Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-19
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events OF Interest from the Seat
of Government.
by J. f.. JONES.
Timothy IL Winner,

of the cattle industry and thereby
causes a lowering of the prices it is
watched with interest. The depa. f.
ment of agriculture deserves - II
credit for It's efforts on behalf of the
nation as a whole. Its branches r1a'h
out and embrace everything that will
| lead to the betterment of the farmers
| life in his continual struggle, not for
existence, but for the betterment of
| his surroundings.
| With this end in view the depart
ment has taken up the question OF the
depleted Western grazing lands with
their greatly reduced areas, conse-
quent to their being thrown open for
settlement. To discover what is the
best vegetation for grazing purposes
extensive experiments have been car
ried on in these states from Canada
| to the Mexican border. AS the result
of these experiments timothy is shown
to be the best adapted as well as the
cheapest of the % varieties tested un-
ger this great divergence of climatic
conditions. Only AZ per cent. of the
alfalfa and Is per cent of the alsike
clover, respectively, gave partly or
wholly satisfactory results. No species
vet tried can be economically intro
duced in the hot, dry foothills of Cali
fornia, Arizona and New Mexico,
where the land is distinctly arid.
Good Roads Bills.
Congressman Ferris of Oklahoma is
the author of bill to establish legal
holiday to be known as good roads
day." and Representatives Byrnes and
Stephens have measures calling for
federal and state cooperation in road
building. The opening of this ques-
ton and the introduction of number
Of bills upon the subject Immediately
following the converting of the regular
session indicates that the governors
who worked on the road" created
worthy sentiment, inasmuch as the
Ferris measure is a sort of suggestion
that shoveling dirt may become a So
cial event.
stantial financial assistance from the
government, to be used in co-operat-
ing with the state and local authori-
ties in this great work. Grave differ
ences exist between government agen-
cies and the advocates of highways in
tended almost entirely for automobile
tourists. Representative Shackleford,
chairman of the house road committee,
has taken a pronounced stand in favor
of good dirt roads that will connect up
farming communities with the towns,
and he wants lots of them rather than
routes that stretch out across great
distances.
The Rule of Reason.
Representative Henry of Texas, who
comes from county where things u.s.
ually have a name, has introduced a
bill to define what trusts are as well
as the policy of the rule Of reason"
established by the supreme court.
Seaman's Bill in House.
The house committee on merchants
and marines has arranged for hearings
on the LaFollette seaman's bill and
the interests for and against the meas
ure will thresh out their objections.
The measure promises to be contested
even more bitterly in the house than
it was in the senate.
Erratic Market Conditions.
Study of primary cotton market con-
ditions in Oklahoma by the depart
ment of agriculture has inspired the
statement that there Is not a single
important step or process in the en-
tire cotton handling and marketing
scheme which owes it's origin to a
} special consideration Of the producers
interests" The Investigations cover
the entire process of growing, selling
and grading, md disclosed that the
cotton trade in oklahoma recognized
no grade above common middling, al
though many thousand bales of higher
grade are produced. 1t is found that
in the same day the range in prices
paid in the local markets for different
. bales of mddling cotton varied in diff
ferent localities from Is cents to $5S.
The Galveston prices are apparently
! ignored.
The Rights OF states.
There Is hardly a week passes but
, some Southern member rises in Con-
gress to tell of the rights of the states
1 and to describe the functions of state
= government and the manner of at
tempted invasion by the nationa. Con
, grcss But now Mr.. Volstead, rankine
, city of Olympia, ] will sell the above
described property at public auction &c
the hiwhpSt bidder for cash much