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Show SEND FUNK SENATE BILL TO SEA'S BOTTOM A popular song of a quarter of a century cen-tury ago tells the adventuiea of a man with a Hibernian name who was the first modern aubmartne explorer. If Mi- j Olnty Is still there, he will piubehly have a chance to read a pleoe of modern Ht-! erature, for the Funk aenate hill, relating relat-ing to employment agencies, was, metaphorically meta-phorically speaking, sent to the bottom of the sea late veeterday afternoon, when It was put at the foot of the calendar. The aenate calendar haa about thirty bills posted, all of which will take precedence prece-dence over the funk meawure. The bill, on Its face, seemed to be designed to prsvent employment agenta from "gouging" "goug-ing" laborers, but In debate It appeared that It might have a Strong tendency to drive the foreign labor agents uul, thus handicapping smelting and mining com-panlaa, com-panlaa, railroad construction and other work of a almllar kind. It waa accordingly accord-ingly sent to the foot of the call. |