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The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-two Senators having answered to their names, a quorum is present.

BALTIMORE BRANCH, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, his report and recommendation concerning the claim of the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va., which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

MEMORIALS

Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana presented memorials numerously signed by sundry citizens of South Bend and St. Joseph County, Ind., remonstrating against the passage of legislation providing for compulsory Sunday observance in the District of Columbia, which were referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

DREDGING OF MANHASSET BAY

Mr. COPELAND. Mr. President, I have here some resolutions passed by the town board of the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, N. Y., relative to the importance of the dredging of Manhasset Bay. I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions may be printed in the RECORD and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

There being no objection, the resolutions were referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

Resolution of the town board, town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, N. Y.

Whereas the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of Washington, D. C., now have under consideration the improvement of Manhasset Bay, in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, N. Y.; and Whereas it is the belief and understanding of the citizens of our township that the members of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors are not sufficiently acquainted with the detailed facts regarding the importance of Manhasset Bay as a tidal waterway: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the town board of the town of North Hempstead does hereby authorize and direct the supervisors of said town to present the following facts regarding Manhasset Bay to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors:

1. The headwaters of Manhasset Bay include the exact geographical center of the town of North Hempstead, with an area of 54 square miles and a present population in excess of 50,000 people.

2. The present rate of growth of population in the town of North Hempstead would indicate that by the year 1950 the population will be not less than 300,000 people.

3. The maintenance of life and health of the residents of the town requires the importation of fuel each year in excess of the following amounts:

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4. The gas-engine driven motor vehicles owned and operated within the town number greater than 20,000 vehicles, and if they use an average of 5 gallons of gasoline per vehicle per day the daily consumption of the town is in excess of 100,000 gallons per day and has a retail value in excess of $20,000 per day, or $6,000,000 per year.

5. A study of costs indicates that the importation of anthracite coal and fuel oils by water transportation can be carried out at a saving of more than 5 per cent under the cost of transportation of such fuels by rail.

6. The shipments of large quantities of gasoline into our township by rail or motor truck provides a constant fire hazard to the lives and properties of our citizens, and gasoline and other highly inflammable liquids should be imported into our town by water from the manufacturing plants in the metropolitan territory which are all located on tidewater.

7. The headwaters of Manhasset Bay are the natural point of collection for the drainage of an area of the town exceeding 6 square miles. The reasonable future population of this area is placed at 30,000 people, who will account for a daily discharge of a total of 3,000,000 gallons of sanitary sewage into the headwaters of the bay. Treatment of such an amount of sewage, even in the most modern form of sewage-disposal plants, will not result in clean or potable water, and it is therefore necessary for the lives and health of the citizens of our town that wide and deep channels be maintained at the head of Manhasset Bay, so that the tidal flow of water may properly absorb and dilute the sanitary sewage discharge.

8. Road-building materials required in the construction and maintenance of State, county, town, and village highways are all manufactured on water-shipment points along the eastern seaboard, and are transported to Long Island by water. The present local costs of such materials are excessive, due to the shoal water conditions existing in the harbors of Nassau County, which prevent the entrance of full-barge load lots to the terminals, except at exact periods of high tides. The value of current importation of such materials into our township is in excess of $500,000 per year.

9. Portland cement, brick, terra-cotta tile, plaster, shingles, lumber, and other building materials are manufactured on tidewater points in the New York territory, or are brought to New York by water, and the transportation of same to our town should be by water, as there is a very considerable saving in such method of delivery due to the saving in cost of handling and reloading of such materials from barges and vessels at Brooklyn and Long Island City to railroad cars. The saving effected is practically the cost of the railroad freight from Long Island City or Brooklyn to our the villages in town. The value of building materials imported into our town each year is in excess of $5,000,000, and any reduction in handling costs results in a reduction of costs to our citizens.

