The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-10-21
WASHINGTON NOTES
Items Of Interest to the Residents of
Idaho.
Especial Correspondence. }

Senator and Mrs Brady returned to
Washington last week from triL
west. They both enjoyed their visit
to Idaho very much, indeed. Mrs
Brady was very much pleased with
her reception in the state, and with
the people she had the pleasure OF
meeting. Senator Brady at once set
| tied down to routine work and says
that he feels very much benefited by
coming in contact with his constitu-
ents and finding out their needs and
wants. In speaking of his trip Sena-
tor Brady said: II never enjoyed a
trip through Idaho more in my life
The weather was delightful and after
the long hot summer here it seemed
indeed good to breathe the fresh
mountain air once more | visited
both south and north Idaho and met
hundreds of people and feel that the
time was well spent in thus getting in
touch with the needs of the people.
Business conditions in the west are
about the same as in the east. How
ever, the abundant crops in Idaho are
going to help matters very much in
deed. | shall put in my time now
while we are waiting for the cur
rency bill in endeavoring to convince
the western senator's that it is the
proper thing for them to work in har-
mony and have united action on mea-
sures that materially affect the west.
believe that if this can be accom-
plished the west will come into her
own. The senators will not attempt
to enact many laws during the time
the currency bill is being considered
by the committee on banking and cur
rency and this will give an opportun-
ity to senators to look more in detail
after the work that must be attended
to in behalf of their constituents"
Proposed Adjustment of U. s. Assay
Offices.
The fight in the house of represen-
tativeS against the continuance of the
assay offices in the mining states was
renewed when the urgency deficiency
appropriation bill was under consid-
GRAFTON last week. This bill contain
ed provision for sufficient ap-
preparation to defray the contingent
expenses of the assay offices until the
close of the fiscal year. The western
members put up strong fight in fay-
or of the provision, but they were out
voted, the Democratic members being
almost a unit against the continuance
of the assay offices. Congressman
Smith, although allowed five minutes
only by the chairman of the commit
tee in charge of the BILL made a strong
plea for the appropriation from which
the following is quoted:
Congressman Smiths Tribute to the
Miners.
Mr. Speaker, it has been the policy
OF our government ever since it was
established to encourage the pioneer
in his efforts to push forward to the
frontier in the development of the
country. In furtherance of this pol
icy legislation was enacted lending
government aid to the construction of
transcontinental railroads. A home
stead law was enacted giving to every
citizen 100 acres of public land with
out cost, excepting filing fees; and
we have recently, | am glad to say,
enacted legislation to establish bu-
reau in the department of agriculture
to assist the farmer in finding a pro-
fltable market in which to sell his
products. We are spending hundreds
of thousands of dollars toward the
eradication of disease among every
kind of domestic animals We are ap-
propriating hundreds of thousands of
dollars toward counteracting the eff
fects of injurious insects attacking
our fruit trees and vegetables. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are be-
ing appropriated for experimental sta
tons and the employment of those
having a technical knowledge of plant
and vegetable life in the development
of our agricultural resources. There
is even in operation in connection
with the bureau of immigration in this
city and conducted at great expense
a system under which we are endeav-
oring to find an advantageous location
for the foreigner as soon as he reach
es our shores; and yet, Mr.. Speaker
the gentleman from New York and
others, members of the Democratic
side, are endeavoring to take away
from the prospector and miner the
only announcement he has ever re-
ceived from the government by abol-
ishing the assay offices throughout
the western country. Is no further
to be accorded to the
intrepid prospector who endures the
hardships and exposure to the ele-
ments incident to his calling, and as
result of whose labors stream of
gold has been pouring into the Golfers
of the government for the past go
years, simply because the receipts of |
these officers are not quite up to the |
expense of managing them? Why this
discrimination against the prospector
md miner? Why should you not be as
wiling to encourage this class of |
,rave men as those of any other walk
II life? BY the adjustment of these
Essay offices you compel the prospec-
or and miner to either sell his gold
lust at whatever price he can get for
t or endure the inconvenience Incl
lent to the delay of sending his dust
thousands of miles to be assayed and
made ready to be coined, If the pro-
'osed appropriation is refused by the
Democratic majority, you will have
truck a cruel blow at thousands of
onest prospectors and miners who
re endeavoring to bring forth the
irgin wealth from the depths of the
mountain states and thew will natur |,