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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
STOKES SELECTS STAFF
FOR WASHINGTON TRIP
Suite of Apartments Engaged at
Hotel Arlington for Governor
and Military Aides.

Trenton, Feb. 17:-Governor Stokes.
"Wednesday, selected the staff which
will accompany him to Washington as
the head of the New Jersey delesa
tion to attend the Inauguration OF
Theodore Roos Welt Those appointed
are: Lieutenant Colonel Lewis =.
Brvant, Atlantic City, Of the depart
ment st If; Lieutenant Colonel John
A Pa her First hrigade aft; Major
d. Stewart Craven, Salem, division
slaff Lieu enaut Everett Colby, New
ark, and Li-ufenant Walter E E &c,
Atlantic City; Colonel Joseph s. FREE
linghuy-en. personal aide to the COVER
DOR, will head the staff
The staff is selec ed for the occasion
in accordance with tile plan of Cover.
nor Stokes not to maintain O permanet
s aft
The governor and party have secured
a snire of apartments at the Hotel
Abingdon. Washing on, where they
will be quartered during their ftav ut
the national capital. One of the par
Tors will be set aside for a reception
room aud here the go, will re-
%ceive all JerscYmen who may call to
see him.
The governor and staff will leave
for Washington Friday. March B.
House bill No. IIS, aDpropriatinR
SO o10 Vt the expenses of sending the
delegation of the national guard to
Washington for the inaugural parade.
passed the house Yesterday. The bill
was reported and, on motion of Mr..
Dufield. was passed Immediately
under suspension Of the rules. The
leader explained that haste was neces.
sary to get the bill through to ecure
the appropriation in tim- for the core.
mony.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
New York Markets,

