Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

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The leaders of Congress have notified
the President that the. several laws
which he desired to have enacted at
this session will not be put through.
But they will try to pass bills making
a more elastic currency system; grant
ing compensation to government EN-
ployes injured while in the government
service: prohibiting child labor in the
District Of Columbia: authorizing the
Ways and Means Committee of the
House and the Finance Committee of
the Senate to give hearings preliminary
to a revision Of the tariff approriatins
"a sum sufficient to enable the inland
waterways commission to continue the
work on which it started last year.
A number Of South Dakota Sioux In
dams from the Standing Rock reserva-
ton are in Washington urging action
by Congress on the bill to authorize the
sale of a portion of the surplus and I'M
allotted lands Of that reservation. The
Indians have called upon the members
of the Indian committee of h senate,
which has favorably reported the bill,
and they have also had a conference
with President Roosevelt regarding the
measure. The pending bill sets no time
for the opening of the reservation.
About 100000 acres are affected by the
measure.
AS a result of the first conviction
under the pure food and drug law.
Robert N. Harper, president Of the
Washington chamber of Commerce,
formerly president of the American Ma
tional Bank, a drug manufacturer and
one of the best known business men Of
the city, was sentenced by Judge KIM
ball in the police court to pay a fine Of
$500 on one count and $500 on another
count of the Indictment recently return
ed against him for manufacturing and
| selling an alleged mislabeled pharma-
c~eutical compound.
The statistics Of the Postoffice De
partment indicate that the rural deliv-
cry system pays its way, notwithstand-
ing it's very considerable cost. The
ratio of deficit moves in a contrary Ill
rection to the ratio Of rural delivery
expenditure. The fact appears to be
that the rural delivery has proven Il
%bringer-in Of new revenue. There has
also been accomplished q saving of
$12,OOO,0OO through the closing of small
pOstOfficeS and the diScontinuance of
star routes.
The new Federal forest bill for Min.
nesota, which Senator Clapp had
passed by the Senate, will open approx
imately 100000 acres Of land in vicin-
ity of Cass Lake for settlement. The
! opening, however, will not occur until
! the spring OF 1909, in May or June.
Under the provisions of the bill a COM
mission of three members, one to be
named by the President, one by the
| Secretary of the Interior, and one by
the Indians, is to appraise the timber
which is taken for forestry purposes.
President Roosevelt is going to have
a series Of conferences with the bust
ness men of the country, manufacture
ers, farmers, wage earners, railroad Off
Gals, bankers and merchants. He
wants to get in close touch with the
existing industrial conditions, and he
wants to know what the people Of the
country think about the present situa-
ton.
The validity of the Elkins anti-rebate
law again was affirmed by the United
States Supreme Court in the decision
sustaining the conviction of the Ar
mour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy pack
ing houses for accepting rebates, and
of the Burlington Railroad for grant
ing them, each of the defendants hav-
ing beer fined $15,OOO.
been appointed special agent OF the
department of commerce and labor to
investigate markets abroad, with spec
ial reference to the export Of Ameri-
can wheat and flour. The appointment
was made upon the recommendation of
the Millers' National Federation.
President Roosevelt informed a dele
CATION Of Oklahomans that he would
help them secure the removal Of the
restrictions upon the sale of Indian
lands, but that each Indian must pre-
serve a homestead Of good land, and
that the Reds must be given, a square
deal.
Many members of Congress are now
urging an appropriation to purchase
homes for American legations in for
eign capitals in order that it may moi
be necessary to consider the wealth OF
diplomats in making appointments.
President Roosevelt declined to al
low Secretary Loeb to appear before
the senate committee on Indian affairs
with certain papers filed by Heller
Pierce Gray in the Grow Creek Indiar
controversy.
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Secretary Wilson is planning to dem
o~nstrate the manufacture of denaturef
alcohol. He will install a plant in ont
nf tho hutldfnoS Of tha dena rtmopt al