Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-28
DEMAND FOR MORE CLERKS
Congressman Kennedy Asks Increase 70
South Omaha Branch Office.
LIVE STOCK INSPECTION HANPERED
EiEht-Hour Law Applicable 40 La
borcrs Employed on Irrigation
work Under Control of Cow
ernment Engineers.
lFrom a stan correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 2T.-(Special Telc-
gramD Kennedy has taken
up with the Postofhce department the mat
ter of procuring additional facilities for
the stock yards branch OF the South
Omaha postoffice. The branch has grown
until the business amounts to moro than
$50 coo per year. 1t was established as a
convenience to the live sluck interests and
to enable the commission men to get out
their reports Of sales eacn day. There is
not help enough to get the mail out
promptly. IT takes the time Of one man to
stamp the letters at certain hours OF the
day. A stamp cancellng machine is wanted
to relieve the situation and an increase
OF salary Is wanted for the superintendent.
Seventy thousand pieces of mail matter are
handled the last two days of each week
in addition to the regular business. The
Live Stock exchange is deeply interested
in this matter and has passed resolutions,
which have been sent TO Congressman
Kennedy and also to the postmaster gen
eral
Inspection Service Handicapped.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson in ac-
knowledgng the receipt of a copy of the
speech of Representative Kennedy i'm the
house OF representatives, in which he urged
increased appropriations with which to con-
duct the inspection of live stock and meats
in western states, pays neat compli-
ment to the Omaha congressman. Secre-
tary Wilson in his letter to Congressman
Kennedy says:
I'VE are and have been greatly handi-
capped in our work for want of money to
inspect animals when they are put on the
cars and have been compelled to let a
the law. We have been handicapped for
want Of money to conduct inspecton-ante,
post mortem and microscopic-at the pack
ing houses OF the country. It is crafty
ing to us here to find thac anybody sym
pathizes with us in our work. Congress
did. il 1 remember rightly, give us 5000
or about half as much az we need. The
question annoying us now u.s. how we are
going to make It do. In fact, we cannot
We shall be compelled to stop some of our
work, reduce some of it and exc the money
out as best we can The committee on ap-
propriations of the house is no doubt com
posed OF great men, but they seem to be
unable to get down to these little things
that so vitally concern the western stock
growers
Soil survey of Lancaster.
during the coming summer the Department
OF Agriculture would undertake a soil sur
vey of Lancaster county. To secure such
a survey Senator Burkett has been I'M
portuning the Agricultural department ever
since the commencement OF tho present
session and today was advised that with
the opening of the field season Lancaster
county would be included in the coming
seasons Investigations.
Eight-HOur Law Applicable.
In connection with the construction oC
irrigation works by the government. cspc-
cially that which is being done by tho
reclamation service engineers under their
own account and not by contractors, an
interesting question has arisen whether the
act of August / and the act of June II,
1902, are intended to fix the number Of
hours per day. when employment is by
the day. and if such be the case whether
if these laborers are employed by the hour
it would be lawful for the engineers OF
the reclamation service to require on per-
init laborers TO work ten hours per day.
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