Evening journal., 1903-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
Lspaaial co-r,.n1ntanca.l

itot Ahii- Ni tiih lAtl'u lilt4l. liie Slth
reeling machines reccnfly purchased by
the department. There nrc tiirec OF
those machines. though only ono OF
them Mas iioen PVT in operation. the In
leut.on being 70 sord one Of The two
remaining machines 20 Tuskcgce ana
the other 10 a-1,o other place where
Hudlcient iptc-esi may be shown to
learn how 10 operate it. Cocoons have
been purchased from various parts of
the county. AMI two expert female.
French operatives have been brought
10 Washington 50 teach the operation
of tho machines.
II is Secretary Wilson'S desire TO have
tho people Of the south, and especially
colorcd persons, learn the business
because OF tho comparative cheapness
of that mnor. lie says that The depart
mont IS prepared so DO everything pos
sible 70 encourage the industry and
that silzwoIn eggs as well as young
mulberry trees viii be supplied 10 per
sons desiring 20 engage in the bust
ness The department at present Is
buying cocoons whenever offered, ana
reling ccnters VIII be established as
fast as possible. and each OF these will
bo cocoon market
The silk produced is Of a very fine
quality The department IS prepared
mt present TO turn out about twelve
hanks per day.
we hope soon 60 have enough TO
make n nag for the president" said
Secretary Wilson. '1he United States
imports sT5.O0O.00O worth OF silk annu-
ally. and it behoovcs us to do all we
can to establish the industry"
Chanroa In Diplomatic Corps.
With increasing persistency rumors
arc coming here from foreign capitals
that several important changes in the
I personnel Of the Washington diplomat
ic corps arr contemplated. With one
exception these changes viii probably
not occur until after the New Years
reception
sonor Garcia Moron, minister from
Argentina, who has for n long time ex-
/ pected trnsfer 70 Berlfn. win pre-
sent his letters Of recall TO the state de-
paumont this fnll, II the present pro
gramme is cnrifed out, and HIS sue
cessor may reach Washington by Jan.
/ 1. Senior Mcron has been accredited to
/ the Washington government since Oc-
/ tober. 1901, and has won the title of
"doan Of South American diplomats"
/ lie was promised the Berlin mission
months ago and has been diligently
studying German.
Reports that Count Cassini, Russian
ambassador, was not to return to
Washington this fall because Of the
KishIie6 incident and its trying con-
sequences are not credited by those in
the confidence Of the 81. Petersburg
/ foreign Office However, changes among
Russiun ambassadors nre expected, and
IN tho event OF such n change Il is re-
ported that Count Cessini VIII go to
Berlin.
Growth OF outside Commerce.
Commerce between the United States
and its noncontlguous territory
amounted TO over Sl0O,O0O,OOO IN the
fiscal year just ended. This includes
about S5.OOO,O0O worth of gold bullion
, produced in Alaska md brought into
. the United Suites This is The FIRST OPP
; portunlty which hns been offered for
an accurate measurement and analysis
of the commerce between the United
States and its nonconhguous territory
since the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands and Porto Rico.
OF the s30,722,9H worth of merchan-
disc exported from the United States to
the outlying territories s12,24G,225 went
20 Porto Rico. SlO.s4O,4T2 TO the Ha-
wniian Islands, e4O3S,eO0 10 the Phil
ippincs and s9.49T, ,72i 10 Alaska.
OF the S5S.S94717 worth of imports
from the noncontiguous territory S11,.
O8l l03 came from Porto Rico, S2G,.
2f2,sG9 from the Hawaiian Islands
Sl.872,594 from the Philippines and
8lO.228O90 from Aioska
FNnrmers' interests In Congress.
II a. notable, as preparations for the
work OF oongI0ss are nearing, how
adequately the fauner aud his inter
eets arr rcpTesontnd
Tho coming speaker Of the house Is
from country district Mr.. Cannon
IN fact. tukes PRIDE in his farmer
phrases. and all his Illustrations and
personal interests SAVIOR Of a rura
bringing up. The craftsmanship which
Mr. Cannon resigns perhaps the mos
Important in The house-that OF the
committee on appropriations. falls tC
james A. IIemenway, who comes from
one Of the rural districts in Indiana
II embraces the famous county OF
poscy, also Pike. Gibson and Spencer
Hcmenway himself comes from the
village of poonyille The house com
, mlttee ON foreign affairs has long beer
presided over by Robert II. Hit OF
Mount Morris. H. He is native OF
Ogle county and represents one OF th'
richest farming districts in the Missis
sippi valley
The President and the Unions.
: IL transpires that President. Roose
5 vclca recent declaration that nonuniov
J men are not 20 be Disseminated agaius
j IA tho government service applied no
{ only TO the printing Office. but to an th'
departments. An investigation Is nov
being made TO ascertain whether or no
: tho spirit Of the order IS being com
! piled with. The president said in hi'
letter TO Secretary Cortelyou regarding
e the Miller case:
"lt is of course mere elementary de
b concy TO require that all the govern
/ meut departments shall he handled il
g accordance with the principles thu
r clearly aud fearlessly enunciated."
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