10. Due to the fact that truck transportation of building materials from Brooklyn and Long Island City has proven more economical than rail transportation, the highways leading into the county of Nassau are daily congested with heavy-laden trucks, causing great congestion and delays in vehicular traffic and excessive costs of maintenance of highways. Water transportation of such materials will obviate this condition and lessen the necessity for future arterial highways.

11. There are 4 terminals operating at the head of Manhasset Bay, all of which are adequately equipped with unloading cranes and storage space to handle a large volume of fuel, road-building materials, building materials, etc., and there is sufficient water frontage to provide 10 such additional terminals, all of which will be required to handle the business of the future.

12. It is the opinion of this board that the immediate dredging of a ship channel to the present terminals at the head of Manhasset Bay of such length, width, and depth as to provide reasonable access to the said terminals by standard towing and transportation equipment can be done by the Federal forces for an expenditure not to exceed $100,000.

13. It is within the knowledge of this board that the Federal income taxes collected each year from the individual residents and corporations doing business within the town of North Hempstead is in excess of $2,000,000 per year, and its citizens are therefore large contributors to the Treasury of the United States.

14. It is the firm belief of the responsible citizenry of this town that both the present and future water-borne commerce of the town of North Hempstead and the county of Nassau demand that every possible improvement should be made to navigation conditions in Manhasset Bay and in Hempstead Harbor.

15. It is and has always been the policy of the officials of this town to plan and construct public improvements in advance of the acute needs for same by the public, and experience has shown that such a policy has resulted in obtaining public improvements at lower costs with greater convenience and benefit to the citizens of the town. Acting with the knowledge that both the district engineer and the division engineer of the United States Corps of Army Engineers have made a careful economic survey of navigation conditions in Manhasset Bay and recommended the dredging of a channel through the headwaters of the bay, we hereby petition and request that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors authorize the following work:

1. Removal of existing sand shoals and mud banks which are a menace to navigation conditions at the head of Manhasset Bay.

2. Construct and maintain a suitable channel to permit of easy access by tugs, scows, barges, schooners, etc., to the terminals at the head of the bay during periods of high and low water.

3. Installation and maintenance of buoys, channel marks, lights, etc.

4. The establishment of official bulkhead lines and issuance of instructions regarding construction of works outside of said bulkhead lines; and be it further

Resolved, That certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the following:

Board of Army Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Munitions Building, Washington, D. C.

Board of supervisors, Nassau County, N. Y.

Hon. ROBERT F. WAGNER, United States Senator, State of New York, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C.

Hon. ROYAL S. COPELAND, United States Senator, State of New York, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C.

Hon. ROBERT L. BACON, House Office Building, Washington, D. C. Hon. F. Trubee Davison, office of Secretary of War, War Department Building, Washington, D. C.

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County of Nassau, town of North Hempstead: 1, Charles E. Schmidt, town clerk of the town of North Hempstead and custodian of the records of said town, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing with the original resolution adopted by the town board of the town of North Hempstead at a meeting held Monday, May 7, 1928, and that the same is a true and correct transcript thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said town this 9th day of May, 1928. [SEAL.] C. E. SCHMIDT, Town Clerk.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Mr. SHEPPARD, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 2991) to provide for the paving of the Government road extending from Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park in the State of Georgia to the town of Ringgold, Ga., constituting an approach road to the Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1100) thereon.

He also, from the same committee, to which were referred the following bills, reported them each without amendment and submitted reports thereon:

A bill (H. R. 9965) to erect a tablet or marker to mark the site of the Battle of Kettle Creek, in Wilkes County, Ga., where, on February 14, 1779, Elijah Clarke, of Georgia, and Colonel Pickens, of South Carolina, overtook the Tories under Colonel Boyd, killing him and many of his followers, thus ending British dominion in Georgia (Rept. No. 1101); and

A bill (S. 3881) to provide for the paving of the Government road known as the Dry Valley Road, commencing where said road leaves the La Fayette Road in the city of Rossville, Ga., and extending to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, constituting an approach road to said park (Rept. No. 1126).

