Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-01
WASHINGTON
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Imports. like immigration, always In
crease in prosperity. immigration at
this moment is at the highest figures
ever touched. Imports are also max
ing new records. This was expected
by everybody who had watched these
things for many years, and who had
marked the connection between them
in previous decades. The panic of 1887
sent immigration down to half OF its
previous figures but when the rccov-
cry in business set In immigration
again went upward. and soon broke all
records along to that time. The 1891
panic sent the inflow down again to
half its previous total. and the war
which came on Immediately aftcrward
held the figures to Il low level for two
Dr. three years. Then an upward swing
took place. That has been the expert
ence from the beginning. The world
quickly finds out the Industrial cOndi-
tons in the United States, and when
they are favorable immigration re-
spends. Imports 20 up in good times
here because the people have more
money to spend than in ordinary peri
DDS, and also because the home produc-
ers are not able to meet the home de-
mand.
Maple-sugar-m is getting to be
a restricted industry, and may, indeed.
become a lost art The Bureau of For
eStry, which has recently made study
If the business, has brought some inter
esting facts to light. Since 1880 the
area of maple sugarfa 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 Il few other States the in
duStry has held its own or been cX-
tended. The bureau finds that seven
eighthS of what is sold as maple-Sugar
or maple-syrup is spurious; but in most
cases the aduteratiOn is the work OF
middlemen, not of the producers. The
net income of maple-sugar grove is
conServatively estimated at S. an acre:
and since the work can be done at
time when there is little other farm
employment, and the grove will also
furnish the family fireWoOd without
deteriOra ton, a Sugar-orchard is a fair
ly profitable investment
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(.-o9 for cnprncv than ovn- hnfOra yyiIf
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, it 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 Asiatic
station told of the results of the tar
get practice then just finished. The
Information reached this country and
was published. a thorough investiga-
ton was made and the officer would
have been contaminated if it had
been possible to produce positive proof
against him.
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 $4,000.
900. While the months of May and
June nearly always show a balance on
the right side of the governments ac-
count books, many fear that the de-
dcit at the end of the fiscal year, June
30, will reach 100000 900 The problem
Of the deficit is a serious one in the
opinion Of the treasury officials. The
cash balance in the treasury has de
clined to S133, 1S1, III, including the
amounts held by the national bank de-
pOsitories, and Secretary Shaw has
found it necessary to withdraw from
the banks S2O,OOO,OOO The cash bal
ance actually on hand in the treasury
is said by some to have fallen below
the point of absolute safety.
OF the S12.S7 immigrants who came
to the United States last year 21O.426
were classed as unskilcd IabOrers. d.
191 skilled labOrerS, $3.50 farm labor
ers. 1O4,937 domestic servants. 23JSO
tailors, 19S4S merchants and dealers,
13,404 carpenters. 1857 shoemakers,
1920 clerks. 1926 sailors. 9.1IO min
ers. 1926 engineers. 1.419 musicians,
1883 teachers. lesser numbers as UNI
brella members. die cutters, scissors
grinders and followers OF other trades.
The great majority Of the balance We're
the wives and children Of those enum-
Grated above.
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During the last year more than five
thousand rural mail routes have been
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