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PASSES MANPOWER BILL
ONLY TWO NEGATIVE VOTES ON
NEW DRAFT LAW.
Believed That Measure May lie Ready
for Signature of President
Late This M eek.
Washington, Aug. 24.?The new
maif power bill extending the selective
draft to all men between the ages of
18 and 45 years was passed by the
house tonight with only minor changes
in the original draft of the war
r department.
On the first roll call only two negative
votes were cast?by Representative
London of New York, the Socialist,
and Representative Gordon
of Ohio, Democrat. The final vote
was announced at 336 to 2.
The? final vote was preceeded by
three aays debate during which the
chief contention was an amendment
to defer the calling of youths from
1? to 20 years until older men had
been summoned. A final effort was
made by Chairman Dent today to
place 18 year old boys in a deferred
class, but a motion to recommit
the bill to the military affairs
committee with instructions to
incorporate that amendment was
lost 191 to 146.
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Sent to Senate.
tvio nnw to the senate.
where leaders tonight predicted its
passage early next week under a plan
to substitute the house bill for the
measure favorably reported by the
military committee of that body and
thus expedite its final enactment.
Congressional leaders hope to send
the measure to the president by the
latter part of next week.
The senate soon after convening
unexpectedly abandoned plans for a
vote today and adjourned until Monday.
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An attempt in the house to insert a
work or fight amendment by which
those exempted from service on occupational
grounds would be required
to remain at their civil tasks, failed
52 to 91. The amendment was directed
against strikes and was characterized
by officials of the American
Federation of Labor as conscription
of labor. .
House Reverses Self.
The house today reversed its action
of yesterday in voting to include
members of congress in the draft. By
a rising vote of 89 to 143, it defeated
an amendment by Representative
Gregg, of Texas, which would make
members of congress, State legislators
and federal and State executive
officials liable to draft.
f An amendment by Representative
S^tith, of New York, to exempt po
lice officers in cities of more than
500,000 population and designed to
relieve the situation in New York
where a shortage of police officers
is said to be threatened, was defeated^
An amendment by Representative
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Treadway, of Massachusetts, which
was adopted provides for the appointment
of special ?xaminers in local
conscription districts for the examination
of men placed in deferred
classification as means of further
> combing the deferred classes for additional
men for active service.
Chairman Dent of the house military
committee read a letter today
-from Secretary Baker, in which the
letter set forth his objections to the
McKenzie amendment, which was defeated,
which provided for delaying
the call of youths from 18 to 20.
Mr. .Baker said he believed the
amendment would seriously impair
the ability of the war departemnt to
get the men in accordance with the
military programme.
Cost of a Loaf of Bread.
(Explanation of Chart.)
Since 1913 farmers have been rev
ceiving for their wheat a gradually
. increasing proportion of the price
paid by the consumer for bread. The
amount received by the wheat grower
for his contribution to the average
pound'has increased from less
than 1 1-2 cents per loaf in 1913 to
more than 3 1-2 cents early this year.
'The proportion to the whole price
is shown by the relative length of the
black columns of the chart.
The middle portion of each column
shows what the miller received
for his milling cost and profit. This
has been a somewhat variable factor,
but is now at the minimum (6 per
cent.) In this 6 per cent, however,
is included the cost of the containers
(bags, sacks, etc.) shown as dotted
area which has increased very
nearly in proportion to the price of
bread itself. Bags now cost about
50 per cent, more than in 1913 and
1914.
The shaded portion of the column
represents the expense of distributing
the flour, making it into bread
and getting the loaf to the consumer.
The chart shows that the farmer is
now receiving a much larger share of
the final price for his produce than
in the ' past, and that considerable
amount of "spread" has been taken
out of other expenses.
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