Mr. HALE, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which were referred the following bills, reported them severally without amendment and submitted reports thereon:

A bill (H. R. 5548) to authorize payment of six months' death gratuity to dependent relatives of officers, enlisted men, or nurses whose death results from wounds or disease not resulting from their own misconduct (Rept. No. 1102);

A bill (H. R. 5644) to enable an enlisted man in the naval service to make good time lost in excess of one day under certain conditions (Rept. No. 1103);

A bill (H. R. 5718) to amend the act entitled "An act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service" (Rept. No. 1104); and

A bill (H. R. 11621) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to advance publie funds to naval personnel under certain conditions (Rept. No. 1105).

Mr. HALE also, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 4920) authorizing the Secretary of War to award a Nicaraguan campaign badge to Capt. James P. Williams in recognition of his services to the United States in the Nicaraguan campaign of 1912 and 1913, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1106) thereon.

Mr. FLETCHER (for Mr. REED of Pennsylvania), from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which were referred the following bills, reported them severally without amendment and submitted reports thereon:

A bill (S. 2947) to provide for the construction or purchase of two motor mine yawls for the War Department (Rept. No. 1107);

A bill (S. 2951) to provide for the construction or purchase of two L boats for the War Department (Rept. No. 1108); and A bill (S. 2952) to provide for the construction or purchase of one heavy seagoing Air Corps retriever for the War Department (Rept. No. 1109).

Mr. FRAZIER, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which were referred the following bills, reported them severally without amendment and submitted reports thereon:

A bill (S. 4346) to authorize an appropriation for the purchase of certain privately owned lands within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Ariz. (Rept. No. 1110);

A bill (H. R. 12067) to set aside certain lands for the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota (Rept. No. 1111); and A bill (H. R. 12446) to approve a deed of conveyance of certain land in the Seneca Oil Spring Reservation, N. Y. (Rept. No. 1112).

Mr. FRAZIER also, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which were referred the following bills, reported them each with an amendment and submitted reports thereon:

A bill (S. 2482) for the relief of the White River, Uintah, Uncompahgre, and Southern Ute Tribes or Bands of Ute Indians in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico (Rept. No. 1113); and A bill (S. 3676) authorizing the Turtle Mountain Chippewas to submit claims to the Court of Claims (Rept. No. 1114).

Mr. STECK, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 4660) to correct the military record of Charles E. Lowe, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1115) thereon.

Mr. BRUCE, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to which was referred the bill (S. 3440) to vacate certain streets and alleys within the area known as the Walter Reed General Hospital, District of Columbia; and to authorize the extension and widening of Fourteenth Street from Montague Street to its southern terminus south of Dahlia Street, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1116) thereon. Mr. NYE, from the Committee on Claims, to which was referred the bill (S. 200) for the relief of Mary L. Roebken, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1117) thereon.

He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 8440) for the relief of F. C. Wallace, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1118) thereon. Mr. JONES, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill (S. 4309) to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of a certain lighthouse reservation and to acquire certain land for lighthouse purposes, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1119) thereon.

Mr. BAYARD, from the Committee on Claims, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 4926) for the relief of the Pocahontas Fuel Co. (Inc.), reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1120) thereon.

Mr. STEPHENS, from the Committee on Claims, to which was referred the bill (S. 4376) for the relief of Harry M. King, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1121) thereon.

He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 3470) granting relief to Havert S. Sealy and Porteus R. Burke, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1122) thereon.

Mr. DENEEN, from the Committee on Claims, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 1616) for the relief of Carl C. Back, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1123) thereon.

Mr. NORBECK, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, to which was referred the resolution (S. Res. 113) favoring a restriction of loans by Federal reserve banks for speculative purposes, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1124) thereon.

He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the

resolution (S. Res. 159) to investigate the affairs and manage

ment of the Federal Land and Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, S. C., submitted an adverse report (No. 1125) thereon.

