Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-19
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

ot CouulcICo otus uc0Iu Nomhusbnsouct
OF Patents Allen. who disapproves OF
proposed department OF commerce.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Ailes informed the committee that the
treasury department IL willing to
transfer to the proposed department
OF commerce the Bureau Of Immigra-
tion. National Bureau Of Standards.
lighthouse establishment and coast
and geodetic survey. to aid In form.
ing nucleus for the now department.
But the treasury 10 not favorable to
the transfer Of the marine hospital
service. life-saving service. steamboat
inspections. Bureau Of Navigation or
Bureau of Statistics. because OF their
close relation to the treasury depart
ment. These fivc last named bureaus
are In charge Of department ofiiciaIs
who have charge Of other mattcrp
also.
Tho increase In freight rates which
arc shortly to bc applied on the roads
running from the Mississippi river and
points beyond to the East and South
will be Investigated by the Interstate
commerce commission. which has
fixed December 10th. next ~ tho date
for q hearing to be held at the ofices
OF the commission In Washington. The
commission has issued an order re-
quiring the attendance at the tlme
Of the chief traflic oflicials or other
representatives qualified to give In
formation OF tho following roads:
Michigan Central. Lake Shore 4 Mich.
igan Southern. Erie railroad. Balti-
more & Ohio. Pennsylvania. Cleveland.
Cincinnati. Chicago 4 ST. Louis. Wa
bash Railway Company. Baltimore 4
Ohio Southwestern. New York Central
4 Hudson River. Delaware. Lacka-
Pcnnsylvania Railway Company.
Southern railway. Norfolk 4 Western
and the Chesapeake Z Ohio.
A delegation OF prominent cltizens Of
San Francisco. consisting OF r. p.
schwcrin Of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. w. w. Douglass. state comp
trolier. and cx-Mayor Phelan. headed
by Senator Perkins. called upon tho
President to discuss with him tho pend
Ing proposition TO place the govern
nsnt transport service ON the Pacific
In private hands. with headquarters In
Seattle. The Boston Steamship Com
pauy. which runs out Of Seattle. has
made bid for the handling Of the gov
erumcnt transport business on the Pa
cinc which tho War Department now
has under confederation. The people OF
San Francisco arc urging the govern
ment not to accept the proposition. ~
its acceptance probably would result
In the loss to San Francisco OF much
government business. The delegation
Informed the President that the pco-
ple Of San Francisco had erected .
monument to commemorate Dcwey's
victory at Manila and the navy In gen.
eral. and Invited the President to at
tend the dedication ceremony while on
his trip to tho coast next spring. Tho
presideut accepted tho Invitation and .
date will be named 10 suit his con.
vcniencc.
Tho feature Of the House proceed
iuen December 10th was . thoughtful
speech BY the venerable Galusha A.
Grow Of Pcunsyivania o. the relations
between capital and labor. Al the end
Of the present srAaion he rcurcs ~ the
age Of seventy mine. after . career In
public life extending over half . ccn-
tury. His nrst speech In the House
was Mans Right TO the Soil" He was
the author Of the free homestead art-
His speech was regarded - his vale
dicsory to public life. and vas listened
TO with close attention by his col
SOFT of cooperation between capital
and labor was the only solution Of the
impcudlug problem. In conclusion Mr..
Grow said: "a labor strike 10 an un.
equal contest n best. Il IL . contest
Of endurance between hunger and
thirst Of the human stomach and the
income Of capital. Capital In such con.
tests loses none Of It's accumulation OF
wealth. unless an industry itself should
be destroyed: and In such case labor
would be the greatest sufferer. 8ome
method Of profit sharing between en-
ploycrs and employees that would -.
cure . harmonious cooperation OF
both. 10 ~ to prevent strikes and In
prove the condition Of labor. II Of VI
tai importance to the general welfare.
for the pillars OF the Republic rest
upon the comfort Of the home and tho
happiness Of the nrcside Of labor"
The most important action OF the
National Anti-saioon League during
It's annual session In Washington. was
the unanimous adoption Of an address
to the public on the army canteen Ques-
ton. in which the charge IL made that
high army oiIicials have pcrsistently
pursued . course extremely unfavor-
able to the anti-cantecn law OF Con-
RTC18. Inc 0uuIVEH pieuHe1 tue esSuCs,
alton to do Its utmost to defeat any
attempt to repeal the Law until Il has
had . fair and full trial. and says:
High army officiais have mist per-
sIstcntiy pursued . course extremely
unfriendly to this Law. and pursued II
In q way that has thrown the whole
influence Of the War Department with
the soldiers on the side Of the distrust
Of and dissatisfaction with the Law.
and have persistently published mis-
leading reports concerning the efects
Of the Law. The Ant-8aloon League
declares itself unalterably opposed 10
the repeal OF the army cantecn law,
and pledges 10 do its utmost. by peti-
tion. by agitation and by ballot. to de-
feat any attempt to repeal this law un.
Ill Il has had = fair and full trial. and
that Il will not cease the agitation un.
III the public and those who control
the army understand that liquor selling
In the army cantccn is q question Of In
tcrnationai morality and not alone ol
military regulation. and that the Issue
Is whether handful Of officers car
safely defy the expressed moral senti-
/ mcnt of the nation or can successfully
convince the people that a saloon Is q
temperance society when conducted In
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