Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-06-19
WASHINGTON LETTER
Weekly Letter From Our Special
Correspondent.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Brief Items of Interest to Iowa Peo-
pie, Written by an Iowa
Man.

Full many a boom is Doomed 10
boom unboomed.
According to census reports, Iowa
has 666,672 male residents Of voting
age.
Among the 80 midshipmen admit
ted to the new fourth class at An
napolis is A. w. Jacobson, of Iowa.
The Boston sexagenarian who be-
lieves himself to be only 21 is AFRO
eating to himself woman's dearest
privilege.
The house has refused to increase
from s25O,O00 to s325,000 the ap-
preparation for mounting the troph-
les collected by Colonel Roosevelt on
his African trip.
A provision in the Panama Canal
bill as reported to the senate would
interdict the use of the waterway by
any ship owned, operated or control
led by railroad company.
Following a long debate along
strictly party lines, the house has vo-
ted not to include in the sundry civ
il bill an appropriation of $225,0OO
to continue the tariff board.
If judges generally should follow
the practice of New York court in
assessing the costs of the case
against the fair correspondent, per-
haps fewer of us handsome men
men would be led astray.
Under the terms of unanimous
consent agreement, the fate OF Will
liam Lorimer will be finally decided
July 6. The order provides that in
case of adjournment before that
time, an earlier date shall be fixed
for the vote.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has decided that pipe line
companies transporting oil between
the states are common carriers,
with the obligation of such, and an
order has been issued to 13 of the
largest oil pipe lines to file sched-
ules of rates by September / and to
comply with the provisions of the in
terstate commerce act.
1t is believed that should the pro-
vision for the abolition of the COM
merce court be included in the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill when it reaches him the
president will veto the measure, not
notwithstanding such action would
mean that the president and others
in the branches of the government
involved would thereby be compelled
to forego their salaries during the
coming fiscal year.
According to the census bureau,
there were 1,641 slaughtering and
meat packing establishments in the
United States when the last enumer-
alton was made. The figures show
that 10S,716 persons were engaged
in the industry, of whom 1863 were
proprietors and firm members, while
the average number of wage earners
was 39,72S. Iowa ranks seventh in
Importance in the industry, follow
ing Illinois, Kansas, New York. Ne
braska, Missouri, and Indiana, in or
der.
Arrangements have been made to
enable members of both houses of
congress to attend the political con-
ventions at Chicago and Baltimore.
without having to play hockey" or
give their opponents a chance to
"slip one over" On motion of Sen
ator Lodge, the senate has agreed
to take series of recesses begin
ming June II and ending July 1, to
permit senator's to attend the con-
ventions, and in the house gentle
mems agreement" between the min
ority leader and the majority leader
stipulates that no partisan legisla-
tion will be attempted during the
period of distraction.
In an effort to expose land invest
ment frauds and protect the people
of the country from such swindling
schemes, secretary OF agriculture
Wilson has ordered the collection Of
data with a view to placing the de-
partment in a position to be able to
aid prospective investors. Bulletins
are to be issued warning against
certain general propositions and spe-
cific information will be furnished
upon application.
Many people, the secretary says,
are being encouraged to place their
savings into orchard-growing. land
selling and crop-producing schemes,
many of which are rank swindles.
A card index of every child in The
elementary schools of the United
States, with a running history of his
entire school career kept permanent-
ly on file, is contemplated by plan
formulated by investigators whose
report has just been issued by the
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