say unything. in. order to secure equality of distribution. The demand for The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia [l\Ir. BRANT­ these reports is already COID:ing in. I have receh-ed numerous LEYl is recognized . requests for them as soon as they are ready. If we put them all .:\lr. BRANTLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is estimated in round num in the document room, it may be that some Members will be ber-s that of the total cotton production of the world, 60 per c2nt supplied who need them and some will not; whereas those gen­ is American cotton and 40 per eent is produced in other coun­ tlemen who haye them to their credit but do not care to dis­ tries. It is a fact, as to this 40 per cent produced in th<.' tribute them can, I take it, without any trouble arrange for a other countries of the world, that wherernr :it is sold it is sola transfer of their proportion to such Members as desire to use on actual tru·e-that is, there is deducted from the bale when them. it is sold the actual weight of the wrapping around that .b:i!e. llr. l\IANN. Will the gentleman permit;. a suggestion? Of But as to American cotton there is an arbitrary deduction of course, we on our side ha.Ye no objection. nor is there .any ob­ 6 per cent. The a yemge American bale of cotton weighing 500 jection anywhere else, to the pTinting of any necessary infor­ pounds has deducted from it 30 pounds, whereas the aetua1 mation. This proposes to print 100.000 copies of a document wrapping on that bale amounts to only 20 or 21 pounds of for the benefit of the producers of cotton, and I think it is per­ cotton. fectly proper~ Yet when we wanted to have a message of the Now, that is a discrimination that has been going on for President and ucco.mpanying documents printec1 yesterday for years. During last August the Secretary of State directed the the benefit of the people of the country and the producers and consular officers of this Government in the various countries of users of wool, we had to let it go over until to-day, and then 606 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\IBER 21, had only the usual number printed, which will not furnish one S. 3211. An act authorizing the commission of ensign be given to each .Member of the House. It seems to me you ought to be midshipmen upon graduation from the Naval Academy; to the willing to be a little more fair than that You propose to print Committee on Naval Affairs. 100,000 copies of this document and put 65,000 copies in the S. 3484. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across folding room. I should like to have some extra copies of the the Snake River, between Walla Walla and Franklin Counties, President's message on trusts. Doubtless there are thousands in the State of Washington, by the Oregon-Washington Railroad of tllem reposing in the folding room to the credit of Democratic & Navigation Co.; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Members of the House who, either through lack of judgment Commerce. or otherwise, decline to send them out to their constituents. S. 3850. An act to promote efficiency and economy in the ad­ Mr. FINLEY. I should like to ask the gentleman from ministration of the Navy Department; to the Committee on Illinois [l\Ir. 1'1ANN]-- Narnl Affairs. ~1r. MANN. When this document is placed to the credit of ENRO~D BILLS SIGNED. Members in the folding room, unless some very enterprising and enthusiastic gentleman from the South sends a page boy Mr. CRAVENS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re­ around with the request for us to sign a way our documents ported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills they will repose in the folding room until Congress finally orders of the following titles, when the Speaker signed the same: them thrown in the waste heap. II. R.15462.. An act to amend section 01 of an act entitled :Mr. FINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I can assure the gentleman that "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the I do not think any of them will be wasted. There are 29,000 judiciary," approved March. 3 1911; ginneries in the South, and this would only give a little over H. R.15450. An act to amend section 85 of the act to codify. three copies for each ginnery. There are, of course, a great revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary, appro-red many more gins than that. March 3, 1911 ; l\Ir. MANN. I have no ginners in my district, and no gin. II. R. 15930. An act making appropriations to supply urgent l\1r. FINLEY. I think I can assure the gentleman that deficiencies in appropriations for fiscal year 1912, and for other there will be many Members who will be willing to relieve purposes ; and him of bis quota o! the documents, and they will not go to S. 3842. An act to amend and reenact paragraph 24 of section waste. 