Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-13

has spent thirty-three in congress,
eighteen as member of the house and
fifteen as a senator. His first term
was In the Forty-third congress, when
James G. Blame was speaker OF the
house He has been in congress con-
|tInuously since 1873, with the excep.
ton Of two years he was a leading
member of the house, serving prOn,i-
nently as a member of the ways and
means committee and as speaker pro
tempore. He came TO the senate in
January, 1895, and has been one of the
strong members of thar body, having
been for many years chairman Of the
committee on privileges and cleo.
lions and member of the finance
committee The friends Of Senator
Burrows had hoped in the event Of his
reelection that he would succeed to
the Craftsmanship Of the finance COM
nittee upon the retirement after next
March of Senator Aldrich, as the
Michigan senator ranks next to Aid
rich. Next in line OF promotion in
order of seniority on the commit tee IS
Senator Penrose.
The finance committee consists OF
fourteen members, nine OF whom are
republicans and five credited to the
democrats Since the last apportlon-
ment of members Senator Daniel has
died. After next March, when there
will be another adjustment senate
committee memberships, six other
senators will have been elimated, AID
rich. Hale and Flint by voluntary re-
tirement and Burrows by defeat on the
republican side and Money by volun-
tary retirement and Taliaferro by de-
feat on the democratic side. The :e-
mairing members in the order of SEMI
GRITTY will be Penrose, Cullom, Lodge,
McCumber and Smoot, republicans,
and Bailey and Simmons, democrats.
Providence Convention Successful.
The deep-waterways convention at
Providence was highly successful If,
eair. VS. we'll attended and marked by
enthusiastic renewal of expressions OF
devotion to the board and compre-
hensive policy of rivers and harbor
improvement inaugraled by the river
;cd ha Dor cong st its as. session.
The interest and zeal Of the members
OF the minor organizations proving II
vas. help to the pare body. the
r,ex. meeting of the dcep-wa,erways
assoe iation will be held in Ri:hnlond,
Virginia.
More Cement Used; Prices Lower.
More cement was made and used IN
the United States in 1909, according
to the U. S. geological survey statisti-
clan, than in any preceding year, and
the price per barrel was lower than
ever. The production in 1908 was
5291O,925 barrels, valued at S44,477.-
$50. the production in 1909 was s4.-
1886 barrels, valued at $51 ,232,979.
The increase was chiefly in the output
of Portland cement-62, 508.461 barrels
valued at $50.510,3S5, as against 81
or, e12 barrels in 1908, valued at $43.-
547,879.
The geological survey calls ',tten-
ton to the availability Of low grade
phosphate rock making OF exceeding
i1nporta nee, the discovery OF enormous
phosphate deposits in Idaho, Nyom-
ing and Utah, many o. which are on
government land, the total area OF
public phosphate lands now withheld
from entry being two and half million
acres. The areas examined contain
more than 267,o00,000 tons of high
grade phosphate rock, very little OF
which has yet been mined, and 1t is
probable that the deposits extend far
beyond the areas examined. forming
perhaps the largest phosphate field in
the world. E. G. Snyder.