WHEAT-Firm; contract grade. Febru.
C0RN-Market nc. lower; February, 5OH
o.ATs-Quiet and steady; No. ? white,
natural, 3slqq37c. No. 2 white. clipped, sc.
HAYI NJ s4,l issse b Ss per lSe Poqr rs
5. S@1ee. shipping, 5o9S7he clover. mix
cd. GSg5Se clover, clear. etGd231zc.
STRAW-Prime stable grades OF long
rye at $40 per 100 pounds.
BUTTER-Creamery. extras. per pound.
S.q$3c,; hrsts, 20a$lc.; seconds. 2saesc.
thirds, z5a21c. held, extras. 3oa5lsc i;
| onds. 2ia96c. thirds. 2ld23c.
CHEESE-State. fun cream. colored and
white, fancy, l3c. fine. l2lsc.; late made,
good, l16lll5c. poor. 9l7ql0hc.; large. col
ored and white, fancy lZ%c.; fine. Ia
l2hc.; late made, colored and white,
aiiGs4c. light skins. small, choice, l0Gf
!nl.c.; prime. 9A4y+2c. part skins. prime,
SlsNS&c.; good, Sqsi4c.: common to fair
EGGS-State. Pennsylvania and nearby.
selected, white. fancy. Sl4Ssc. choice. $50
&c. mixed, extra, Sc tirsts. ssas4c. dir
HOPS-Statc. 1904. choice, Per pound. 81
to prime, 2SuSoc.; common 10
w P0ULTRY Fowls. per pound.
I4c,: chickens, per pound, Ike; boosters.
old, per pound. &c; turkeys, old. per
BOUND. l5c.: ducks, per pair, T0GSoc. GEESE.
average, per pair. N.3lql.62.
DRESSED POCLTRY-Turkeys young
hens and toms and mixed weights. aver
age best. per pound, 90c. good wording
lines, lS0l9c.: poor to fair, l5ul7c, old
hens, lSdl9c. old toms. l14ad1Sl:c. capons
Philadelphia. large, fancy. per pound. g31
9+c.: mixed weights. lSaac.: small and
slips, l5Ql7c.: chickens, Philadelphia. 3 10
10 pounds to pair, per pound. Dq2lc. mix
ed sizes. 16DISc.; other Pennsylvania, Z 10
s pounds TO pair. fancy, per pound. lie
state and Pennsylvania, mixed sizes, l4G
15c.
POTATOES State. In bulk, per ls0
pounds, sl.3Gl.50: per l6s pound has, $40
M1.4 40: per 15O pound bag, $ll5ul.25; Long
Island, In bulk, per lS1 pounds, SlfIa2;
per lS pound bag. $l.50p2: Jersey, in bulk,
per 1S0 pounds. Sl.lzdI.37; per barrel or
bag. -N.ls4l.;5; sweet potatoes, per barrel.
DRESSED MEATs-Fair trade in dress.
ed peer at 6l2u9c. per pound for ommon
to choice native sides: a little fancy beef
was selling at size. city dressed veals
steady. at ix4L3c. per pound; countr
dressed easier at 6Gl0Lsc.. with a good
deal of the stock frozen; mutton slow at
tis09C, per pound: choice wethers. To-.
steady at llTiaIsc.; country dressed
dollhouse lambs steady at &d3l0 per car
rass; country dressed hogs ouie. al $40
t2c. per pound for light weights. G4 46sic.
for medium weights n 5dSIsc. for heavy
hogs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
PRESIDENT ORDERS INQUIRY.
Garfield Appointed to Make Search
of sta ndard OIL Methods.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-President
Roosevelt has begun q finish fight
against the Standard Oil company.
The action Of congress in calling for an
investigation Of the trusts boycott
methods in Kansas was ordered by
him and erves as the issue OF the
movement for turning the government
batteries full on the giant monopoly.
The president las instructed Corpora
lions Commissioner Garfield to make a
sweeping search Of Standard Oil al
fairs, and an army Of inspectors and
clerks and others are ready TO start
out on the hunt for evidence.
This will begin simultaneously i'll sew
eral states, with Kansas the active
ground. Facts gathered by an inspect
or sent TO the distributing centers OF
the Standard Oil company when Presi
dent Roosevelt began II preliminary
inquiry will be used as Il basis fol
work.
Kansas in conducting its independent
fight against Standard Oil will he q
valuable aid TO Mr.. Roosevelt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
PUTS COST OF SPECIAL
ELECTIONS ON STATE.
Bill Provides for This Only When
It's Necessary 10 Fill Vacancy
In Legislature.

trenton, Feb. l7:-Mr. Fordyce. OF
Mlndlesex, introduced in the House,
"ednesd Y. q bill which is intended
TO have the expenses Of special @ &C.
. for mem e-s of { q Legislatures
paid out OF the safe funds and NOT BY
the counties
This is intended to meet such situa.
tions as arose in Sussex las, month
wh-n the coonty considered itself too
poor to bea@ the exnens s of the sneciI
election to fill the vacancy in tie leeis.
lature caused ~ the death of the late
Jackson r Decker.
The bill provides:
"That when any vacancy or yacan.
cies shall occur, or shall have &C.
Cured. in either House of the leg isla.
ture occasioned by the death or resi0
nstion Of any member til reof, or for
othe- oause. and it thereby becomes
necessary that q writ or writs of cleo.
tion should issue for supplying such
vacancy or vacancies, then all the leg
al costs and expenditures incurred by
the county or counties wherein such
vacancy OF vacancies have existed and
suoh election or elections have been
hold shall be payable out of the state
treasury on the warrant Of the comp
troller; the County Board of Ele c.
tions Of such county or counties where
said election or elections have been
held shall certify the total legal ex.
pense thereof to the said comptroller,
and the state treasurer shall make
HIS payment to the county collector
of each and every such county, for
the sid sum Of money so certified a.
aforesaid, to be distributed by each
and every such county collector to
such county or municipal authorities
within any such county as have or
may have the duty to actually pay ont
tie said expenditures fur holding such
election or elections as aforesaid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
LAWYER DEAD, WOMEN HELD.
Harrison y. Johnson Said 10 Have
Been Poisoned with Tablets.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Harrison f.
Johnson, New York counsel for a life
insurance company Of Hartford, Conn.
is dead here at the New York hospital
from pOrphinc poisoning.
He was removed from a hotel in
Sixth avenue to the hospital in a coma
t0sc condition and died without regain
ing consciousness.
The police are holding Mrs. Dottic
Everhard, whom, they allege, gave
morphine to Johnson, and her compan-
ion. Lottie Reynolds. The Everhard
woman, the police claim, says she took
a morphine tablet, and Johnson asked
for one. She gave him a packet con
tanning several, the authorities say, but
it is not known how many he swallow.
ed. The district attorneys Office is
making an investigation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
BIG MUSICAL EVENT
IN new BRUNSWICK.
Choral Society Rendered Men
delssolR's ST. Paul in Sec
end Reformed Church,

