The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-29
WASHINGTON
! NEWS NOTES.
<FENINGS OF THE WEEK
BRIEFLY CHRoNIC1ED.
STAMPS VERSUS POLITICS
roosevelt Makes tho Tobacco Stamp
matter Political Issue. Money To
be Paid the Friars at Once. Stats
Tics on Cuba's Import Trades.

IN taking the controversary over
.ne customs stamp on cigar boxes, be-
tween the independent cigar manu-
lecturers and the trust, from Assis-
.ant Secretary Armstrong, who ruled
ene other day against the trust, and
piaclng it in the hands Of Assistant
oecretary Taylor, for rehearing
PRESIDENT Roosevelt has recognized
g as a political issue. The American
Tobacco Company has always given
literally to the campaign fund, but
'nseting this, the independent claim
20 be IN touch with 100000 cigar man
aIacturers and dealers and cigarmak-
ers. The New York factories alone
employ more than ten thousand work
men, who, because Of the fact tina,
the clear Havana industry has been
built up under the McKinley-Dingley
tariff, have heretofore been republi-
sans. A canvass shows that the tobac
90 men hold the balance of power III
eight congressional districts, anG
representative Babcock, Chairman OF
the Congressional Committee, anf
Chairman Cortclyou Of the Na.iona
Committee, are fully informed on ghi
subject. The independents are ais,
aware that the holding up OF thu
printing of the new stamp was done
by Acting Secretary Taylor at the
direction of the President after ar
appeal had been made to him by the
Trust, it is understood, through Mr.
Aldrich, Chairman Of the Finance
COMMITTEE Of the Senate.
The interesting discovery has been
made by officials of the Immigration
Bureau that certain of the Euro
pean governments make practice OF
Asending special agents to this count,.
For the purpose Of keeping track OF
their subjects that come here as i'm
migrants. Austro- Hungary and Ital,
both do all they can to prevent theil
subjects In America from taking ou
naturalization papers and becoming
citizens. These facts have been de-
veloped by special agents of the I'm
migration Bureau, who have been
making inquiries covering year OF
more, to ascertain the attitude of for
eign governments toward emigrants
The feeling III regard to this question
varies in different countries. In Ger
many and Ireland there is very
strong movement on foot to check the
stream Of emigrants that has been
flowing in this direction for years. In
other European countries totally
different policy is pursued, some OF
the governments actually aiding thu
outward movement
The Bureau Of Insular Affairs OF
tine War Department in its review
md final audit of the finances Of the
Philippine Government has defini tely
liked the loss sustained by the Insulal
kTreasury up to June 80, 1903, due to
iuctuating value Of the silver cur
rency in general circulation in the is
lands until recent date at 81 ,294,0S
This loss to the Insular Government
WAS brought about largely by the fact
that when silver was dear Mexicans
were almost exclusively offered for
payment of Government dues, but
when silver was cheap and the Mexi-
cans overhauled, comparatively little
was offered in payment of dues, and
creditors Of the government sough.
by every means possible to obtain set
Element by the government in Next
can meney. In this wa silver money
would be taken in at high rate of
exchange to gold and paid out at a
much lower rate than received.
One of the most drastic orders ever
issued by the government for the pro-
lection of the several Indian tribes
against fraud and robbery was pro-
mulgated by Acting Secretary Of the
Interior Ryan. The order in question
amends the rules for the sale Of in
herited Indians lands so as to require
that the proceeds to be derived from
their sale shall be placed with the
most convenient United States de-
pository to the credit of each heir
in proportion, subject to the check
of such heirs or their recognized guar
dams, for amounts not exceeding $40
to each in any one month. Before be-
ing paid, however, it will be necessary
for these checks to be approved by the
agent or other officer in charge. For
sums in excess of $40 per month the
money will be paid upon approval of
the agent only when specially author
lied.
President Roosevelt will soon have
before him a nass Of Interesting re-