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THE SENATE IN MOTION.
With the end of the congressional
session dependent upon the speed with
which the Senate clears its docket* that
body made a record of progress in one
day last week. Among the Important
bills and resolutions passed were: The
sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying
$116,000,000 and providing for the continuance
of the barlfT board. The military
academy appropriation bill, carry
ing over $1,064,000. The Alaskan civil
government bill establishing a Legislature
and partial home rule In the terrl- 1
tory- A resolution directing the secre- 1
tary of war to investigate claims of
Americans to redress for Mexican outbreaks
aleng the International border
in 1911. A revised Alaskan mining claim
measure. A bill making a federal
standard for apples shipped In barrele.
A bill authorizing $760,000 for a memorial
amphitheater at Arlington national
cemetery near Washington. A
bill to regulate sponge 'fishing In the
Gulf of Mexico and in Florida waters. '
From these measures of a public character
the Senate pushed on Into the calendar
of private and semi-public bills
and before adjournment had disposed of
much Important business that had been
held back by the appropriation bills, the
Panama canal debate, the Iyorimer case
and other hard-fought measures.
GREAT SOUTHEASTERN WATERWAY.
With the passage by Congress of the
rivers and harbors bill carrying $5.400,000
for the construction of the Norfolk-Beaufort
canal as the first link in
fho Atlantic inland waterwavs chain.
inland canal advocates in Congress announced
that Baltimore. Philadelphia
and contigious territory will be the
beneficiaries of their fight for the next
congressional appropriation. Delighted
over their success in getting the Norfolk-Beaufort
link at this session, the
Inland canal champions will next concentrate
their energies upon an appropriation
for the Chesapeake Bay and
Delaware Bay connection as the second
link. "We will at the next sesison of
Congress go after an appropriation to
buy the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal, connecting the two bays, and to
dredge it to a dopth of 25 feet," said
Congressman John H. Small, of North
Carolina, vice-president of the Atlantic
Inland Waterways Association. Mr.
Small la the father of the idea of an
Inland canal connecting Maine with the
gulf. He sprang the project upon
Congress ten years-ago. "The development
of that link in the inland water
way chain will be a great boon to
Baltimore shipping," continued Mr.
Small. "It will give the city another
outlet to the sea, a -route by which Boston
and New York can be reached on
almost a bee line. It will also shorten
the trip of foreign steamers bound to
and from Baltimore. The construction,
of the Norfolk-Beaufort link will mean
much for Baltimore. The purchase of
the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal,
connecting the Chesapeake and Albemarle
pounds, and turning It into a free
canal, will lower the cost of transportation
from eastern 'North Carolina." The
rivers and harbors bill carried an appropriation
of $600,000 for the purchase
of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
and $100,000 for its operation and maintenance.
These sums are included in
the $6,400,000 appropriation for the construction
of the canal between Norfolk.
Va.. and Beaufort, N. C. It is estimated
that this inland waterway will be completed
in six years.
THE PRESBYTER1
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THE FOOD PURIFYING PROCESS.
According to reports received at the
Department of Agriculture from its
laboratories in different sections of the
country as published in Leslie's Weekly,
the successful prosecution of violators
of the food and drugs act have pro^
duced a marked improvement in the
sanitary condition of factories and in
the quality of foods and drugs which
are snipped in interstate commerce In
this country. It is reported, for example,
that the use of harmful preservatives
in foods has been largely
discontinued; that the number of shipments
of flour bleached witb nitrogen
peroxide has been considerably reduced;
that mixtures of flour are properly
labeled, so as to inform consumers
of the ingredients of the mixture;
that cheese made from skimmed milk is
labeled as such; that cofTee is no longer
ArtiiltorntoH uHtli nons pprnnla
and other foreign material; that chocolate
and cocoa no longer contain flour
*nd shells; that spices are generally free
from Inert materials having no condimental
value; that flavoring extracts
are sold for what they are; that mixtures
of cane syrup flavored with maple
are no longer offered for sale as "maple
syrup;" that cotton-seed oil Is not
now marketed as olive oil; that candy
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lac coatings; that shipments of cheese
are correctly branded as to weight; that
evaporated milk Is sold as such and not
ps evaporated cream; that domestic
wines are no longer disguised by foreign
labels; that foods in general are
practically free from filthy and decomposed
subBtancos; that the habit-forming
drugs specified in the act are indicated
on the labels of medicinal pre
paratlonB, and that the quality of crude
drupe Is greatly improved.
GOOD CROPS.
The July crop reports made by the
Department of Agriculture indicate
bountiful harvests and that the conditions
of all crops were substantially
better than last year, averaging an advance
of about 5.9 per cent. The area
planted to the important crops?corn,
wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, tobacco,
fax. rice and cotton?Is estimated at
241,155,000 acres. While this aggregate
area Is 1.8 per cent, less than the area
of the same crops last year, it Is 1.9 per
cent greater than In 1910 and 6.9 peT
cent, greater than In 1909. The condition
of the various crops compared
with their average condition (normal)
of recent years was as follows: Peaches
123.9: apples 116.9: strawberries (production),
111.6: kaflr corn 108.0; alfalfa
107.8: hops 107.1; pears 106.4; millet
105.3: oat* 106.2: grapes 105.1; broom
corn 104.9: hay fall kinds) 104.7: spring
wheat 104.3: lima beans 104.1; tomatoes
103.9: tobacco 103.7; barley
102.7; sorghum 102.3; cabbage 102.3;
flax 102.2; cantaloupes 102.0; hemp
101.9: watermelons 101.9; onions 101.6;
peanuts 100.6; sugar beets 100.5; cotton
99.6: potatoes 99.6; sweet potatoes
99.4: rye 98.1: timothy 98.0; beans
fdrv) 97.8: clover hay 97.1: oranges
96.3: raspberries 96.5; corn 96.3: pasture
94.8: winter wheat 91.4: lemons
91.1; blackberries 30.4: sugar cane 89.3.
