The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-01-19
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Especial Correspondence
Humane Societies oppose-The

lours in which cattle en- route TO
market can Be retained in cars
There is a great deal Of interest in
his measure. The cattle men and
stock yards interests OF the west ia.
sor IL upon the ground that the pres.
mt 2s.hour limit is of no advantage
because IL Injuries live stock more 20
De taken out and put back in cars for
eeding and water, which. they say.
the cattle won't take under the cir
cumstances. than TO let the cattle
stay in the cars without food and wa.
Ter until they reach the market Hu.
name societies and other kindred or.
ganizations, however, are opposed 20
he bill. which. they say. permits
cruelty. They are bombarding con-
gress with protests against il. a num-
Der Of them coming from New Eng
and. One of these was presented the
other day by Representative Roberts
rom the Massachusetts humane So
ciety.
Smoot Committee Report-Senator
Burrows, chairman of the committee
IN privileges and elections, believes
mis- committee will make its report
upon the Smoot case by the first Of
March, perhaps Feb. Is. Unless testi-
mony yet TO be taken should bring
about a very decided change, it is the
belief of Senator Burrows and others
hat the report will be against Smoot,
he minority being exceedingly small.
lt was determined recently to sum-
mon a number Of witnesses for the
prosecution, and 10 resume hearings
Jan. %. with reference 10 the endow-
ment house Oaths, and concerning di-
visions in the Mormon church This
will take a week. Should Senator
SmoOt desire 10 summon witnesses in
rcbuttal. he will be restricted TO not
exceed 10 days. The opponents Of
SmOot express confidence that with
a majority vote against him. they will
have the two-thirds of the senate nee
assary to eXpel him.
The Consular Servce-The senate
committee on foreign relations voted
last week to report the Lodge bill
tor consular reorganization with a
large number of amendments. These
amendments are sweeping and are in
tended TO eliminate as far as possible
objections made by democratic sena-
tors, that the bill will establish a sys-
tenn Of civil service under which Re-
publican officials may continue in of
fee indefinitely. AS reported the bill
provides for the grading of consuls
general and consuls and authorizes
the president to transfer appointees
to all classes according 10 the inter
est of the serv ce II makes seven
classes of Consuls general at salaries
ranging from $4,000 for London and
Paris down to $4,000 for the lowest
grade. COnsuls are divided into 10
classes ranging from $4,000 for Liver
pool to $4,000 for consulates of the
lowest grades. The grade of CONNER
cial agents is abolished.
Counterfets' Methods Changed
Discussing the business Of counterfeit
ing, John +. Wilkie, chief Of the Unit
ed States secret service, says that
the methods of counterfeiters have
changed greatly during the past 20
years. Then the counterfeiter was
usually an engraver of a high class,
whose work bore as much individual
ity as that of Hogarth, the comic il
illustrator. Al that time, ii was pos
sible to say almost 10 certainty that
n MI nj hV
particular individual. The introduc-
tiOn Of the camera, however, and the
perfection of photo-mechanical pro-
cesses have done away with the la
borious work Of the steel engraver
and as the camera has no individual
ity, the difficulty of discovering the
identity of the maker of the plate has
been increased a hundred fold. Most
OF the counterfeit notes are today pro-
duced by phOtO-meChanical processes,
either photo-lithographing or photo
etching on zinc or copper. That there
are not more attempts at counterfeit
ing, Chief Wilkie thinks. speaks most
highly for the honesty of the engrav-
ers as a class.
Cannot or Will Not Understand
The fact is developed during every
day of the debate upon the Philip
pine tariff reduction bill that the de-
mand of Massachusetts for tariff re-
vision is not understood or appreci-
ated by representatives from other
parts OF the country. particularly
those hailing from agricultural dis
tricts. These men either cannot or
will not understand the situation in
Massachusetts. The fact that they
are being subjected TO severe press
ure from their constituents in opposi-
ton 10 repeal Of the duty on hides
and other articles. which they are
bound 10 acknowledge in some way,
leads to the belief that they do not
want to understand the question from
a Massachusetts standpoint, or even
TO hear about IT, The situation was
summarized briefly by Representative