24 of chapter 2 of an act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and Mr. MANN. Then I will have to be either to the annoyance amend the laws relating to the judiciary," approved March 3, of signing away the documents that belong to me or else will 1911. have to take the trouble to send them to somebody, neither one ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS APPROVAL. of which am I likely to do. Mr. FINLEY. It is the usual thing. Mr. CRAVENS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re­ Mr . .1\IANN. The gentlem:m's committee, or some committee ported that this day they had presentea to the President of the of the House, in my judgment, ought to provide some method United States, for his approval, the following bills: by which l\Iembers can, under official control, trade the docu­ H. R. 15462. An act to amend section 91 of an act entitled ments to their credit. There are many documents which I "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the would like. to have which I can not obtain and many others I , judiciary," approved March 3, 1911; have for which I h::rre no use and which I can not give away. H. R. 15450. An act to amend section 85 of the act to codify, l\Ir. FINLEY. If the gentleman will excuse me, there has revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary, approved been a bill introduced, which is pending in the other body, March 3, 1911 ; and containing a provision something like this-that each Member H. R.15930. An act making appropriations to supply urgent of the House and Senate be giveil a printing • and bind­ deficiencies in appropriations for fiscal year 1912, and for other ing credit, and that he may order to the limit of that credit purposes. all of one document that he wishes or as many as he wishes. CONDITIONS IN .ALASKA. Mr. l\1Al'\'N. I hope the gentleman does not favor that bill, because I am quite sure the House will never agree to it. Mr. BOOHER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent of the Mr. FINLEY. It has not been introduced here. Now, l\1r. House to insert s9me remarks in the RECORD on the Territory of Speaker, I ask for a vote on the pending amendment. Alaska and, as a part of my remarks, to insert also a document The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment. presented to the President of the United States by Bishop Rowe, The Clerk read as follows: of Alaska, with an extract from some remarks delivered bv the On page 1, line !), strike out the words "Superintendent of the" bishop in St. John's Episcopal Church, in this city. • and insert the word "House," so that it will read: "to the House The SPEAKER. The gentleman from 1\Iissouri asks unani­ document room for distribution." mous consent to print in the RECORD some remarks upon the Ter­ The amendment was agreed to. ritory of Alaska. Is there objection? The SPEAKER. 'l'he Clerk will report the committee amend­ There was no objection. ments. The matter referr:ed to is as follows : The Clerk read as follows: Mr. BOOHER. Mr. Speaker, the following statement was In lines 3 and 4, strike out the words " fifty-five thousand" and insert presented to the President of the United States by Bishop Rowe, the words "one hundred thousand." In line 7 strike out the words "twenty thousand" and insert the of Alaska: words " thirty thousand." At the end of line 7 and beginning of TO HIS EXCELLENCY THFJ PRESIDENT. line 8 strike out the words " thirty thonsand " and insert the words Srn: While traveling through Alaska !ast winter, on my missionary "sixty-five thousand." work, I found the natives everywhere in such conditions of disease, The SPEAKER. UnJess there is a demand for a separate want, a.'ld misery that I there and then resolved to come to Congress and plead with you for some remedial help on their behalf. Their yote the amendments will be considered in gross. condition is most pitiable. As wards of our Government they must be The amendments were considered and agreed to. protected. 'l'he time has come for something to be done. The concurrent resolution as amended was ordered to be en­ grossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and THE CONDITIONS. 1. Diseases are largely prevalent. The governor of Alaska, ln his passed. report of 1910, pages 18-20, says : " The existence of infectious diseases, SENATE BILLS REFEBRED. alarming in their nature and wide prevalence among the native people, calls for vigorous action. 'rhirty-six pe L· cent are infected by tubercu­ Under clause 2, Rule XXIV, Senate bills of the following losis, 26 per cent by venereal diseases; trachoma and conjunctivitis am titles were taken from the Speaker's table and referred to their prevalent; other cases, strongly su pected to be leprous, were also dis­ appropriate committees as indicated below: covered. The menace of infection extends to the white population." In the Reports of Education in Alaska of l!H0-11, published by S.125. An act to permit the American Academy in Rome to the Bm·eau of Education, attention is drawn to this distressing and enlarge its purposes, and fo1· other purposes; to the Committee serious situation. Officers and surgeons of the Revenue-Cutter Service bear similar testimony. on the Library. 2. The resources of their food supply are being taken by white men, S. 305. An act for the erection of a statue of Maj. Gen. John cannery companies, etc., so that actual want is vet·y common among Stark in the city of l\Ianchester, N. H.; to the Committee on the them. 3. Liquor peddling amonl? the natives prevails, in spite of the law Library. against it, to their demorahzation and debauchet·y. Prosecu.tion seems • S. 1655. An act aj'lpropriating $10,000 to aid in the erection of utterly ineffective to check the evil 01· protect the people. a monument in memory of the late President James A. Garfield In a word, the natives of Alaska arc in such a condition of helpless misery that only some immediate, stron:;. merciful action on the part at Long Branch, N. J.; to the Committee on the Library. of the Government can save them from a swift extinction. Though S. 2750. An act to amend sections 00, 99, 105, and 186 in an they are slowly disappearing, are bound to do so before the advance of act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relat­ the superior race, yet as wards of om· Nation, as original occupants of this land. it is but a matter of justice, mercy, that the Government ing to the judiciary," approved March 3, 1911; to the Committee should do its best to shield and save them from conditions that are on the Judiciary. hastening them to a miserable death .