Mr. DALE, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 13481) granting the consent of Congress to the Alabama State Bridge Corporation to construct, maintain, and operate bridges across the Tennessee, Tombigbee, Warrior, Alabama, and Coosa Rivers, within the State of Alabama, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1127) thereon.

Mr. McMASTER, from the Committee on Claims, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 6569) for the relief of Frank Hartman, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1129) thereon.

He also, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which were referred the following bills, reported them each without amendment and submitted reports thereon:

A bill (S. 2792) reinvesting title to certain lands in the Yankton Sioux Tribe of Indians (Rept. No. 1130); and

A bill (H. R. 9046) to continue the allowance of Sioux benefits (Rept. No. 1131).

Mr. MCMASTER also, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 4231) to authorize a per capita payment to the Pine Ridge Sioux Indians of South Dakota, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1132) thereon.

SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA-EXPENSES OF CONTEST

Mr. DENEEN. From the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, I report back favorably without amendment Senate Resolution 225, submitted by the junior Senator from California [Mr. SHORTRIDGE] on the 5th instant, and I ask for its present consideration.

The Senate by unanimous consent proceeded to consider the resolution, which was read, as follows:

Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections, authorized by resolution of December 17, 1927, to hear and determine the pending contest between William S. Vare and William B. Wilson involving the right to membership in the United States Senate as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania, hereby is authorized to expend from the contingent fund of the Senate $25,000 in addition to the amount heretofore authorized for such purpose.

Mr. BLEASE. I should like to ask the chairman of the committee if he can tell us how much money has already been spent in this investigation?

Mr. DENEEN. The sum of $50,000 was appropriated, and nearly all of it has been expended.

Mr. BLEASE. That is, on the Pennsylvania investigation? Mr. DENEEN. On the Pennsylvania investigation. This resolution calls for $25,000 additional.

The resolution was agreed to.

EVA MAY DUNN

Mr. DENEEN. From the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, I report back favorably without amendment Senate Resolution 216, submitted by the senior Senator from Idaho [Mr. BORAH] April 30, 1928, and I ask for its present consideration.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the resolution, which was read, as follows:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate hereby is authorized and directed to pay from the appropriation for "Miscellaneous items, contingent fund of the Senate, fiscal year 1927," to Eva May Dunn, daughter of Reese R. Dutton, late an employee of the Senate, under supervision of the Sergeant at Arms, a sum equal to one year's compensation at the rate he was receiving by law at the time of his death, said sum to be considered inclusive of funeral expenses and all other allowances. Mr. SMOOT. May I ask the Senator from Illinois what was the length of service of Mr. Dutton?

Mr. DENEEN. He served for over 25 years.
Mr. SMOOT. And 25 years is the limit.

Mr. DENEEN. Twenty-five years is the limit.
The resolution' was agreed to.

PERMIT MAILING

Mr. BROOKHART, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the views of the minority to accompany the bill (S. 3890) to amend section 5 of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes," which was ordered to be printed as part 2 of Report No. 1000.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED

Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first time, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and referred as follows:

By Mr. WATSON:

A bill (S. 4438) authorizing the State of Indiana to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Ohio River at or near Evansville, Ind.; and

A bill (S. 4439) to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Evansville, Ind.; to the Committee on Commerce.

A bill (S. 4440) to create a special highway fund from the proceeds of the sale of surplus war material, highway equipment, and supplies to the Government of France; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

By Mr. CAPPER:

A bill (S. 4441) to amend the laws relating to assessment and collection of taxes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. GOFF:

A bill (S. 4442) relating to the construction of a chapel at the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alderson, W. Va.; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RANSDELL:

A bill (S. 4443) authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to sell at private sale a portion of the Pointe Aux Herbes Lighthouse Reservation, La.; to the Committee on Commerce.

