Omaha daily bee., 1892-02-13
SILVER MEN ANXIOUS.

They Demand an Early Consideration of the
Bland Bill-Other Items.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. i2.-Silver men
were circulating some eight or ten petitions
on the democratic side of the house, urging
/. at the silver bill be made q special con
Jtinuing order, and, it Is said, had early
secured about 100 signatures. Anti-silver
! men are urging delay and are working TO
sthat end in the hope that there may be de-
velopments which will aid their cause and
enable them to find some way out of the
difficulty. Free coinage men say that on
political grounds alone. aside from monetary
principles, tho sooner the issue Is met the
better. The peoples party In the house have
Joined with the free coinage people in de-
manding prompt consideration OF the Bland
bill
A member of the rules committee said
this afternoon that there was no disposition
on tho part OF the committee to retard the
consideration of the silver question and that
the committee would bo found disposed to
and he personally was of the opinion that it
would be found there would be no flibust-
ering,
The superintendent OF census has sent to
the press bulletin on flax production pre-.
pared by Special Agent Hyde, In charge Of
the division of agriculture. 1t shows the
total area OF land devoted to the cultivation
of flax in the United States in 1889 to have
been l,3ls,69S acres, the production of flax
seed 10, $50, ,4l0 bushels and the total value of
All fax products SIC. .436 22S. Although flax
seed is reported from thirty-one states.
Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and No
braska produced s0.O6 per cent of tho total
amount or ,045, ,6l3 bushels in excess OF the
entire production of the United States at the
census OF 1880
Condemning the Cigarette Habit.
The ways and means committee OF the house
will be petitioned TO prepare bill invoking
the paternal condemnation the government
upon the cigarette habit Represents ntatives
Cochran, Cummings and Stahlnecker OF
Now York all have In their possession bills
which they have been petitioned 70 intro
duce, providing for the suppression of cigar
! ette manufacture by imposing an internal
revenue tax OF SO per 1000 on all imported
or domestic cigarettes sold IN this country.
Accompanying the memorial is a. statement
which says:
'Clippings taken from papers throughout
the United States show that during the past
year there have been about 100 deaths OF
young men, mostly under 10 years Of age,
from the effects OF smoking paper wrapped
cigarettes; In some cases there have been an
analysis OF the stomach and there has. been
found acid and arsenic, which is largely used
In tho manufacture Of cigarette paper. There
has never yet been chemist of any res ponsi-
biiity who has examined paper wrapped
cigarettes who has not most decidedly pro
nounced thom injurious The informal reve-
nue tax is now so cents per 1000 on paper
wrapped cigarettes. To accomplish what the
different states have, and are attempting to
do, prohibiting young people from smoking
paper wrapped cigarettes, a law should be
passed this congresmaking the internal reve-
nue. tax $40 per 1000 ON all paper wrapped
imported or domestic cigarettes. This would
place them at price that children could not
pay aud go further than any state Legislature
can do, and meet with the approval of every
man and woman In the country.n
Following the statement are the names and
former addresses Of over 200 people OF the
various sections of the United States who
have, during the past year, died or grown
hopslessly insane as the effect OF the per
nicious habit.
Representative Cochran will file his bill
with the ways and means committee, of
which he is a member for such action as
|, that committee may deem proper.
Postmasters Appointed.
The following nominations OF presidential
postmasters have been deciued upon and
will probably be sent TO the senate next
Monday Samuel b. Bordor at Boulder,
Colo, vice Valentine Bulsh, commission
expired. La Barron b. Willard at Greeley,
Colo, vice H. II. Johns, commission OK pired.
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