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FOR SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
Representatives of sixteen Southern
States, heads of railroads and steamship
lines that serve that section, and men
who have studied the agricultural and
industrial problems of the South for
years, met in Baltimore last week and
formed the Southern Settlement and Development
Organization. Baltimore was
made the headquarters, with S. Davles
Warfleld, as chairman, and Eli Frank,
also of Baltimore, secretary. It was
rnonl voH 1a ctnrf n f nn no fn ml on fnn/ltt
to carry on the work of the organization,
to establish branch offices where
necessary and to carry on such educational
or other work in the sixteen
Southern States as may be deemed desirable,
with the v'ew to procuring desirable
immigration, colonization and
settlement, as needs of the several
Slates may require. It was further decided
to recommend to the several
States of the South "the urgent necessity
of establishing in each State a State
immigration bureau, for the purpose of
disseminating reliable information regarding
the resources, the possibilities
and opportunities of the South, to be
supported by the State's machinery and
mnnov. nndpr the Indirect supervision
of the Governor of each State, with a
pood, practical, business man in charge,
whose duties shall he to co-operate with
the United States government, the
transportation companies, the commercial
bodies, the real estate men, the
press and the Southern Settlement and
Development Organization in plac'ng
the country properly before the people
of the world."
PARCELS POST PROGRESS,
Democratic members of the House
committee on postofflces and post roads
have agreed to 'ncorporate in the appropriation
bill provisions for the establish,
ment of a general parcels post system.
They also have agreed upon a general
domestic rate of 12 cents a maximum
package of 12 pounds. This is the present
International parcels post rate.
They would also provide for a rural
parcels post, the rate to he five cents
for one pound and two cents for each
additional pound. The provisions will
he incorporated in the hill to be renorted
to the House, but the actual wording
' of the provisions has not been framed.
/ The dec'slon was reached after long
consideration of the subject, some
Democratic members, advocating a svstem
of parcels nost zones in which
would prevail different rates. Tt Is reported
that some Republican members
of the committee will approve the
recommendat'ons and that the bill will
pass the House.
ROOKS EVERWHERE.
A distinct uplift In educational stand
ards is expected to result from the operation
of a plan for distributing free
library boobs to every nook and corner
of the Un'ted States?an Idea which has
the approval of the U. S. commissioner
of education. The scheme outlined in
the following paragraph: Every inhabitant
of the United States, no matter
how far from the centers of population,
will have practically as good library
facll'tles as are now enjoyed by the
average city dweller, IP plans for the
establishment of a new type of bookdistributing
agency work out according
to the anticipations of the United States
commissioner of edncat'on, Dr. P. P.
Olaxton, who Is personally Interested in
their development. As the rural population
of the United States numbers
about 55 per cent, of the total population.
the new llhrarv nlan max have the
effect of douhllnsr 'the effectiveness of
libraries, and of ra'slnj? the standard of
emltur# In this country to a correspondJ.
THE PRESBYTEBI
1/ Currer,
lng degree. The basis of the new
scheme o book distribution is the
establishment of libraries supported not
by the state, city or town, as at present,
but by the county, with a central clearing
house and branches at every postoffice,
town hall, school or other center
of community life. Under this plan
many sections of the country which at
present have no libraries will be enabled
to establish them.
A FULL BENCH.
President Taft has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Chancellor Mahlon
Pitney, of New Jersey, to be an Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court. After the appointment
naa Deen omclally announced Governor
Wilson of New Jersey gave out the following
endorsement of the President's
final selection: "I have known Chancellor
Pitney ever since we were young
men together at college, and I feel that
both In character and In attainments he
Is slneularly fitted for the great position
for which the President has chosen
him. I think New Jersey Is to he congratulated
unon this choice of a representative
pnd that the court will find
Itself enriched bv his presence." Chancellor
PItnev. hepldes being recoenlzed
as an able jurist. Is ponnlar because of
his geniality. Before going on the Sur?> >
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\> i v-uui i bciivii, HO wao m;ii?c III
politics, and represented the old Fotirth
New Jersey District In ConeresB. Chancellor
Pltnev became a Supreme Court
Jnst'ce in 1901, and In 1908 was annolnted
hv Governor Fort to he Chancellor of
the State, the highest judicial position
In New Jersey.
