Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

nIzed envoys OF foreign country can
not properly Indulge In such u move
G, nj, and etiquette absolutely forbi,is
them from showing Interest In the poll
tics OF the country To which they wer'
accredited, as Sir Sackvlllc West. who
wns British minister during the irsI
Cleveland administration. learned To
his sorrow: but there IL noihins In ON
laws To prevent u party OF private clti'
xcns from the South African republics
seeking sympathy aud aid nsnins, ili.,i
enemies or pomaiin. tn. election oI
defeat Of any particular candidate fo'
office.
The coniinittc- ON conference on III.
disagreement of the two houses an III.
amendments to the hill extending Ill.
time for proof and payment on lnii'l-
OF the Colorado Co.Opcrativc colony. In
! southwestern Colorado. has rs1iciicsi mn
agreement. which Inns been adopted by
both houses. The disagreement WA.
upon the form of an amendment TO Tho
bIli proposed by Senator p"iiirrcw,
pryvitllns for scs,on, entries OF iand,
| under the homestead law. This amend
incnt was rejected by the conf.r-ir,
coininIttcc. nni the substance III III.
Mondcii hill substituted. This pro
vi,ic~ that persons who have na'l,
homestead entries aud conimutc,l the
same. si,uii bc entitled to make u see
oni homestead entry: ais" that person,
who have made homestead entries AMI
| for any cause have lost or forfeited tie
snfnc. shall bc entities To make second
entries. This Is perhaps the most I'M
portnnt public land legislation which
has been enacted mt this session ~
! Congress. and Will enable many per
sous In NIL parts nj the West. who hnv'
made homestead entries. nnd for va
rious reasons failed io complete thea;
! TO secure another opportunity.
,, The report Of the Industrial commits
| sion. OF which Senator Kyle Is chair
man. makes radical suggestions re-
gnr,iing the employment OF ln''or. II
recommends that Congress. ask al
states In the Union To adopt laws rcIu
lnting work day hours for llborrrs
from fourteen To ,wcniy-onc years Of
ugc aud to prohibit the employment. ip
shops. OF boys under fourteen years OF
age. AMI not then unlcrs the boys shall
have attended school nt least thirteen
weeks during the year. The eight
hour d day law h 10 be' pusscd by all
the states. No women or girls arr &c
he employed under ground: no person
under eighteen years Of age is 10 he
employed as telegraph operator On
railroads: engineers and switchnen nrr
/, to bc examined FOR color blindness: any
engineer who becomes intoxicated
while on duty Is to bc charged with
against absent defendants to he prohib.
tied: lnborcrs not to bc prohibited from
working when they desire: the impor'
! tation OF convict-mn goods from one
state TO another to he prohlbitcd: Con
grcss to n,lopt mode Of laws rcculnt'
Ing railroad labor. which will he bind.
Ing. In case OF accident. without regard
| to the laws OF states where the accident
occurs. The recommendation of the
committee provides that a man has
right to he employed and protected
without belonging TO n union aud tim!
union laborcrs and nonunion laborcrs
should be treated alike. The report al.
so suggests that strikes should be- legal
except when they cndanger health and
safety. A boycot or combination where
/ liberty Is injured Is Illegal and In some
cases, criminal. All troubles Should be
| settled by arbitration and both sides
should abide by the decisions of the ar.
/ bitrators.
The hottest fight We have had In Con.
| grcss this winter has been between the
"cow-buttcr' and the bull-buttcr' In.
| tcrests-that IL. over the Efforts OF the
National Dairymcn's Association to re-.
strict the manufacture and sale OF olco.
| margarine. buttcrinc and other imitn.
| tions of butter by imposing an inter.
| nal revenue tax of 10 cents Il pound
upon that product. by requiring manu-
facturers TO pay license of 5000
| year. wholesale dealers $3.50 and retail
| dealers SIS. aud by requiring that all
| limitations Of butter he put up and sold
In one and two pound packages plainly
| stamped in sunkcn letters and wrapped
In n distinctive paper plainly printed
| with the name OF the manufactures
and sealed with 10 or 20 cent rcve-
nue. stamp 1t Is estimated that the
additional labor required In preparing
oleomarcarinc for market in the way
described would add about fifteen per
cent. to It's cost. At first the dairy
men had It all their own way. hut the
further the subject Is investigated and
| the more it il discussed the less prob
able seems the passage of their bill.
because the prctpnsions OF their repre-
| scntativcs here have not been proved
| and the olconargarine men. with the
aid of the labor organizations, have
made II very strung fight Both
branches of the committee are agreed
| that olcomargarninc. and all other imi-
tations of butter should be marked TO
| show exactly what they are. and the
| olcomargarinc manufacturers VIII also
consent to the small-packngc arrange
mcnt, which Is. of course, great con
| cession. The olcomargarinc men argue
| that olcomargarine Is just rs much n
product OF the farm as butter. and
makes both cattle and hogs more vnlu-
able; that all the authorities concede
that It Is hcaltlful and nutritious
food; that the manufacture of oleomar-
gnrine has not interfcred with the pro
duction of butter. because the statistics
show that the price of butter has been
advancing continually for the last ten
years. and much more rapidly than
oleomargnrine.