The Winslow mail., 1912-04-13
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gressman Clark of Florida. who has
stirred up the investigation of the
Everglades, should be an object of pity.
The general opinion in Washington is
that the Florida Everglades, will be
drained, represen. one of the richest
agricultural sections of the country.
However, with the water on the land, it
is practically valueless. The State of
Florida has made an appropriation Of
several million dellars to redeem the
land, and while some of the land sharks
have taken advantage of this announc-
.u luAIc, - sel. ,he Evei eiauos un
sight aud unseen, before it ID drained,
yet people who appreciate the signif1c-
ance of the great movement, have little
sympathy with men like Clark who are
standing in the way of q great move
meat III his own otate. The time may
com although At may be considerably y
an .ho future, When the tIorlua ever
gisdes will be richly productive.
The poison match must go. After a
fight which was started by Represen-
taiive Esch Of Wisconsin two years
ago as ainsL the use of tAe white phos-
phorous matches, the victory has 1nal.
ly been won. Mr.. Towner of Iowa, Mr..
Longworth of Ohio and Mr.. Esch of
Wisconsin, were among those who made
the principal speeches upon the mea-
sure i'll the House. 1t appears that the
new method by which matches are
made, WAS originally controlled by the
patents of the Diamond Match Com
pany, aud this institution surrendered
all their rights to the exclusive control
of this form of manufacture. The re-
strictlon against the poison match.
which produces what is known as
"phossy jaw, a terrible disease among
the workmen, will operate in the same
manner as the oleom Margarine statute,
which simply places restrictive tax
upon the manufacturer. In the case of
the match people, this tax will be pro-
hibitive, aud drive the manufacturer
to the use of the new and harmless
form of matches. Some objection was
raised in the House, against this class
of legislation, and such men as Under
wood and Mann, leaders of their two
parties, voted against it because of
their general opposition to the principle
involved. They hold, as did their op-
pouents to the measure. that the states
have entire power to legislate for the
safety of their employees, and could
without the act of Congress, control
the situation. MIR. Esch of Wisconsin,
said that 1--WE have waited for forty
years for the states to do this" He
therefore believes that the government
must take the matter in hand. He as.
serted that every nation in Europe for
bids the use of white PHOSPHORUS in
the manufacture Of matches, and said
that the United States was even behind
degenerate Russia in this matter. Mr..
Payne of New York, came to the defense
of the legislation in the House, and
helped to pass it. In the Senate, Senator
Bailey of Texas, stubbornly opposed
it on Constitutional grounds, and SEN
tor Hey yburn made the remarkable dis
covery that the Senate itself has been
using these "phossy" matches. The
Senate, like the House, gave it's sanction
to the legislation.
Mr.. French Of Idaho, has succeeded
in telling his fellow Representatives in
the House little more about wool
than most of them had known before
He comes from the country where
there are sheep, ana where sheep have
wool on their backs, and where the
owners Of these animals regard them
as source OF livelihood rather than a
mere source of amusement for tariff
makers. Mr. French introduced several
amendments to the Underwood tariff
measure. and made speech in behalf of
sensible revision on the wool schedule.
He called the attention of the Memb-
ers to his position last year when 1t be-
came necessary for him to vote with
the Democratic side of the House on
the wool bill, and he showed wherein
subsequent results, including the re.
port of the Tariff Board, had warrant
ed his course. The leaders of the House,
including Mr. Mann, gave their close
attention to the Idaho Congressman,
and asked him many questions. and he
gained the entire Republican support.
Some ladies have asked Federal leg
islation for women suffrage. A bill
has been introduced in the Senate for
primary elections. Amid psternslistic
innovations advocated by the Postal
Department, many have forgotten that
the Constitution reserves the rights to