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RETURNING SANITY.
That greater economy is being practised
by the people of this country is
evident from the figures of the bureau of
statistics of the department of commerce
and labor. During the last 11
months the Imports of diamonds fell off
to the extent of $7,000,000, as compared
with the corresponding period last year.
Diamonds valued at $37,250,000 were
brought into the country during the 11
months ending with May, 1910, while the
total for the similar period just ended
was only $30,500,000. Silk and laces
dropped from $5,000,000 to $3,500,000,
and dress furs from $10,000,000 to $7,000,0000.
Works of art were the only articles
under this class showing an increase,
the total advancing from $20,333,333
to $21,500,000. With $573,500,000
in goods exported during the 11
months ending with May, an increase of
$145,800,000 over the total for the same
months ending with May, 1910, cotton
as usual headed the list. There was an
increase in exports of meat and dairy
products of from $120,100,000 to $135,400,000
and copper jumped from $76,500,000
to $89,700,000.
AN INITIATIVE EXECUTIVE.
It is claimed for Governor Wilson, of
New Jersey that he has made a remarkable
record during the brief period of
his administration as governor of the
state. Among the important measures
credited to him are the following: A
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corrupt practices act; the commission
form of government in cities desiring
it by a 30 per cent majority vote; an
election reform bill, designed for the
f purpose of making rule by the interests
/ difficult and rule by the people easy; a
.primary bill providing for direct nomination
and election of all officials, including
delegates to the national convention,
a more drastic measure than
the Oregon plan; public utilities bill;
employers' liability bill; a law plac
,ing New Jersey on record as ready to
aid in building a ship canal that will
serve as a connecting link between the
two most populous districts of the
American continent; a law that will protect
the New Jersey public from the
abuses of the cold storage companies,
and a set of laws that will reorganize
the schools of the state along economic
and progressive lines.
THEY CAME TO PASS.
Seldom in the history of Congress
hag such a record been made as that
of the Democratic House in redeeming
party promises. The bill for direct vote
of senators was passed on April 13 and
on the following day the publicity bill
was sent to the Senate. The Canadian
reciprocity bill was passed on April 21,
the reapportionment bill six days later.
The bill admitting the territories to
statehood was pased on May 23. Meanwhile
the ways and means committee
had been hard at work framing tariff
legislation and after ample debate the
revision of the wool schedule was passed
on June 20. In the interval the various
committees investigating the executive
denartmentn havA hoon rtillorentlv
pursuing their inquiries, but of course
they have not had time yet to conclude
their labors. The ways and means committee
is now at work revising the cotton
schedule, which will be shortly reported
to the House and passed after a
free debate. Thus in less than three
months since this Congress was called
together the entire program has either
been carried out or Is in course of execution.
The discipline of the majority
THE PRESBYTER1
>f Currer,
has been surprising. The predictions
that the Democrats would go to pieces
30 days after they gained control of the
House have not been verified. The Democrats
stand shoulder to shoulder, loyal
to themselves and their leaders. It is the
Republicans who are disorganized and
in a state or revolt.
PEACE LEAGUES FIGHT WAR.
A call for nation-wide indorsement of
the proposed arbitration treaty with
Great Britain and other nations has just
been issued by more than 20 peace societies
which recommend the consideration
of the question at religious servicess
and other gatherings on Sunday,
July 2, and in Independence day celebrations
two days later. The call, dated
June 20, in this city, reads:
"The arbitration treaties of unlimited
scope now being negotiated by PresldentTaft,
with Great Britain. France,
Germany and other nations will, it is believed.
soon be laid before the Senate
for ratification. Recognizing the unique
and unprecedented importance of this
event, and representing the leading societies
of the United States having for
their aim and settlement of international
disputes by means other than war, we
earnestly request the religious, educational
and patriotic organizations of
/unci ?;a uu ouiiuuy, .iuiy z, ana in iae
celebrations of the Fourth of July, to Indorse
these arbitration treaties in appropriate
services, addresses and resolutions,
and to give support to all other
measures looking toward international
peace and good will."
TO EXPOSE THE EXPOSERS.
Alleging unlawful combinations to restrain
interstate trade and foreign commerce
in magazines and other periodical
publications, the United States district
attorney has instituted proceedings under
the Sherman law against the Periodcal
Clearing House and a score of other
defendants. It is alleged that the combination,
by fixing prices, has driven all
independent agents out of the magazine
subscription business and now monopolize
the field. The complaint alleges
that the combination maintains home
offices at 156 Fifth avenue and has
agents scattered throughout the United
States. The proceedings take the form of
a suit in equity although it Is said by the
district attorney if they are successful
criminal actions will be begun. The defendants
in the suit include nearly all
the leading magazine Dublishine eon
cems In the country many of which
have been prominent in exposing the
methods of the great industrial combinations
In restraint of trade.
CUNNINGHAM-GUGGENHEIM CASE.
The Cunningham-Guggenheim coal
claims In Alaska, variously estimated to
be worth from $100,000,000 to $1,000,000,000,
have been ordered cancelled by
Commissioner Dennett of the general
land office, with the approval of Secretary
Fisher of the Interior department.
