The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-21
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Maple-sugar-making Ii getting to be
q restricted industry, and may, indeed.
become lost art. The Bureau Of For
estry. which has recently made study
Of the business, has brought some inter-
esting facts to light. Since 1850 the
area Of maple-sugar-farming has great
" changed and shrunk. In early days
maple-sugar was made even In the
South, because cane-sugar was scarce
and expensive. In New England, New
York and q few other States the in
| dustry has held its own or been ex-
tended. The bureau finds that seven
elghths Of what is sold as maple-sugar
or maple-syrup Is spurious; but In most
| cases the adulteration is the work of
middlemen. not of the producers. The
net income Of maple-sugar grove Is
conservatively estimated at So an acre;
| and since the work can be done at a
time when there ia little other farm
| employment. and the grove will also
furnish the family firewood without
deterioration, a sugar-orchard Is a fair
| ~ pIOHtdDle luNeStInent.
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Greater secrecy than ever before will
| be exercised this year concerning the
scores made at target practice by the
various vessels Of the Atlantic fleet
While some Of the details OF the re-
suits may be made public, 1t is not the
intention of the Navy Department to
give out the scores. This government
has never been able to gather informa-
ton concerning the target practices of
other navies and there seems to be no
reason why the scores Of our navy
should be made public. Great Britain
carefully guards all Of the scores made
| by her warships. Some years ago an
officer Of British vessel on the AsIatlc
station told Of the results of the tar
get practice then just finished. The
Information reached this country and
was published. A thorough investlga-
ton was made and the officer would
have been concentrated II it had
been possible to produce positive proof
against him.
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The expenditures Of the government
exceeded its current income by more
than 100000 in April, and the treas
ury deficit for the first ten months of
the fiscal year is upward Of $34, OOO,-
600. While the months of May and
June nearly always show balance on
the right side Of the governments ac-
count books. many fear that the de-
felt at the end Of the fiscal year, June
30. will reach $50, OOO,O OO The problem
of the deficit Is serious one in the
opinion of the treasury officials. The
cash balance In the treasury has de-
clined to $133, 1S1,777, including the
amounts held by the national bank de-
positories, and Secretary Shaw has
! found 1t necessary to withdraw from
the banks $20,0OO,0OO The cash bal
ance actually on hand in the treasury
fs. said by some to have fallen below
the point Of absolute safety.
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Beware of the high rate Of inter-
est" Is the lesson of most Of the SWIM
dies against which the Post Office De-
partment has recently issued fraud or
ders. An offer of exceptionally large
| returns for either labor or capital
should at once awaken suspicion. If
| the enterprise is so promising, why
does not the person who controls 1t
keep 1t for himself? The fact that
| there are few, very few, cases
where large risks have been taken and
large profits have been realized is the
argument most used by those who
have patent rights. gold mines and 9TH
er such properties to sell at thou.
sand times their value. The person of
| moderate means cannot afford to take
such risks.
In 1901 the number of arrivals at
Ellis Island was 6O8,OOO, the number
In the entire country being 500, 600. OF
these PCS, 80 settled down in New York
City, and the great majority Of the re.
mainder went to other cities as labor
ers. ETC., where they are not needed.
| 1t 10 now estimated that one million
AAAAA8AoAlb Will NVIue 10 t0l8 country
during the year 1905. The task Of alb
sorbing this great mass into the politi.
cal system 10 one Of the penalties which
the United States pays for it's unrival-
ed economic opportunities. its relief
from great standing armies, and its at
mosphere Of freedom.
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During the last year more than FIVE
thousand rural mail routes have been
established, and during the coming
summer thousand more will be open.
ed. Every route over which the car
rier takes his little packet Ia a thread
which binds this great. spreading coun-
try into more solid unity.
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Expansion seems still to be the ma
tional watchword. The general stan
Of the army has decided to lengthen
the United States bayonet by four