The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-06
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence

AN army officer calling attention to the
unpreparedness Of the army by reason
Of its great shortage OF men and in
CURED Of Mr. Hull if the statements
made were true. Mr. Hull admitted
hat the army was 1900 men short,
but he promised hat If the provision
for increased pay for the men was
agreed TO- in six months the standing
army would reach he maximum Of g..
900.
A Pretty Small Chance-Representa
tive Hayes Of California few days ago
addressed the house on the financial
question He held up the currency
system Of the United States as "the
worst used today by amy country" de-
nounccd thc Aldrich bill and ridiculed
the proposition for a central bank, say
ing: The proverbial SNOWFALL has just
a. much chance 10 live i'm hades as a
central bank has to be established at
this time i'm the United States" In
The main, he said, he favored the emer-
ergcucy currency plan favored by the
currency commission OF the American
bankers association.
Supporting Chief Wiley-NO critic
ism has diverted the administration
from full and fair support of Chief
Wiley Of the bureau OF chemistry in
his trcless efforts and plans 10 estab
lish and maintain the provisions OF
the pure food law. and undoubtedly
that policy will continue to prevail.
II is interesting to note, however. that
in some details the method Of dealing
with the appeals Of manufacturers af-
fcctcd by he provisions Of the law has
been somewhat changed. Until recent
ly the department Of agriculture ruled
exclusively ON disputes arising from the
operation Of the pure food legislation.
The secretary of the treasury and the
secretary OF commerce and labor now
have been called i'm to sit with the sec
rctary of agriculture as 4 kind OF board
for the consideration of appeals by
manufacturing interests and in one
important case the decision OF the de
partment OF agriculture was not adopt
ed
Millionaire Senators-lt is said that
every third member OF the United
States senate is millionaire and that
one member in every - Of the house
of representatives has al least 81 .OOO,-
GOO Thus 81 members Of the senate
and "A members Of the house are rich
To that degree which caused the inven-
tion OF the mcllitluous aud expensive
appellation. without committing the
imperlinencc of talking too freely of
another mans private business, IL may
be said that a large number of the
senator's from New England are worth
s OOO 900 or more. Not 10 mention
Senators Aldrich and WetmOre Of
Rhode Island aud senator Bulkeley Of
Connecticut. Senator Proctor Of Yer
mont. Senator Hale of Maine and SEN
ators Lodge and Crane of Massachu-
sctts are all included i'm the million
plus class. II may be added with graf
ifCation that most OF these gentle
men are distinguished i'm the senate
for influence apart from their material
possessions.
Women's Legal Status-TIow many
hours shall woman labor? The
United States supreme court has ruled
on this proposition i'm an Oregon case,
the opinion being by Justice Brew
or He finds a woman is entitled 10
more protection than man, and his
reasons are interesting Through Jus
tice Brewers decision lauudrieS and
other concerns employing women in
mechanical labor i'm Oregon may not
require such employees TO work more
| than 10 hours a day. In compliance
with the law enacted by the legislature
of that state I'm 1903. Curt Muller, a
! laundryman doing business in Port
/ land. attacked the law as unconstitu-
I tional, claiming that it puts limlta-
| tion on the power of contract. The
| Oregon supreme court upheld the stat
/ utC ON the ground that II is police
regulation, and it's decision was af-
| hrmed by the federal supreme court.
| Holding first that women'S rights can
| he no more infringed than those OF
7 men. Justice Brewer went still further
| and held that ON many accounts wo-
! man is entitled TO greater protection
than her brothers
Inland Waterways Little Used
| President Roosevelt has sent To con-
cress a message transmitting the pre-
! limiuary report of the inland water
ways commission I'm the message the
President says that in the United
States the river systems are better
adapted 10 the needs Of the people
than those Of any other country, Yet
i'm no other civilized country are the
iriver systems so poorly developed OF
So little used The development OF
our inland waterways" says the mes.
sage. will have results far beyond the
immediate gain 10 commerce. Deer
channels along the Atlantic and Cult
coasts and from .the gulf TO the Great
/ axes will have high value for the ma.
tioual defence Forest protection
without which river Improvement car
not be permanent. will at the sam,
time help to postpone the threatened
timber famine Irrigation will Great,
fba means of livelihood for million.