MILLIONS FOR GOOD ROADS.
Gen. T. Coleman du Pont, president
of the Du Pont Powder Company, announced
that he will give away all the
surplus of his fortune In bulld'ng good
roads for Delaware. Not only will this
State be the beneficiary hut adjoining
States will benefit, it being his intention
to continue the building of modern
hlehways leading from Delaware Into
other commonwealths. "One million
dollars will keen a family well." he
said. "By an expenditure of the balance
of my possessions I can do my
estate great good." He did not say
what he waB worth, but his wealth Is
computed at not less than $10,000,000
to $12,000,000. General du Pont continued:
"I do not think It wise to leave
too much money to young men. Boys
are much better ofT and make more useful
citizens when they work for a living
than those who Inherit vast fortunes
and live In Idleness."
FLAMF-SWEPT HOUSTON.
According to reports from Houston,
Texas, following the most destructive
fire In the history of the city, wreckage
now covers an area about one and a half
miles in length, and varying in width
200 yards to half a mile In the northeastern
section of the city. More than
a dozen of the city's most Important ln^nitrlal
nntnrnrlRAR nra In rillnS* 20ft nr
more dwelling houses and store buildlngB
are In ashes, and approximately
1,000 persons are homeless. The most
conservative estimate of the monetary
loss is that it will reach at least $7,000,000.
The Insurance carried will not exceed
40 per cent. Though the Are was
spectacular in the extreme and the
bravery of firemen endured severe tests,
no fatalities were reported.
TO GREET SOUTHERN REPUBLICS.
World-wide significance attaches to
ths visit soon to be made by Secretary
of State Knox to the countries on the
Caribbean Sea. European diplomats, reselling
a recent speech of Mr. Knox he
AN OF THE SOUTH
it Events
fore the New York State Bar Association,
on the Monroe Doctrine, look upon
the proposed trip with more than a
passive interest. That speech now 1b
'being interpreted as the latest notice
given by the United States tbgt the
principle of America for Americans
must be observed. Central American
diplomats are unanimous in their belief
that the secretary's visit not only will
allay international doubt as to the at
titude of the United StateB government
toward their countries, but will ward off
possible encroachments of nations In
the other hemisphere. It Is understood
that aside from the moral effect that
Secretary Knox's visit may have in removing
suspicion of American territorial
aggrandizement, the heads of various
Central American countries will receive
a personal explanation of the hopeB of
the United States with reference to the
Panama Canal.
COAST WATERWAYS.
Henry L. Stlmson, secretary of war,
reported favorably on the proposed Inland
waterway system between Boston
and Beaufor, N. C., part of the proposed
route between Boston and Florida and
along the gulf coast to the Rio Grande.
He recommended that work start at
once on the construction of the ship
canal connecting the Delaware and
Chesapeake Bays, and also on the proposed
inland waterway from Norfolk to
Beauford. N. C. The combined cost of
completing both waterways, including
the acquisition of the present Chesapeake
and Delaware canal and the Albemarle
and Chesapeake canal, will approximate
$17,000,000. "With an appropriation
by Congress of these funds,
or an Initial appropriation with wh'ch
the task can he begun, work on the first
and most important links of the great
inland waterway of 2.000 miles, from
Boston on the north, to the Rio Grande
river in Texas on the south, will start.
They will be building simultaneously.
JOHlf BULL MAKES READY.
Confirmation of the report that England
was preparing to fortify Fanning
Island and to maintain a coaling station
there was received recently in
private advices from Fanning Island,
which said that the steamer Makura
had juBt landed a number of big guns
on the Island. The report from Honolulu
that big guns have been landed at
Panning Island by the steamer Makura
confirms stories circulated when, In
November, news was brought by an Australian
liner that a British-Canadian
syndicate had purchased Fanning Island
and Washington Island from
Father Rougler for $325,000, presumably
acting on .behalf of the British
government. At the time of the purchase
it was announced that the purchasers
had bought the Islands with the
intention of making a coaling station at
Fanning Island. Officers of the Makura
and Marama, which brought the stories,
said It was the Intention of the British
government to make a naval hase there
as soon as the Panama Canal was completed.
EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY LOOMS
LARGE.
Although It was freely given out by
BrltlBh officialdom that the recent visit
of Lord Haldane to Berlin was of an
entirely private and personal nature,
the statement was not even taken
seriously by the British and German
press and It was Anally admitted that
the war Secretary was engaged In confidential
negotiations as representative
of the British cabinet. Tt Is well known
that Lord Waldane, by reason of his
personal friendship toward German Institutions
and admiration for German
scholarship, Is persona grata at the
I February 28, 1912
court of Berlin. It is not by chance,
It Is believed, that two men In whom the
Emperor has such confidence, as Lord
Haldane and Lord Charles Beresford,
should have arrived in Berlin almost together.
This view is not confined to
London, as Is quite evident from an
article In a leading German publication,
which declares that It has learned on
the best authority that an Anglo-German
rapproachment is be'ng attempted.
Before sending Lord Haldane to
Berlin, the paper declares, the British
government sounded the Wllhelmnsrasse,
and received the warmest wel- j
come to tne proposal. It Is understood
that a really comprehensive survey of
all points in the world where the Interests
of the two empires could, by
any possibility, clash Is being made, and
that Lord Haldane has actually been intrusted
with the task of assisting In de- ' ,<
fining the various spheres of influence,
so that all cause for friction may be
removed between the two nations. If
this forecast of the Taeliche Rundschau
should prove anvwhere near correct,
the effect on the European sltua- f y
tlon would be absolutely incalcuable.
BRITISH DEMOCRACY.
Philip Snowden, M. P., referring to
the question of adult suffrage, said in
his opinion the mere, increase of men t
voters throughout the country would
not make Parliament more representative
than it is to-day. The government,
he said, would do well to deal with the
question in a drastic way, overhauling
the electoral machinery very thorough- ? ,
ly. What was wanted, he said, was
manhood and womanhood franchise,
perfect equality between rich and poor
and between classes and sexes. He felt
convinced that this year will witness
the realization of the work of 140
years of agitation and when the next
Parliament came round the parlimentary
register would then be the expres- *
sion of the real opinion of the country.
WHY A NEW CHINA.
The manifesto of the provisional republican
government of China has been
made public. It sets forth in clear,
strong terms the conditions which induced
the Chinese to take up arms
against the Manchu dynasty and declares
that "the substitution of a rennhlir.
for the mnnarnhinl form of mv
ernment Is not the fruit of a transient
passion. It is the natural outcome of a
long-cherished desire for broad-based
fieedom, making for permanent contentment
and uninterrupted advancement.
It is the formal declaration of
the Chinese nation." The manifesto then
proceeds to recite the grievances which
the Chlnrse suffered under the Manchu (
rule, how that the Manchus closed the
land to the outer world and plunged the
Chinese people into a state of benighted
mentality, how that the Manchus created
privileges and monopolies and erected
about themselves barriers of exclusion
in national custom and personal "*?
conduct, how that they levied irregular
taxes, restricted foreign trade to treaty
ports, obstructed internal commerce by
the llkln embargoes, retarded the creation
of industrial enterprises, denied a
regular system of impartial justice, con.
nlved at official corruption, and rejected *'4:
an reaBonaDie aeraanas ior Detter government.
"To remedy these evllB," continues
the manifesto, "and render possible
the entrance of China to the family
of nations we have fought and formed
our government."
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now open In Mexico. Homesteads Free.
Only requirement is to have Ave acres %
planted within Ave years. An authorized
Improvement Co. will plant the bananas
and market them on shares. Tour share *
should bring $200 per acre, annually. Apnlv
immedls^elv. .Address the Rio Tonto
Land Co.. Block 851. Greensburg, Pa.
The are distrlDutors for the U. 8. The
lend lles-between the river and railroad.
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never cold. Abundant rainfall. Three
crops a year. Tou need not go to
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