Show hist v i I 1 1 our U r weekly washington letter etter L j edward nelson dingley correspondent NV ashington DC january ath when congress took a holiday recess december 20 it had made considerable sid erable progress the house had passed three 0 of the nine appropriation bills interior department agricultural ri department the treasury and the naval appropriation bills while the treasury and one bill was reported to the house while the senate has devoted much time to a discussion of the muscle shoals bill this will be disposed ot of speedily when congress reconvenes december 29 or begins real work january ath senator smoot chairman of 0 the senate finance committee Committe 6 says saya that while there la much pressure being brought to pass certain amendments of the tax bill this session it is quite obvious that nothing can be done since there are only about seven weeks ot of the session left before the fourth of 0 next march when this congress will expire the budget system has facilitated progress in the enactment of the regular supply bills and congress is not only keeping well weir within with in ln the budget estimates but Is even cutting below them this Is gratifying to the president the senate has agreed to take up the presidents veto of the postal pay bill january 5 and to vote on it january ath president Coolid calm attitude altitude and his decision to pay no attention to talk about possible disturbances la Is having the effect of disarming those threatening to make trouble the president is awaiting the report of the farm conference committee appointed to find out what is the matter with the farming situation and what pos possible siblie remedies bel b applied this report is looked for early in january in the meantime according to reports the farmers are ge getting eting unusual high prices for their products and are rapidly paying oft off their debts time Is demonstrating i the wisdom ot of tie the president Pres ideLt and aid his ilal advisers in refusing to yield to pres asure sure from those tho demanded radl i cat cal and unwise legislation under the leadership of president coolidge the republican party and the whole country are reaching a point of harmony and unity indicating 3 4 period of 0 prosperity unexcelled unless some emergency arises there will be no extra session ot of congress the president it is understood desires to have the presen present fiscal year ending june SO 30 next completed when the operation ot of the present laws tax and tariff especially may be demonstrated before deciding whether there should be an extra session before the regular session next december despite predictions dit ions to the contrary there promises to be ba camileta cam pleta harmony between the president and congress national parks the united states has 13 national parks maintained and protected by the government plait yellowstone yosemite mount ranier rocky mountain grand canyon la fayette sequoia chaler lake mesa verde glacier general grant and zion during the year 1924 more than people visited the parke and more than private automobiles anto to entered the parks the government govern spends more than 1 every year in maintaining ad and protecting the parks 9 V C tin thiril party in his recent address in the house representative burton had this to say about the third party that made its appearance in the recent campaign there are numerous conjectures as to the future of the so called third party in this election every political movement la iii order that il 4 may survive must have a basis in principle which promise universal beno bene fits its ita platform must oe no such as an to displace pending issues it must sedulously avoid auch agitation as will vill arouse class antagonism in any country one beneficial object to be sought la Is the existence of only two contending parties the existence of more than two political parties makes for inefficiency and the distractions of faction it promotes special interests Int ersts and the formation of blocs and obscures ab the supreme importance of decisions upon settled principles upon which the future welfare of the country must depend again ther is the danger of fads and delusions which can result only in contusion confusion and disaster these are unanswerable arguments against a division into party groups there la Is very naturally an alternation in control whenever there are two baliti cal parties when one falls to meet the dern demands ands of the time the other takes its place W w ap farmers prosperous the war finance corporation revived to assist tho abo farmers reports most of the important farming districts are in better shape than they have been for several years yeara bank deposits have increased bank te serves the being restored business has greatly improved and the farmers generally are making excellent progress in cleaning up the burden of indebtedness under which they have been laboring andi and in strengthening their economic positions howerter Ho werver according to the corporation po ration conditions among the cattle growers is not entirely satisfactory but improving in the year ending november 30 loans to the amount of have been extended the cattle raisers by the finance corporation this is below the amount advanced the year before november 30 20 last the loans on the books of the war finance corporation po ration amounted to of which was for war loans and was wag tor for agricultural and live stock purposes the capital stock of 0 the war finance corporation amounts to and is all by the federal si government when its affairs affair are wound up it is predicted that the net earnings will be ba sufficient to pay for all them oney advanced by the government besides paying back the original in the meantime the farmers and live stock growers will have been aided materially teri ally |