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A bill (S. 4447) to amend section 67 of the national defense act; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. FRAZIER (by request):

A bill (S. 4448) to amend section 4 of the act entitled "An act to extend the period of restrictions in lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes, and for other purposes," approved May 10, 1928; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. PITTMAN:

A bill (S. 4449) for the relief of Philip Jacobs; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. THOMAS:

A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 153) for the relief of Effa Cowe, Creek Indian, new born, roll No. 78; and

A joint resolution (S. J. Res. 154) for the relief of Eloise Childers, Creek Indian, minor, roll No. 354; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

AMENDMENTS TO TAX REDUCTION BILL

Mr. WATSON and Mr. FRAZIER each submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to House bill 1, the tax reduction bill, which were separately ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.

COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT

Mr. PHIPPS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill (S. 1462) for the adoption of the Columbia Basin reclamation project, and for other purposes, which was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION ACT Mr. WHEELER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill (H. R. 6518) to amend the salary rates contained in the compensation schedules of the act of March 4, 1923, entitled "An act to provide for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services," which was referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed.

AMENDMENT OF UNITED STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT

Mr. GEORGE and Mr. SWANSON each submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill (S. 4411) to amend the United States cotton futures act, approved August 11, 1916, as amended, by providing for the delivery of cotton tendered on futures contracts at certain designated spot-cotton markets, by defining and prohibiting manipulation, by providing for the designation of cotton-futures exchanges, and for other purposes, which were separately referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.

REVISION OF AGRICULTURAL TARIFF

Mr. SHIPSTEAD. Mr. President, I submit a revised amendment as a substitute for the amendment offered by me to the pending bill, which is now lying on the table. This amendment contains the tariff schedules asked for by the legislative committee of the First National Conference of Cooperative Associations on Agricultural Tariffs, convened in Washington May 7 and 8, at the Temple of Agriculture, 1731 I Street NW. I ask that it be printed in the RECORD, and I also present a petition of the legislative committee of the First National Conference on Agricultural Tariffs, signed by the officers of the association, which I also ask may lie on the table and be printed in the RECORD.

There being no objection, Mr. SHIPSTEAD's revised amendment and the petition presented by him were ordered to lie on the table and to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. SHIPSTEAD to the bill (H. R. 1) to reduce and equalize taxation, provide revenue, and for other purposes, viz: On page 245, after line 16, insert the following: SEC. 801. AMENDMENTS TO TARIFF ACT OF 1922.

(a) Paragraphs 4, 19, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 502, 701, 702, 703, 706, 707, 708, 109, 710, 711, 712, 713, 723, 724, 729, 757, 760, 761, 763, 768, 769, 770, and 777 of the tariff act of 1922 are amended, respectively,' as follows:

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"PAR. 19. Casein or lactarene, 6 cents per pound, but not less than following: 50 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 53 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 53. Oils, animal: Cod, herring, and menhaden, whale and seal, 23 cents per gallon, but not less than 45 per cent ad valorem; sperm, 10 cents per gallon, and all fish oils, not specially provided for, 30 per cent ad valorem; wool grease, crude, including that known commercially as degras or brown wool grease, one-half of 1 cent per pound; wool grease, not crude, including adeps lanae, hydrous and anhydrous, 1 cent per pound; all other animal oils, fats, and greases, not specially provided for, 30 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 54 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 54. Oils, expressed or extracted: Castor oil, 3 cents per pound; hempseed oil, tung-nut oil, palm oil, sesame seed oil, rapeseed oil, perilla oil, 2 cents per pound; linseed or flaxseed oil, raw, boiled or oxidized, 4 cents per pound; olive oil, weighing with immediate container less than 40 pounds, 7 cents per pound on contents and container; olive oil not specially provided for, 62 cents per pound; poppyseed oil, raw, boiled, or oxidized, 2 cents per pound: Provided, That in the foregoing in no case shall the duty be less than 45 per cent ad valorem; all other expressed and extracted oils not specially provided for 45 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 55 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 55. Coconut oil, palm-nut oil, peanut oil, 4 cents per pound, but not less than 45 per cent ad valorem; cottonseed oil and soya-bean oil, 3 cents per pound, but not less than 45 per cent ad valorem." Strike out all of paragraph 57 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 57. Hydrogenated or hardened oils and fats, 5 cents per pound, but not less than 45 per cent ad valorem; other oils and fats, the composition and properties of which have been changed by vulcanizing, oxidizing, chlorinating, nitrating, or any other chemical process, and not specially provided for, 20 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 58 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 58. Combinations and mixtures of animal, vegetable, or mineral oils, or of any of them (except combinations or mixtures containing essential or distilled oils), with or without other substances, and not specially provided for, 45 per cent ad valorem: Provided, That no article containing alcohol shall be classified for duty under this paragraph."