New Brunswick. Feb. 1.-THE
only public performance 10 he given
this wear BY the New Brunswick
Choral Society took place last nigh.
Msndelssohn's oiatorio, st Pant, -
WAS sung. The New York Philhar-
monte Orchestra PLAYED the rec IN
paniments. Thel .soloists were Nj
Grsce L~>nslev, soprano; Miss EstelIs
Cathatine Henrtt, cnntraltO; Edward
Strong, tenor, and Fredeiick Whet Ter
bass.
Arthur G Drake the contncsor Of
the Choral Society, has conducted re-
hearsals sirca SeOtemhsr. and the
chorus wuk was esp cially good. The
Choral Society occupies a vfrv VAIN
place in the htaits of New Bruins
wIck's musical people, and the Second
Reformed church was crowded when
the performance was given
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17

RALEIGH, y. c., Feb. 17.-R. o.
Pickard, superintendent of the Wilson
Cotton mills at Wilson, y. C., was shot
and killed in the spinning room at the
mill. He leaves a wife and son. Wiley
House. a workman in a carriage fac
tory, is under arrest charged with the
crime.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
Royal Tomb Found.

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 17.-Mr. Thea
dorc NJ. Davis, an explorer, has discov-
cred a royal tomb neal Nenox contain
ing intact sarcophagi and a beautifully
preserved chariot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
Bill to Prevent "W':s,i" sales,

ALBANY, y. v. Feb. Ex-senator
Grady has introduced a bin 10 prevent
stock and providing ii penalty of $1,000
and Imprisonment not exceeding a year
or of from n to two years if the fine
Is not nnid
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
Weather Probabilities.

weather D1lftseH.
Fair: southwest winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
Ex-Governor Ioies BETTER.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Feb. 11.-For-
mer Governor Horace l;o.es Of Iowa.
who is i'll here. seen much improved.
IT'S son. II. II. Boics, left for home last
night. The governor. however. will re-
main here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17

CATTLE-Srpply light; market steady
choice, s. Nn1.h5, prime. S..Gr5.i0; veai
ralves. SSGSr.
HOGS Receipts fair; market steady;
prime heavy. 81. 41do.51: mediums. $50;
heavy Workers, 81. 4Nd5.j0; light do, S.eOap
s.M: pigs. Sl.NNd5; roughs. $4d4-T5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS : Supply light;
market STEADY. prime wethers, $500:
common. s.. sQ4@ 20; lambs, SaS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
Despondent Cripple Killed Himself

ROCHESTER,, n. V, Feb. i7.-Nel-
o Walton of Hornellsville, sixty-two
years of aSa, has committed suicide
here. He was a cripple, one foot hav.
ing been deformcd by rheumatism. and
he had become respondent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
statue of Frances E. willard.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia statue
Of Miss Frances r. Willard, presented
by Illinois to the nation, will shortly
he unveiled in the capitol at Washing.
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17

A lvertlse in the News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


Money on call easy at . per cent; prime
mercantile paper. 3M@4i4 per cent: cE-
changes, sS5. 4O2,1 III; balances, s., 3i9.0 90.
Closing Oricez.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
DUTIES OF DIRECTORS.
Er-Judgc Gary VIII Girc More
Time to His. He Saus.

