The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1912-06-06

our government secures. Ropres-
entative Good dealt somewhat in
figures as the cost of producing
powder, and according to his own
statement, the manufacturers do
not receive an unusual profit, which
lends emphasis to the prediction of
many Congressman that the COVER
ment through it's extravagant
methods in doing most things, is
likely to pay more for powder
manufactured by it's own mills
than it would cost if purchased
from powder manufacturers. The
departure of the government in this
respect is simply another thrust at
the trusts and may be very we'll
from a sentimental standpoint, bnt
since it has been already demon
strated that privately built war
ship cost the government fifty per
cent less than those constructed at
the government yards; it is also quite
equally certain that when Uncle
Sam starts in to make powder for
it's guns, clothing for its soldiers
and sailors, or to raise it's own
tallow, mutton and beef, that the
cost of any of these products will
be material increased, and add the
tax payers burdens.
The three year old homestead
bill has finally won the mastery in
Congress, and is a great victory
for western Senators and Members
who fought tooth and nail for it's
passage. Western Members are in
sistent that the Department of the
Interior must give more substantial
that acknowledgment of The inher-
ent rights of homesteaders, and
unless more liberal treatment is
accorded these people, who have
gone upon the govement lands,
there is liable to be an explosion
that will express the popular dis
approval and feeling equal to that
it the famous Ballinger case. 1t is
pointed out that homsteaders every
where are being subjected to great
hardships through needless delays
in issuing patents, and by reason
of expensive contests worked up
by the agents of the Land Office.
The Postmaster General has
given his unqualified approval to
the Bourne parcel post bill, which
is carefully worked out plan by
which unites of area of invariable
dimensions on the basis of latitude
and longitude, and various charges
for the several zones, are the basis
for lessening the cost of trans.
portation of packages through the
m ails.
Congressman French has met
with success in the House in bring
ing out Senator Borah's bill, which
grants 120 acres of land to Twin
Falls for a reservoir site for city
water purposes. He has also Sc
cured the the passage of a measure
through the House, which grants
FIVE acres of land to school district
number one, Lapwai, Idaho, to be
used for school purposes.
Equal suffrage is a bowling sue
cess in Colorado, to according
Hon. Edward F. Taylor, Congress-
man at large from that State, and
who in a speech that is several
yards long, declared that the pol
icy in other states, where women
are disinfranchised, 'is a relic of
antiquity that belongs to other
days.. He says that there are sew.
eral million reasons for the infran-
chisement of women, and not one
against it,
Nearly every one in Washington
appears quite ready 10 leave the
tasks and trials of law making for
awhile In order to deote their tai.
ents to politics. The exception is
Senator Hepburn of Idaho, who
wants to give full consideration to
the different tariff and other bills
'Inow pending.