Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-17

which are the names and addresses of
14S persons and firms which adult
Grated seeds of grasses, clover or
alfalfa during the past year Since
this work was authorized eight years
ago, $40 dealers who have sold or
misbranded seeds Lave been adver-
tised.
The Senator'S from Virginia and
Z, est Virginia have begun a move
j o to require the United States to
az It to the thirteen original
stat @. " every cent it has received
from @. sale of the Northwest Ter
probably =. ,mewnere in the neigh Neigh
borhood or oO,0OO,OOO. Senator
Chiffon of W Virginia introduced
bill to give ne Court of Claims
jurisdiction to settle the claim
against the federal government He
makes the claim that Virginia did
not give the territory to the govern
ment outright, but transferred title
to the government to hold as trustee
for the benefit of the thirteen orig
inal states
Complete revision of the patent
laws to meet the recent decision of
the supreme court creating patent
monorolies, is provided in bills in
troduced by Senator Brown and Rep
resentative Oldfield, chairman of the
patent committees of the two houses.
Under this bill the purchaser of
patented article would have unre-
stricted use of the same and patent
owners could not stipulate in the
sale or lease the purchase or lease
of any materials to be used on the
patented device. A compulsory lie
ense system is provided with a view
to preventing the sitting of competi-
tion by manufacturers buying and
shelving patented devices for articles
in which they compete
The report of an investigation by
the bureau of labor into wholesale
prices shows that food products in
creased per cent during 1911 over
the previous year, while whosesale
prices of 257 articles declined II per
cent. Of the nine groups under which
these 257 articles are divided, seven
showed decrease in price in 1911
as compared with 1910, the largest
| percentage of decrease being IT per
cent in metals and implements.
Cloths and clothing decreased 3.3 per
cent; fuel and lighting "a per cent;
iarm products 1.6 per cent, lumber
and building materials 0.8 per cent;
house furnishing goods O.4 per cent.
The two groups in which the whole
sale prices increased were food etc.,
20 per cent, and drugs and chemi-
Gals, 2.S per cent.
! The incorporation of the Rockefel-
! Ter foundation in the District of
Columbia is provided for in bill
introduced by Representative Peters,
which has been favorably recon-
mended by the House committee on
! judiciary. The object of the corpor-
alton is 'to promote the we'll being
and to advance the civilization of
the peoples of the United States and
its territories and its possessions in
foreign lands, in the acquisition and
dissemination of knowledge, in the
prevention and relief of suffering,
and to promote human progress in
every manner. 1t is said that John
d. Rockefeller proposes to give
S20,000,000 to the foundation.
Because the House judiciary COM
mittee did not give to a memorial
presented by him the consideration
he thought it deserved, Henry w. A.
Page, New York commission mer-
chant, had printed and circulated in
Washington and other places a
pamphlet containing libelous matter
directed toward Henry ID. Clayton,
chairman of the committee. The
pamphlet is entitled, THE Crime of
Henry ID. Clayton" and has as
subhead, Congressman Commit Per-
jury" The cover of the pamphlet
also contains the following questions
and answers: @. Do congressman
take solemn oath to defend the
constitution against all its enemies?
A. Yes. Q. Do congressman keep
this solemn oath? A. No. @. Why
do congressman not keep this oath?
A. Because congressman are crooks.
AS result of Mr.. Pages literary
efforts he is now under Indictment
by the federal grand jury and will
inal libel