Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-06-18


inss, and the Like, Are Some Of the
Many Things He Is 5usily Engaged
In Hustlins For.
Washington, June 15.-In spite of
his work in the campaign just closed
with the assurance of his nomination
for Congress, Representative Sturglss
has been for some time quite active
In behalf Of his constituents and has
been working for some legislation
which is of special interest to the peo-
pie Of the Second district.
The fruit grower, the miner, the res
ident Of the town and the resident of
the country, all have come in for a
SCARE Of his ~endeayors and for eacn
Of these classes he is trying to ac-
complish beneficial legislation.
For the fruit grower, Mr.. Sturgiss is
e~ndeavoring to bring about the pass
age of a bill to require inspection of
all nursery stock imported into the
United States. The object Of this
measure is principally to prevent the
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and the gypsy moth, both of which
are enemies of fruit trees and do much
harm in orchards when they get a
footing.
Representative Simmons, of Niagara
Falls, n. Y, has drafted a bill. with
the assistance of Mr.. Sturgiss, which
is 10Y before the House committee on
agriculture, which, if passed. would
effectually prevent the importation of
these insect pests into this country.
Mir. Sturgiss has been especially ac-
tive in assisting Mr.. Simmons in the
preparation of the bill and is giving
information regarding the insects to
the committee on agriculture.
The bill has the endorsement Of
large fruit growers in Berkeley and
adjacent orchard districts and while
there Is little chance of it's passage at
the present session it IS at a stage.
where it car be rapidly pushed along
at the coming session.
Mining School Bill.
Another matter to which Mr.. Stur-
gis has been devoting considerable at
%tention is the bill to establish a school
Of mines and mining in certain states,
one Ct which is West Virginia.
The purpose of the bill is to create
an institution in each state to educate
young men in the mining Industry, to.
teach them the dangers Of mining and
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ives and to perform the various duties
of a miner without the hazard which
usually attends those duties when one
is unskilled and ~unlearned in the
cause, manner of prevention and eff
fects Of explosions in mines.
In West Virginia. if the bill should
pass, the school of mines and mining
would be established by the Federal
government in connection with the
West Virginia University at Morgan
town. But in order to reach those
who could not afford the time or ex-
pense required to take a course there
it would be the policy Of the school
to send lecturers into mining commu-
mites of the state from time to time
to infrom those who cared to learn
n matters pertaining to accidents,
their cause and prevention. Especial
attention would be paid to the hand
ling Of explosives and it is believed by
the friends of the measure that it
would gc far toward preventing the
explosions which have done so much
damage and cost so many lives in
West Virginia.
The lectures would be illustrated
with moving pictures or stereopticon
views and would deal with the care
Of the injured in mine explosions. Mr..
Sturgiss has appeared before the com
mittee on mines and mining and ex-
poets to address the cimmittee quite
fully in a short time in regard to the
merits OF the bill and in advocacy OF
its passage.
Good Roads.
Believing that good roads would
mean many dollars TO the farmers IN
the way of added values to property
as well as in the facilities for market
ing crops to better advantage, Mr.
Sturgiss has been several times be
fore the committee on agriculture be
fore which a bill is pending for the
creation of a national highway com
mission, to cooperate with states in
the construction of good roads. Fl,
wants to see a system of good road:
which will at least connect the CAPT
tails of all the states and eventually