Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-07

woitl S5OOut poddos. crystal
uuariyos end miscrIauuous stones are
credited with o value of $40. 900 each.
I The production OF aqua mas,ues ia
valued at $4,000, oi kunzltC gold
quartz Cnry supraHo. siiicinOd wood
and garnet ar $4,000 each. of smoky
quartz aud chlOFaGtTolHe nd $4,000
each. of amethyst. agate. nyfito mala.
chlfn. anthracite aud catlinito. ot
$1,000 each, of moss agate at $500.
of heryl rose Quariy and mesolitt nt
5000 each. of fossil coral ut $3.50. and
of dumurtierl'C On quartz at 500.
n The imun. intion OF precious
stones into the country Is any indl.
cation of general prDapersty. tnen the
year Of i9ga must have brought ma
terial blessing t0 many people Ia the
United States. Tho value Of the
precious stones imported in 1906 was
f3i,9oN,bl3 az compared with the lm.
P9rtR ~ ig93, valued at 828,08RUl6.
7 The lmporiations last year Included
uncut diamonds worth sCAo0. and sot
diamonds worth s7fl unset diamonds
valued at more than sl0.o00.0O0 and
other stones not act worth nearly So
uO0puO The importatious of precious
stones for the month of December,
1905 was valued ui So 63331b. which
was ns much us the importation of
any single year up 60 1913.
Never before in the history of the
United States WAS thore such de-.
mani for diamonds as there was in
1905 Large quantities we're import
"a but the country produced none.
Diam nds have been discovered ln
the United states in four different
regions but their actual place Of orr.
gir Is Ia every case unknown.
Cooperation election Contributions.
Representative Gaines. chairman oi
the house committee on elections.
has drawn a bin providing Tor pub.
licity 10 election expenditures. Demo
cratic mamhors of congress do not
hesitate so say that the hlll was
drawn for he express purpose 81
( tcating what o. alleged to be o.
lnct
~ the people were 90 learn OF the
I heavy details Of this bin" declared
/ Representative Rucker a democratic
member of the committee. they
would De nausoMod By them The
measure o. $50 cumDersom aud com.
plicated that % VIII fall ~ lts own
weight"
The Gaines brl covers eleven
printed pages and goes Into the most
I elaborate detail in specifying the
means of securing punilci,y ln con
ncction with campaign expenses.
} The corporations contribution bin.
90 least has the iaerii of breyity
being embraced ln thirteen printed
llnes. % consists 90 two propositions.
I One makes it unbwtul tor any federal
corporation. uo matter what ne
I character may bc. 90 make q contrlhu.
ton "in connection with any election
I Go any political office without re.
gard 10 whether the election o. ma
tionul state. county, township or
municipal The other provision ap.
plies 20 ull corporations. whether or.
Ennlzod under state or federal laws.
I II prunibll them from making con.
/ trihuiiuns 60 elections for president
and yico-prosident Representatives Ia
congress and elections Ot state iegls.
laiures that viii elect United States
! senator.
while q will doubtless be difficult
90 scare up money Tor she cougres.
slonal campaign this year. there will
/ be no federal law prohibiting corpora.
! lions from contributing as usual.
| Presidents Of banks and railroads and
other corporations will not he able
o. point 20 federal law az the ren.
son FOR Withholding their checks
That DreadnauBht Twin.
There waa a sharp 0ght before
The house agreed % the senate
amendment 10 the naval apprupFia.
uUn bin anetting the provision for d
, 30 OObtun battleship 90 rival the
famous Droadnought OF the British
navy. 4-h members Of the naval
committee directed the house
cOnfereos Co hC.d out 10 the last
I ditch against the amendment
The fight ia the house was haaed
ON the cain that the senate pr0vis.
ion is unwise ana injurious. because
| n it Is enacted into Law Il will re-
I Quirp the publication of the secrets
I ~ ihe navy with regard 90 the im.
pougnt features Of the proposed big
I uattloship. he senate auIg ndment
I sliuulatoa that before the secretary
of the navy awards the contract for
I ihc 20000-t0n craft he shall send 20
fNNHAtHn ANlt NNtNlANf NNHNNNMN NNN
/ type OF such hattleBhip and the apeci.
lcations for the same. including its
displacement draught ans dlmen
sioHs. and the kind and eTtent uf
lrmor and armament therefor"
1hr senate amendment does not
Withdraw the authorization OF a
2Qu00-ton battlcshlp, aud does hUs
cancel the appropriation for this pur.
pose. u merely stipulaica that be.
fnfc contract ls made congress shall
he Informed Of wlat O Is proposed
90 build The eject OF thls will be-.
hrat % ala 90 secure 90 least one
years delay IN building the vessel.
The senate's fear seemed 90 be- that
the department was slshlng thihga
ln urging The construction OF vUsatlH
so much larger than anything We nov
have ahC- or under contemplation.
ana that 20 iculd perhaps he better
90 wait awhile until the subject is
more fully investigated
Fraud orders Too Easy
somc the sIicklors on constitutional
law in congress believe thaf under
the present method Of issuing fraud
orders iniue'ice o. frequently done
10 the men barred from the use OF the
malls lur palmlng on on the public
bugus iewelry. qpack medicines.
worthless stock and Wild cat hnaucial
propositions guaranteed 90 pay $50
per cent u q claimed that mis- ele'
menf tha, hives Oy 10 vita "a NOT
given q pruper show in the ecnrts and