Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-16

vorv much worried over tho siaius of
their bin in the house Of representa-
tivos. II has been three moniha since
the measure was passed by the sem
ate ana the speaker shows no dif-
position 90 put u through che house.
whore % was thought that no DIM
entity Whaiovcr would be encountered
by A.
AFTER being acted on by che scnaio.
fhs bin hung Gre for q foW weeks
la the house committee. but Was re-
ported 20 che floor more than two
months ago. 70 became apparent %
once that for some reason the speaker
was not friendly 20 che measure.
timber the methods OF doing business
In tho house the BIN could have
been put through in fifteen minutes.
had tho spcaker fcit inclined 20 noa
aprovai but he didnt nod
AZ a SOD in She thousands ~ per-
sons who kept sending petitions for
The prompt adoption Of the Oil che
speaker put 4 on a footing with the
appropriation bills. 30 that 3 50 nov
lin preferred ponhion on che calen-
dar But there he stopped. and the
most persistent urging by the friends
OF pure food have been unable 90
move Cannon TO jog the bin be acted
on.
The delay. Of course, ~ due 20 the
efforts og che whisky Interests the
patent medicine concerns and tho
nrnducora Of certain food commodities
that win be pat out Of business when
a pure food law ls enacted. There
win be an eruption on the floor one
of these days. n the BIN % not soon
given n chance 20 be- voted down or
passed.
Defeated Machine and Trusts.
There has been a l0i OF talk in the
senate about the remarkable success
of Senator Robert J Gamble ln South
Dakota IN winning HIS nght for re-
election. n ever the surface indica-
ltlons pointed go an overwhelming do.
feat Of q candidate for Office Il was In
the ease Of Mr.. Gamble. But by ap-
poaiing 90 che people he won a strike
lng victory over the hostile trust and
corporation interests.
Gamble was marked for defeat by
the machine Of his state. which u
prctty completely IN the bands OF the
railroads. His course on tho rate
bin did not please tho corporations
But II did please the people of the
state. and IN one OF the most remark
/ liable campaigns OF -econt years. Gam
BILE routed the trusts and won. 4
was n plain case OF che masses against
the corporations and the machine
Tho rosult has so shocked Senator
J Kittredgo. the other senator FROM
South Dakota, who opposed Gamble
that he has hurried back home "a
imend hia own fences despite tho fact
that he does not come up for re-.
election until 1903.
Rallrosos and Grain Elevators.
A probe la 20 be inserted into ans
other railroad monopoly This TIM,
"a concerns the grain producers of ID,
west, who claim that the railroads
have them boy the throat iuai as ths
! Standard on octopus holds onthrailoo
! producers Of petroleum.
A resolution viii be introduced anc
lpassod hy the house calling on the
! Interstate Commerce Commission q
make an investigation OF the relation
of the railroads of the country TO th,
. elevators IN the grain belt This in'
0uiry viii doubtless lead % q move.
ment 20 compel the railroads 10 al.
vOrco themselves from the business
OF operating grain elevators just Al
! they have been required 10 give ul
the coal business.
All the big railroads IN che corr
, and wheat sections Own enormous
lgrain elevators In the principal ship.
pkg towns. The methods observe,
IN operating these elevators are ldcn.
teal with those followed by th'
Standard on IN squeezing prOduceri
and driving competition ont OK bust
ness. N az independent company q
! organized 10 build a grain elevator "a
. a terminal point Il finds q impossible
: % purchase land adjacent 10 the rail
roads.
Ig hy some miracle. the land IS &C.
. cured and che elevator erected. d
owners soon learn that they have
, white elephant on their hands because
the railroad refuses 10 build q aWitcl
from the elevator 60 the regular line
scmcf lines the state railroad connie
sinner requires thls 10 be done, anl
I then another method Of persecution 8
! tried The elevators owned by thi
I railroads ln that town immodlaiol.
, hld high for grain. paying hlgge
prices than the independent concSyn
can afford 90 give. This extra pricl
J 81 an paid back 10 rebates allowed b'
, 1.-The railroads This process anui
lreeTea ont the independent elevator
+ and they fall into the hands Of ih'
! railroads
! old washington Newspaper How.
j The last building that remained o
old Newspaper Row ON Fourieeuu
{ street has heep removed 90 max
! room for a new hotel The hotel VII
/ probably be- called the Warwick, anl
J viii be = fine modern structure. front
j ing on the north side OF PennEylvanll
] laycnuo and on the east side Of Four
. tocnih street, and directly opp0sit
/ the New Willard.
Newspaper Row was q famous 3d.
3 stituilon even before the Civil WaI
+ ID consisted Of a number Of buildings
: moss Of them old in which tho major
B ity Of washington correspondents Q
Q out-1f-fpWn newspapers had their 81
3 fees. The largest OF these structure
I was torn down a few years ego q
B make room for the hig building no,
occupied BY the Department OF Com
morce and labor
While "tho row" % Eiii uairOnlzel
: By correspondents, some q ite build
! INKS are unod for other ucW8pape
p lpnrnoses and most Of the representa-
3 tiVos Of che great newspapers ar
I now located elsewhere Tho nam
continues 60 lave ita association
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