Milford chronicle., 1901-11-15

plots of Egyptian cottcn. He Is I
conducting experiments in Missis-
sippi, Florida, Georgia and Texas,
and, while he@is not yet prepared to
speak definitely, he believes that it
will be found practical and possible
to grow crops of from one-half to
three-quarters of bale of this cot
ton per acre, and that a market
ranging from six to ten cents a
pound for ordinary cotton will pay
from fifteen to twenty-five cents for
/ the Egyptian variety.
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, chief of the
Bureau Of Forestry, tells me that
he has recently received a request
for a working plan for a tract of
I,oOo,Ooo acres of long leaf pine
land, this tract comprising about
eighty per cent of the virgin long
leaf pine forest Of Texas. This is
only one of many requests made
} upon the Bureau, the total number
{ Of which cover an aggregate area of
over a, 900, 600 acres, exclusive OF
, the so, 900, 900 acres of Government
2 forest reserves in the care of which
the Bureau renders such technical
assistance as may be called for by
o the Secretary Of the Interior.
q Mr.. Eddy, Secretary of the U. S
d Legation at Constantinople advise:
d the State Department that thu
) Imperial Government has EXTENDED
y the time during which agriculture
], implements may be imported fire.
l. of duty, ten years. This extension
d applies to practically all agricultu
Of raj implements, except iron scyth
le es with wood handles"
n The Republican Congress ar
E comming to Washington in cor
siderable numbers and the Presider
has received them all and has ha
cd several conference with the men
70 bers of the Ways ana Means Con
a mittee. Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio
re believes there is no desire on IL
be part ofthe country for tariff revisic
'h He says 'The results shows the,
no will be no more tariff revision
'st Congress than there will be
OF revision ofthe Ten Commandment
al The verdict is not only against al
revision of the tariff but again
,as any reciprocity treaties that w
en- affect the principal of protectiC
# Hon. Serano E. Payne, Chairm'
nd of the Ways and Means Commit
Inc is confident that no change
ATE needed and that to open the subje
in would have disquieting effect
an business that would more than O
set any good that might be AGO,
plished. Maj. Steel, another me
'oc- Der of the Committee, has seen t
ov. President and states that in
md iudment "any tariff tinkeri
would be most injudicious. "
far as 1 have been able to lea
this is the almost unanimous op
ion of the Republican memb
nm with the exception of a few, wi
tbe like Representative Babcock, hs
the mistaken a local sentiment fol
AN national opinion
400 Senator Hanna, who came
n 7 Washington on Friday and cal
;itv at the White House for the f
led time since Mr.. ROosevelt's succ
the sion to the Presidency, expires
nee the belief that there is no occas
lire to revise the present law and
ar's people would seriously disappr
! is such action on the part of Congr
al Senator Plat concurs with Sena
i of Hanna and Senator Depew s
on Reciprocity is impractical
ease tariff tinkering not to be thou
/; of of. In view of these deci
d a opinions on the part of the leaC
will of his party it is not believed I
ork the President will make any rec
reat mendations TO the contrary w
v in ever his private views may
ided been, Mr.. Roosevelt is too lie
mr. headed to consider himself il
'iga- good a position to judge of
wishes Of the people as are t
ner- representatives from all over
IL country