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Fares--Continued

Pullman, surcharges and surtaxes on,
petitions, 382

Farlee, Isaac G., election contest, 108
Farm Advisory Council, petitions, 382
Farm bloc, petitions, 431

Farm Board, to establish, petitions, 382, 396,
401

Farm cooperatives, petitions, 365, 377, 387
Farm Emergency Relief Administration, appro-
priation, petitions, 413

Farm Loan Act, petitions, 366

Farm Loan Bureau, appropriation for, 347
Farm products

Export bounty for, petitions, 382
Marketing of, petitions, 365, 372, 377,
382, 387

Speculation in, petitions, 267
Taxation of, petitions, 393, 401
Various, petitions, 409

See also Agricultural products and Crops.
Farm Security Administration, petitions, 431
Farmers, loans to, petitions, 259, 407
Farmers' Marketing Commission, to establish,
petitions, 382

Farms and farming

Cost of production on, petitions, 419
Credit for, petitions, 419, 431
Indebtedness of, petitions, 403

Labor on, petitions, 334, 359, 431, 432
Legislation, petitions, 377
Loans for, petitions, 259, 407
Machinery for, petitions, 431

Mortgages on, refinancing of, petitions,
259, 262, 401, 407, 413

Ownership, petitions, 262

Prices, roll back of, petitions, 431
Profits from, petitions, 359

Relief for, petitions, 382, 387, 392, 401,
419, 431

Surpluses from, petitions, 387
Farragut, Adm. David G., statue of, 192
Farrell, Anthony J., death benefits for, 329
Farrington, E. S., impeachment, 336
Farwell, Charles B., election contest, 204
Fats, tax on, petitions, 393, 403
Fayetteville, N. C., arsenal at, 128
Featherstone, L. P., election contest, 256
Federal Coal Commission, petitions, 366
Federal Communications Commission, Select
Committee to Investigate, 430

Federal courts. See Courts of the United

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Federal Offices in Louisiana, Select Com-

mittee on, 206

Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Act, petitions, 420
Federal Register, publication of rules and
regulations in, 406

Federal Reserve Act, petitions, 353, 359, 366
Federal Reserve Board, impeachment of members
of, petitions, 356

Federal Reserve System, petitions, 347, 419
Federal Trade Commission, 364

Petitions, 347, 372

Federal Urban Mortgage Act, petitions, 366
Feeds, livestock, petitions, 431, 437
Fees

Attorneys', 122

Consular, 176, 220, 227, 257
Informers', 200

Pension, petitions, 324

Per diem and travel to House Members,
reduction of, petitions, 105
Physicians' in pension cases, petitions, 246
State Department, 338

Felix, Annie E., election contest, 400
Felons. See Criminals.

Felton, C. N., election contests, 242, 249
Felton, William H., election contest, 279
Ferguson, Fenner, election contest, 142
Fertilizer, shortage of, petitions, 359
Fiber products, petitions, 247
Fiedler, Helen M., claim, 234
Fifth Census, petitions, 69

Figyelmesy, Philip, charges against, 234
Fiji, relations with, 169
Filipinos

Immigration of, 391

Veteran, citizenship for certain, petitions,
413

Films, petitions, 372

Filter (Hyatt), hearings on, 296

Finances, national, 43, 48, 57, 98, 143, 172,
197, 200, 206, 273, 282

Hearings on, partial transcript, 197
Various, petitions, 269, 325

See also Appropriations Committee and Ways
and Means Committee.

Fine arts, council of, petitions, 325
Fine Arts Commission, 339, 346, 352, 358
Fines, remission of, petitions, 130, 132, 134
Fingerprinting, petitions, 420
Finkle, Milton, patent of, 163

Finley, Jesse J., election contests, 204, 227
Finney, William, claim, 154

Fire

Insurance against

Taxes on premiums for, relief, petitions,

173

Various, petitions, 341

Prevention of, 339
Petitions, 138

Firearms

Claim concerning, 137

Patents on, 129, 143

Registration of, act, petition, 414

Regulation of, petitions, 402

Firearms--Continued

Tax on, petitions, 373, 378, 409

Various, petitions, 377

See also Guns, Ordnance, and Rifles.
Firearms Registration Act, petitions, 414
Firemen, pay of certain, petitions, 193
First National Bank of Washington, 189

