Middletown transcript., 1904-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. Sd

enue laws which the Philippine Com
mission has adopted for the purpose @
securing a revenue for the government
of the island under their care. But
few of the phamplets have been receiyet
in the United States, and there has beef
quite demand for them. The tax falll
principally upon alcoholic liquors, to
bacco in its various forms, upon saloon:
and dance halls, circuses and places ol
amusement, requiring license the same
as in the United States. The usual pains
and penalties are proyidedwor false re-
turns and for derelictions on the part OF
the officers of the internal revenue. The
anti-imperalists seem disposed to find
fault with the fact that there is to be
any internal tax at all; or that the Fill
pinos should be obliged to contribute to-
wards the support of any form of gov :
ernment. The President OF the Union
Pacific Railroad, who has just arrived in
| this city from Manila, Gays that in his
opinion what the people need ont there
is good highways, instead of railroads
They should run to all parts OF the conn
try enabling farmers to get their produce
to the market He took a run over
Japan and noticed that that country is
abundantly furnished with good roads,
and that most Of the supplies for the army
were carried to the sea board along these
routes In preference to using railroads
The Philippine Commission. which has
been touring in America for long time,
and is about to depart, speaks of the
United States as ''the mother country"
which is little curious, and expresses
its gratitude for the hospitality received.
1t also gives the President "the homage
of their most respectful consideration.
The indications are that the Philippine
question will cut but small figure in the
pending campaign
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An appeal has reached the Department
of Commerce and Labor in this city from
number of Southern Members of Con-
gress asking it to secure labor for picking
the cotton crop. The cry for help comes
from Mississippi and Texas. In the lat
ter state, the cotton crop is good and the
bolls are bursting earlier than usual on
account Of the hot weather. The wicked |
boil weevii has ceased to be terror So !
great is the pressure for labor that cooks,
clerks, clergy, draymen, druggists, and !
delivery boys have been induced to work |
in the fields. Secretary Metcalf las
given notice to those interested that
within six months there will land in this
country loo, 600 Italians, and that $4,000
of them win arrive at Southern ports, by /
the. first of October, just in the nick of
time to obtain plenty of work at high
wages. There are those who think that
this may be the beginning OF the solution
Of the race problem.
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Many people in Washington see indica-
tions of an early fall because the nights
are cool, the leaves are turning yellow
and falling, and. the songof the cicada is
heard througllt the day. Those who are
weather wise announce that the air is
cool because it doesn't stay long enough
in one place to get heated! The leaves
are falling because there has been an in
rasion of white tussock moth. The Gov
entomologists, of which squad
remains in the city, say the only remedy
ior the moth is to sponge the trees with
,reosote oil. They think each citizen
should sponge the trees on. his premises,
since the job is too big for the over worked
and the very busy District
Begin at the top OF the
rec and carefully sponge eacll limb, and
inally the trunk. As there are more
han so, 900 shade trees in Washington, it .
will be worth trip to the capital to see
he sights when all the population, on the
op of tall ladders, begins the sponging
process. OF course there will be a cor
Ter in sponges and creosote oil as we'll as
n splints and erutches. But what is a
government scientist good for if he can .
lot point out remedy?
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Representative Bartholdt of Missouri,
Who has been the successful promoter of :
he Inter-Parliamentary Union in the ill.,
erests of peace, which is soon to meet in
his country, and who induced Congress !,
o appropriate $4,000 for the entertain !
nent of the guests from abroad, is in town.
lie says he has hardly been able to sleep
or the past three months worrying over
he problem how to keep down expenses
;ome 225 members of the Union, distin-
uished men, will come from Europe, and
here will be go ladies in the party. 1t
3 proposed to give the whole company
laval escort up the Hudson to West Point,
ust to let the delegates see that in times
# peace we are preparing for war. Mr..
will be assisted by ten Congress II
nen in entertaining the guests, and he u
eels much relieved, now that Andrew Il
carnegie has asked to be notified if the 9,
Congressional appropriation does not h
over the expenses. 1t isn't every coun- =,
ry that has an Andrew Carnegie. nor u
very age, perhaps not every world. fc
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1t is announced that DR.. Wiley, of pure t.
bod fame, of the much talked of borax q
eeding experiments, of cold storage in =
ETC., will soon go to Italy for u
vacation. He thinks it will be per- el
actly safe to do so. Word comes from s,
some that malaria has disappeared from a
hat city With the determination of the n
nosquito. And it is also now admitted u
hat one may sleep in Rome with an open I'll
rindow. DIR. Wiley says night air is e.
eally the best, as there is less movement
organic matter than in the day time.
Ie is curious to know how the Romans
the mosquito.