Ex-Judge F. H. Gary. chairman Of the board
Of the United States Steel Corporation and a
director Of forty other corporations. in his
marks as presiding officer on Tuesday at the
annual meeting of the American Steel Foundries
COMPANY. of which he is a director. said that il
was frequently the case that directors Of cor
porations did not give enough attention TO di-
rectfng the affairs Of the companies with which
they were identified, adding: We have no right
to neglect our duties directors and I for one
intend TO give more attention to the affairs of
this company in the future than I have in the
past"
Jacob H. Schiff. in his testimony last Friday
before the legislative committee now conducting
the insurance investigation, had this to say Of
the rights and duties of directors:
The svs.eun of dictatorship in great corpora
ZION. Of the city OF New York is such that a di-
rector has practically no power He is Consid
cred in many instances, ard may say in most
instances as a negligible quantity by the ex-
ecllrfya officers of the company: he is asked for
advice when il suits the executive officers. and
If under the prevailing system, an executive
officer wishes to do wrong o" wishes to conceal
ANYTHING from mis- Director o. commit irregu-
Ia,.i+ias such as have beer disclosed here, the
5irector is entirely poverIess. he can be used
orly- in an advisory capacity and can judge Of
crIy sI,ch things as are submitted 10 him
Mr.. Scnif is director Of seventeen corpora
lions and financial institutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
AWAIT CLEARING PLANS
Trust Companies Willing to Adopt
Former arrangement.

The trust companies are apparently not inclined
to go halfway in meeting the Overtures made oJ
the Clearing House Association on Wednesday for
bringing the companies back into afiIaton with
the Clearing House. Some officials Of the trust
companies say that they would Ike TO resume the
former system of clearing through member or non
member banks: while others declare tina. they are
entirely satisfied with the present method. None
so far as could be learned. willing to submit to
the requirement that they keep in their Own vaults
cash equal TO at least 10 per cent tand, II
the Clearing House committee shall direct, Is
per cent? of their deposits.
An officer of trust company suggested that
his board would be willing to maintain on deposit
in certain banks, TO be named by the Clearing
House committee. a 10 per cent cash reserve. but
such a proposition, II is understood on excellent
authority would not he favorably considered by the
Clearing House committee. 1t will probably be
several days before that committee. which is to
conduct the negotiations with the trust companies
will he ready to take any action, and meanwhile
the trust companies will make move. The atti-
tude of the latter is expressed in the following
statement by Lyman J. Gage. ex-Secretary Of the
Treasury. and now president Of the United States
Trust Company:
The matter has not been brought to our atten-
ton in any official formal way yet and It Is 100
to talk bout the outcome of the proposition
The initiative, of course. will be taken by the
Clearing House The companies Will give
any reasonable proposition due consideration =,
~ .+io-, b11 - Sel-i,, LJozo ~ t%a -7.tter of
reserves to he carried by the trust companies
power TO govern this, but II the Clearing House
submits ana propos[ion which is reasonable the
the consideration to which it is entitled.
The suggestion was revived in certain banking
quarters yesterday that If the trust companies re-
fused tn maintain the reserve prescribed by the
Clearing House. the legislature would be urged to
cash reserve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
BIG YORK IN HAND,
Staten Island Rapid Transit to Meet
Modern Requirements.

