The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-12

Matters Of Interest Reported by The Progress.
si9e Farmers Special Correspondent.

49, OAAoA04 ~O001AChbS Al QUO 3 A44~
ippines must hereafter 8 the terms,
"Mr.'', "Mrs.", and miss, instead
of Senior, Sonora, Senorita or Don.
Incidentally nc Spanish titles or
terms r to be used which have an
English equivalent.
A table prepared by the director of
the mint shows that the coinage of
gold for the world during the last
calendar year was 1884, $50, 497g a de-
crease from $444, ITO, GA for the pre-
ceding year. The coinage Of silver
was $117, oil, 902, an increase We
the preceding year of $40 884, 938.
Secretary Root has DECIDED to send
some Is, 900 men to the Philippines
TO take the placfs of the 10000
whose terms of enlistment will soon
end, thus working a reduction of
about 5000 in the next few months.
This action is taken on reoommenda-
ton of General Corb'n and with the
consent of General Chaffee.
Young though Presidents Roose-
welt may be, he having celebrated
his AID birthday on last Sunday, he
is not soyoung as the Kaiser, who
is not yet quite 43 nor as the
Gar, who is only SO. The Emperor
of Austria had been ruling for TWEEN.
ty years before the Gear was. born
and for thirty years before .Presi-
dent Roosevelt appeared in the
world.
According to the estimates of Di-
rector Merriam of the Census, the
United States will have a total popu-
lation of 100, 600, OO9 in 1910. This
includes, of course, the people of
the Philippines, and other outlying
possessions. The population of the
United States proper is put at nearly
80, 200, 900. The per centage of in
crease will probably not be so large
as it has been in the past but the nu.
merlcal increase will be greater.
The diplomats of Washington
nearly all ride in automobiles, a
method of progress made especially
pleasant by the asphalt streets of
the Capital. The members of the
Cabioet, however, and other high
officials, stick pretty generally to
their horses and carriages. Various
explanations of this have been Civ
en-, but the real reason is that Uncle
Sam provides for free horses and
carriages for many of his servants
but does not as yet allow autOmo-
biles to anybody.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
Chairman of the powerful Committee
on Finance of the Senate, has told
President Roosevelt frankly shat he
IS opposed to any change Whatever in
the tariff laws, whether brought about
by the Babcock bill or by reciprocity
treaties. Mr.. Aldrich was strong
enough to prevent the reciprocity
treaties from ever being reported to
the Senate last session and will prob
ably be powerful enough to with
hold them this year also, in the
opinion of many.
The selection of Captain Crownin-
shield to command the European
station is accepted here as a reward
for that officer, despite his record IN
theSohley a and despite the efforts
of Secretary Long. to- minimize. the
Importance of the assignment. IL
not the most Important from a mill
tary point of view, the European
station has always been regarded as
the most spectacular and the most
pleasant. Moreover, it is the only
squadron command which will be-
come vacant at any time in the near
future.
While President Roosevelt will not
make any public statement in regard
to his reasons for inviting Booker
Washington to dinner, he has conf1ded
to friends that he had no ulterior
motive whatever in his action. He
wanted to talk to Professor Wash
ington, and invited him as the easiest
way of securing the chance. It never
occurred to to him that anyone
would object or even think Of the
subject a second time. He adds, how
ever, that he should have done just
the same if he had known of the
coming storm of criticism.
Negroes r better housed and bet
ter fed in the District of Columbia
4han IN AL nAhn. roaAao- &c IL