Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-06

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Philippines as the assistant executive
secretary to the Philippine commission
He made record for efficiency, ana
during the temporary absence OF Mr..
Ferguson acted for several months as
secretary of the commission. Judge
Winthrop will not assume office in
Porto Rico until the beginning Of the
next fiscal year, July ], it having been
decided Governor Hunt shall continue
ia the office until then.
The United States, with S6SO,000.000
in silver on hand-a mass of metal
that would fill 500 cars, and which it
costs 100000 to recount-now deliber-
ately proposes to forever store this
enormous mass and to add to the
amount With the good business condl-
tons now prevailing, it would seem to
be the wisest course ofOllow the advice
of the Secretary of the Treasury and
the director of the mint and gradually
change over the dollars which will not
circulate into a form of money which
not only will circulate, but which will
remain absorbed in the currency Of the
country. On July 1 next the bullion
of 1890 will be exhausted and we shall
have on hand JS0,000,000 silver dollars
100000 of which are in circulation
The highest amount ever in circulation
was 100000 600 in 1902. 1t is manifest
therefore, that $500,000000 can only be
circulated through means of certifi-
Gates. Austria, Russia, Germany
France and Japan have within the last
ten years recoined into subsidiary coin
age more than 1914 100000 of full ten
der silver instead of buying bullion
The Navy Department has ordered
that when the colors are raised in the
morning and when they are lowered
at night the band shall play "The Star
Spangled Banner" Probably most
Americans regard it as their best ma
tional song. The only objection to it is
that 1t is hard to sing. America can
be sung, and would no doubt take prec-
cdence over all the rest if Great Brit
ain would consent to stop using the
tune as its own national hymn. There
are several stirring military songs, but
their Civil War origin makes them I'M
available. The Navy Department is
~ hit. Even if most of us cannot sing
The Star-Spangled Banner" the band
can play it, and we can think of the
words
Clean money" free from microbes
and the filth gathered from constant
circulation, is in sight if the currency
bill reported to the house from the
Committee on Banking and Currency
by Congressman Fowler is adopted.
The bill provides for the removal of
the limitation of the issue of small bills
and for greater amount of small
coins. 1t is proposed to recon the
57S,002,090 silver dollars now in the
treasury into fractional currency.
The Department of Agriculture has
prepared bulletin on weeds used in
medicine. 1t suggests that although
the price Of crude drugs from this
source will not be large enough to pay
any one to gather them as business,
it may be handy to know, in Kidding a
farm of its pest, that it has some com
mercial use.
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President Roosevelt has always be-
heyed that it was useless to have guns
on the ships of the navy unless the
sunners could shoot and hit the mark.
AS he remarked in one of his messages
to Congress, 1.-THE shot that hits is the
only one that counts" Accordingly he
has had presented to the navy gold
trophy, for which the various ships are
to compete each year. The ship that
makes the best score in its class at the
annual target practice will hold the
Ec0nhy for tia