Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-24


country and to their constituents.
The men who really make the laws,
who ponder the propositions sent to
the committees, who thresh out the
wheat and discard the chaff are the
men who really control the senate,
and OF this number Senator Kitt-
redge, of South Dakota, is one aud
near the top of the list.
Not "Wind- TANNER"
The mere faculty for defamation
| is of no consequence i'm the senate.
There are senators who can talk for
hours and never change vote or add
to the sum total of the knowledge of
that body. kittredge is no wind
jammer," no orator hopping up at
his desk every few days and discussing
interminably whatever is before the
senate. He rarely makes speech,
but when he does make one 1t is pack
ed with specific knowledge, crammed
with facts, logical, pointed, and Is
heard with the utmost attention by
the senate as body. Witness his
celebrated speech OH the impositions
Of the lumber trust. He had made
an exhaustive study of that grinding
monopoly. He introduced a resolu-
tion demanding an investigation of
this trust that increased the cost of
lumber TO his constituents until
building became practically prohibi-
ranches and in the cities and towns
of South Dakota as well as i'm every
other part of the country, and he fol-
| lowed the introduction of that reso
luton with speech that was terrific
| indictment and that was backed by
incontrovertible evidence, gathered
by the senator himself i'm weeks of
patient work. The resolution was
passed, and the department of COM
merce and labor are making the in
yestigation, basing its initial inquir-
les on the mass of information col
lected by Senator kittredge. 1t is
predicted that the result will be
curbing OF the lumber trust and the
restoration of reasonable price TO
all sawmill products. As a result of
this movement, 1t is alleged that the
lumber trust has decreed that Sena-
tor kittredge shall not be returned
to the senate, and is using all its
great power TO defeat him I'm the
coming primaries
Another important work OF Sena-
tor kittredge In the senate has been
his long investigation OF the compli-
Gated subject of copyrights and trade
marks, which came under him in his
capacity as chairman of the commit
tee on patents, a position he has just
relinquished to go to the head of the
supremely important committee on
interoceanic canals. Senator Kilt
redge's researches into the important
subject Of proper governmental pro-
lection for the fruits of the genius of
an inventor or composer or writer
of new copyright legislation which
will give every man in the
United States who has an idea ample
protection from the pirates who now
steal his ideas and profit by his
brains.
The trade mark act of Feb. 20, 1905,
is the creation of his brain and indus
try, and his copyright bill will become
law with little ii any modification, as
1t has the support OF authors, pub
fishers and the trade unions interest
ed in the subject.
Some of His Work
Since he has been In the senate
there has not been an important
measure that has not been studied by
him and supported In accordance
with his sense of the highest needs Of
his country and his state. His Inn
print is on the oleomargarine act Of
May 5, 1902; the reclamation act Of
June II, 1902; the allen contract labor
law of March 8, 1903; the precedence
previous In expediting the disposition
of antitrust cases OF Feb. IL, 1908;
the establishment of the department
of commerce and labor, Feb. Ia, 1903;
the employers liability act of June IL,
1906; the limitation of the hours OF
labor by employers OF railroads, i'm the
act Of March 4, 1907; the meat inspec-
tion act Of June 80, 1906; the pure food
act Of June 30, 1906; the railroad rate
legislation Of June 20, 1906; the salty
appliance equipment act Of Feb. %,
1902, March 2, 1903, and June 30, 1906.
Other important measures which had
his support were the act Of June I,
1905, providing for the collection o1
statistics concerning public utilities
every five years; the denatured alco.
hol act Of June !, 1906, and the act oi
March 2, 1907, providing for reduc.
tion OF the cost Of transportation ol