Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-05-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Interesting Notes From our Special
Political Correspondent.

1t is estimated by the Treasury
officials that the exports to the
United States for the current fiscal
year will reach 81, 500, 000,0 The
imports for the year ending with
March exceeded 81, OOO,O OO,OO In
the light of such a gigantic foreign
commerce, the largest in the world,
democratic railery at republican
property" is puerile.
The Cleveland people who voted
for Tom Johnson and 8 cent fares
got the former. It may be some
time before they get the latter, how
ever.
The president is evidently finding
the seclusion he failed to secure in
the Mississippi cane brakes, in the
Yellowstone Park. Even the ''fak-
ers" have no stories of his experience
ces in the Yellowstone-as yet.
Senator Cullom advances the idea
of extending American trade with
her south American neighbors as
.judicious substitute for the iowa
idea"
Fanny Bullock Workman has en-
gagged two expert mountaineers and
guides to assist her in climbing the
Himalayes. AS a Frenchman would
say, there is nothing impossible to
re ladies'"
Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil esti-
mates that it will cost $4,000, 600 a
year to keep up target practice in
the navy on the present scale. It
costs money to carry big stick. :"
Wall street has a hard time these
days. No sooner had it been settled
that there would be no tariff revision
than the Northern Securities deci-
sion began to squeeze the water out
of stocks. But then, the specula-
tors should bear in mind the expert
ence of the residents of the Missis-
sippi valley and be thankful the
levees did not give way.
Southern newspapers are Outvy
ing each oUher in their praise of the
United States Weather Bureau.
Not only has the Bureau rendered
service in giving warnings of frost,
worth millions of dollars to the sug-
ar growers, say these editors, but in
the recent disastrous floods the
timely warnings actually minimized
the injury done.
The government has determined
upon an irrigation project on the
Salt River in Arizona which will
cost So, 500, 900 and will according to
the estimates, irrigate 200, 900 acres
of land from reservoir which will
constitute the largest artificial lake
in the world.
According to John D. Rockefeller
Jr., playing golf without hat on
has restored his fathers hair and
cured serious case of badness.
This will mean an increased en-
thusiasm for golf on the part OF
most of the bald headed men OF the
country.
$4,000, 600 worth of 2 per cent
bonds have been subscribed for, in
exchange for bonds bearing higher
raGes of interest and maturing earli-
er. This ought to mean consider
able pepsin for those 'undigested
securities" of Mr.. Morgan's.
Republican politicians need have
no fear that the postofice investiga
lions will injure the president or his
party. When an honest president
discovers fraud and removes the
cause the people always approve
and now their approval at the polls.
Mr. Machen now under investigation
was Cleveland appointee.
Professor MirklEca, the noted
surgeon of Breslau, Germany, re-
Gently arrived in New York and has
been visiting some American hospi-
tails. He said recently to an inter
viewer, "Your hospitals are superb.