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T1IE R~l\IEDY. " 1 am not dE>ad sure of the leasing system,'' said the bishop, ... but May I offer some suggestions in the way of Nlieving the distressing feel that the Government should keep control of its valuable coal lands, conditions? , and do not see llow that can be done p.ractica.lly except by some such 1. Reservations should be immediately made. Before all a vaila.ble system as leasing The provisions must be liberal if such a policy Is lands and streams are occupied by the white settlers and fish-canning adopted, so that capital would and could profitably develop the great comparues, reservations should be made for the natives. This can be Alaskan coal fields." done now without expense. It wtil have to be done some til;rl.e, but if Bishop Rowe is a strong advocate of such a liberal policy as will deferred it will mean much difficulty and expense. attract, rather than repel, the investment of capital", for he feels that The " Metla Khatla Reserve" is a striking illustration of the benefits such in'festment in a large way is absolutely necessary to the proper of this "reservation" plan. There the natives have been secluded, have development of Alaska On the other band, he in nowise advocates supported themselves, have attained a high state of local self-govern- that the Government shall yield Us control and ownershlp; but, to the ment, of health, happiness, a.nd prosperity. ' contrary, feels that it should receive a reasonable royalty from the de­ Last winter I visited the Copper River Indians and their Chief velopment of all its vast resources which it has not always gotten in Good-la-Taw. He gave a pot-latch and in an address said: "My the past, especin.liy, by way of example, from the fisheries, which should people have always lived here. The bones of my fathers and the bones yield great returns to the Government ltsel.f. . -0f their fathers lie in these hills. The white people, many and strong, In a recent interview Gov. Clark pointed out that " the significance are taking from us our homes. The Great White Father has so much of the frequent complaints that Alaska has been neglected by the legis­ land in Alaska, and surely will give my people these .few acres so they lative branch of the Government lies in this: That many of the means may die in peace. The white man's ways are not our ways and the of governmental covtrol, some of them of the most elementary charac­ end of the journey is not far. My people are but children who n~d ter, have beer.. withheld from Alaska, although they have been granted the care of a wise father." 'in other noncontiguous territories more recently acquired." 2. It will be necessary to pass some law to compel the people living The governor further said: "Now, as to wh.at is .meant by the needs by themselves, here and there, far removed from each other, to come of Alaska other than the settl<>ment of the paramount question of together on the chosen site for reservation. cheap fuel, I would say, first, transportation; second, lighthouses.'' 3. The advantages: They can be better, more economically cared for. He called attention to the fact that yon can travel for a day's jour­ One good school in each reservation will suffice where now six

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The United States (H.. Doc. No. 345) ; to the Committee on War and courthouse at Columbus, Ohio; to the Committee on Ap­ Claims and ordered to be printed. propriations. 8. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a By Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky (by request of the Commis­ '• letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination of sioners of the District of Columbia) : A bill (H. R. 16567) to Tillamook Bay and Bar, Oreg. (H. Doc. No. 349) ; to the Com­ authorize the widening of U Street NE. between Lincoln Road mittee on Ri1ers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with and Summit Place; to the Committee on the District of Co­ illustrations. lumbia. 9. A message from the President of the United States on the By Mr. CARTER: A bill (H. R. 16568) authorizing the Sec­ financial condition of the Treasury, needed banking and cur­ retary o:f the Interior to permit the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rency reform, and departmental questions (H. Doc. No. 343); Coal Co and the Eastern Coal & Mining Co. to exchange cer­ to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union tain lands embraced within their existing coal leases in the and ordered to be printed. Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation for other lands within said nation; to the Committee on Inclfan Affairs. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND By Mr. CLAYTON: A bill (H. R. 16569) to further amend RESOLUTIONS. section 10, chapter 252, volume 29, of Public Statutes at Large; • to the Committee on the Judiciary. Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions were sev- By .Mr. PRAY: A bill (H. R 16570) .providing for appropria- e1·ally reported from committees, deli'rered to the Clerk, and re- tum for survey of Fort Assinniboine Reservation, .Mont.; to ferred to the several calendars therein named, as follows: the Committee on Appropriations. .i\Ir. RICHARDSON, from the Committee on Pensions, to By l\lr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 16571) to give effect to the which was referred the bill (H. R. 14054) to increase the pen- convention between the Governments of the United States, sions of Mexican War survivors in certain cases, reported the Great Britain, Japan, and Russia for the preservatipn and pro­ same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 201), tection of the fur seals and sea otter which frequent the waters which said bill and report were referred to the Committee of of the North Pacific Ocean, concluded at Washington July 7, the Whole House on the state of the Union. · 1911; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the By Mr. CLAYTON: Resolution (H. Res. 354) providing for bill (H. R. 14053) to increase the pensions of Indian war sur- an assistant clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary; to the vivors in certain cases, reported the same without amendment, Committee on Accounts. accompanied by a report (No. 200), which said bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills q.nd resolutions PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. were introduced and severally referred as follows: · By l\lr.. ALLEN: A biU (H. R. 16572) granting an increase Under clause 3 of Rule XX.II, bills, resolutions, and memo­ of pension to Christina Grether; to the Committee on Inrnlid rials were introduced and severally referred as follows: Pensions. By Mr. MORGAN: A bill (H. R. 16555) to provide for hold­ By Mr. BOOHER: A bill (H. R. 16,573) granting an increase ing a regular term of the United States circuit· and district of pension to Calvin Musser; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ courts at Clinton, Okla., and -for other purposes; to the Com­ sions. mittee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BURLESON: A bill (H. R. 16574) for the relief of By Mr. DENT: A bill (H. R. 16556) to promote the safety Louis Boerner; to the Committee on Claims. of travelers and employees upon railroads engaged in interstate By l\lr. BURNETT: A bill ( H. R. 16575) granting a pension or foreign commerce; to the Committee on Interstate and For­ to W. K. Simpson; to the Committee on Pensions. eign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 16576) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 16557) to provide and regu­ John M. Clark; to the Committee on Pensions. . , late transportation and to establish a post road in Alaska and By Mr. CAMPBELL: A bill (H. R. 16577) for the relief of to furnish transportation and fuel for the Army and Navy, and Thomas F. Graham; to the Committee on Military Affairs. for other purposes; to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. CARTER: A bill (H. R. 16578) granting an increase of pension to George W. Keller; to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. STEPHENS of Mississippi: A bill (H. R. 16558) to Pensions. provide for the erection of a public building at Holly Springs, Also, a bill (H. R. 16579) granting an incre.ase of pension to Miss. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. James W. B. Turk; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16559) to increase the limit of cost of a site fer a public building at Holly Springs, Miss.; to the C-0m­ By Mr. CONRY: A bill (H. R. 16580) granting a pension to mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Uordche Panett; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. CRAVENS: A bill (H. R. 16581) to correct the 111ili­ By Mr. HOWL.A.ND: A bill (H. R. 16560) providing for the tr:.ry record of Silas Shepherd; to the Committee on Military granting of letters patent and regulating the issuance thereof, Affairs. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Patents. By Ur. DAVENPOR'.r: A bill (H. R. 1GGS2) granting a pen­ By Mr. l\IOORE of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 16561) au­ sion to John T. Biggers; to the Committee on Pensions. thorizing an appropriation for a dry dock at the Philadelphia By Mr. DAVIS of Minnesota: A bill (H. R. 165 3) granting Nary Yard; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. · an. increase of pension to Alfred Hough; to the Committee on By Mr. COOPER: A bill (H. R. 16562) to appropriate $10,000 Invalid Pensions. to aid in the erection of a monument to the memory of the Cush­ Also, a bill ( H. R. 16584) to remove the charge of desertion ing brothers (Alonzo Hershford Cushing, late of the Fourth from the military record of John Regan and to grant him an United States Artillery; William Barker Cushing, In te of the honorable discharge; to the Committee on :Military Affairs. United States Navy; and Howard Bass Cushing, late of the By Mr. DAVIS of West Virginia: A bill (H. R 