The National tribune., 1906-08-09

Is tniS NOT true
1.-THE United States is ridiculously
slow in taking care of its citizens when
they get in trouble in a foreign land,
said J. G. Marshall, an American lawyer
of Mexico City. Mr.. Marshall is return
ing to his home in Boston for the first
time in five years.
During the few years that I have
been in Mexico l have, on several oc-
casions. noticed that when citizens o'
the United States got in any difficulty
with the local Government, and were
put in prison, it took long time for
our Government to act. The Jefe Po-
Utica, or local political chief, is al
powerful in Mexico, and it goes hard
with the man who has no pull with
him.
81 have seen Americans get into trou-
BILE, and because they had no pull with
the chief be thrown into prison and
kept there for As hours without being
allowed to see anybody. When the
United States Consul would be notified
he would direct a letter to the Embassa-
dor or the Government at Washington
There some clerk may take up the mat
ter. and reply sent by letter will reach
Mexico after the man has been in jail
for some time. If British subject gets
into difficulty, the British ambassador
does not wait to mail a letter: he tele-
graphs. gets an answer and acts. For
this reason, though man may be an
American, he is often tempted to say
that he is a British subject, simply be-
cause of the better treatment he would
receive. The British Government is al
ways willing to quickly back up one OF
its citizens to the limit if necessary; the
United States should do the same; il
causes greater respect for the Flag"
Why On earth do not people have a
little sense about directing letters? II
1t Is just letter of ordinary common
places, of course it makes but little diff
ference, but suppose it is a letter from
father to his far-away children, a
husband to a sick wife, and containing
his address or money sadly needed by
the home stayers, and he addresses II
imperfectiy, and often not at all? Just
think of the suffering mentally and
physically that the failure of that letter
to arrive will cause.
The dead-letter fund amounted il
July to S2,140.46. This money was
found in the mails, and could not be
traced to its owners. owing to incorrect
Or unintelligible addressing of letters
and packages. OF the amount named
s1,224 was in Treasury notes. The Dead
Letter Bureau in Porto Rico contribut-
ed $16.S5.
that we are all interested in and can
UNDERSTANDING. We can't quite under
stand. either, for it does seem as though
out of all this ruck of foreigners COM
ing here to find work that we might
have better servants and more of them
as well as plenty of farm help, but we
don't. The common conception of q
free country" with these immigrants is
to have plenty to eat and no work to do
Revised figures indicate that the i'm
migration to this country during the
fiscal year ended June 80 last was 49,
574 greater than 1t was during the fis.
cal year of 1905. The immigration dur
ing the year last past aggregated 1,100,.
073, against 1.026.409 for the previous
year. 1t is notable that the class OF
!. immigrants was not so high as in many
previous years, most of them coming
from Austria-Hungary, Russia and
Italy. Fewer came from such progres.
slve countries as England, Scotland
France. Germany and Sweden than foi
o good many years.
During the year just passed 12,43:
applicants for admission to the ports Of
various causes, principally because o.
disease of some sort.
During the year II aliens were ar
rested and deported on the ground tina
they had been imported for immora
purposes. As a consequence 13 crimi
nal proceedings were instituted agains
those who were responsible for the i'm
portation of these people.
Ten of the importers were convicted
and the cases of three are still pend
ing.
Commissioner Sargent says tina
every effort is being made by the Blu
reau of Immigration to break up tn,
"white SLAVE traffic. and that the worl
Of the bureau along this line will b
continued with vigor.
Secretary Wilson declares that as
result of the new meat-inspection Law
and the rules promulgated by him.
radical change for the better will occur
within very short space of time.
he said, 'fhe meat products of the Unit
ed States will be purer and more whole
some than any similar products of tn
world. The conditions existing in som
Of the sIaughtering and packing house
abroad are about as bad as can be i'm
agined. and the American people hence
forth will enjoy a distinct alvantag
over the foreign consumers.
"Of particular importance is the rul
providing for weekly inspection report
to be supplied the Bureau Of Anima
Industry Without such reports IL woul
be difficult to cope with the situation.
"As a general proposition, however
/ believe the law will be complied wit
in every detail. but I shall take nothin
for granted, and will make the inspec
ton in every establishment that the la
reaches rigid and complete
Under the provisions of the Statehoo
bill. the Usage Indians. said TO be III
richest Indians in the world will b
obliged to take their allotment in sey
crafty, and the Government will Civ
them their money which it has hel'
paying them the interest for half
century or more. There are 1900
them. They have to their credit in th
Treasury a little more than $4,000, 90
In addition they own 100000 acres {
what is regarded as one OF the richie
tracts of land in the United States
embraces rich agricultural lands and
rich in oil and minerals. At the di
trfbution each Usage will get abol
$4,000 in money and 500 acres of Ian
Six months after settlement the IndiaI
won't have a dollar, and sharks wi
have the money and most of the land.
Although the United States has e,
tensive deposits of arsenical ores and
the leading consumer in the world, ne
ertheless this country is dependent f,
its supplies Of arsenic and arsenic
compounds largely upon England, &c
many, Spain and Canada. The produ
ton of American arsenic amounted
1905 to 1.507,3s6 pounds OF white a
senic tarsenious acid) valued at $35