Show A RECORD OF accomplishment the congress has adjourned with a record of more important important legislative isla tive accomplishment than any congress in the last 30 years according to speaker CeLm camion non this also voices tle the opinion of president dent roosevelt and of those who have made a close study of 0 the work done the closing days were marked by the passage of a number of important mils including appropriations for new buildings and for expenses in conducting the department of agrical ture in its meat inspection amendment appropriations amount to the grand total of which Is an increase of over the appropriations appropriation made at the preceding session of congress of this goes to the panama canal the important bills passed and signed included the railroad rate bill giving the interstate commerce commissioners ners power to fix maximum rates within reasonable limits and giving the government extended control over transportation companies the meat inspection law a pure food d bill the admission of Ok oklahoma lahorn and indian territories as states the removal of tax from denatured alcohol and a new banking law which allows national banks to loan a larger proportion of their available funds not however to exceed 30 10 per cent of f the capital A peculiar feature of the work accomplished complis hed by bk the congre cs is the fact that many of the more important bills backed by the president were I 1 passed with the aid of the minority party opposition party thus arraying luelf on the side of a president of opposite political faith farm and home |