The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-23
WASHINGTON WAITS.

neport Of the House Committee or Public
Lands-Decline In Government bonds
Butler on L~abor-Ind, ssrial Exposition
Threatening q Consul.
WASHINGTON, May IA report has
been submitted To accompany the bill r.
ported from the House Committee on Public
Lands, providing for the repeal of the Pre-
emption and Timber Culture laws. and an
amendment to the Homestead law. The
committee says: We believe il should be
the policy of the Government to give those
of our citizens who are without homes, such
amount of the public domain as will make
them comfortable homeSteads, where they
enter upon it in good faith. intending to
make it their homes. and cultivate and live
UPON the same for a fixed period of time.
and we believe one hundred and sixty acres
should be the maximum under the Preemp-
ton Homestead and Timber Culture laws.
AS they now stand enc person may become
the owner of Jour hundred and eighty acres
of the public domain, one hundred amt sixty
acres under each. This is too large an
amount of land. in our opinion, for any one
person to acquire in this manner. We
think the policy of the Government should
be To furnish as many of its citizens with
comfortable homes IL long in the future Is
possible, and one hundred and sixty acres Is
| sufficient for this purpose. BY giving them
I this amount it will not be- many years until
all our public domain will be taken up.
The Presumption law was passed in 1911,
the Homestead law in 1852 and the Timber
Culture law i'll 1873. When the Homestead
law was enacted the Presumption law should
have been repealed. The Timber Culture
law should never have been passed. We
have, therefore, in the substitute. provided
for the repeal of the Pre- emptlon and Tim
bee Culture enactmcntS and amended the
Homestead wv.
DECLINE IN GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Some establishment is expressed at the
Treasury DEPARTMENT. over the decline in
Government securities. and is only accounted
for on the theory that bonds We're being
! rapidly converted into money to be used in
more profitable investments. Secretary Fol-
ger said lie had received no information
from New York on the subject. and was
consequently unable to explain the decline.
The fact that only SlO9,0 900 worth of called
bonds were offered for redemption in New
I lolh - lOSuANNu SS sAl biAttt l&V
| pie who hold bonds are not in great need OF
money at present. \ conference was held
at the Treasury Department Is to TIE best
method OF relieving the financial preSsureiu
New York. In view of the decline in fouI
per cent. bonds. it was proposed the Secre
tary authorize the purchase of these bonds
in open market. IL was virtually decided &C.
pursue this course i'll ease the decline coll
tinueS.
BUTLER ON LABOR.
General L. F.. Butler addressed the Sen
| ate Committee on Education and Labor or
the general features of the labor problem.
He asserted that the present difficulties
were due To Over-prOductiOn. We had, II,
said, a years crop of grain on hand AMI
We're within three months of another crop.
nearly 4 years crop of cotton was o
stored in the warehouses;. After referring
to other commodities which We're i'll stock
in excess of current requirements, he said
Why We have q twenty years supply os
whisky ON hand" He was factiouSly IT
minded that this was a delicate subject. and
! admitted that for one who was supposed to
, be a Presidential candidate it was necessary
to be cautious.
II INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
The Board of Management of the WOrld'-
industrial Exposition elected DIR. G.. 3
IOring. Commissioner of Agriculture, a
Chief of the Department of Agriculture:
John Eaton. New Hampshire, aS Chief OF
the Department of Education and Instruc-
tiOn; Captain James b. Eads, Special Com
missioner to the Great Britain and London
Exposition. The American Exchange in
Europe, limited. was appointed to act as tn,
agent for the Exposition in Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia, South America and West
India Island for the distribution Of infOrma
ton and forwarding exhibits.
THREATENING A M CONSUL
The Secretary of the Treasury has re
ceived a telegram from Special Agent
Hubbs, at Key West, saying 4 moi there
interested in the Cuban Instruction have
publicly announced their purpose of using
personal violence to the Spanish Consul at
that place, and he had offered the Consul
the protection of his house, but the OtfeI
was declined. Secretary FOiger te~legraphed
the special agent to confer with the naval
authorities at Key West and cooperate with
them in protecting the life and property Of
the Spanish Consul.