Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-06

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Liberal Homestead Law Signed.
Washington, D. c.. June 6.-Presi-
dent Taft today signed the three year
homestead bill, permitting entrymen of
public lands to prove their claims in
three instead of five years, allowing
five months absence from a claim each
year and reducing the acreage to be
cultivated on large claims from so to
40 acres. The pen used was given
to Representative Taylor of Colorado
The bill is designed to so lberalize
the homestead laws as to check the
immigration of American farmers to
Canada.
They Do Such Things in Congress.
Washington, June 6.-In the calm
atmosphere of the House judiciary
committee was bred a battle that fail
ed to ruffle the Archibald impeach.
ment in the corridor outside the COM
mittee room. The participants origi-
nally were Representative Thomas of
Kentucky, Democrat, and Joseph An
min, a ninety-pound reporter for a To-
cal newspaper. Later John Kirby, con-
nected with the Washington bureau OF
New York publication, joined in the
fray. Kirby admits to tipping the
scales at 135 pounds, while the Con-
gressman is on the distant side of 200
and sturdy
To CurtaiI Loss of Life.
Washington, D. c., June 6-In the
hope Of curtailing the heavy loss of
life in mining industry, the House to-
day passed bill extending authority
of the federal bureau of mines to the
mining of slate, granite, and similar
products.
Money Trust investigation Delayed.
New York, June 6.-Because of its
lack of power to obtain necessary data
the so-called money trust investiga-
tion in its main scope will not be taken
up until fall. This announcement was
made by Chairman Pujo of the investi-
eating committee at the opening of
the hearing here today.
Lacks Authority.
New York, June 6.-"ln view of the
insstence by some financial institu-
tons, that the committee is without
power to enforce its demands for in
formation, the committee has includ-
ed it is not advisable to take up the
main inquiry until all doubt as to the
power has been removed by the pass
age of the bill to amend the banking
law said Mr.. Pujo.
THE bill has passed the House and
is now before the finance committee
of the Senate 1t will require months
of painstaking investigating and prep.
aration, after the proposed legislation
has been enacted, to procure the data
essential to the inquiry. The data
must be gathered primarily from the
books of the corporations concerned
and must be segregated before wit.
nesses can be advantageously exam
ined.
"The committee is anxious to avoid
exposing legitimate transactions and
this can be accomplished only by the
plan that has been arranged. The
committee considers it inadvisable in
any advent to conduct this important
and far-reaching economic inquiry dur
| ing the heat and excitement of poll.
tical campaign and has not from the
outset contemplated any such course
| THE intervening time will be de-
voted to taking testimony on certain
i collateral subjects. The relations OF
the Clearing House Association and
the Stock Exchange to the financial
system and to the increasing concen.
tration of money will be investigated
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