The Staten Island Rapid Transit Company Is
nov engaged in a large amount o. construction
worI. under the supervision oe George H
Campbell. the vice-presidert- This is in line
with the policy of meeting modern requirements
and 10 give the best service iG the transportation
Of passengers and freight.
The improvements consist of relaying the road
with efghtv-fve pound steel rails, balasting It
with stones and practically making over the
road. the building of a large stone dock 416 feet
long By II feet in width; additional lighter
age pier 4S5 feet in length and 80 feet in width;
The extension Of two other docks, the installa-
tion OF q thoroughly modern car unloader and
The building of a new double track foreign
freight pier at Tompkfnsvile about 500 feet in
length and Zoe feet in width, where there is
deep water and large ships can easily come
alongside.
What is considered one Of the hest and most
modern of signal systems has been installed
from St George to Arlington. so that the entire
rapid transit division is now automatically
blocked from South Beach to Arlington; new
freight station has been built az Tompkinsville
and 4 coal and ash handling plant for coaling
locomotives has been installed at ST. George
For the additional comfort and convenience Of
passengers new waiting sheds and platforms
have been built at Port Richmond and staple
ton and to facilitate the movement OF business
five new switching engines are now being built
at s.. George
on the Baltimore and New-YOrk Railway,
which is part Of the rapid transit railway run
ning between Arthur XIII Bridge and Crawford
Junction the line has been double tracked for
a mile east Of Crawford and the entire line viii
be baasted with stone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
MR.. RAMSEY DECLINES TO TALK.
Gould Party Equally Reticent Concerning
Wabash Railroad Affairs.

President Ramsey of the Wabash Railroad Com
pary spent several hours downtown yesterday, but
declined to see anv reporters. IF his application for
ar Injunction shall be granted after the hearing IN
St Louis tomorrow the effect will be TO restrain
the Missouri Pacific system from voting It's 5000
shares of Wabash stock and s5,4350oO CT debenture
bcnds at the Wabash annual meeting on next Tues
day.
The elinina ton Of these securities would reduce
materially the total amount OF stock and bonds
having voting power, and Mr. Ramsey presumably
believes that he will he able 70 control majority
of this decreased total
II having been understood that George !. Gould
and President Jefery Ct the Denver and no
Czraude were in conference with Winslow s. Pierce,
general counsel OF the Gould system, late yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Pierce was asked Il any statement
concerning possible conclusions reached at that
Tnaa+ing might be expected. He answered that no
Statement would be mad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
LET TARIFF ALONE.
No Demand for REVISION, Says Dir.
DaI16U.
from The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington. Oct 4-''Who ever heard Of a
man drawing when he has a full hand asked
Representative John DazeI, of Pittsburg'
,ra1oher of the Ways and Means Committee and
= House leader. when tariff revision was men
TONED to him to-day.
= have been criticised" he declared, for my
assertion that I had been unable TO find IN TINS
c67,rtrv any important sentiment IN favor OIL
+.-t4f revision. But ! really have not been able
10 discover such a sentiment OF course mere
srd .bere are people who want it. but the aggre-
-. >. sucb sentiment cannot be deemed Of
gr,- inheritance What did the people vote for
a.. he last election? They did not vote for
T7oosazelt or for any particular policy. except
so far as they voted for policies involved III
.beir wish 20 Ier the country 90 on as II was
7o.7g That was the issue-let things alone.
The country was overv helrlingly m favor OF
letting alone the tariff and every other poilcF
m which The government was being conducted.
Then they had an opportunity 10 vote thelr
sentiment and 10 permit accurate record OF
their sentiment TO be made Against that We
should not attempt TO place the tndehiliIe IDEAS
=. what the neople want. as voiced by men whose
wish is fsrhe- TO the thought. nat the tarl1
should be revised
The deficit, ! understand. is showing Iehd-
encv 20 disanpear. but il is strange that any one
should have suggested that the deficit IN the
revenues Of the government in any way war
rants lowering, the tariff If there is 4 deficit
,he-e cannot possibly be secured an increase IN
the revenue by lowering the tariff except tnat
increase is based on the displacement OF Amer
lean goods by the goods from foreign countries,
OF course protectionists viii not undertake 10
do that and ! take it, protectionists are IN con-
troI OF IegfsIa lion. even some Of those VINO de-
clare that they want the tariff lowered clam
-s-.. 49, ipT1
But the whole situation tn respect 10 the tarllL
Is embraced in the idea that the country wants
10 let conditions remain as they are. VINO ever
heard Of a man drawing when ne mas a iuiI
hand? No I have no idea tEat TINS country ~
going 10 90 10 any project TOT rev isiis IN
,a-if, aud. as / have said. do not DelleNe Liel
= any considerable sentiment OF mat hiIIu
abroad -.I,,,
Mr. Dalzeit however. is in favor Of eventually
having the tariff between this country ana NJ
PnfiDpines taken off He said that as ms
country in its treaty with Spain agreed lhaC
SrefD should have the same trade advantages
in the Philippines the United states Tor ~
Years il would not be desirable 10 take nc
ta-f4 OF goods Passing between the lIippilleS
z-d The United States. and IN tbaI way go
Srsr free trade with those Islands But il! ilil'I
lie believes that II VIII Ice seeen . be wise -
take Of tle tariff IN, L..
he does not believe tariff revision VII plaE
,--,- 7sr+ -, amy Of The State elections IN the
-s-r month although he expects John ShaI
ys7sliisrns ana other Democratic leaders 10 lam
sbo-;- II % some extent in an attempt 20 get
votes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
sHlPaUILDINe COMPANY MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
American Sdipbulding Company was held yester-
day in jersey city The retiring directors were re
elected and the vacancy caused BY the death Of
r,tbsr Allen Of Cleveland. filed By the Sc
lection Of Edward Smith, Of Buffalo. The directors
organized BY re-electing the old officers In his
annual report The president said that the company
-, oo-errl,cted twenty ships the year. the gross
..o,tpagr az vnicn was l64 400, and it was under
comtracr 10 build twcuty-one steamers. 20 be dc
ii2-ernd next spring. The plant at South Chicago
- ,,eeu rebuilt and its capacity enlarged 10 meet
- demand for larger vessels for the lakes. The
-L ii a. Grain VIII doubled and new dry
fncI nut IN 70 accommodate the large lake steam
- nc nredicted q prosperous wear. The COM
-, financial statement for he year viii be
fo.,ad on another page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
GALVESTON BARS FRUIT SHIPS.
Company Will Import Honduras Bananas
to Baltimore

