Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-12

his consent Consequently he comes TO
Congress and asks that he be given the
protection Of the copyright laws to a
greater extent than he enjoys. on the
other hand the manufacturers of me-
chunical piano players assert that one
or two concerns have foreclosed upon
every artistic In the world and that the
extension Of the copyright law to pieces
OF perforated cardboard will simply
place IN the hands OF 1.-THE trust an
other Othello-like pillow with which
TO smother the suffering people who
are dying for canned music
The Joint committee which has this
matter up for considera lion, hopes TO
be able 70 devise some law which VIII
ensure a royalty TO the composer with
out Gripping the music roll industry
which has grown 10 enormous prOpoT-
lions, by the way, as II Is asserted that
upwards Of 100000 are invested IN
mechanical piano playing plants In the
United States.
DISTRIBUTING SEEDS.
Once more an effort Is to be made
to induce Congress to abandon the
practise of distributing each year few
million packages OF comparatively
worthless seeds. On Wednesday next
the house committee on agriculture
Will hear all who are interested IN the
subject and who choose to come 70
Washington for the purpose OF eX-
pressing their views. OF course the
principal speakers against the 'free
seed distribution will be the repre-
sentative seedsmen OF the country But
on the other hand there has been a
great awakening among the farmers
from Maine TO Oregon and during the
past few months hundreds of local
county and state grangers have ex-
pressed themselves as opposed TO the
continuance of the pernicious practise
OF distributing annually tons OF the
commonest kinds OF garden and field
seeds.
When Congress first provided for the
distribution of seeds among the rural
constituents of the members II was
with the idea of testing new, rare and
valuable" varieties! And then the Idea
was good one. But the original
purpose of the seed distribution was
long since abandoned, and for a score
OF years the sole object, apparently,
has been to give each senator and rep
resentative just as many packages as
possible II is true that IN recent years
the agricultural department has sue
ceeded In Introducing valuable varie-
ties OF sugar beets, kafiir corn, Maca-
roni wheat and some other agricultural
products. But this has been done
through the agricultural experiment
stations, and not through the indis-
criminate parcelling out OF the quot
as" of such seeds as are annually dis
tributed through members of Congress.
Everyone who knows anything at all
about the matter is fully aware OF the
fact that no possible good Is accom-
plished by sending out 100000 packets
OF turnip, carrot, melon, onion and
parsley seeds land that as a sample
package) especially when the varieties
are of the commonest sorts and the
cheapest which can be secured from
the lowest bidders"
The action OF grangers and farmers
organizations all over the country In
urging Congress to cease the practise
WILL 1t Is believe, bear fruit this year.
and as a result the annual appropra-
ton for this purpose will be diverted, II
Is hoped, to some useful purpose, like
the purchase OF rare and valuable new
varieties 10 be tested at the experiment
stations and afterwards distributed to
localities for which they are especially
adapted
STOCK GROWING INTERESTS,
Representatives OF the stock growing
interests of the west are here TO urge
Congress to take some action looking
to a reciprocal arrangement with Ger
many whereby American meat prod
ucts may be admitted to the kaisers
empire upon more favorable terms than
at present. Said Judge Cowan of Texas,
attorney for the Live Stock Growers
association 1.-THE stock growing in
dustry has by no means recovered from
the blow which 1t received last summer.
II is true that the demand for heavy