Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-18
CONGRESSMAN SEEM TO BE
VERY INDIFFERENT.
Doubtful If Any Action Will Be Taken
Regarding the Prohibition of Meat
Imports by Germany and Other
Foreign Countries.
Capital City Chat,
Washington correspondence:

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of the Ways and Means Committee. ne
Gently introduced Il bill, i'll accordance
With the Recommendation in the Frcsi-
dent S message. to repeal the cne-tenth of
a cent d%lffeiential on sugar which evoked
protests from Germany ands.Austria. and
which it is stated inspired the retaliatory
action by the former Government in the
form OF prohibition of American beef.
But 1t is not altogether certain that the
ways and Means Committee will report
thls bill to the House. nor is it at all as
sured that the House will pass it in case
it energies from the committee and is
given Il hearing.
MIR. Wilson was asked about the pros
poets OF the bill, but did not speak cntllu-
siistically of them. He said, in answer.
to 81 question. that its claims for consider
alton might be brought to the attention
OF the Rules Committee after the cur
rencN bill had been disposed of, hit added
That the remaining time of this Congress
was Very short. and there would be Il
great pressure for ailotmcnts of tine for.
various bills.
Illinois being the stronghold of the
meat business. the representatives from
that State have been appealed to to do
something in the interest of their con-
stituen,s. Representative .Aldrich. of
Chicago. is receiving many cu,nmunicn-
tions on the subject. and intends to talk
With his colleagues not TO suggest ~lcgisia:
ton but to ascertain what will be their.
attitude toward whatever the Democrats
may propose.
Whether the Republicans will co-ope.
rate with the Democrats in remedial lc..
lslation becomes III open question, since
II is Known that the Democrats are nor
agreed upon their course. n fraction of
them thinking with Mr.. Whiting that any
tariff legislation will be unwise.
The annual seed distribution Mt tn.
Agricultural Department has resulted so
far in sending ont l.So0.0OG papers of
vegetable seeds throughout the coantrr.
The work will probably not be completed
before May, and no flower seeds have
been sent out this season. There are
still about 100000 papers of seeds
awaiting distribution.
Another Reservation to Ee Opened.
The 1ankton Reservation in South
Dakota probably will be opened for set.
iemen early in the spring. The date
mas not yet been determined upon. but
some action is expected in n few weeks.
Inc total amount to be paid by the Gov
eminent for the lands is SG21, f75. $780,
oOO of which is to he held in the Treasury
as n permanent fund drawing interest n.
D per cent, payable per capita twice a
year. Fart of the money has already
peen PAID. and the remainder will be dis
posed OF within two or three weeks.
The annual meeting of the Board of
indlan Commissioner will soon be held
here. and at the conference Indian work
VIII be discussed by representatives of
the Woman's National Indian Associa.
ton. and all religious bodies %conductin.
work among the Indians. Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Browning will probably
address the conference.
Secretary Smith is giving n preot don,
IN management OF fnn
Indians, and has been in consultation
with members of the Indian committa,s
of the Senate and House upon features
treated of in his report. Representative
Wilson. of Washington, the senior NON.
her of the House Indian Committee. has
been comforting with the Secretary rc.
garding the coming Indian appropriation
bill, n the possibility of securing lcgis.
iatlon i'll accordance with the Sccretary's
recommendations. Mr.. Wilson saws that
many of the Secretary's recommendn-
lions meet with his approval, especially
regarding the sale of lands, which safes
are not directly for the benefit of thu
Indians.
"A general investigation on the advance
OF machinery in the industrial world and
its effect OH labor has been begun nv thn
Bureau of Labor. The object of the IN
curry is to determine what modern mn.
chlnery has done as compared to hind
labor and what inroads machinery has
made in the field formerly occupied by
hand labor. 1t is the first time nm inves.
tigation on this line has ever been ot-
tempted by the Government, and it is OK.
pected to prove an immense undertaking.
though less difficult to accomplish than
some of the inquiries already made bv
the Labor Bureau. Several of the agents
have been already sent out on the work.
provided with circular inquiries callin,
for collection of various specific instances
of hand labor, the time, cost and labor in
volved in the production of various arti-
cles, compared with the corresponding
conditions in the modern factories. The
work will require a year or more and tho
whole force of twenty or twenty-five
agents of the bureau in the field will be
engaged on it after n few weeks, when
the collection of statistics of strikes from
1857 to July last is completed.
The "sundown Doctors"
a shutdown doctor" is n clerk in one of
the government departments who prac-
tices medicine after office hours. There
are also Shutdown" lawyers, stenograph-
ers, clerks, and teachers, and other classes
who utilize the time that is not required
by Uncle Sam by adding a little to their
Incomes and acquiring experience that is
expected to be useful to them in after
days. Washington is a good place for a
person without means to obtain a pro-
fessional education if he can obtain q
in ono Of tho donortuont Nho