Fiscal Corporation of the United States, bill
for, 96

Fiscal matters. See Finances, national.
Fish

Canadian, duty on, 222

Conservation and protection of, petitions,
214, 284, 323

Culture stations for, petitions, 341
Curing and packing of, 67

Game, interstate shipment of, petitions, 382
Hatching of, 295

Inshore purse seining for, petitions, 268
Landing by trawlers, petitions, 341

Refuge for, petitions, 377

Salt used in packing, 67

Various, 224, 265

Petitions, 247, 325

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Food and foodstuffs

Adulteration and misbranding

Prevention of, petitions, 252, 267

Taxation of, petitions, 217, 224, 247, 254
Various, petitions, 21, 215, 222, 223,
259

Cold storage of, petitions, 341
Conservation, petitions, 359

Exportation, prevention of, petitions, 36,
347, 354

Interstate trade, petitions, 419

Marketing and distribution, petitions, 359
National emergency, petitions, 432
Prices, petitions, 347, 360
Pure, legislation for, 339

Petitions, 297, 303, 316, 324, 353, 402,
413

Speculation on, petitions, 359
Standards for, petitions, 348
Supply of, regulation, petitions, 360
Taxation, petitions, 217, 224, 247, 254,
327, 431

Transportation of for Irish relief, peti-
tions, 110

Various, petitions, 231

Foot-and-mouth disease, petitions, 347
Foreign Affairs Committee

Administration of, 176

Appointments to, 183

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions

referred to. See Accompanying papers
under all Congresses from the 58th
through the 79th except the 60th, 61st,
and 65th.

Petitions referred to. See Petitions and
memorials under all Congresses from the
11th through the 79th except the 17th,
61st, 65th, 69th, 70th, 72d, 76th, and
77th.

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Foreign ports, carrying mail to, petitions,
166

Foreign service, 330

Petitions, 323

Foreign Service Building Commission, 417
Foreign soil, antagonism to fighting on,
petitions, 360
Forestation, 232
Forests and forestry
Conservation

Census of, petitions, 323
Various, petitions, 325

Fires, prevention of, petitions, 392
Lands

Acquisition of, petitions, 420
Conservation, 252

Cut-over, reclaiming, petitions, 382

Products, tax on, petitions, 327

Reserves

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Ft. Caroline, St. Johns Bluff, Fla., national
monument, petitions, 432

Ft. Independence, telegraph to Pacific from,
petitions, 124

Ft. Jefferson, to strengthen, 150

Ft. Jessup, La., 178

Ft. Laramie, telegraph line to, petitions, 146
Ft. Leavenworth, Kans., Southern Indian Super-
intendency at, accounts of, 170

Ft. Mifflin, connection with the mainland, 118
Ft. Peck Dam, power and water at, petitions,
425

Ft. Peck Indian Reservation, Mont., petitions,
323

Ft. Recovery, resolution relating to road

near, 23

Ft. Ridgley, outrages committed by soldiers
at, 150

Ft. Smith Military Reservation, Ark., 213
Ft. Sullivan, Maine, military reservation at,
235

Ft. Taylor, to strengthen, 150

Ft. Vancouver, removal of military depot, 184
Ft. Wadsworth, sale of beer at, petitions, 283
Ft. Walla Walla, disposition of lands at,
petitions, 335

Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Land district at, to abolish, petitions, 106
Road between Cincinnati and, resolution, 23
Ft. Yuma Military Reservation, sale of, 212
Forts and fortifications

Appropriations for, 241, 249, 255, 271, 278,
286, 293, 300, 306, 312, 318, 329, 337,
344, 351

Petitions, 275

Legislation concerning, 263

Naming of certain, petitions, 349
Various, 48, 52, 81, 102, 108, 118

Petitions, 22, 99, 105, 110

See also Defenses, Fortifications under

Rivers and harbors, and National defense.
Fortune tellers, advertisements of, petitions,
335

Forty-four hour week for labor, petitions, 367
Foster, Henry, election contest, 155
Foundation of the Extension of the Capitol,
Select Committee on, 123

Foundry, establishment of national, 87, 98,
150

Petitions, 89, 94, 110, 145, 146, 152
"Four Cases of Lastings," case of, 220
Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia, 189
Fowler, Alexander, claim, petitions, 14
Fowler, John E., election contest, 301
Fowler, Theodosius, resolution, 16
Fox, William C., election contest, 400
Fox Indians, affairs of, 177

Fox River, payment of damages resulting from
improvement of, petitions, 245

Foy, John, petitions of, 73

France

American cable companies in, petitions, 372
Colored troops of, use of in Germany, peti-

tions, 366

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