The Lamar register., 1906-01-24
CONGRESS BUSY
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVOR NEW
BUILDING FOR DENVER.
OTHER WESTERN MEASURES
Denver Man on Philippine Tariff Gill.
Brooks Bill for Arid Land Ex-
periments.-Heybu Attacks For
est Reserve Policy.

Brooks Bill for Arid Land Ex-
riments.-Heyburn Attacks For
est Reserve Policy.
Washngton.-At the first meeting
this session of the SenaJe committee
ON public grounds and buildings Sena-
tor Warren brought before the com
mittee Senator Teller's bill appropri-
ating S2.5OO,O0O for new federal
building at Denver.
He found that all members of the
committee, and particularly Chairman
Scott were very favorably disposed
towards Denver, ana 'lc was author
lied to report the bill favorably after
amending it to conform TO the csti-
mate to be made by The supervising
, architect for the amount necessary to
erect the building.
The supervising architect is prepar-
ing this estimate and expects to COM
plete IL in about weeiI. wnen Senator
Warren will submit his report and the
bill will 90 on the calendar of the Sen
ate for passage. 1t is expected that
the bill as amended Will carry Cose
to the amount specified in the bill as
introduced.
Senator Warren was also authorized
to report favorably his bill appropriate
ing 100000 for a public building at
Sheridan, Wyoming.
Prospects are now said to be favor
able for passage of tie omnibus pub
lie buildings at this session and should
the bill pass early the action taken
upon the Denver and Sheridan build
inCs to-day makes ii certain that they
will be included.
Charles Boettcher of Denver. who
has been in attendance daily in the
House during the progress of the de-
bate on the Philippine tariff bill. says
that if the bill becomes a law, no more
sugar factories will he built in Colo
r. DO and the ones now operating there
will be built in Colorado, and the ones
now operating there will close down in
i've or ten days.
The Philippines contain enough
first class sugar lands 10 supply the
entire world The sugar freight from
Iloilo to New York is 81 cents per 100
pounds. against 30 cents from Denver
10 Chicago.
Sugar represents manly labor. and
we will have TO contend with 100000
bTeech-clouted laborers VINO work for
To 3 cents a day, becadsc they need
very little clothing or fuel and live on
rice. wild vegetables and fish. Hence
competition without loss to us is out
of the question. | consider the bill
wholly in the interests of tropical i'm
pOrters employing peon labor"
Representative Brooks has intro
duced bill authorizing the secretary
Of agriculture to make experiments
Investigations in semi-arid portions of
the United States to determine the
best methods of utilizing supplies OF
Water inadequate for ordinary irriga-
tion and make The same available for
agricultural purposes, in order to as
certain the best use of the non-irriga-
BILE portion Of the public lands. The
bill also authorizes experiments with
machinery and implements adapted to
the cultivation of such lands with n
limited supply of water.
Senator Hepburn delivered an i'm
pulsivc speech before the Senate pub
lie lands committee in which he ar
raigned President Roosevelt and in Sc
we're language denounced and CON
dcmned his forest reserve policy and
the men VINO are putting that policy
into practice. Hepburn appeared in
behalf of his bill denying the Presi-
dents right to create forest reserves,
and transferring that power to Con
gTess.
transferring that power to Congress.
Hepburn informed the committee
that he would soon make "A speech in
the Senate along the lines of his talk
to-day.
1t is expected that The public lands
committee will report adversely upon
Heyburn's bill as the entire member
ship favors the Presidents forest re-
serve policy.