Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-18 | Page 11 | Railroad Rate Measure to be Called Monday

WO HATE.; lORE TO BE CM0L1Y Efforts to Hang It Onto Army Appropriation Bill Fails; Army Bill Finally Passes WASHINGTON. Mar 17. After all efforts to add the long and short haul railroad rate measure to the army appropriation bill had 'ailed today In the senate. Senator Ooodlng, Republican, Idaho. caPed tha bill up on lis merits and had It made the unfinished business Of the senate for Monday. The army appropriation bit! Itself, It-self, carrying a total of JO. 000. 000. wss paused after three .unsucceaa-.. ful attempts had been made lol l.av. the senate declare It the policy' pol-icy' of congreaa that the Interstate, c tmmerce coramlealon should die-1 oontlnue tha practise esrept In emergencies of permitting rail carriers car-riers to charge a leas tsrlff for might on a long hsul than on a altort haul over the asms line or traveling In the same direction. The first proposal, by Henator Plum an. Democrat. Nevada, was In add as an - amendment to the army bill tha Gooding measure I proposing amendment of the In-1 teratata commerce act- flenatnr Wadsworth, Republican, Kew York. In charge of tha army bill, marts I f. point of order agalnat the plan and the senate eustalned, 4 to I&. tha ruling ( President Cummins throwing out the Pitt man provision. provi-sion. Senator Walsh. Democrat. Montana, Mon-tana, then proposed sn amendment which would have made unavailable unavail-able any or the IH.OOO OOe appropriation appro-priation for rivers and harbors until congress bad disposed of the long snd aWt haul question. This amendment was rejected without a rtram vote. A new amendment later was offered of-fered by Senator Pittman declaring declar-ing that none of the appropriation carried In the army bill for the poe-er plant at tha Mllafores lock. Panama canal, oould be available aa long as th. long and short haul principle remained In effort In domestic commerce. This met the earn, lata as tb Walsh amendment. amend-ment. . Although Senator Good Inr had! hla measure wttmAm Itu l business of th. senate. It probablgt will not be considered Mondry be. eaus. of the expected debate on I th. aoldler bonus bill.