The farmers' union., 1895-01-17

Of he Ways and Means Committee. II
""uiiy introduced y bill. III Hccnfsan'"
with the Recommendation in the I'rr>t-
dent \ message, t. repeal The 'A"-t"hti at
Il cent diif"Icntial Oh star which "yuEf''!
i'r"'c>'s from Germany ana Austria. HI:s
which il is stated inspired the ictaIiat"rt
action by the former Gov. rntuent in til"
form of prohibition of American beet.
Hut II is not altogether certain lilnt tn.
Ways and Means Committee wi!l r"p"r.
this hill I" the House. nor is 1t NJ all ;t>
snrrt that the House will pass it in cas-"
it "incrGcs from the committee and is
given Il hearing.
Mr.. Wilson was asked about the pros
poets Of the bill, but did not speak cn1hu-
-in,tcllly of them. He said. in answer
t"a question, that lis claims for consider"
alton might be brought +" the attention
"f the Rules Committee after the cur
rrncy bill had been disposed Of, but added
that the remaining time of this Congress
was very short, and there would be 4
great pressure for allotmcntS Of time for
various bills.
Illinois being the stronghold Of the
meat business, the representatives from
that State have been appeaicd I" to do
something. in the interest of their con-
>titnc'ts. Representative Alhrch. pf
Chicago, is receiving many crmmunicn
toms on the subject. and int nds t" tax
with his colleagues no; to suggest lcGisi:,
ZION but to ascrr,:lin what will be their
attitude toward wiia,cyrr tn. Democrats
may pr"io>c.
Whether the Republicans will co-opc-
ratc with th" Democrats in remedial leg,
l@lAti"n becomes an open question. since
agreed upon their course. u fraction of
rhcm thinking with Mir. Whiting that any
tariff Legislation will be unwiS".
the animal seed distribution mt til
A.ri, ultural Department has resulted So
far in scn,ling ont .:nO.OU. papers of
vegetable seeds throughout the cnun'rr
The " 'rk will probably not be completed
before May. aui no flower seeds have
i."cu sent ont this season. There are
>tiI' about i.MEp.ntD paprrs of seed
aw,itin. distribution.
Another Reservation to BE Opened.
Tie Nautt"n Reservation in Sout,.
Dakota probably will hr opcAch FOR set
tlcmcnt early in the spring. The date
has not yet been determined upon. but
some action is expected iii Il few weeks
Tn. total amount tn !c paid by the Coy
IL
800 of which is to hc h.lL in the Treasury
Is II permanent fuuC driving interest Il:
= per cent. payall, per capita twice O,
year. Fart az - unucy has already
been lad. :s,,.t remainder will bc dis
posed of within two or three weeks
The annual meeting Of the Board oi
Indian Commissioners will soon ~. hell
Here. aud nj the conference Indian work
hn ,tI 1t,-
the Woman's National Indian Associa
rion. and all religious bodies conductin-
work :'non- the In,.ian>. Commissioner
"t Indian Affairs Browning will probabl,
nj ,rr>s the conference
Secretary Smith is Givin. Il great .ca
nf attention t. the management of til.
lnli.inS. and has been in cniIsulta,io,
with members of the lndiau committees,
If the Senate and House upon feature
treated of in his report Representative.
Wilson. of Washington. the senior mem
hcr of the llnu>, lndian Committee. In
hcrn comforting with the Secretary II,
.;ar,!in= the coming Indian appropriation,
hill and the possibility of src1lrn. le-i,
lItion iii lrtrv,ilnt,' with the Secretary
Recommendations Mr.. Wilson saws thi
many Of the Srrrctary'S recommends
ions meet with his approval. r>pcrial!
regarding the sale of lands. which safe
are not directly for the benefit of III
Indians.
\ general investigation on the a,lvar,.
nt machinery in the industrial world mn
It's effect ols labor has been begun hy III
i;urcau of Labor. The object IF the ::
luiry IS tr determine what modern mn
,'hurry has done rs compared IL han
labor and what inrrldS machinery IN
made in the field Formerly occuI,icd h
hand labor. II is the tir<t time m iuyc>
ti"atinn on this. line has ever been I;
tempted by the tnyrrnnlrrt. and il is eN
i't,lrt t. prove an imiurn>r undtrtakin-
ihuuGil less difficult IL accomplish thu
snnir Of the inquiries already made /,
thc Labor EUr,au. Several ii yte agent
huvr ',c,u ;lrcad. sent out on tn, work
provided with circular Inquiries c:lin
.nr collection Of various specific lu>taut,
# hand labor. the time. cost and labor i
VOWED i'll the production Of various art
les. compared With the rorrr~pnnd;rl
conditions III the modern factories II,
work Will require Year ar riorr ANA III
whnl. fHrc" Of twenty ar twenty Ii,
agents al the bureau in the .itI will /
engaged on il after 4 few weeks. Wht
The collection Of statistics of strikes trol
1871 IL July last Is cnnlpleTctl
The "Suudnwu Doctor"
= ''>undnwn irrtrr" IS = clerk i'll olac 4
the government departments who rra'
trees medicine after office hours. Ihtf
are also ''Sun.lown' lawyers. >truH-r"11 !
arS, clerks, and teachers. ans. other ,laS>t
who utilize tn. tim. that IS NOT Require,
t,v Uncle Sam by adding Il little u the
incomes and acquiring experience thar
,f,.f ~,
DAYS Washington Is 4 good place tor
,,,rSon without means L. obtain Il II,
;cSSinnal education if he can obtain
>lcrkship in one ri the departments, II
lectures at the law ana medical Schoo
ate arranged so as ~ accommodate tllo>
w,o are employed during the daytiIn
ard 4 large portion of the students