The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-02-06
Duties ON WOOL
MUST SUFFER CUT
(speciei to the silver state.l

est has made harder fight at the tar
iff hearings against an evident dispo-
sition to cut the rate of duty than
i the wool men, both growers and manu-
facturers. The mohair producers of
Texas and Oregon want the duty of
40 per cent retained but the commit
tee indicated that it would not agree
to recommend any such rate of duty.
The manufacturers also held out the
prospect of a reduction of the wage
schedule if the tariff should be cut.
However, it is understood to be the in
tention of congress to make reductions
or both cotton and wool Enough has
been shown by the hearings before
the ways and means committee to in
dicate that there will be bitter fight
/ all along the line when the tariff
/ schedules come before congress at the
extra session.
Ask Navy Legislation.
i Young naval officers are kept in a
subordinate position too long a time
and are retired almost as soon as they
secure experience as fleet command
ers. The rights of enlisted men who
strive for commissions are not fully
safeguarded. We have no definite
policy of naval construction and there
ought to be a council of national de
i fense duly authorized by congress.
/ These statements are made on the
authority of the Navy League of the
/ United States, a patriotic organization
which has the active support of thous-
ands of the leading men of the ma
tion, in every state. They hold that
legislation for the reorganization of
the personnel is necessary and it is
their belief that through consistent
preparedness for war we shall soonest
/ find a way to permanent peace.
Getting National Parks in Shape.
4 The interior department is keenly
alive to the need of getting the ma
tional parks in shape for the heavy
travel that is sure to be occasioned by
the Panama expositions in 1915. That
year, transportation men cay, will be
the greatest they have ever known.
/ Congress is asked to make liberal ap-
propriations for roads, trails and
/ other things essential to the comfort
of travellers in these parks Senator
4 Works introduced bill to allow leases
/ to be given on hotel sites in Yosemite
valley. and a California dispatch an
nounces that Frank A. Miller. fa-
nous hotel man of that state, has gone
to the Yosemite to complete plans for
i a $250.00O hotel which he expects to
have completed there by 1915. He
will also erect another hotel. to cost
+ $4,000, near Glacier Point, in Yosem-
ite valley, and the buildings will be
of native stone and in harmony with
the scenery and traditions of the To-
cality As such resorts are usually
operated at a loss in this country the
public may well feel satisfied that
someone is willing to make such an in
vestment. The government will have
complete supervision and will regulate
prices and oversee the general man
agement.
Representative John NJ. Hamilton,
of the Fourth West Virginia district,
saws that he would like to see his
state properly represented at the San
Diego exposition.
The legislature of the state has
been appealed to by the former resi-
dents of it who now live in San Diego,
to authorize ereditable exhibit at
the exposition. Commissioner W. JEFF
ferson Davis has been sent by the ex-
position to West Virginia to place the
matter before the legislature.
''In my opinion,' said Representa-
tive Hamilton to the representative
of this paper, cit would be good
thing for West Virginia to be repre-
sented at the San Diego exposition.
The argument that the state is in debt
will, no doubt, be made against this
plan. However, while that is thing
to be considered, there is a good deal
to be said in favor of having an ex-
hibit. West Virginia is state rich
in natural resources and the country
at large has little conception of the
opportunities for investment that are
offered there. People from all portions
of the country and from Europe will
visit the exposition and a well man
aged display by West Virginia would
attract great deal of attention.
have no wish to dictate in this mat
ter. but there are some excellent ar
guments, | think, in favor of this
proposition.
Conservation.
From the tone of the utteranees OF
the president-elect, the new admins
tration win be very strong for con
servation. This principle is one which
the American people have adopted
and it is not any too soon. As to de
tails there viii be differences for some
|, time to come, but on the broad propo
, sition that it is wise-more, necessary
to make proper use of those re
sources which peculiarly belong to the
whole people, there will hardly be any
dissent.