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ment for sucn tends to produce appropriation bills an amen.dment. of unreasonable proportions, and for items. wbolly unecessary. But underý Wbile it dees flt the present Constitution the Presi-, appear that, the dent must'approve or veto the good proposai .will l)e with the bad. acted upon' by Workable la St&te&s this ,Congress, a discussion of it in support of. their argument for at this time is the amendment the proponents. point nevertheless, not to, the success which bas been enxinop- joyed in the various states with the Rkalph E. ChUrcli altogether portune. On the pro vision. in their. cgnstituù-tion for contrary, ini view of. the ýpeople's ini- item veto power- Illinois is used. as creasing anxiety over the size and anl example. Betiveen. 1899 and 1915 continuation of, Congressional ap- the governors 0o'f -out state, segregated propriations, as wlell as. the general and vetoed more than $21 1,Q00,000 .% tendency on the part of the. States the use of the item veto: and. it is to confer item. veto power on theirf poifited out,-silice. the items. were governors, it, seems to be a. very liot restored it maày be assumedthat11 timely subject., tbeyr were net indispensable. Retreuchment Difficuit Before this session. of Congress is. In the last fewv years Congress has concluded the. President may wish committed itself to a "spending that tie had suh power. On th'e other whethe that pcdlicyAs ~to polic,,i' hand, it should not be forgotten that1 bas been wis.e or unwise hias been the opposition to such anl amendment a matter of considerable controversy. argues that such power -would des-: It was a much discussed issue in the troy the responsibility of: the Conlast campaign. But whatever one' s gress, violate the principles of separapersonal, opinion as to the wisdom tien of powers. serve to defeat *of the "spending policy" for recovery legisiative intent and vest too much purpos'es. it is more or less an bis- influence to the Executive whose 1 toric fact that 'once such a policy powers have alreadv been greatly ex-. is inaugurated there is a disposition panded. on the part of the Congress to want * to continue. it. Even though thej *- uit Juilce NO. 2 Oce ma. Pae kwj SULTANA DNAND ~ .41,,,, i23 123 L2W. Red Iidmuy ejamis 4 White Nuise Mii4. l.ftuuUee.... Del MOnt WNIOLeK. SuRanAmm NPABG. RAPERRY l.4 2-0z, 4é PrSIVSRED 2JARi2f rCORN * !2-oz. Ana Page KetSc. 28 LS. 1ft~7 Red CimeeCetfeo à4M B",hrCofU., . . 2 -kD .2BALSc r imo. 2 çAtis Peaiut hfte SL T ANA 21 LU 25c Pu* iand01PAGE . SAP - CAil P&AOS.ap. Cle. .c . 10OGAAN34 -LB.2f Clea uCkOHIPS TEXAS SEEDLESS ~*PKG. Grupefruit WHILE TIIEY LAST to save. it is always tasier tor 'the President te have Congress increase appropriations than te cause a retrenchment. This may be> the very situation resident of the, with' which the coufrotd United States w il bhe eated promPresident Roosevel t and any ises of a balaricedl program toward, that en niay be readily difficuit of realization ecause of the, inclination on the part. of, .bud las Flood, retired engineer and veteran of the Spanish-American war, who passed away at bis homie, 133 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth, Sunday, were held on Monday afternoon, . >. at bis late residence. The son of the late Dr. James1 Flood, prominent physician of early Chicago, Mr. Flood was graduatedi f rom the Massachusetts Institute of Tecbnology. During the Spanish war! he was com.missioned an an ensigu in .'e Mnte Pus FRESH QUCUN BER 1&,KNZ5C M1z u cles. S 0 23e Funeral services were held on sole purpose of which is to sfy local' desires of Members of Tuesday morniug at .the Scott cliapagress. The inclusion of undesira- el, in Wilmette with interment at itemswith the desirable in a bill Memorial Park. cemetery, Evanston.