SCHEDULE 5.-SUGAR, MOLASSES, AND MANUFACTURES OF.

Strike out all of paragraph 502, and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 502. Molasses and sugar sirups, not specially provided for, testing not above 48 per cent total sugars, twenty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per gallon; testing above 48 per cent total sugars, two hundred and seventy-five one-thousandths of 1 cent additional for each per cent of total sugars and fractions of a per cent in proportion; molasses testing not above 52 per cent total sugars not imported to be commercially used for the extraction of sugar, or for human consumption, one-sixth of 1 cent per gallon; testing above 52 and not above 56 per cent total sugars not imported to be commercially used for the extraction of sugar, or for human consumption, one-sixth of 1 cent additional for each per cent of total sugars and fractions of a per cent in proportion; molasses testing not above 52 per cent total sugars imported for or to be used in the manufacture of ethyl alcohol for nonbeverage purposes only, 10 cents per gallon; testing above 52 per cent and not above 56 per cent total sugars imported for or to be used in the manufacture of ethyl alcohol for nonbeverage purposes only, 1 cent additional for each per cent of total sugars and fractions of a per cent in proportion." SCHEDULE 7.-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PROVISIONS.

Strike out all of paragraph 701, and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 701. Cattle, weighing less than 1,050 pounds each, 11⁄2 cents per pound; weighing 1,050 pounds each or more, 2 cents per pound; fresh beef and veal, 8 cents per pound; tallow, oleo oil, and oleo stearin, 1 cent per pound, but not less than 30 per cent ad valorem; hides of eattle, raw or uncured, or dried, salted, or pickled, and all other hides not specially provided for, 25 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 702 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 702. Sheep and goats, $2 per head; fresh mutton and goat meat, 5 cents per pound; fresh lamb, 8 cents per pound."

"PAR. 706. Meats, fresh, prepared, or preserved, not specially provided for, 30 per cent ad valorem: Provided, That no meats of any kind shall be imported into the United States unless the same is healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food and contains no dye, chemical, preservative, or ingredient which renders the same unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food, and unless the same also complies with the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of Agriculture, and that, after entry into the United States in compliance with said rules and regulations, said meats shall be deemed and treated as domestic meats within the meaning of and shall be subject to the provisions of the act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. L. 674), commonly called the 'meat-inspection amendment,' and the act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. L. 768), commonly called the food and drugs act,' and that the Secretary of Agriculture be, and hereby is, authorized to make rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this provision, and that in such rules and regulations the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe the terms and conditions for the destruction of all such meats offered for entry and refused admission into the United States unless the same be exported by the consignee within the time fixed therefor in such rules and regulations."

Strike out all of paragraph 707 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 707. Milk, fresh, 4 cents per gallon; sour milk and buttermilk, 4 cents per gallon; cream 40 cents per gallon: Provided, That fresh or sour milk containing more than 7 per cent of butterfat shall be dutiable as cream, and cream containing more than 45 per cent of butterfat shall be dutiable as butter."

