The Caucasian., 1909-06-20

Washington, June 1S.-rSpecial j..
Ar. Wickersham, the delegate In con-
erees from Alaska, wants his TERRITORY
nIfced on the same level with Arizona
and New Mexico and has introduced
4 bill to that effect In other words.
be wants Alaska regularly organized.
which Is not exactly the case at pres
emf, as It has but little more than Is
granted to Hawaii and Porto Rico. SO
recently acquired by the United States.
Under the bill of Delegate Wickersham
II Is proposed that all people In Alaska
who were Russian subjects when
Uncle Sam bought Alaska In 1867 and
who now reside In the territory shall
have all the rights and privileges of
citizens OF the United States. Reports
which reach Washington indicate that
the population Of Alaska is increasing
rapidly, and as the country Is rather
rich In resources 1t is predicted that
within the next ten years the territory
probably will be knocking loudly for
admission as a state.
government Service May BE Useful.
IN one of his speeches In the senate
Mr. Aldrieh pointed out how knowl-
edge picked up by men In the govern
nsent service makes them valuable to
private business concerns. He cited
the case of young man who was in
the treasury here; then he had a place
under the board OF general appraisers
ID New York. His pay was small, but
be learned the ropes, studied law.
got into practice and then became
attorney for importers, who recovered
from the government at one fell swoop
through a supreme court decision a
half million dollars they had been com
PEELED to pay into the custom house.
The senator said there was moth
ing wrong in this-it was only an
] 4instance to prove how It pays SC much
better to leave the government serv-
Ice after d man has acquired useful
knowledge. The private concerns man.
nge 10 coax away most of the bril-
liant engineers educated by Uncle Sam
at the Naval academy. as they offer
them four or FIVE times the money IL
they have a turn for inventions.
ktended Sarcasm Misunderstood.
FL spirit OF fun Senator Tillman of
South Carolina proposed that as long
sas various industries were being pro
tected the senate ought to adopt an
amendment bringing into the fold
tea plantation dewn in his native state.
His remarks on the subject were In
tended to be sarcastic, but q great
many persons have taken him serious
III and have sent letters to him taking
him TO task for being about ready to
so over to the protectionists." Other
writer's .have congratulated him for
sgivfng up his free trade IDEAS
Hosiery Arens Senate Exhibits.
When the hosiery schedule of the
tariff bin was reached In the senate
Mr. Penrose Of Pennsylvania exhibited
d variety of socks and stockings while
pleading for an increase Of duty over
that ia The Dingley law Women or
ganizatiens all over the United States
have protested against the house rates
on these articles. insisting that IL they
were allowed TO remain the price oi
hosiery would greatly advance. The
senate Iii nut flie duties haeE e what
they are us.aef lie present iasw. Sen
ators Penrose, Gallinger and others
contend that the hosiery mills OF this
country need and are entitled TO more
protection Ii they are 10 stlecessfuiiy
compete with foreign manufacturers.
Redemption Of Mutilated Money,
All sorts of damaged money Is sent
TO tlle treasury for redemption, but
bundle was received recently that nad
III be handled very deiicately before
the experts could determine whether Y
was possible to identify the notes ana !
make payment TO the person who IN
d peculiar way had 70 apply Tor reiieI.
This was what usiElit be called .bakeo
money. q wonan e1t in Chicago nld
$3.50 III the oven of a stove ana IoTgot
that she had put II there. When sfe
lighted Are la the stove the notes
were burned to d crisp. They repre-
scented The savings OF two OF hef
daughters. BY careful handling tneS
were sent To the treasury ana aAsei
much examination the figures were
traced and the women we're made nap
py by receiving good, new money TOT
that which they supposed was past re-
denption. Frequently rats aiad lnlce
ges hold of paper currency and chew y
up for the purpose Of making nests s.
bedding, and even much Of tliiat = paf
together and redeemed.
Riding flis Tinae.
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for SO many years 4 noted s1all1as
speaker md lecturer. Senator BOB = 'sa'
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