Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-04
WOMAN NINDUSTRIAL WORLD
Census Bureau Has Anticipated Petition Of
Nebraska Women's Clubs.
BULLETIN ALREADY BEING PREPARED
Two Changes Proposed to Homestead
Law So Far as IL Applies to
Lands in Districts Under
Irrigation.
lrrom a stan correspondentl

WASHINGTON May 3.--tSpeca! Tele-
gram. THE members OF the Nebraska dele
cation have received a petition from the
Nebraska Federation Of Womans Clubs
asking for an official investigation Of the
industrial conditions of women and children
in the United States and making an APP
preparation for such investigation. Senator
Burkett has taken great interest IN this
question, looking to the amelioratlon and
betterment of the conditions Of women aud
children who are compelled to work, and
is the first of the Nebraska delegation to
reply to the petition. Today he had
conference with the director of the census
and learned that the census bureau had
in preparation a bulletin made up from
the population and manufacturing censuses
Of 1900 and 1905 to be entitled Women and
Children in Gainful Occupations" This
bulletin is to cover a broad field. not only
! a classification by races and nativity OF
both women and children. but will show
data i'm regard to families which have chill
dren engaged in occupations. 1t will also
show the number of native white children,
native white born of native parents and
native white born of foreign parents, negro
and other classes of children in each of tho
occupations. As to women, It will show
lhpSt thSdBth III tdNH VI Nllt BAlliNibei
occupations, how many are living with their
family. how many are boarding, how many
are heads of their family and how many
are chief bread winners. whether married
or unmarried In addition to this, data
will be collected as to the wages Of women
and children in the manufacturing indus
tries, their earnings as compared with those
of men under similar circumstances, and
with further relation to an international
comparison of statistics
Change In Irrigation Law.
The house committee on irrigation Of
arid lands today reported favorably bill
introduced by Representative Mondell of
Wyoming which provides for a further sub
division of homestead entries under the
reclamation act Of June Il, 1909. II the
! Mondell bill becomes law a homesteader
may in the discretion of the secretary Of
| the interior enter and establish farm units
/ of not less than ten acres nor more than
| 100 acres Under the existing law a home
1 steader may take up a minimum of forty
| acres.
Since the passage of the reclamation act
| in 1902 it has developed that ON some Of
the lands to be irrigated. particularly those
! in the fruit and truck farming districts.
| less than forty acres is necessary for the
| support of a family, and experience has
demonstrated that the average farmer is
more prosperous on a small than on a
! large irrigated farm. In view of This con-
ditiou of affydrs Il was thought wise 10
! reduce to ten acres the minimum ontrS'
which may be allowed.
! Another Proposed Change.
| In the construction OF irrigation works,
| like the Pathfinder project, IL is necessary
at times to acquire land held and claimed
under the government land l&w5, The Of
| ficers of the reclamation service believe
! that in many instances the government
could secure a REIMBURSEMENT OF land so
held and claimed under the land laws
much more readily and for less compensq-
| tion IL the party relinqu. shlhg would not
lose his entry right by suca ielinuIisn-
ment. In view of this condition Il seems
entirely proper that where p settler re-
| linqushes to the government sor purposes
of irrigation or reclamation the land which
he claims under the general law, he
should be given another opportunity to
make entry under the same law.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Senator Burkett today introduced a bill
to increase the pension of Isaiah DE Puy,
Louisville, Neb., to $50 per month.
=. 4. newman Oh Ndhoo' Men, HrIlNSu
in Washington today from Philadelphia
and Baltimore. Mr.. Hinshaw will present
Mr.. Newman to the president tomorrow.
Rural route No. has been ordered es-
tablished. June Is. at Pierce, Pierce county,
Nebraska, serving 49O people and eighty
! six houses.
Congressman Kennedy has secured an
increase in pension to $40 for Lawrence
Mchaels of Omaha and an increase to Sll
for Warren II. Norton of Kearney.
Congressman Hinshaw has secured an
Increase of pension to $40 for Thomas II
Klassy Of Osceola and an increase TO s. for
Norton H. Dowling Of Beaver Crossing.