GOOD PRICES.
Tho ohlpf A# fliA hurooii A# ototlotloe
in the Department of Agriculture ha*
announced that farmers are being paid
year an advance of 17.5 per cent,
over the prices covering the same period
of 1!H1. TMs increase in prices was
the average on crops which represent
about three-fourths of the value of all
AW OF THE SOUTH
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it advents.
\
crops produced. The amount of increase
in cents on staple products was,
corn 11, wheat and oats 15, barley 12,
rye 6 1-2, buckwheat 6, potatoes 7, hay
$1.56. There was an increase of 7 per
cent, in the price of flax seed and 3
cents in cotton. Increase in the prices
Of other products included: Hogs 99
cents; beef cattle 80; veal calves 61;
eggs 2 1-2; butter 3; sheep 28; lambs
51; milch cows $1.98; milk 2 1-2; beans
43; sweet potatoes 16; onions 21; clover
seed $2.89; timothy seed $1.44; wool. '
unwashed, 3; cabbage 21; broom corn
$10 (ton); bran $3.48. Prices paid for
cotton seed decreased $4.14 a ton, and
for apples 27 cents per barrel.
ROOM IX TEXAS.
The older countries of Europe are i
ng opportunities for expansion to
find the means for meeting the pressure
of growing population and developing ,
industries, while at the same time they
are dependent upon outside resources
for a portion of the supply of the necessaries
of life, says Cassiers Magazine.
r ranee and Italy are reaching out Into
northern Africa, while Germany is endeavoring
to get whatever territory may
properly be secured to meet tbeBe demands.
These things are subjects of
political discussion and form leading
topics in the current newspapers and
magazines, while little is said about the
vast areas of fertile land yet available
to good people for development within
the limits of the United States. The
single State of Texas, for example, Is of
greater area than Prance or of the entire
German empire, the figures being,
in round numbers, about 204,000 square
miles for France, 209.000 square miles
for the German empire and 262,000
square miles for Texas. Thus it "will
be seen that either of these great countries
of Europe might be placed in the
middle of this single one of the United
States with ample margin, all around.
OUR GEM ACCOUNT.
'It Is evident that the luxuriousness
of the well-to-do classes in America
has not been disturbed by the hign cost
of living. The fact Is indicated by a
single item of luxurious expenditure indicated
by official reports for the fiscal
year ending June 30. During the year
diamonds, pearls and other gems to the
value of 539,445,289 reached this country
through the port of New York. This
means that It took over $41,000,000
worth of gems to satisfy the demand of
the people of the United States for this
form of luxury, since 1t is estimated
that of the total jewertry importations 96
per cent, is brought in through New
York. According to figures compiled at
the Appraiser's Stores the cut precious
stones and pearls totaled $26,261,794,
and the uncut gems, principally diamonds,
reached a total value of $10,183,491.
In 1910 all records were broken
by the receipt of $44,885,067 worth of
gems. The heavy importations of rough
diamonds during the last fiscal year reflect
a growth In the diamond cutting
Industry in this country, where some of
the finest stoneB are at present being
cut. There 1b a duty of 10. per cent,
on cut diamonds, while the rough product
enters free. A review of the year
shows that there has been only one
nffl nl o 1 flHvonPn r\ t rw> ? oon In fko
price of diamonds, but there have been
other Indirect advances during that
time. Just at present there is little activity
in the foreign centers, although
conditions are better than during December
and the early months of the
present calendar year. A New York importer
who returned from abroad re
.
[July 31, 1912
?ently reported that he had never ex
[>erienceu sucn dimculty in obtaining
liamonds suitable for the American
market
ELECTRIC FARM APPLIANCES.
The agricultural show Just opened at
Amiens, France, is attracting much interest,
immense crowds specially visiting
the exhibition to see the model farm
upon which nearly the whole of the labor
is furnished by appliances driven
by electricity. There is to be seen In
full working order a mechanical kneading
trough, different kindB of millB for
grinding, washing machines suitable for
rarm use, root choppers, straw and hay
cutters, crushng and rolling mills,
thrashing machines, a power frame,
Baws and many other farm appliances
ill worked by electricity. Electric milkers
replace the ordinary methodB of
milking the cows while the farmhouse
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?w WUlil UIJ OCl TX3U UJ iabor-saving
inventions run by electric
power, fit is believed that this section
of the show will prove of immense value
to the agriculturalists who reside in
those parts of France where the supply
of electrical power is available and
can be produced specially economically
by the use of the numerous waterfalls
and mountain streams.
It is better to chase rainbows than
to grunt and groan under the juniper
tree.
YOUNG LADY desires a position in
private family. References exchanged.
MISS X., Fort Defiance, Va.
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