The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-05-29
WASHINGTON NEWS
OF THEPAST WEEK
SECRETARY REDFIELD HAS SOME
INTERESTING FACTS RE.
GARDlNG COFFEE
SOLDIERS HOMES N THE UNITED STATES
Over Twenty Thousand Old Soldiers
Are Taken Care Of by Government
-RepubIIcans Make Charges

tFrsm Our Washington Correspondent
Secretary Redfield Of the department
OF Commerce and Labor, has issued
some interesting facts regarding the
use Of coffee, and the shipments into
this country. 1t appears that in 1903
the import price was Sc cents, and
that there has been a steady advance
until in 1913 the average is 1879 cents.
The American people have seen that
there is a reason" and instead Of
gulping down rel eleven pounds per
capita, have whitfield down the aver
age to 8.9 pounds per person. Senator
Norris of Nebraska, who is the man
who has been putting the "cof. In the
coffee trust" and who knows more
about the subject than all the balance
of the lawmakers In Washington, de.
clares that more than so per cent of
the entire Brazilian crop comes to the
United States, and that nearly half Of
all the coffee consumed in the entire
world goes down American necks. Mr..
Ntrris secured the passage of a law
last year under which prosecution of
the coffee trust was instituted, but the
litigation has been allowed to drop by
the present Administration. Never
theless the Brazilian valorization
scheme, by which the Brazilian gov
eminent backs bonds to the amount
of $75,000,000 and thus controls the
markets Of the world, Is in full swing
and 1t seems that this product which
has o than doubled in price within
a short time, has not yet reached the
top. There Is no tariff on coffee.
In discussing a proposition before
the house of representatives, to re-
duce the size Of the governing boards,
Mr.. O'Hair, of Paris, Illinois, brought
out the fact that there are at present
ten Of these homes throughout the
country, and that over 10000 old sol
diers are housed in them. He states
that 5000 inmates were in the home
in his district, and according to his
observation there should be no change
in the number Of managers. Mr.. Mann
agreed with his democratic colleague,
and said that the proposition to cut
the board down to five members, in
stead of eleven, presented the same
old thing wherein 1--WE are up against
the same old plan of how to abolish a
job"
The republicans in attempting to Sc
cure open hearings Of the finance com
mittee on the tariff bill, have made
many charges of bad faith against the
democrats, on account of the ~so-called
"star chamber methods by which the
Underwood measure is being sent on
It's way. Senator Reed Of Missouri,
told the republicans a few days ago,
that they were inconsistent, and re-
minded them that their hearings or
the Payne bill were nat above critic
ism. What kind of hearings did they
have?" asked the senator, and then
proceeded to answer the query in the
following language: II wish We might
have the light poured in upon the
back room hearings held when republi-
cans secretly met and conspired with
their masters. Who was then pres
ent? We asked that question one day
here upon the floor. The distinguish
ed senator from Utah (Mr. Smoot),
the leader Of all the forces which
march forth to man the walls of pro-
lection, admitted upon the floor of the
senate that they had had no reporters
present when Aldrich was framing his
amendments. Where was the press
them"
Senator Works recently addressed a
meeting of colored men, which en-
boldened one Of their number to carry
the fact to the v~ice-president and in
vite him to do likewise. As Mr.. Mar
shall tells the story the colored man
declared that Senator Works lest
decapitated the audience" As an
all-round mixer, with a speech ready
for any old occasion, Mr.. Marshall Is a
ear rival to Secretary Bryan; and it
is very noticeable that anti Bryan
newspapers in the east are attempt
ing to play the v~icepresident as a
counter attraction.
There Is CONSERVATION among some
Of the democrats sinco tho nnesidanf