Strike out all of paragraph 708 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 708. Milk, condensed or evaporated: In hermetically sealed containers, unsweetened, 11⁄2 cents per pound; sweetened, 2 cents per pound; all other, 2 cents per pound; whole-milk powder, 71⁄2 cents per pound, but not less than 40 per cent ad valorem; cream powder, 18 cents per pound, and skimmed-milk powder, 3 cents per pound; malted milk and compounds or mixtures of or substitutes for milk or cream, 40 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 709 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 709. Butter, 12 cents per pound, but not less than 30 per cent ad valorem; oleomargarine and other butter substitutes, 12 cents per pound, but not less than 30 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 710 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR, 710. Cheese and substitutes therefor, 8 cents per pound, but not less than 40 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 711 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 711. Birds, live: Poultry, including geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens, guinea fowl, waterfowl, and game birds, fowl not otherwise specially provided for, when imported for food purposes, 10 cents per pound; all other, $2 each."

Strike out all of paragraph 712 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 712. Birds, dead: Poultry, dressed or not dressed, drawn or not drawn, including turkeys, chickens, guinea fowl, geese, ducks, and every variety of waterfowl or game birds, and all others not specially provided for, 14 cents per pound; all the foregoing prepared or preserved in any manner and not specially provided for, 45 per cent ad valorem." Strike out all of paragraph 713 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 713. Eggs of poultry, in the shell, 12 cents per dozen; whole eggs, egg yolk, and egg albumen, frozen or in liquid form, with or without artificial preservative, 15 cents per pound; all dehydrated egg products, including dried whole eggs, dried egg yolk, and dried egg albumen, dehydrated by any process and designated by any trade name, and all eggs or egg products otherwise prepared or preserved and not specially provided for, 45 cents per pound."

Strike out all of paragraph 723 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 723. Buckwheat, hulled or unhulled, 40 cents per 100 pounds; buckwheat flour and grits or groats, one-half of 1 cent per pound." Strike out all of paragraph 724 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

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PAR. 724. Corn or maize, including cracked corn, 30 cents per bushel of 56 pounds; corn grits, meal, and flour, and similar products, 50 cents per 100 pounds."

Strike out all of paragraph 729 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

“PAR. 729. Wheat, 42 cents per bushel of 60 pounds; wheat flour, semolina, crushed or cracked wheat, and similar wheat products not specially provided for, $1.04 per 100 pounds."

Strike out all of paragraph 757 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 757. Peanuts, not shelled, 6 cents per pound; shelled, 8 cents per pound; blanched peanuts, 9 cents per pound."

Strike out all of paragraph 760 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 760. Oil-bearing seeds and materials: Castor beans, one-half of 1 cent per pound; flaxseed, 75 cents per bushel of 56 pounds; poppy seed, 32 cents per 100 pounds; sunflower seed, 2 cents per pound; apricot and peach kernels, 3 cents per pound; copra and palm-nut kernels, 3 cents per pound, but not less than 40 per cent ad valorem; soy beans, cottonseed, hempseed, palm nuts, tung nuts, rapeseed, perilla and sesame seed, and other oil-bearing seeds and nuts not specially provided for, one-half of 1 cent per pound, but not less than 40 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 761 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 761. Grass seeds: Alfalfa, 8 cents per pound; alsike clover, 8 cents per pound; crimson clover, 3 cents per pound; red clover, 8 cents per pound; white clover, 8 cents per pound; clover, not specially provided for, 6 cents per pound; millet, 1 cent per pound; timothy, 2 cents per pound; hairy vetch, 2 cents per pound; spring vetch, 1 cent per pound; all other grass seeds not specially provided for, 2 cents per pound: Provided, That no allowance shall be made for dirt or other impurities in seed provided for in this paragraph."

