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Show I!" WORK FOR CONGRESS. I After congress gets through passing I resolution which will end the war bell be-ll tweon the United States and Germany F there is plenty of work to be done I before there should be an adjourn-I adjourn-I ment, A glance through the files of I the newspapers "about the time the congress went into session discloses I the lawmakers were asked: I li To provide for a federal budget sys-B, sys-B, lem to prevent the waste of govern-D' govern-D' inent money. I To simplify the taxes on incomes and I excess profits and to readjust other I levies on the people. 1 To provide employment and land f.'r I former service men. I To ennct laws to encourage farmers I and promote an increase in crop pro-I pro-I ductlon. I To afford protection for the nation's I now chemical and dyeatuffs industries. I To give federal aid for the building' I of public, roads, To foster the development of forest I I resources. To readjust the tariff system to meet changed world conditions. To regulate the transportation of ! 'ood in interstate commerce, the hold- ( tng of food In cold storage and to pre-ent pre-ent "unconscionable profits." J Some of these requested pieces of! legislation are needed badly. There are many who would like to see a fed-1 eral budget system established to help J the nation get on a basis where it ceases to think and act in terms of bll-1 lions and returns to millions. |