16585) for t.Qe Fourth United States Carnlry) ; to the Committee on the relief of J. Walter Duncan; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Library. Also, a bill (H. R. 16586) for the relief of J. Walter Duncan; By Mr. DAVENPORT: A bill (H. R. 16563) providing for to the Committee on Claims. ascertaining the competency of the Seneca Tribe .and other By Mr. FOWLER: A bill (H. R. 16587) granting a pension to tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, and for issuing patents to those Lucy A. Todd; to the Committee _on Invalid Pensions. fotmd competent, and removing the restrictions on their lands, Also, a bill (H. R. 16588) granting an increase of. pension to and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Henry C. Smith; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BUCHANAN: A bil1 (H. R. 16564) to amend para­ Also, a bill (H. R. 16589) granting an increase of pension to graph 2 of section 17 of an act approved January 12, 1895, pro­ John M. Carson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - viding for the public printing and binding; to the Committe~ Qg_ Also, a bill (H. R. 10590) granting an increase of pension to Printing. William Henslick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\1r. OLDJJ,IELD: A bill (H. R. 16565) to regulate public Also, a bill (H. R. 165Dl) granting an increa e of pension to _ utilities in the District of Columbia and to confer upon the Ira Cotterell; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Commissioners of the District of Columbia the duties and Also, a bill (H. R. 16592) granting an increase of pension to powers of a public utilities commission; to the Committee on Milton Franklin; to the Committee on In1alid Pensions. the District of Columbia. By .Mr. GREEN of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 16593) granting a pen­ By Mr. 'l'.A.YLOR of Ohio: A bill (IT. R. 16566). to complete sion to Archibald W. Garrison; to the Committee on Invalid necessary painting and decorating of United States post office Pensions. · 1911. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 609.

Also, a bill (H. R. 16594) granting an increase, of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16624) granting an increase of pension ta Clifton P. Savery; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George 0. Ellis; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16595) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16625) granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. D~nton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ferdinand E. Perkins; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By lUr. HANNA: A bill (H. R. 16596) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 16626) granting an honorable discharge to of pension to Henry Ford; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Lucien P. Rogers; to the Committee· on Military Affairs. · sions. By l\Ir. STEPHENS of Nebraska.: A bill (H. R. 16627) grant­ By l\1r. HAY: A bill (H. R. 16597) grn.nting a pension to ing an increase of pension to Frederick Pfunder; to the Com­ J. W. Gill ; to the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16598) for the correction of the military By Mr. STONE: A bill (H. R. 16628) granting a pension to record of Capt. Dorsey Cullen; to the Committee on Military Rebecca S. Herron; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. By Mr. TA.YLOR of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 16629) granting a By Mr. HAYES: A bill (H. R. 16599) for the correction of pension to Amanda B. McCormick; to the Committee on Pen- the military t,ecord of Albert C. Waltenspiel; to the Committee s]ons. - on iUilitary Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 16630) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16600) for the correction of the naval Michael Cooney; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. record of William Richard Hogg; to the Committee on Naval By Mr. THISTLEWOOD: A bill (H. R. 16631) granting an Affairs. increase of pension to John M. Shirley; to the Committee ou / By Mr. HOWARD: A bill (H. R. 16601) for the relief of Invalid Pensions. the estate of William A. Spencer1 deceased; to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 16632) granting an increase of pe~1sion to on .War Claims. Allen H. Wilson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. · LAFFERTY: A bill (H. R. 16602) granting a pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 16633) grunting an increase of pension to sion to John F. Troutman; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ William Koen; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16634) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16603) granting a pension to Charles Robert L. Fuller; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Spinner; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16635) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16604) for the relief of Lewis Montgom­ Michael J. Schrader; 