Strike out all of paragraph 763 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 763. Beans, not specially provided for, green or unripe, onehalf of 1 cent per poud; dried, 2 cents per pound, but not less than 35 per cent ad valorem; in brine, prepared or preserved in any manner, 2 cents per pound, but not less than 35 per cent ad valorem." Strike out all of paragraph 768 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 768. Onions, 3 cents per pound; garlic, 2 cents per pound." Strike out all of paragraph 769 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 769. White or Irish potatoes, 75 cents per 100 pounds; dried. dehydrated, or desiccated potatoes, 31⁄2 cents per pound; potato flour, 3 cents per pound."

Strike out all of paragraph 770 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 770. Tomatoes in their natural state, 1 cent per pound; tomato paste, 40 per cent ad valorem: all other, prepared or preserved in any manner, 40 per cent ad valorem."

Strike out all of paragraph 777 and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"PAR. 777. Hay, $6 per ton; straw, $1 per ton.

"(b) Strike out all of paragraphs 1589, 1626, and in paragraph 1632 strike out the words 'palm,' 'palm kernel,' 'perilla,' and 'sesame.'"

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATIONS ON AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS,
Washington, D. C., May 11, 1928.

To Members of the Congress of the United States:
On May 7 and 8 at the Temple of Agriculture, 1731 I Street NW., in
Washington, D. C., delegates from agricultural cooperative associations,
representing 981,000 farmers, held their first national conference on
agricultural tariff problems. That body created a special legislative
committee on tariff, which was instructed to transmit to your honor-
able body the results of the deliberations of the conference.
The conclusions reached were as follows:

1. That these organized cooperatives indorse the principle of a protective tariff on all commodities coming into either direct or indirect competition with products produced on farms of the United States.

2. That Congress should levy a protective import duty on products from the Philippine Islands that come into either direct or indirect competition with products produced on the farms of the United States. 3. That the tariff act of 1922 needs drastic upward revision with respect to some commodities, a list of which is inclosed, in order to equalize more nearly the present disparity between the smaller share of the national income obtained by farmers and the larger share obtained by other groups within the United States.

4. That the present low economic state of our agriculture makes it a necessity for the Seventieth Congress in this session to pass emergency tariff legislation to aid our people.

To that end we ask you to give not only serious consideration to this form of agricultural relief, but also your assistance by passing this proposed legislation before another harvest season comes on.

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To keep everyone employed is our noblest and most important duty. Unemployment is a grave danger to society. We all lose something when anyone loses a job. The jobless man loses his livelihood and society loses his productive and buying power.

Many of you who are listening in to-night like myself have known the misery of looking for the job that can not be found. As a steel worker I went through the unemployment crisis of 1892 to 1896, the worst period of unemployment this country has ever known. I knew the uneasiness of 1907, and the slack times of 1913 and 1914 just preceding the war. On assuming the office of Secretary of Labor in 1921 I ran into an unemployment crisis. The Senate at that time asked me to report on its extent, and the survey showed a shrinkage in employment, as shown by pay rolls, of 5,735,000 workers. Had we used the same method of computation that some alarmists are using to-day, the total of unemployment then might have been put at 10,000,000.

This year the Senate again asked for the figures on unemployment. It happens that the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which does this work in the Department of Labor, publishes every month the figures on employment, the cost of living, the rate of wages, and the like. But the Senate desired a special count, and a survey was made by the same experts who in 1921 found a shrinkage in pay rolls of 5,735,000. This year they found a shrinkage of 1,874,050.

These figures have been questioned as too conservative. Those who question them insist that shrinkage must run to twice or even four times this total. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which made this survey, is a body of experts. Its executive head is Mr. Ethelbert Stewart, a leading economist of the United States, with more than 40 years' experience in this statistical bureau. President Wilson advanced him from chief statistician to his present position, and President Harding and President Coolidge retained him in it. No one has ever questioned his honesty or accuracy. The bureau over which he presides keeps in touch with 10,772 manufacturing plants all over the United States. Its contacts with these key industries give it a broad guide to actual conditions,

In figuring the present state of employment the year 1925 was taken as a standard of comparison because it was a census year for manufacturing industries and this provided definite figures on the average

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