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Show HOUSE GOES SLOW ON RAILROAD BILL "W A t n N'C; TO N . Fob. s W h i 1 the senate was boamitv dchato today on the administration bill to create a war rtnstuV oo rp o ra t i o : w . i n. a o. t h o r u c d ro s o u roo s o $4.V0.'V'i.t the houso oontinuod to iv.ii ke slow projcrvss pti tho administration administra-tion measure p-uernmy; r'e-'.era! control of tho railroads- Th- indications tonight we: tat hoth bills would bo passe-t Trmisaav. T!'e ahen s'a.-ker bdl is a special order in th house tomorrow, and. as un.vnt-iii un.vnt-iii or. s oonsont to continue consideration oi the railroad meisuro was revised, tho latter moaiuro will so over until Thurs-'. Thurs-'. day. ! Alter votinc down an amendment to ' reduce tho r.i:'rad rovohi: fund from ; ;-.m.0O'O0 to f 'HihM.0'M. " the house spont ti-e en'.ire dav oatin the section i sivir.iT tho p:vs;o"er.t rate-ma kmc aathor-; aathor-; i: .V iin.il ote w as ws: ponod until Tl;ursd.iy. w'vi Viepreser.tati e ;oet ot low a had exiled for tellers nfter a rising vote as oonn ted. ih'v to airainst an a mendu-.ent to leave rate-ri'Minc power to the mte: state corn -r.eive commission. t In oL'eu.r.i: debate ia the senate on the firaree oonvru'ert hill. Senator Siturnous. cha: -man of the f ranee corn ir.it tee. said ! the legislation was necesssr" because the i i: o v e m n e n t must cv n t rol the m o n e v I market m order to finance the war. He denied that the measure would cause iu-j iu-j :1st ion of currency. With 3ss.:ranees of .?t,'san yurmort. i Cr.airman Si;nmons e.rects the senate to pass the m.e.m-e. certainly hy the end of : the week Con? iderntion of it m the j house is to tec; i a m-med ately after the railroad h i i 1 : s passed, the ho as w ' and means committee now being at work on the rrt-asuve. Some revision of the measure is expected ex-pected in both the senate and house. Senator Sen-ator Hale of Maine, eoa'oliean. today introduced ar amendment re-iuuir.c the corporation to n-.ake mont "lv reports to -oppress, and Senator Hodis of New Hampshire. IVmocrat. declared he would o'opose the provision authorising the cor-p cor-p o : a : i o ? i to issue t -i . i -0 0 i n bonds and would it.s s: Cat directors oi the organisation organ-isation have no persons! connection w ar.v financial Insti jtion. In urclnc the bill's importance. Senator Simmons said th.ere is todav absolutely ro market to which industrial corporations corpora-tions can ?o for capital to provide for enlargements or to take care of maturing obliiations. Senator KeP.ogg of Minnesota. Republican, Repub-lican, s aid U i a t "when the f . n a : u- e co r. i -nut tee was considering t lie measure the only representatives of indastrv to appear ap-pear wre cc':"c:als of public utilities corporations. cor-porations. In e.d in; this. Senator S i m m o n d s su r? e s ' e d that fro m t h. s fact it was to be issumed thur there was no objection to the h.'.i in the hus.nesi and industrial world. Senator Kel'.ois replied taat it was :onn:n!v knov. n thst representatives repre-sentatives cf "broken-down public utilities utili-ties corporations have been hancin? aroand Washington for week, asking for government assistance." |