The National tribune., 1907-04-04

ter, and went to Atlantic City sons
months ago to recuperate. She ha:
been the life of the Capital. in socia
way, in years past, and has been great
ly missed the past year.
Secretary Taft has reconsidered hi:
opinion of March I relative to the eight
hour law in its application to employe:
on river and harbor works. Then he
held that the law applied to every per
son connected with the work on dredg-
es and steamers of various kinds, while
now he is of the opinion that it affects
only mechanics and laborers. and does
not change the present hours Of work
of captains. cooks, deck hands. pilots
and the like.
For something new and startling
made in the management down in Pan
ANA.
These changes in the local govern
ment on the canal zone which will abol-
ish all the municipal governments now
in existence and result in the harmon
iZing of various PATS of the zone are
to become effective April Is. President
Roosevelt has signed Executive orders
providing for wholesale changes. and
Richard Reed Rogers, General Counsel
for the Isthmian Canal Commission. will
go to the canal zone with Secretary
Taft and remain there for some time to
assist in reorganiZing the Government.
All the municipal councils. the may
ors and other municipal officers will be
done away with, and the five municipal
in the canal zone will be
replaced by four administrative dis
tricts, which would be under the di-
rect control of the Canal Commission
ers. These districts will be known as
Ancon, Emperador, Gorgona and Girls
tobal. Under the old organiZa ton the
five municipal governments We're in
control Of officers named by the Com
mission and not elected by the people.
the abolition of the mu-
will not In any way limit
the voice of the people in their govern
ment, but will make it possible for the
Commission to give the various admin
districts ordinances and regu-
lations which are in complete harmony.
The municipal governments were
found after complete test to be who'll
ly unsatisfactory, and all canal officers
are convinced that the new plan Will be
far more satisfactory. 1t will result in
the abolition of the bureau of munic-
Qualities on the Isthmus. which costs
about $4,000 year, and will cut off
about $4,000 in salaries to municipal
officers, making a saving Of about $780,
900. Many of the efficient municipal
officers will be retained in various po-
sitions under the new form of govern
ment
One of the new Executive orders will
authorize legal marriages to be made
on the canal zone by any minister of
the gospel. Another order viii modify
the penal code SO as to remove defects
found in the original code.
Mr.. Rogers will not go to Cuba and
Porto Rico with Secretary Taft's party,
but will remain in Panama for some
lime looking after changes i'm the Gov
1t is estimated that the total
saving to the United States under the
Government in the zone will
be about 100000 a year. Further
more there will be a centra lization and
of the governments of the
various sections, which was impossible
when 1--WE councils and five sets OF mu-
licipai officers We're endesyorins to en-
act and enforce ordinances which were
widely at variance in the different mu-
The United States now ranks third
among the worlds exporters of manu-
according to a monograph on
exports of manufactures from the
United States and their distribution"
just issued by the Bureau of Statistics
Of the Department Of Commerce and
Labor. .'
1t Is shown that not only do the ex-
ports Of manufactures now exceed
100000 per annum. and have
doubled in value in a single decade, but
he share which products OF the factory
'orm of the total exports is steadily in
A comparison shows that in
$3.50 manufactures formed but Is per
cent. Of the total exports of domestic
products, while in 1903 they formed
10 per cent.
In the decade ending with 1905 ex-
,orts Of manufactures increased 1873
,er cent: while those from Germany
increased Is per cent; from the United
40 per cent, and from France
Is per cent. The growth OF exports Of
in the 16 years following
$50 was practically three times as
great as that of the entire 70 years
preceding that year.
The total estimates OF the valuation
IF the national wealth In 1904 was
according to a special
report issued by the Census Bureau on
"caith, ueol anu tdAdtof, winch repre-
sents an increase in the four-year per-
Iod from 1900 to 1904 of $1s.5sS.ss5,-
635. This advance Ia national wealth
has no parallel in the history of the
United States, except the decade from
1850 to 1850. In 1850. when the first
estimates Of tho national wealth were
made. the figures were only S7.135. $780,
,2S. The most potent cause for the in
,rease in the Nations wealth from 1900
% 1904, 1t is stated. WAS the reaction
rom the low prices of the period of de-
preston from 1893 to 1896. The an
lual increase of wealth per family from
1890 to 1904 was s1se.
Steps have been taken to have the
National Medal of Honor Legion hold
rs annual convention in this city. At
The monthly meeting of the Medal Of
Honor Club of Washington, a resolution
was unanimously adopted inviting the
Legion TO meet here next Fall. and il is
said influence will be exerted tn bring
about that result
The local club has been In existence
about two years. all wearers of the
Medal Of Honor being eligible to men,
bership.
Mrs. Minor Morris. the lady who was
dragged out of the White House Offices
! year ago, Is now almost q wreck, SO
It IL stated by her husband, DR.. Nor
ris. and he is Of the opinion that the
illness 10 the result OF her treatment at
that time. and the nervous condition is
thought to be the effect of the shock.
The architects in the office Of the
Treasury Department are on a strike.
The reason is that coiored man who