By thig decision it is Bald that the alleged
pffnrt rtf tho MAr?an.ntiir?onliolm
syndicate to "seize Alaska" is frustrated
for the present so far as the coal deposits
are concerned. These lands of great
value, which caused the Balllnger-Plnchot
feud, splitting President Taft's administration
into factions and resulting
in the dismissal by Mr. Taft of Clifford
Pinchot, chief forester. Louis Olavis,
field agent, and several others, will be
restored to the public domain and later
will be opened for re-entry. Gilford Pinchot's
adherents in the conservation con
AN OF THE SOUTH
it Events
test look upon the decision as a great
victory for them, as they fought Richard
A. Ballinger to the end of this issue, until
Mr. Ballinger resigned and the President
named as his successor as secretary
of the interior, Walter L. FiBher of
Chicago. Mr. Fisher is vice-president of
Mr. Pinchot's National Conservation Association
and a conservationist of the
Pinchot school.
POSTAL VERSUS NATIONAL BANKS.
The Postoffice department notes that
a number of applications have been received
from depositors in postal savings
banks for the privilege of exchanging
their deposits for the government's
2 1-2 per cent bonds. This privilege will
be accorded all postal depositors who
ask for it and it is the belief of postofflce
department officials that this new
departure will greatly accentuate the
interest of the public generally in the
affairs of the department. The postoffice
department believes that if this plan of
issuing (government bonds to postial
bank depositors can be carried to its
logical conclusion, and the postal banks
set up in all parts of the country, there
will be a permanent end of the necessity
of floating federal loans or selling
federal securities in the old way. In a
word, the postal banks would be exnee.t
ed at all times to take up any and all
loans the government might see fit to
makeA
GOOD OMEN.
With the special examination for candidates
for appointments this year to
the United States Military Academy at
hand, the War Department is distressed
over the absence of any applicants for
forty vacancies in congressional and senatorial
districts. In addition, there are
nearly 100 vacancies with no applicants
in the class to enter in 1912.
The examinations for this year's appointments
will be held July 5, and the
War Department has made public the
following list of congressional and senatorial
districts for whom no candidates
have been named: Alabama, Third;
Arkansas, Second, Third, Seventh; Louisiana,
Third, Fourth, Seventh; North
Carolina, Second, Fifth, Seventh; Mississippi,
Senator Percy, First, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth; Tennessee,
First; Texas, Second.
AN IRISH WAKING.
The key-note of the all-Ireland industrial
conference, held in the city hall
Dublin, was progress. The speakers all
expressed the conviction that Irish
workers?agricultural, manufacturing
and artistic?can produce commodities
which can take a good place in any
market, but that much better results can
be reached through learning the best
methods and using the soil and the
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?vw VMV WOOL ?Uvantage.
The vice-president of the board
of agriculture said that though the export
value of butter, poultry, potatoes,
fruit, honey and other rural industries
has Increased to ?11,000,000 ($55,000000),
another ?2,500,000 ($10,000,000)
can be added to the value of the potato
crop by expert early planting. It has
been said that the five largest industries
in the British Isles are in Ireland,
and the increasing prosperity of the
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was noted- Forestry as a
means of employment and art as applied
to handicraft were discussed.
GERMANY'S MONEY BAGS.
Many of the great German banks, particularly
the largest, have invested great
amounts in government securities. The
Deutsche bank has $30,000,000 invested
in German government bonds, treasury
notes, etc., which do not bring it $1,200,000
interest a year- Eight out of the nine
banks have about $39,000,000 invested in
bonds out of a total of $73,000,000 placed
in securities. With respect to financing
of collaterals and securities the great
German banks were considerably less
active in 1910 than in 1909. Bonds
brought out by the nine ereat banks
amounted to $529,000,000 In 1910,
against $651,000,000 in 1909; stockB
amounted to $97,000,000 in 1910 and $16,000,000
in 1909. On the other hand, new
enterprises formed amounted to $295,000,000
in 1910, against $270,000,000 in
1909.
A GREAT DAM PROJECT.
Plans have been made to start work
on what the reclamation service considers
the highest dam in the world, at a
point in the Boise river canyon called
Arrow Rock, 22 miles northeast of
Boise. Between 600 and 1,000 workmen
will be engaged about six years. During
that time it is estimated that $1,000,000
will be expended annually, the dam to
cost between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000,
appropriated by the last Congress.
GAY PABIS GROWS.
The census taken on March 6th gives
the population of Paris?that of the
city limited by the fortifications?as
2,847,000 in round figures, this being an
increase of a trifle over 124,000 since the
census of 1900, due mainly to the immigration
of provincials and foreigners.
Dr. Bertillon, says the London Telegraph,
gives us some figures which
show that in 1292 the population of Paris,
which was then a much smaller town,
was about 200,000. In the eighteenth
century it showed a steady figure of half
a million, that is to say, up to the outbreak
of the great revolution. In 1801
it had risen to 547,000. In 1851 it was a
little over a million, but 10 years later
it had reached very nearly 1,700,000. It
passed the figure of two millions in 1881,
when the score was 2,269,000. If the suburban
townships were included in the
census of last March the total would be
a little over 4,000,000.
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