1:0 the CC1mmittee on Invalid Pensions. ery; to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 16636) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1G605) to approve and validate the home­ Joseph H. Parker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .stead entry of James H. Dunn and to provide for the issuance Also, a bill (H. R. 16637) granting an increase of pension to of patent to said lands to Lewis Montgomery; to the Committee Thomas Joyce; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on The Public Lands. By 1\fr. UNDERWOOD: A bill CH. R. 16638) granting a pen­ By Mr. LAMB : A bill ( H. R. 16606) for the relief of Col. sion to John A. White; to the Committee on Pensions. Littleton W. •.r. Waller, United States Marine Corps; to the By l\lr. WILLIS: A bill (H. R. 16639) granting a pension to Committee on Claims. William Bensinger and others; to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. LEE of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 16607) granting Pensions. an increase of pension to Thomas Knowles; to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 16640) granting an increase of pension to on I1wa1id Pensions. Adam E. Shannon; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\Ir. LEWIS: A bill (H. R. 16608) for the relief of Loretta By Mr. YOUNG of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 16641) granting an E. Smith; to the Committee on Claims. increase of pension to Henry C. Gilleland; to the Committee on By 1\Ir. McKINLEY: A bill (H. n. 16609) granting an in­ Invalid Pensions. crease of pension to William N. Rutledge; to the Committee on Invn.lid Pensions. PETITIONS, ETC. By 1\Ir. l'i!ANN: A bill (H. R. 16610) granting an increase of pension to Charles 1\1. Travis; to the Committee on Inrnlid Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid Pensions. on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: By Mr. l\10RGAN: A bill (H. R. 16611) setting apart a cer­ By Mr. BELL of Georgia: Petitions of citizens of Buford, tain tract of land for a public highway, and for other purposes; Commerce, Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Suwanee, Toccoa, and to the Committee on the Public Lands. Winder, Ga., protesting against the passage of a parcels-post Also, a bill (H. n. 16612) authorizing and directing the Secre­ bill; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. tary of the Interior to convey a certain lot in the city of Alva, . By l\Ir. BURLESON.: Resolutions, petitions, etc., of Order of State of Oklahoma; to the C001mittee on the Public Lands. Railway Conductors, Lone Star Division, No. 53, Denison, Tex. ; Also, a bill (H. R. 16613) authorizing and directing the Secre­ Ladies' Art Club, Anderson, Ind.; District of Columbia Woman tary of tlle Interior to convey a certain tract of' land to the Suffrage Association; Civic Club, Northumberland, Pa. ; St. American Baptist Home Mission, and for other purposes; to the Johnsbury Central Labor Union, St. Johnsbury, Vt., urging Con­ Committee on; Indian Affairs. gress to repeal the 10-cent tax on oleomargarine, etc. ; to the Also, a bill (H. R. 16614) authorizing and directing the Secre· Committee on Agriculture. tary of the Interior to convey a· certain tract of land to schooJ Also, resolutions, petitions, etc., of Jamaica Plain Tuesday district No. 70, in Canadian County, State of Oklahoma; to the Club, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Wednesday Club, Cynthiana, Ky.; CQmmittee on the Public Lands. Every Tue.sday Club, Decatur, Mich., urging Congress to order By l'llr. NORRIS: A bill (H. n. 16615) to correct the military an investigatiorr of diseases communicated to human beings record of Sllowers Kelson; to the Committee on l\Iilitary Affairs. through the contamination of dairy products, etc.; to the Com- By Ur. PATTON of Pennsylrnnia: A, bill (H. R. 16616) mittee on .Agriculture. • granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Montgomery; to By .Mr. CRA YENS: Papers to accompany a bill to correct the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of Silas Shepherd; to the Committee on By l\Ir. PETERS: A bill (H. R. 16617) granting a pension to Military Affairs. James H. Beattie; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. FOCHT: Petitions of J. H. Clymans and other citi· . Also, a bill (H. R. 16618) for the relief of the heirs of Ed­ zens of Spring Ilun, Pa., asking that the duty on raw and re­ mund 1\1. Phelan; to the Committee on Claims. fined sugars be reduced, etc.; to the Committee on Ways and By Mr. RUCKER of Missouri: A bi~ (H. R. 16619) granting Means. an incTease of pension to Daniel A. Wagner; to the Committee Also, papers to accompany House bill 16359, for the relief of on Invalid Pensions. George Benfer; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FULLER: Petition of Massachusetts Association of . By l\Ir. RUSSELL: A bill (H. R. 16620) granting an increase Union Volunteer Officers of the Civil War, in favor of the pas­ of pension to Emanuel Choate; to