Omaha daily bee., 1907-11-04
PENSIONS FOKs< ANY
=
Ninety Thousand Certifcat ued
Under the MeCumber 4 x
PRACTICALLY SERVICE Pc = =
Spanish War Veteran Makes a
for Re-establishment of Canteen.
WORKS FOR GOOD OF THE ARMY
Under American Patent Sweden is
Making Paper from Peat.
COUETRY's INTERNAL COMMERCE
Reports show No DIminuttOn During
September, and the Increase IL
Especially Noticeable in
Farm Products.
lrrom a stan corrcspondentl

CFrom a Staff CorrcspondentD
WARRINGTON, Nov. 3.--(special.)-The
annuol report OF the commissioner of pen
sions has recently been made public and
contains a great deal Of data Of interest
20 the peusoner and the general public. 1t
appears that under the so-called McCumber
act, which Is practically a service pension
law. $1,000 certificates have been issued.
Under the general pension laws, any
soldier who served in tho federal army in
the civil war, honoraby discharged and
Is disabled by wounds received or disease
contracted in the line Of duty in such S,rv-
ice, IS pensionablc, regardless of the length
of time he served
Under tho act Of 1890 any soldier who
served in the federal army in the civil war.
not less than ninety days, was honcrably
discharged and since his discharge, by
accident or disease not due to his own
viciousncss has become in any degree un-
able TO earn his support by manual labor,
is entitled 20 aensiou.
Under the act of February 6, l9O5-the
McCumber act-any soldier who served in
the federal army in the civil war ninety
days and was honorably discharged is
entitled 10 a pension at the rate of Sl2 per
month after ho has reached the age of GO
year. SIS month after he has arrived at
the age of 20. and $50 month after he is
IS years old. on account Of age alone.
1t will be noted that under the general
law soldier is pensionable because of
wounds OF disease contracted in the serv-
ice, regardless Of the length Of his service;
that under the act OF 1880 he is pensionable
for disabilities not due to his own vicious
habits, occurring after his discharge, on
condition that he served ninety days in the
civil war and was honorably discharged,
and that under the McCumber act he Is
pensionabie. as stated, II he served ninety
days IN iho civil war and was honorably
discharged
II IS not necessary that the soldier
served in the same organization the
ninety days or that lie had a continuous
service Of ninety days, but that the SUM
total of the ssryicee, 4 be had more than
one eniistmonts Is ninety days which sat
isfes the requirements of the law. but the
service or services must have been in the
civil war
Plsa fer Canteen.
Walter Scott Hale. commander-in-chief
OF the spanish War Veterans, declares
that II Is Of vital Importance that con-
gress should restore the canteen to the
regular army and TO the soldiers homes.
lie has been in Washington during the
week and gave this interview;
The restoration of the army canteen
IS absolutely necessary 81 the government
desires 60 maintain the regular army at
anything like its maximum strength /
served as & soldier In the rgular army
and know by experience that the operation
OF the cRnteen was most helpful in main
tanning discipline and contentment among
the men II was bcnehcent in that II
made many Of the men contented and
discouraged them from visiting low
hrothels and dives where vile compounds.
termed liquor were dispensed. In the in
tereet Of sanitation. morality and disc- |
pline hope congress will follow the
recommendations of practically all of the
high officers OF the army and former sol
diers and restore the canteen to military
posts and soldiers homes"
The peat bog furnishes the latest sub
stitute for wood In the manufacture of
paper. Paper making from peat on a
commercial scale has already begun Ia
Sweden. where a company. capitalized at
more than si,O0OoOO. has made extensive |
purchases OF peat bogs and prepared plans |
for the erection OF mills for turning out
wrapping paper and pasteboard.
The money for the enterprise comes
largely from London. but the process by
which the vegetable fiber of the peat Will |
be converted into paper is covered by !
an American patent. An account of the |
successful launching OF the enterprise is |
given in a report OF the United states |
consul, r. s. $, Bergh Of Gothenburg. |
Sweden.
This is not the first effort at paper max
inE from peat. Some years ago . paper
mill was operated by water power al |
Culbridge, Ireland. The patriotic people |
OF the neighborhood put forth their best |
efforts 20 place the new commodity on the |
market and II was Enthusiastically an |
nounoed that making paper from the soil |
Of old ireland n an established industry"
However, Il remained for American tests |
20 satisfy capitalists that peat-made paper |
would command price that would make |
it's Manufacture profitable. II is claimed |
that ton OF paper worth $50 can be \
made from peat az a total cost Of SIS, |
thus leaving a satisfactory margin OF |
pront Il is further claimed that Il takes |
only Two hours 20 convert the peat into |
paper.
Only for Coarse Papers.
II should not. however. be expected that |
peat as material Tor paper making can |
take the place OF wood pulp for ali pur-
poses II II helps TO meet the demand |
for the eoarser grades OF paper. ana thus |
relieves the pressure upon the timber |
supply 4 viii DO a great deal for the |
forests Of the United States. The guam
tity Of peat In the world is enormous II I
exists In all the countries Of northern |
Europe and has been used for fuel for |
centuries. Deposits OF from ten to nifty |
feet deep and many miles In extent are not |
unusual. Siberia has thousands OF square |
miles of peat. and much exists In the
United states and Canada Il is q veRe- |
table substance. deposited by slow aecu-
mutations during thousands OF years. the |
process being similar to that By which
coal Was formed.
Many good qualities have been claimed
for paper made from peat. It is said that
an article wrapped In IL will not be at |