Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-07-28
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Rate Law Becomes Effective.

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the new railroad rate law has been
taken by the interstate commerce com
mission, which has ordered an expert
to appraise and fix value on every
railroad in the United States that the
commission may determine whether
any rate is reasonable and just. Pro-
fessor Henry G. Adams Of the Univer-
stty of Michigan and statistician for
the interstate commerce commission
has been invited to enter the employ Of
the commission to devise a uniform
system Of bookkeeping for all the rail
roads and to appraise their value. The
new system, it is hoped, will be in op-
Grafton by July 1, 1907, and the roads
will be required to observe a fiscal
year corresponding to that of the gov
eminent.
Cramps to Build Battleships.
Secretary Bonaparte has awarded to
William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia
the contract to build the 10000 ton bat
tleship South Carolina, and the con-
tract for the Michigan, which must be
completed in forty months, he has Civ
en- to the New York Shipbuilding COM
pany of Camden, n. J. These contract
ors were the lowest bidders and will
receive respectively $3,540,O00 and &c.
$50, OOO The construction Of these
two fighters on the Delaware river will
give STEADY employment to $4,000 for
three years ahead.
Shaw's Financial Move.
Secretary Shaw has designated a
number of national banks as govern
ment repositories and notified them
that the bonds to secure deposits
should be placed with the government
at once At the same time he has call
ed the loan mace to various .-2Stitu-
tons with state and municipal bonds
as security to the amount of S1O,O0O,-
900. This had to be paid in on or be-
fore the Goth, the date of sale of the
new Panama bonds The treasury will
leave on deposit with the banks at least
one-third of the amount of the Panama
issue.
GFSaI 1GUiaN0 TOR OsE1SSs
An extraordinary demand for ten
cent pieces has developed within the
past week or two, SO that United States
Treasurer Treat said that he was IN
able to meet it and that the minis
would have to be set to work. The cry
for dimes comes from every part of the
country, and there has been nothing
like it in the history Of the country
One theory Of the shortage held by the
treasury official is that the people are
so prosperous that they carry the loose
change in their pockets in order to hear
1t Jingle.
Extension of Crop Reporting.
The scope Of the work of the bureau
Of statistics under the department of
agriculture has been extended to in
clude alfalfa, hemp, broom corn, Kaffir
corn, sorghum, blue grass, millet, sugar
beets, Canadian peas, cowpeas. beans,
cabbages, onions, tomatoes, apples, lem
ons, blackberries, raspberries, straw
berries, cantaloupes, watermelons and
peanuts. Reports will be issued in flu
ture on all Of these crops in accordance
with arrangements about to be perfect
ed by the secretary of agriculture.
To Recover Utah Coal Lands.
The attorney general and the secre-
tary Of the interior have given in
structions for fling series of civil
suits to recover coal lands in Utah said
to have been fraudulently acquired.
Census Of Marriage and Divorce.
Between 200 and 300 clerks are about
to be sent into the field in every state
by the census bureau to collect Stats
tics of marriage and divorce.
TO Furnish Up Miss Liberty.
The statue Of Liberty on Bedloe's is
land, New York harbor. whose bronze
plates have been corroding under the
influence Of the salt sea air, is soon to
be painted and her approaches finished,
congress having appropriated $50, 800
for this purpose; also an electric ele-
vator is to be put in to carry visitors
from the base to the torch.
Alcohol For Gas Engines.
The department Of agriculture has en-
gagged Professor Charles e. Lucke of
Columbia university to collect all exist
ing data concerning the possibilities Of
alcohol in the operation of small gas
engines and to conduct experiments in
the production of alcohol from grain
and potatoes.