Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-26 | Page 2 | Seven Supply Bills Pending in Senate

Sffl SUPPLY BILLS PENDiNGJN SENATE Seven Already Passed; Chance for Philippine Self-Government Self-Government Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. More than $1 in every $10 expended by the government gov-ernment for all agricultural purposes in tha next two years will be devoted to extirpating the foot and mouth disease, under the terms of the agricultural appropriation ap-propriation bill passed by the senate today. to-day. The foot and mouth appropriation is $2,500,000, and the total carried by the bill, $23,000,000. The bill was the seventh bis supply measure passed by the senate, and seven are pending. The agricultural bill carries an appropriation appro-priation of $235,000 for the free distribution dis-tribution of seeds, although the agricultural agri-cultural committee struck this item out. A farm credits bill, providing for government gov-ernment loans to farm owners, was attached at-tached to the agricultural appropriation bill in its hurried passage through the senate. Presented by Senator McCum-ber McCum-ber as an amendment, the provision was incorporated in the supply bill without a record vote, at a time 'when bin few-senators few-senators were in the chamber. The bill itself was passed a short time later. .The JlcCumber amendment would create a bureau of farm credits in the treasurv department, to make loans of government funds through national banks on farm mortgage notes. These loans would run for ten years t 5 per cent interest and would be not less than $300 nor more than $10,000 to individuals. individ-uals. Issue of United States twenty-year twenty-year 42 per cent bonds to establish a permanent fund of $10,000,000 to cover such loaDS would be authorized. This and other changes increased the bill's total from $23,U00,UO0 to about $36,-000,000. $36,-000,000. Senator Hollis of New Hampshire made a point of order against the rural credits amendment, but wiihdrew it with the understanding that the measure meas-ure would be perfected in conference between the house and the senate. There an effort will be made to shape it into a rural credits plan acceptable to the house and to the president. Debate on the naval bill centers upon committee amendments, adding several millions to the house bill, including provisions for live sea-going submarines instead of one, and sixt'-en coast defense submarines instead of eleven. The house todav began work on the last nf the supply measures for consideration con-sideration in that, body, the general deficiency de-ficiency bill. Conferences on other measures which have passed both houses are progressing favorably. That there is some hope of passing the Philippine self-government and ultimate ulti-mate independence bill at this session of congress became apparent today, and administration leaders set -to work to rind a means of disposing of it in short time. President Wilson told several senators sen-ators that he wishmi the measure could have the right of way over anv other general legislation and be passed in the midst nf appropriation legislation if necessary. .Senator Simmons conferred with Senator Sen-ator Hitchcock, chairman of the Philippine Philip-pine committee, and later Senator Hitchcock said he believed the bill would pass.