the Committee on Invalid sage of measure to create a volunteer officers of the Civil War Pensions. . retired list, etc.; to the Committee on Military .Affairs. By Mr. SHERWOOD: A bill (H. R. 16621) for the indemnifi­ Also, papers to accompany a bill for the relief of Peter E. cation of Frank .Wenzel; to the Committee on Claims. Luttrell (iI. R. 2140); to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. SMITH of New York: A bill (H. R. 16622) granting By ·Mr. HANNA: Memorial of Seventh-day Adventist Church an increase of pension to James Paull; to the Committee on of Guckle, N. Dak., protesting against the passage of House Invalid Pensions. bill 9433; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. SPEER: A bill (H. R. -16623) granting an increase of Also, petition. of numerous cifizens of North Dakota, urging pen$ion to Irv'in s.-Mead; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ that the .public-land laws be amended; to the Committee on the sions. Public Lands. XLVIII-39 610 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD- HOUSE. DEOEl\IBER 21,

· By Mr. HART~IAN: l\Iemorial of Pennsylvania Forestry As­ Also, memorial of Rochester Chamber of Commerce, of sociation, in fa"ror of inYestigation of chestnut blight; to the Rochester,. N. Y., for amendment to corporation-tax law; to Committee on Agriculture. the Committee on Ways and Means. By l\lr. HAYES: Papers to accom]!any bill to correct the mili­ Also, petition of National Indian War Veterans, in favor of tary record of Albert C. Waltenspiel; to the Committee on .Mili­ House bill 779; to the Committee on Pensions. tary ·Affairs. Also, memorial of Massachusetts Association of Union Volun­ Also, papers to accompany bill to correct the nayal record of teer Officers of the Civil War, for Civil War volunteer officers' William Richard Hogg; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. retired-list bill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Ur. HELM: Petition of Spencer County, Ky., for reference By Mr. MOORE of Pennsylvania: Petition of Retail Grocers' of claim against the Government to the Court of Claims; to Association of Philadelphia, Pa., against the parceJs post· to the Committee on War Claim.s. the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. ' By Mr. HILL: Memorial of Methodist Brotherhood of Win­ By 1\fr. NYE: l\fernorial of Woman's Christian Temperance stecl, Conn., for an effective interstate liquor law; to the Com- Union of Minneapolis, l\finn., for an effective interstate liquor mittee on the Judiciary. · law; to the Committee on the Judiciary. • By Mr. HINDS: Memorials of W. E. Raitt and others, of El­ By Mr. RAKER: Petition of l!'irst Baptist Church of liott, l\le., praying for a reduction in the duty on raw and refined Eureka, Humboldt County, State of California, for the pass.'.lge sugars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. of an effective interstate liquor bill; to the Committee on the Al o, memorial of Pine Tree Lodge, of Bangor, Me., of the Judiciary. Order of B'rith Abraham, praying for 1egis1atiYe action to se­ cure the abrogation of the treaty with Uussia; to the Commit­ By Mr. SPEER : Papers to accompany House bill 5573, grant­ ing an increase of pension to James I\1. Wonders; to the Com­ tee on Foreign Affairs. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, memoriaJ of Pride of Maine Lodge, B'rith Abrallam, of Lewi ton, Me., praying for legislative action to secure the abro­ Also, papers to accompany House bill 11152, granting an in­ crease of pension to Lewis Bartlett; to the Committee on Inrnlid gation of the treaty with Russia; to the Committee on Foreign Pensions. Afi'airs. ALo, memorials of the Order of B'rith Abraham, Independent Also, papers to accompany House bill 11151, o-ranting an in­ LodCYe of Biddeford, lfo., and Portland City, Pride of Portland, crease of pension to W. W. Kope; to the Committee on Invalid and Star of l\laine Lodges, of Portland, l\Ie., praying for action Pensions. of the Go'"ernment as to treaty with Russia; to the Committee Also, papers to accompany Honse bill 8464, granting a pension on Foreign Affairs. . to l\Iary Ellen C1a.rk; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bv Mr. IIDGHES of Kew Jersey: Resolutions of New Jersev Also, papers to accompany House bill 12355, granting an in­ Cll:iiJter of the American Institute of Architects, opposing pla~ crease of pension to James Davison; to the Committee on Invalid for Lincoln memorial highway and urging that suitable memo­ Pensions. rin I be in harmony with accepted plan for development of Wash­ Also, papers to accompany House bill 5575, granting an in­ inCYton City; to the Committee on the Library. crease of pension to Seymour Wheelock; to the Committee on Al o, memorial of EleYenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, Invalid Pensions. reque ting retention in office of comrades holding positions not Also, papers to accompany House bill 12354, granting an included in the civil-serTice list; to the Committee