Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-26
CONGRESS BUSY
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVOR NEW
BUILDING FOR DENVER.
OTHER WESTERN MEASURES
Denver Nan on Philippine Tariff Bill.
Brooks Bill for Arid Land En-,
periments.-Heybur Attacks For
est Reserve Policy.


washington.-At the first meeting
this session OF the Senate committee
ON public grounds and buildings Sena-
tor Warren brought before the com
mirtee Senator Teller's bill appropri-
ating s2.50O.000 for new federal
building at Denyer.
lie found that all members OF the
committee. and particularly Chairman
Scott. were very fayorably disposed
towards Denver. and he Was author
izsd To report the bill fayorably after
amending Il TO conform To the es;i-
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
plsie IL In about week. when Senator
Warren will submit his report and the
bill will 80 ON the calendar OF the Sen
ats for passage. IL ls expected that
the bill as amended will carry close
TO tho amount specified In the bill as
introduced.
Senator Warren was also authorized
to report fnyorabiy his bill appropriat-
in. $4,000 for a public building AZ
Sheridan. Wyoming.
Prospects are now said to he favor
able for passage OF In. omnibus pub
lie buildings at this session and should
I'll. bill pass early the action taken
upon tho Denver and Sheridan build.
inss to-day makes IL certain that they
will be included.
Charles Boettchcr OF Denver. who
has been In attendance daily In the
House during tho progress Of the de-
bate on the Philippine tariN bill. says
that II the bill becomes law. no more
sugar factories will be built In Colo.
rs.do and the ones now operating there
VIII be built In Colorado. and the ones
now operating there will close down in
Ave or ton days.
The Philippines contain enough
nrSt class sugar lands To supply the
entire world. The sugar freight from
iloilo TO New York II - cents per 100
pounds. against Is cent? from Denver
to Chicago.
Sugar represents mainly labor. and
We will have to contend with 5000. 600
brccch' 'cloutcd laborcrH who work for
to IL cents day. because they need
very little clothing or fuel and live on
rice. Wild vegetables and fish. Hence
competition without loss to uK IN out
| OF the question. | consider the bill
wholly In the interests OF tropical i'm.
portcrs employing pcon labor
Representative Brooks has intro.
duccd n bill authorizing the secretary
OF agriculture to make experiments
Investigations In Scmiarid portions OF
the United States to determine the
best methods OF utilizing supplies of
water inadequate for ordinary iTrign
tion and make the same available fot
agricultural purposes. In order to rs
/ certain the best use OF the nonIrriIa.
bic portion OF the public lands. The
bill also authorizes experiments with
machinery and implements adapted to
| the cultivation of such lands with
limited supply of water.
Senator Hepburn delivered nn i'm.
pulsive speech before the Senate pub.
lie lands committee, In which he ar.
raigncd President Roosevelt and In Sc
we're language denounced and con.
dcmncd his forest reserve policy and
the men who are putting that policy
into practice. Hepburn appeared In
behalf of his bill denying the Prcsi.
dents right to create forest reserves,
and transferring that power to Con
grcss.
transferring that power to Congress.
Hepburn informed the committee
that he would soon make n speech In
the Senate along the lines OF his talk
to-day.
II is expected that the public lands
committee will report adversely upon
Hcyburn's bill. MS the entire member.
ship favors the Presidents forest re.
serve policy.