Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-02-27


land last Sunday and will arrive in
New York next Saturday. lie seems
to be very much pleased at the visit
before him, and the American re
public will give him cordial well
come.
Mrs. jefferson Davis visited the
capital Of Mississippi last Saturday
with the view of Offering the famous
jefferson Davis family residence,
known as Beauvoir, to the state at
nominal price, TO be devoted to a
Confederate soldiers home. She has
been offered 100000 for the prop
erty, but prefers to take $4,000,
and have it be used as above.
\ bill has been introduced in con-
gress by Representative Corliss for
the laying of a cable to Hawaii and
the Philippines. Mr.. Corliss con-
tends that it should be made by an
American manufacturer, laid by an
American ship under the American
flag and operated at actual cost for
the dissemination Of knowledge, the
proper direction Of our army and
navy and the advancement Of our
trade and commerce in the Pacific"
The monthly statement of the
imports and exports of the United
States for January, shows as fol-
lows: Merchandise, imports, S19.-
26,146, increase as compared with
January, 1901, $10,OOO,O00; ex-
ports, $12G,O23.217, decrease ST.
100000 Gold imports 81, 4Oi,7SI
decrease g., 100000 exports S1,973,-
615. decrease 100000. Silver i'm
ports S2,1S7,6S1, decrease $1,000
600; exports S4,5O9,213, decrease
$2SO,0O0. During the last year the
imports Of merchandise amounted to
$3.50, 53S,976, an increase over the
corresponding period in 1901 Of
S52 100000. The exports Of mer-
chandise for the year aggregated
S1,457,s39,sS2 a decrease Of $39,-
100000
The United States maintained its
| position as the leading exporting ma
ton in the calendar year 1901. The
figures of the treasury bureau Of
statistics, just published, show the
exports of each of the principal
countries Of the world at the latest
available date, and clearly indicate
that the exports Of the United
States were, during the year, larger
than those Of any other nation. The
average monthly expectation in the
year 1901 were: United States.
S119,S4O,333; United Kingdom,
Sl13,753,9S7; Germany. S9O,242,-
900; France, 500, 929,329; Neither
lands, $50, 590.923; Austria Hunga-
ry, $32,012,746. and Belgium, $685.
67s,729 For the full calendar year
figures of the United States and
United Kingdom are available. They
show: United States, S1,43s,OS3,-
900; United Kingdom, 81 ,365,O47,-
S43. The exports Of the United
States thus exceed by nearly 49,
100000 those Of the United King
dom.
The industrial commission. in
its report to congress, makes the fol-
lowing recommendations on the
subject of immigration General
revision and codifcation Of the i'm
migration laws, including such YER
bal changes as are necessary to
make the existing principles Of leg
islation effective. Increasing the
head tax from 81 to SO. Effective
inspection along the Canadian and
Mexican borders to be secured
through establishment Of designated
frontier ports of entry by the secre-
tary Of the treasury. Exclusion and
deportation Of anarchists. Renewal
and continuance Of the Chinese ex-
clusion law. The commission also
recommended that states abandon
the general property tax, and raise
their revenues by taxes upon foreign
populations, inheritance and in
comes, supplemented when necessa-
ny by indirect taxation. That cor
porations be taxed by state boa-ds
at rates fixed by legislation, upon
the value of their franchises, assess
ed according to the actual value of
their stocks and bonded debts, and
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