Omaha daily bee., 1894-02-22
PETER AND SUGAR BOUNTY
Kansas Populist Senator in Favor of Govern
ment Encouragement,
HIS REPORT ON THE NEEDS OF THE WEST
Surprises the Senate, Especially the Ere,
Traders, by the Array of Facts on
Which His Conclusions
We're Based.
WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE,
5lS Fourteenth Street,
WAGIIINnTnN ~

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2I.
Senator Fefror, member OF the subcom.
! mittee Of the senate committee on arrl.
! culture appointed to investigate the causes
| OF depression In agriculture, etc. has sub.
mitted report to the full committee. SEN
ator fehers report is very exhaustive and
Is confined largely to the corn, wheat and
! sugar interests OF the country. He dpyutos
| great deal of attention to the oucstinn of
! sorghum and beet sugars and shows TINT
| the practical effect of the bounty has bsen
| TO cheaper sugar to consumers In the agsre-
| gate OF over 5000. 900 900 in three years that
! IL Is wise to diversity farming Industries
! ana that the sugar industry increases the
| value of the lands The great populst fully
endorses the sugar bounty system and ad-
! Nocates federal ENCOURAGEMENT to our sugor
| industry which Will be sufficient to fully
develop 1t.
Senator PETER treats the sugar question
! from purely agricultural and business
standpoint and fully endorses the views OF
senator Allen as expressed recently I'm The
Bee, Senator PETER visited Nebraska and
| other sugar producing states during the re-
| cess OF congress last summer, called upun
| the farmers and saw the factories. and his
| report Is based upon information secured by
| himself in person.
| SOUTH OMAIIA'S PUBLIC BUILDING. :
The house committee on public buildings
| and grounds which reported with favorable
| recommendation today Mr.. Mercer's bill ap-
| proprlatlng 100000 for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a federal building
in South Omaha pays the thriving annex TO
the metropolis of Nebraska splendid
tribute. The committee says that South
Omaha is the third largest city in Nebraska;
that ten years ago not a town lot was in
sight in it, while today it has $1,000
souls and is the third largest stock
market in the world. The packing
house employs 5000 persons paying them
$30OO000 annually. over 900 900 hogs and
ed m ha
yards cover an area OF seycnty-hve acres.
South Omaha continually grows: she never
stands stu; within few years She will be
vastly larger than at present. The commit
tee quotes column of statistics recently
given in The Bee to the interests and in
vestments in South Omaha and also the
response in behalf of South Omaha de-
ltvered by John $. Knox at the recent Com
mercial club banquet. The committee also
inserts in the report the postofIice statistics
furnished by Postmaster j. NJ. Glasgow under
date of September 20 last. Altogether the
report is most laudable one and there is
every prospect of early favorable action upon
the bill at the hands of the house.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. Picker, wife of Representative John
A. Pickler of South Dakota, was among the
women who addressed the house judiciary
committee today in favor of amendment
to the federal constitution granting woman
suffrage. Mrs. Picker declared that the only
opposition to woman suffrage in the northwest
came from lorelsn-DOfn cltlHenS and that the
only hope the country had of moral reforma- =
tion was in womans ballot Mrs. Pickler
showed wonderful familiarity with the land
laws, and proved herself a great friend to
the rugged settler upon the public domain.
If representative John A. Caldwell is next
week nominated by the republicans of Gin
cinnati to be mayor of that city as is gener-
ally expected, he will Immediately resign the
craftsmanship of the republican congress
sional campaign committee and Representa-
tive Joseph w. Babcock of the Third Wis
consin district, one of the largest lumber
men of the country, will be chosen chairman
in his place.
c. w. Thomas, Deadwood, s, D., is at the
Oxford.
Grill B. McFall of Oskaloosa, Ia, is at the
Normandie.
Mr.. Hamilton, manager of the Oxnard
sugar interests at Grand Island Is in the
city,
Frank Byrne today appointed post
master at Piedmont, Uinta county, Wyo.,
and James Henderson at Oneida, Bannock
county, Idaho
The funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Anna Schrader, wife of Fred #.
formerly of Omaha
Quoted by Rev. j. G.. Butler, pastor of the
Memorial Lutheran church. The pail bearers
were a number of well known newspaper
professional and personal
friends of Mr.. Schrader.
Second Lieutenant H. II. Wilkins, Second
has been ordered to duty in con-
nection with the national guard of Iowa.
Mr.. John Hyde of Nebraska who has for
over three years been in charge OF the farm
ing statistical division of the census bureau.
has completed his work and is now private y
citizen. He has considerable work in his
line to do for private individuals and after
this is completed he will return to Ne
braska. He has made a splendid record
here. PERRY S. HEATH.