The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-09
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Farmers' Cattle Exempt-secretary
Especial Correspondence. J

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Wilson has just issued a ruling that
farmer may ship the carcasses OF
animals slaughtered by him on his
farm in interstate or foreign com.
merce without submitting TO inspec.
ton OF mis- way of doing the work.
| The ruling also permits the agent OF
the farmer to reship the carcasses
without submitting them 10 inspec-
tion and the railroads, when such
carcasses are offered. must accept
them If the farmer certilies or dc.
clares in ordinary form that the car.
casses are OF animals slaughtered by
him.
Coffee Frauds-Inferior grades of
coffee put in ships manifests as peas
and beans, and shipped from this
country 10 Porto Rico and then re-
shipped 10 other countries, and, in
some instances, back TO the United
States, as high grade Porto Rican
coffee, have been the subject OF an
investigation by the department OF
commerce and labor. Instructions
have been given to the collector OF
customs at New York to see to it
that the manifests of vessels clearing
for Porto Rican ports be examined
with care to prevent, If possible, the
fraud and 10 apprehend the perpetra-
tors. In one or more instances it was
found that manifests were sworn to by
office boys, who we're in no sense re-
sp0nsible for the fraud. An effort
is being made 10 have the instructions
apply TO other ports. particularly New
Orleans. where it is said the same
fraud has been in operation.
Gov. Magoon Wants Help-In TAX
ing over the provisional government
OF Cuba one of the greatest problems
confronting Governor Magoon is the
handling of the monetary affairs IF
the island. When President Palma
retired, the Cuban secretary Of the
treasury went out of office The treas
ury branch of the government was
thrown into a state Of confusion by
the excitement attending the revolu-
lionary uprising and the subsequent
swift changes resulting in the United
States taking hold 10 prevent com
plete decentralization. The American
officials are finding it difficult to as
certain the exact amount Of money the
Cuban treasury officials had on hand
when they turned their affairs over to
the provisional government. Govern
or Magoon has asked for aid from
Washington, and in response the
President has commissioned j. ID. Ter
rill, chief law clerk in the Office of
the comptroller of the treasury. to go
to Cuba.
Useful and Crnamental.-The policy
Of bringing railroad systems into clos
er relations by means of union sta
tons has everywhere resulted in in
creased convenience to the travelling
public, but in this city the adoption
of this policy is TO result in further
beautifying the city. The new and
beautiful union station in the nations
capital will also be the first and most
interesting realization of the plans
for further beautifying the city which
were prepared by the Burnham COM
mission in 1901. Capitol Hill has been
tunneled between the capitol building
itself and the congressional library,
SO that the big union station on the
north Of Capitol hill, where the Balti-
more and Ohio tracks also find a
terminus. This will do away with the
Pennsylvania railroad and tracks
which have so long marred the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue. The tIn-
mel was begun about two years ago,
and is now completed About the
same time work was begun on the
great white union station which the
architectural authorities predict is 10
be the most beautiful in the world. 1t
is expected that trains over both the
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Ohio will be running into the station
by next summer
POST Card Collectors Profit.-Post-
maSterGeneral Cortelyou has issued
an order of interest to a multitude
of people engaged in the collection
and exchange of illustrated post
cards. which are understood to be
very profitable mail matter. The uni
versal postal convention recently con-
cluded in Rome provides that on Oc-
tober /. 1907, these cards, which are
technically designated post cards
shall be admitted to the mails eX-
changed between the countries of the
postal union when hearing written
messages upon the left half of the
front of the cards, but inasmuch as
such cards are now admitted at the
postage rate applicable to post cards
both to the domestic mails Of the
principal countries of Europe and TO
the mails exchanged between them.
the postmaster-general has ordered
that from this date post cards con
forming TO the provisions of the
Rome convention, when mailed in
foreign countries and fully prepaid by
postage stamps, shall be delivered TO
addresses in the United States with.