Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-08


must consider may be formed from
The business done on the last opinion
day" In May, before Its adjournment
until October, when 1t announced its
decision in an exceptionally large
number OF important disputes. Three
cases were decided, involving Ques-
tons relating to the administration Of
criminal law in the Philippines. The
consututionality of the "oleo" law was
next upheld. A dealer argued that
oleomargarine which received It's color
from butter used as an ingredient
should not be subject to the tax, and
also that the rates under the present
law were prohibitive and conflscatory.
The court replied that the amount Of
the tax was purely political func-
tion with which 1t could not deal. A
concern against which fraud order"
had been issued by the PostofIlce De-
partment had sought redress by bring
Ing suit against the postmaster at Chi
cago In case which finally reached
tho Supreme Court. The department,
1t was decided, was justified in it's ac-
ton. A man in a suburb Of Kansas
City had been released by the United
States District Court from payment
for certain street improvements which
were declared unnecessary. The su-
preme Court overruled this, deciding
that the city authorities must be the
sole Judges OF the necessity. Then
th roS
ers' titles in Iowa, licenses in Alaska,
street railroad fares in Cleveland,
State claims against steam railroad
In Indiana, and an electric-lightinR
franchise In Kentucky.
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In its century of history the White
House has seldom been the scene Of q
more interesting reception than that
which was given In honor Of the visit
Ing Fillpinos, who have been making
tour of the United States. The
President and Mrs. Roosevelt enter.
tanned them at luncheon, after which
the prominent people Of the national
government were invited In to meet
them. With few exceptions, none of
these visitors, and they are TIE lead
ing men Of the archipelago, had ever
been in the United States before. Some
Of them had never before left the
archipelago, for tho Philippine Island
ers are not great travellers. Most Of
the places to which they would natur-
ally go are long way off, and so
h. "a Go
midable journey stay at home. Ameri-
cans going to tho Philippine Islands
have been profoundly interested In the
strange contrasts which the Asiatic
tropics present These visiting Filipi-
nos were equally interested in condi.
tons here. They found the American
summer about like their climate all the
year round. Our warm and substan-
tial buildings told to their observing
eyes Of the frosts of winter and Of the
absence of earthquakes. The railroad
system of the United States amazed
them. The multitude Of our cities was
almost confusing.
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1t has been announced by the Agri-
culture Department that its search for
an enemy to destroy the cotton-boll
weevil has been rewarded by the dis
covery in Guatemala of an ant which
preys upon the insect In Alta Vera
Paz cotton appeared to thrive In a
country infested with the weevils. In.
vestigation showed that this was due
to the ant, which gets its food from
the hectares OF the cotton. This ant
is equipped with powerful mandibles,
and when 1t finds a weevil beetle on
plant ut once seizes and kills It. 1t Is
nm inyeterate hunter after the pests,
and several ants usually take their
stand for this purpose on each stalk,
SO that a single colony protects a large
field. 1t does not sting persons, rs 90
many Guatemalan ants, and so Tar as
known is harmless. An attempt Will
be made by the department to estab-
llsh permanent colonies In Texas,
where the weevil pest is worst, ana
for this purpose many thousands OF
the nnts have been brought to this
country.
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For tho first eleven months OF the
current fiscal year, ending May 81,
there was an excess of government
expenditures over receipts OF 1920
869. This deficit is accounted for by
the payments made on account or the
Panama Canal and the loan to the
80, p,,,obo ea TxnOgttfOn Com
pany, amounting in all to $o4.ooo,ooo'
After allowance Is made Tor these
items, however, there Is stlli evidence
of n marked change In the concltion
Of the Treasury, for In the correspond
ing months of 1908 there was sur
Mus of receipts over expenditures
amounting to $3s,94s,6l6 Receipts
both from customs and internal reve-
mo have been smaller this year than