on Acconnts. increase of pension to Alfred 1\1. Shaw; to the Committee on By Ur. KINKEAD of New Jersey : Petition of New Jersey Invalid Pensions. Association Union ex-Prisoners of War, asking retention of their Also, papers to accompany House bill 5576, granting an in­ comrades in office; to the Committee on the Judiciary. crease of pension to George C. Richards ; to the Committee on Also, memorial of New Jersey Chapter of American Institute Invalid Pensions. of Architects, in fa rnr of Lincoln memorial ,as recommended by ·By l\Ir. STEENERSON: Petitions of numerous citizens of the ~ational Fine Arts Commission; to the Committee on the Dent, IDen, Winger, Hitterdal, Ottertail, Hawley, Red Lake Library. Falls, and Gary, l\Iinn., protesting against the parcels post; to By l\Ir. LAFFERTY: Papers to accompany a bill granting a the Committee ou the Post Office and Post Roads. pension to John F. Troutman; to the Committee on Pensions. By l\Ir. SULZER: Memorial of the Arion Mrennerchor of .Al£o, papers to accompany a bill granting a pension to Chill'les Chicago, Ill., urging an inYestigation of the administration of Spinner; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the immigration office at Ellis Island ; to the Committee on Also, papers to accompany bill to approve and ·rnlida te the Immigration and Naturalization. homestead entry of James H. Dunn; to the Committee on the Also, petition of the Prison Association of New York, in farnr Public Lands. , of Esch phosphorus bill; to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. By Mr. LI1\"'DBERGH : Memorial of Swan Lake Sernnth-day By l\fr. TAYLOR of Ohio : Petition of W. E. l\1ann, of Colum­ AdYentist Church, of Grey Eagle, :Minn., protesting against the bus, Ohio, protesting against the duty on raw and refined _passage of House bill 9433; to the Committee on the Post Office sugars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. and Post Roads. Also, memo1ial of Grand Lodge of Independent Western Star By Mr. LDXDSAY : l\Iemorials of the National Academy of Order, in regard to termination of treaty between the United Design and the New York Chapter of the American Institute States and Russia; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. of Architects, farnring the site recommended by the Washington Also, memorial of Columbus Photo Engravers' Union, No. 14, Park Commission for the proposed Lincoln memorial; to the International Photo Engrn vers' Union, in regai-d to tax on oleo­ Committee on the Library. · margarine; to the Committee on Agriculture. Also, petition of Charles A. Tinker and Albert B. Chandler, Also, memorial of Local Union 216 of the United Association of Brooklyn,~· Y., in fa>or or_passage of House bill 2920, con­ of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, :ind Steam cerning the l\lilitary Telegraph Corps; to the Committee on Invalid Pension . Fitters' Helpers, etc.; also of the Columbus Federation of Labor, protesting against the so-called Smoot printing bill; to Also, memorial of numerous civic bodies of the State of Wash­ the Committee on Printing. ington, asking that no tolls be collected on American ships through the Panama Ca.naJ; to the Committee on Interstate By l\Ir. TILSON: Memorial of Brotherhood of Painters, Deco­ and Foreign Commerce. rators, and Paperhangers of America, for repeal of tax on oleo­ Also, memorial of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, margarine; to the Committee on Agriculture. favoring a.n appropriation for a monument in memory of l\laj. By i\Ir. VREELA1\TJ): Petition of First Presbyterian Chnrch, Gen. Rosecrans; to the Committee on Military Affairs. of Jamestown, N. Y., for the passage of an effective inter t1te Also, petitions of William l\IcBirney and John Znakatura, of liquor bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Panama Canal Zone, in favor of the passage of House resolu­ By Mr. ·wILLIS: Papers to accompany bill granting an in­ tion 287; to the Committee on Rules. crease of pension to Adam E. Shannon ; to the Committee on Also, memorial of Groupe .A.mericain de la Societe des Archi­ Invalid Pensions. tectes, in favor of Lincoln memorial as approved by the National By Mr. WILSON of New York : Memorial of Downtown Tax­ Fine Arts Commission; to the Committee on the Library. payers' Association of Brooklyn, N. Y., faYOl'ing the i1mchai5:e by Also, memorial of National Woman's Christian Temperance the United States Government of land and water front on the Union, urging reimbui'sement of the Ellen M. Stone ransom ; westerly side of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in oruer to increase to the Committee on Claims. docking facilities, etc.; to the Committee on Nam.I Affairs. Also, memorial of Seneca Club of Brooklyn, N. Y., against .Also, memorial of Brooklyn League and its affiliated bodies, removal of Brooklyn Navy J;ard; to the Committee on Naval of Brooklyn, N. Y., protesting against the remornl of the navy Affairs. yard from Brooklyn, N. Y.; to the Committee on Na ml Affairs.