The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-13
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% run the Department of Agriculture
f0r one year. This is an illustration.
ne said, of what is being done for the
farmer. The income to the department
from all sources, including the direct
| appropriations. revenues from forest
reserves. and the allowance for public
printing is a little more than $1,000
900 a year. When the new meat in
spection law, the work Of exterminat-
ing the cattle fever, tick, and the
gypsy and browA-tailed moth, and the
| irrigation of dry land farming have
been put in operation, the department
will have pay roll of over 5000 per-
sons. About half of these are scien-
lists, trained along special lines. The
average salary is less than 5000 year.
Over 100000 pieces of literature are
circulated each year, and this amount
will be greatly increased as new lines
Of investigation are begun. One of the
grain inspection, and this promises to
be one of the largest fields of scien-
tific labor.
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| The census burea will soon begin
collection of marriage and divorce sta
Congress. A few special agents vii.
go into the field at once to confer with
county authorities and others as to
scope Of the information available.
Over 200 clerks will be sent out to
gather statistics ON marriage and di-
vorce from the records of counties,
State courts and like available sources
| of information. 1t is the intention to
gather data in large centers like New
York and Chicago this summer, and
later to obtain it in the rural districts.
The census will cover the last twenty
Years. President Roosevelt is deeply
interested in it, Uniform divorce legis-
lation in the States is expected to grow
out of it.
Nowhere in the world are bank de-
posits increasing in a greater ratio than
in the United States. The French. just
ly famed for their economy and saving
proclivities. are easily outclassed by
| the Americans, reputed spendthrifts
and the most extravagant people on
earth Official figures just at hand
show that in France from 1885 to 1905
bank deposits increased from $1S2,000,-
900 to $579,000,000, or 21S per cent. In
the United States during the same
years the deposits increased from ST.
24S,000,000 TO S4.735, 100000, or 271 per
cent. This great increase is properly
chargeable to the prosperity enjoyed in
the United States rather than to a
healthy growth of the habit Of economy.
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Hereafter every man in the military
service of the United States will have
his thumb print taken and filed with
the records of ibis enlistment, so that
| there may be no mistake in his identi-
| fication whether dead or alive. The
| impression of different fingers will also
be- taken, so that the loss of thumb
would not shut off means Of identified
| ton. This system has been adopted on
recommendation Of board appointed
| by Acting Secretary Ainsworth. The
board found that the chances Of finger
prints of two persons being alike was
one in 64,0o0,O 100000. The system will
also be employed for the detection of
deserters and to prevent fraudulent in
dorsements.
The Postmaster General has issued
fraud order against the Vineless Pota-
to Company of Chicago, which has been
advertising substance at $3.50 per
bottle known as potatine, which was
guaranteed to produce as many pota-
toes in bin of saw6ust, without vines
Tor foliage, as could be grown on an acre
of ground, within period of sixty
days.
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| A statement made by the Secretary
of the Interior showing the allotment
of funds under the provisions of the
national irrigation act, says that the
sum of SAL 100000 derivable from the
sale of public lands is available for
| this purpose Work will be continued
or begun in fifteen western States.
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| A force of fifteen special agents of
the Interior Department which had
been furloughed for several months on
account of lack of funds, resumed ag
gressive investigation of land frauds in
the Western and Southern States under
the appropriation which became effec-
tive July /.
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The Isthmian Canal Commission has
issued invitations for proposals to fur
nsh not less than $500 Chinese labor
ers for canal construction over a period
of not less than two years. The work
ing day Is to consist of ten hours, with
all overtime paid for at the time-and
a-half rate.
The War Department has awarded
the entire issue of Philippine bonds to
the amount of S1.000,O00 to Fiske &
Robinson. New York, at 102.2S. These
certificates bear per cent interest are
redeemable in one year and are accept
able as security for public deposits. 1t
is the sixth issue of its kind
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The Postoffice Department has decid-
ed to test at Baltimore the use of auto
mobiles in the collection of mail. IL
successful. the system will be extended
to all the larger cities. Two automo-
biles have been constructed which are
capable Of doing work of four horse
drawn vehicles.
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When thirty Hebrew children, who
were orphaned by the Kishineff massa-
ere, arrived at New York the immigra-
tion officials ruled that they must be
sent back An appeal was taken, how
ever, by the United Hebrew charities
and wealthy individual Hebrews. and
the order was rescinded by direction
OF the President. Homes have been pro-
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