Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-03-10
MORE BILLS On
CONSERVATION
GRONNA OF NORTH DAKOTA IN
PRODUCES TWO IN THE
HOUSE.
BUST OF ROOSEVELT i'm SENATE
Prices of Living High in 1836-Flour
Cost So a Barrel, While
Wages Were Only 75c
Day.

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view of bringing up the conservation
question in the house committee on
lands, Representative Gronna of North
Dakota introduced two bills. One was
Senator Nelson's bill and the other is
the one which was formulated in the
department of the interior. Both OF
the measures cover the same idea, but
provide different methods of carrying
it out
About a month ago Representative
Mondell, chairman of the committee
on public lands, refused to father the
department bill. He offered to intro
duce it "by request but made no
secret of his opposition to such legls-
lation. He thinks the federal govern
ment is already assuming too much
authority in the control of public lands.
Mr.. Gronna takes an opposite view
and will make an effort to induce the
house committee to report out meas
ure on the lines either of Senator Mel
sons bill or that of the department.
The administration railroad bill was
amended in an important particular by
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce when by vote of
nine to seven the committee voted to
substitute the interstate commerce
commission for the proposed court of
commerce as the tribunal designated
to receive petitions or applications of
railroads desiring to acquire interests
in other railroads.
The six Democrats on the committee
voted the substitute and were joined
by Chairman Mann and two other Re
publican members.
Bust of Roosevelt for Senate.
A marble bust of Theodore Roose-
welt reached Washington for installa-
ton in a niche in the senate cham
Der. The placing of the bust in this
conspicuous place will necessitate the
removal to one of the empty inches
in the corridors, of former and long
forgotten vice president, as was done
when the bust of former Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks was received a year
ago.
The Roosevelt bust is the work of
James Fraser of New York and shows
the subject with face in repose, rep
resenting him in dignified mood.
Colonel Roosevelt chose this design
from a number showing hi min the
from a number showing him in the
American people.
High Prices in 1886.
Senator Lodge has discovered that
there was a time in the past when
prices were unusually high. The fact
came to him through finding of an
old document of the TWenty-fourth
congress. 1t is a recommendation by
the secretary Of the treasury for an
increase in the salaries of clerks and
the senator obtained from the senate
provision for the reprinting of the
paper
Mr.. Lodge explained that it was ac-
companied by private memorandum
Of expenses which had been kept by
a clerk At that time the memoran-
dunn showed that the price of sugar
was IA cents pound. flour IS barrel
and Illuminating oil 81 per gallon. On
the other hand labor was paid only
IS cents day.
Mr.. Clapp inquired the date of the
document and when told that it was
1886, he raised a laugh at the expense
of the Massachusetts senator by in
quiring whether he spoke from mem
Org Mr.. Clapp was assured that it
was a printed document.
After the first reading had been
concluded, number of bills were
passed by the Senate, including one
to establish a court of patent appeals
and one authorizing the construction
of a $12,O00,000 building in Washing
ton for the use of the departments
of state, justice and commerce and
labor.
The house passed measures of local
Importance and sustained a point of
order by which the bill for the con-
struction of embassy buildings in for
eign capitals will not be permitted
to again come before the house this
session.