| Show SWEET SONS SONG TO FARMER AND HEN Congressional Poets Tune Their Harps and Pour Forth Laudation Laudati n. n THE LITTLE EGG IS MIGHTY Production Much e I of Seed Tru Trust t Tries to lo Kill lUll Appropriation Washington April 25 It IC If Am American farmers' farmers ears burned today it was house ho- ho cause causo use they timey were lauded to tho the skies by members of ot the tho h during the dl discussion of ot if the lie agricultural approprIation appropriation apptt bill The American hen lien was proclaimed a a. a gold mine mino a and amid her wealth producing proclivities eulogized eulo by Representative Daw Dawson on Rep la In Representative Candler Dom Dew Miss Miss- and Representative Leever Dem Dew S. S C. C who placed them themselves on record as champions of the farmer the latter latler declaring that while every other branch blanch of or Industry try was hampered hampered ham ham- perell by congress it was hard hald to get arm any real bl big appropriations through for fOI the tIme great reat farming element n Lauds time tile Hen lien In his enthusiastic declaration of the American hens hen's wonderful value Mr Mm Dawson said that the poets ts may maywell maywell well ehl sing of oC the glory glor of the time ea eagle lc and allI artists ts ma may paint the beauties of birds of plumage but bul the modest American hen I is entitled to a tribute for her Industry her usefulness and her productivity The Tho American n hen can produce In three months month moro wealth than Is rt represented presented In the time banks s of New York City In sixty days she can equal the total production ion tion of all the gold ol mines In her there the Is more wealth w alth than there re Is in Inthe inthe the Iho iron mines mimics for In Mix Ix months she sho can produce moro more value than thai th the Iho Iron words Industry can cnn in Ol one erie year Ills were wen received with enthusiastic l ap mp j Abolishment of oi Full Seeds S The question as to whether tho the free distribution of garden and flower er seeds should be continued the comI com- com I milleo having recommended that the practice be abolished brou brought ht Representative Representative Rep Rep- I Gaines Dem Dern Tenn to the time front as a n champion of oC free seeds He declared that the time of time the country had fought the practice practice tice Uce for fOI years and that they only waited for Cor congress cone to deprive the lie farmer of hl his seeds In order to ef effectually effectually of- of create a seed trust He declared that the seed dealers were maintaining a lobb lobby in Washington for tor forthe forthe the purpose of ot defeating an attempt of the house to put the appropriation back In Ia the bill n Representative Henry Henr Rep Conn Celia advocated the thc abolishment of the free seed habit Favors ors Subsidy GIos enor Gen General ral Grosvenor Rep nep 0 O. chairman chaIrman chairman chair chair- man of ot the merchant marine committee commit commit- too tee and champion of or the ship subsidy proposition made mado an exhaustive and amid detailed statement as nc to the tho subsidy proposition and what It would do for forthe forthe the time American merchant marine He emphatically declared that congress should at once throw off th the cloak of vacillation which it has so long worn wornon wornon on this proposition and antl tell the ship ship- owners whether or not they Intended to aid them lien Nearly ever every American Industry he declared has in Its in infancy Infancy infancy In- In fancy received government aid He told the thc house that ship owners finding finding find find- ing ine- themselves unable to compete with subsidized foreign ships will be obliged e to lo sell their vessels unless gov gov- governmental governmental aid al is soon extended Money for fur Naval ul n Repair A message was wag received from President dent Roosevelt asking that thai an am emergency emergency ency appropriation of be voted voled to lo give work to lo San Francisco ship workers In repairing vessels of ot the navy The Time matter will probably be taken up by the appropriation commit committee com con mit lee tomorrow |
