Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-26
MAY TURN TIDE WESTWARD
immigration Bill to Be Amended in
Important Particular.
KINKAID'S AID TO HoMEsTEADER
Asks Passage of Law that VIII
Permit Return to Old Rule of
e. Six Months CONSTITUTE
tive Residence.

From Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-tSpeeIal Tele-
gram.)-The immigration bill, which was
reported recently from the committee on
immigration by senator Lodge with al
| amendment. and Of which committee,
Senator Brown is a member. carries as
part Of the bill. Senator Browns orr
ginal bill providing that the bureau of
immigration and naturalization shall
gather from all available sources useful
Information regarding the resources, pro-
ducts and physical characteristics of each
state and territory. and shall publish such
Information in different languages and
distribute the publications among all ad-
nitted aliens at the immigrant stations
OF the United States" rs the law now
stands the bureau Is authorized TO give
this Information to admitted aliens upon
request for the same. The Brown amend
ment makes IL obligatory on the part OF
the Immigration bureau to disseminate
this information without so much as a
request This amendment was endorsed
BY the Commercial club OF Omaha as
soon as II saw the possibilities OF inducing
desirable immigrants to settle in the in
terror Of the country and not along the
coast line. as hundreds OF thousands are
now doing.
klnkaid's Aid TO settlers,
Representative kinkad this morning
was given hearing before the public
lands committee on his constructive resi-
denee homestead bill Judge Kinkaia ex.
planned the purpose OF the proposed act
In full and made a plea which seems 10
have made an impression on the COM
mittee and which he thinks will gain
favor for his proposition. That is, the re-
turn to the old rule which has governed
homestead entries for fifty years, in that
actual residence on the entry Is not re-
quired for the first six months, the only
requirement being clearing sufficient land
and the erection of at least a portion of
an abode this being considered sufficient
evidence of good faith on the part OF the
settler to carry out his part of the con.
tract The committee at its next meeting
next Wednesday win ask Secretary Fisher
and Assistant Secretary Adams TO appear
to give their views
membcrs OF Mint Commission.
PRESIDENT tart II Is understood. will
appoint Charles r. Kountze OF Omaha
member OF the Mint commission. Mr..
houn'ze Is president OF the First Ma
.ionai oanA OF omaha. This commission
u appointed each year TO visit the Phil
adelpha mint and verify the weights Of
COINS, NO salary is attached, but the
government pays all travelling and hotel
sApeh'eS. ne president To-Day appointed
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-, y u ih'on' 9. ~ members oil
n' .p' eoii"iss'o'' vi Recommendation
VI ' "V'e
appointments
peS,' to'aS Nominated Ma
-, ,'"~ea VI i'usA 10 DC receiver OF
'e ANU o,tiFe az i'ousi@s' wye. lie
a'eo n~ue 'ie 'o.''"'ns postmaster nom
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ioNaa" W. Athefhait f1mshari
South Dakots=NsrtIn v ol.ar x,,ho-,,
saIarie. for Meat Iu.pee,or..
Senator Brown today called on the
secretary OF agriculture in behalf OF the |
meat inspectors OF South Omaha, whose
salaries are less than 500 a month. San |
stor Brown insists these inspectors arc
competent and their salaries should be- |
raised TO 500 a month The deuarfmen
in n Ag~A haH