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Show POSTAL SAVINGS SnUJMER FI Hcyburn of Idaho Particularly Severe in His Criticisms of Measure. SAYS BILL AS DRAWN WILL SHIELD DISHONESTY Senator Carter Expects Vote on Issue Not Later Thau Next Thursday. WASHINGTON. Feb. -1. Senator If oy burn today completed his criticisms of t lie postal savings bank bill in the senate, but, aside from his speech, little progress was made in "consideration of the measure. It will be before Ihc senate again tomorrow, aud Senator Carter, in charge of tho measure, exnects a vote not later than next. Thursday. "Mr. Hcy-buro declared the bill had been drawn so loosely that, if enacted, it must inevitably result in scandaJ, It should, he said, be safeguarded more carefully than some past legislation, and he instanced the. corporation tax law. which, he said, already had been proved .unsatisfactory. Specific Objections. Declaring his objections to the hill, he said there was no provision for securing se-curing deposits, that, in providing for secrecy regarding deposits, the bill would prove A shield to dishonesty, and that, in tho end, it would be. found to be impossible to find investment for Ihc postal savings fund. Ho contended that it was the duty of the commit tec on postpftices to bring in a safe aud proper bill, and said he would not support the measure- as long as it placed the government in the banking business, as he contended the pending measure did. Ho declared the bill to be a. mere skeleton, and he advised the committee to take if. back and put some ''sinews and ficsh upon it. ; 1 Mr. Hoy burn spoke at. length regarding regard-ing ihc possible abuses that might, grow out of tjio secret methods provided in connect Kin with deposits. Oartor Enters' Protost. Mr. Carter protested against this line cf reasoning, saying that no legislation proceeded upon the theory lhat the average aver-age man was a "crook." "Would the scuator have the names of all depositors public' announced 1" ho asked. " "1 want an open and candid conduct con-duct of tho business," Mr, Ucyburn responded. re-sponded. "Would you advise tho posting of the names, of depositors?" asked Mr. Carter. , The Idaho senator responded that be bad not reached that point, and Mr. .Carter said: "You soon will reach it if you keep on." Pointed Conversation. Another interesting colloquy between tho western senators ran as follows: Mr. LIcyburn Out of what fund would the'inlcrcst be paid? Mr. Carter The bill contemplates the turning over of all surplus earnings earn-ings for tbnt purpose. Mr. Hcyburn Suppose there are none? Mr. Carter Then it will devolve upon up-on the board of trustees to devise means. Mr. Hcyburn Tho bill devolves too. many things upon the uncertainties of the future. In conclusion Mr. Heyhurn pronounced pro-nounced the bill to be uttorly vicious ajnd predicted that, in tho end,' it would be necessary to pay tho depositors by appropriation out of the national treasury. treas-ury. Discouraging Prediction. lu tho discussion Mr. Smith of Michigan Michi-gan made the predictions that if the bill became a law, the postal banks would become footballs of politics and that the rate of interest would prove a fruitful bait for promises by the un-. scrnpuffms oifice seeker. Mr. Carter made no formal replv to tho critic iins, merely asking 1o have tlie bill' printed in the Congressional "Record as the best possible refutation of the representations of its opponents. McCUMBER EMPHATIC IN FARMER'S DEFENSE WASHINGTON". Feb. A. Declaring the farmer to ho Hie last person considered In any conflict in which the nyi U-ultur-ist Is involved. Senator McCumber of North D.'iUota today delivered n speech In the senate to demonstrate that the fanners were not receiving a fair jdiaro of the high prices which food products commanded. o iid hills such as had been presented present-ed In the house for the removal of duties on farm articles were ;iulvaloul to an effort to establish a leglslsil Ivn boycott against the tiller of the soil. Thin boycott boy-cott was always to be expected when food prices increased, ho said. lluL the discrimination would not always continue, con-tinue, for the time was rapidly approaching approach-ing when tho farmer would recclvo proper, compensation for his InboiM Contrasting tho prices received by the farmer with those paid by the consumer, he Mid lhat a four-yea r-old steer which In North Dakota Would bring 570, would cell for $2500 when retailed at .senate restaurant steak prices enough to buy half a farm. . , , , Mr. McCumber declared that a bushel of wheat, which brings the farmer only 00 cents, retails for S or Si when made up Into bread and pold at cents a lonf. and at 537.50 when served In a good iva-lattrnnt. iva-lattrnnt. Potatoes wortli :!0 cents n bushel bush-el in North Dakota, served "hashed brown." bring an advance of i.r0 per cent, bo declared. H wild there should be no objection by cily people to higher prices for farm products. D WIGHT SAYS CONGRESS REALLY WORKS HARD "WASHINGTON. "Never in cars has uuy session of congross done an much work ws the present one. said ReiiroHontativf Dwlght of New; York. Uo-publli.nn Uo-publli.nn whip in tho house, In a statement state-ment today. . . , "Congress has been In hcjvioii less than six weeks, since the first of December, Decem-ber, and In that time the house has passed the army, urgent di-llcleney. District Dis-trict of Columbia and agricultural appropriation ap-propriation bills. We also have redeemed two pledpeH of the party platform by patting bills o establish a bureau of mines and mining "dm!t Arizona and New Mexico. , ... . .. 'It may imt be remembered Hint Hie lvncss,iitt of IMesddcnl Taft In Derembci ! Lontinucd on l''ago To POSTAL SAVINGS STILL UNDER FIRE Continued from Pajjo Ono was a general ono and that his specific recommendations regarding conservation, amendments to tho Sherman antl-trU3t law and tho Hepburn rate law did not come to congress until after January S. These recommendations aro In tho hnnds of committees, and, as they contain many difficult problems. Iheso committees commit-tees have been working overtime in consultation con-sultation with tho president and tho attorney at-torney general, but at tho earliest possible possi-ble moment bills -will be drafted and reported re-ported to the house for action. Other Important bills aro ready to be reported. "There has not befcn shown thus.. far a disposition on the part of any Republican in tho house to retard the passage of any of these measures. It would thus seem that tho criticism that congress is slow In acting Is without foundation, and un- ' Champ Clark, Democratic leader in the house, commenting upon Mr. Dwlght s statement, said: "What tho Republicans are really going go-ing to do Is lo pass a few appropriation bills, some bridge bills and private claims and one or two of the Taft propositions, and then adjourn and jget away from Washington as quickly as they can "They want to adjourn early and get home as quickly as posslblo to rave as many Republican congressmen this fall as they can. but they have not the slightest slight-est hope In tho world of electing another Republican house of representatives |