Galveston. Tex, Oct A-The Oteri Fruit Import
ing Company. now using Baltimore for the i'm
portation Of Honduras bananas. has been denied
permission land its banana vessels at this port
Promising annual trade Of over 100000 this firm
purposed abandoning Baltimore for Galveston. and
the Texas health authorities, in spite Of Galveston
protest granted permission bring the frutters to
this port.
Fear of yellow fever being transmitted through
MOSQUITOES in the cargoes of bananas prompted
the city authorities of Galveston TO refuse the
trade which was driven from New-Orleans, and
the fruit company was informed that vessels could
not be unIoaded here Finding the two cargoes Of
bananas, ordered here upon authority Of State Of
fcia1s would rot in the holds the company with
drew and the ships will be diverted TO Baltimore.
Galveston will have the fruit business under
any conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
MADE $40 A YEAR.

Kansas City. oct 4-"Ten dollars year made
during nv first three years as free lance writer
said Eugene P Lyle jrr here to-day. MI !Fie
novel The Missourisu.' is proving Of the
great successes OF the year.
7 left Kansas City during carnival week in 1897
Mr. r.vle continued. i went 10 San Luis Potosi,
in Mexico. and spent three years writing al man
TO- two cents a word q magazine 1t came
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
+ NEW -YORK- BALTIC LINE.
Russia Planning to DereI0p Trade
7cifh United States

St. Petersburg. oct. An order TO promote
closer commercial relations between the United
States and Russia. the Department or Merchant
Marine Of which Grand Duke A4eAahuer
MichaeIovitch is president is considering
plan for the establishment Of a direct steam
eFin service between New York and a Baltic
nor either Riga or Libau under government
announcement The scheme is viewed WITH
favor. and decision is expected soon.