Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-11-22

two Houses of Congress have the
most perfect working steam roller
that ever ran over obstreperous Mem
bers of minority parties. The ulti-
mate results cannot be foretold, yet
it is certain that the currency bill,
when it comes to final passage, will
command the votes of many Republi
cans, who freely admit that the
country demands reform legislation
| in this direction.
CONDITIONS WITH MEXICO
President Wilson is conducting a.
boycott against the Huerta govern
ment in Mexico. Whatever may be
the future of our relations with the
southwestern republic it is plain
that Uncle Sam will not in any man.
ner connect up with Huerta or the
new Congress that has recently been
elected President Wilson has
certainly piled ice bags about General
| Huerta; and the Washington govern
mem finds hope in the fact that the
government of Mexico is in rigid
financial straits. 1t is thought at
Washington that the cooperation of
the civilized nations will prevent the
advancing of funds to the present
Mexican government. Huerta in turn
seems ready TO part with any of the
government concessions that will
yield ready cash. The recent develop
ments in Mexico have clearly Demon
straJed the truth of the repeated
charges that have been made through
the United States to the effect that
oil interests have been financing
some of the revolutions of Mexico.
the general assumption, however that
the Standard Oil is implicated, APP
pears to be unfounded, as operations
of this character have largely been
among independents and spectators
| who have placed no value upon Next
can lives, liberty, or property, and
have bribed Mexicans, including the
present government, in order to obtain
privileges in oil.
1t has been suggested that quay
acan, a very hard wood of Central
America, may furnish shuttle blocks
to supplement dogwood and persimon,
now most used, and in danger of be-
coming
There is a fiourishing forest school
in the Philippines. and ,wenty-eight
men were graduated with the class of
1913.
| THE GOVERNMENT AND STRIKES
There have been number of dis
cussions in the House of Representa-
tives of late concerning the great la
Dor strikes that have created so much
distress in different portions of the
country. Congressman Heating of
Colorado, has been pressing resolu-
,tion for an investigation of the coal
strike in his state, and this has
brought out tbs fact that distress
sing condition likewise exists among
the miners in upper Michigan. Rep
resentative Mcdonald of the upper
peninsular of Michigan is urging the
Department of labor to interest itself
in the condition in his district. 1t
has also been brought out by Repre-
sentative Avis that splendid results
were obtained in West Virginia
through the investigation conducted
by the Senate Committee, where the
usurpation of the rights of employees
have been largely checkmated. Con-
gress is making an effort to curtail
the number of investigations, since
many of them have proven something
of bore, and often quite needless.
The Department of Labor has made
a perfunctory investigation of some
Of the labor difficulties, but strange
as it may seem, this institution Of
the government, which has been
lifted to the position of a Cabinet
place, is still without sufficient funds
to properly proceed with its work.
Leader Mann of the Republicans, has
facetouSly observed that the strikes
among miners, as well as the great
disturbance of Labor in Indianapolis,
, are not at all strange in view of the
. fact s.that there is worse strike on
in the House of Representatives.
Mr.. Mann is entirely correct, in that
only handful of Congressman are in
Washington on the government
business. In view of the West Vir-
ginia investigation, and of the dis
, closures that have been made in
reference to strike conditions and the
industrial wars in Colorado, Michigan
and elsewhere, there is a great need
for remedial legislation, and mum
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