Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-08-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Schley Court of Inquiry Tame
Proceeding. Pensionins
Civil Employees.
wAsnINeroN. Aug., 5lh., l9Ol.

gently searching the official records for
facts bearing on the matters that will be
brought before the court. lie objected
to having every thing he did overlooked
by q naval officer, but he was shown the
naval regulation that forbds any per-
son outside OF the service Having access
to the oflieia! records except in the
presence OF an officer. Capt. Lemly,
judge advocate general OF the navy
who is judge advocate OF tue Scbiey
court, has just gone away lcr 4 four
weeks vacation, but during his absence,
his assistants will get everything in
shape for the hearing 'Before the court
and there will be no delay on that
account.
Not a few lovers of molasses will be
interested in the remarks Of Mr.. Emile
Janin, OF New Orleans, now stopping at
a Washington hotel, who said: "There
is now practically none OF the old.
fashioned New Orleans molasses, of
which we were all so fond in our boy.
hood days, Its disappearance is dce to
the general use OF the centrifugal pro-
cess in manufacturing sugar. The
molasses and syrup of today are mostly
glucose, and strange as II may seem,
New Orleans is one OF the largest con-
sumers OF glucose in the world. Glucose
is made from corn. 1t is sweet, though
not nearly so sweet as the juice OF the
sugar cane, and incidentally is the
most indigestibe thing in the world.
The dealers OF New Orleans arejresponsi-
BILE for the immense consumption OF
glucose there. An investigation by the
sugar exchange developed this. 1t was
discovered that they added about three
barrels of glucose to each barrel of
molasses and sold the mixture as New
Orleans molasses."
While discussing the relative strength
OF the labor organizations of Great
Britain and the United States, MIR.
William Eckersley, a Sheffield, England.
steel manufacturer who has reached
Washington in the course of a leisurely
business tour of this country, said:
You have some knowledge OF the
strength OF labor unions, but | doubt il
operatives in the different trades are as
united or as powerful in this country as
in Great Britain. 1t is no unusual thing
Tor body Of laborers representing ali
the men OF a certain class in Great
Britain, to have $4,000 or $4,000, 900
IN their reserve fund. The coal workers,
Tor instance, are composed Of the men
employed in England, Scotland and
Wales, and their fund was about $1,000
OOO when | last saw a report of Il
Your people, except the common un-
skilleds laborers get higher wages than
ours, but they have to pay more to. live
in every way"
The project Of pensioning civil en-
ployes OF the government, without ex.
pense to the government is again being
actively agitated in Washington. The
United States civil service retirement
association, organized year or two ago
TO push this project has been reorganized
and will prepare a bill, which congress
Will be asked to pass. This bill will
90 based upon information given in
response to an act OF the last congress,
eallingupon the heads OF departments
Tor list OF employees giving ages and
length OF service and will provide for
the creation OF pension fund by the
retention OF small percentage Of ail|
civil salaries, probably about three per
cent. 1t will provide that retired civil
employees shall be paid one-hslf the
salaries they were receiving when
retired. The only expense to the gov.
eminent, under this plan, would be for
the clerical help needed for the colec.
tion and disbursement Of the pension
fund. 1t is claimed that the United
States is the only one of the great
civilized nations that does not provide
in some way for the pension Of eyed
evil service employees. France has
system someihing like the one proposed !
The rest Of the nations pay the pensions
from public funds.
"a Brief History OF American Journ. |
alism" is the title Of book which will !
shortly be published by the library Of |
congress. 1t will cover something like
1000 pages, and will include the name |
founder, and such information as NAV
be OF interest, OF every publication ever
printed in this country up 10 the close Of
1900. The compiler OF the book, Mr..
Ralph NJ. Mckenzie, OF the library
staff said Of his work: "When il il
remembered that thousand periodicals.
become extinct in this country every
year, and that nearly % 900 we're issued
in the year 1900. you will understand !
something Of the tack which / have just
finished. The first newspaper was
printed in America in 1904. and 1 have
gone over the field for the whole two |
centuries since that day.
According to a report from the United |
States consul at Vancouver, B. c., labor /
strikes have paralyzed business in that |
section. He says the trackmen Of the /
Canadian Pacific Railway are on
strike andsihe employees iof the North
port smelier, at Rossland, which has
been shipping ten thousand tons Of ore
weekly. many Of whom are American /
citizens are also on strike. The latter