Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-06-21

Dor Organizations by Recognizing" Pow
derby as Head OF a Newly Organized Bu-
reau Of Information Immigrants a Curse
to the Crowded Eastern Labor Field 1t
Is Proposed to Send Applicants West. and
Claim Credit for Both Supply and De-
mand-Ireland to Revive Her Tobacco Re-
source-The Foraker and Taft War Still
On-The Government ENGAGES in Rat
Killing.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June Is, 1907.
The appointment was announced
from the White House this week of
Terance V. POwderly, one time Com
missioner of Immigration to be chief
of Il new division that has been created
in the Immigration Bureau. 1t is to
be known as the Bureau of InfOrma-
ton and it's object is to distribute the
immense tide of immigration over
the country rather than have it all
settle Immediately around New York
1t is a good scheme and one much
needed, but there remains the ques-
ton of whether or not the immi-
grants can be induced to accept its
well meant offices. The bureau will
keep in touch with the Governors
of States and State immigration Of
ticials. of whom there are many, and
will provide all the information that
can he demanded as to the labor
market, available land. railroad lines.
fares and other pointers on which
newly arrived immigrants may want
to act. The conditions in the mid
die east with the increasing tide of
immigration are deplorable. Most of
the immigrants settle in New York.
most of them in the city and some in
the State. Others scatter to nearby
States There were nearly a million
and half arrivals last year and of
these 80 per cent settled in New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Massa-
chusetts. Meantime the rest of the
country was crying for labor and
would have been glad to get all of the
aliens who were willing to work. 1t
is believed that the Division of InfOr
nation can do something toward re-
medying the conditions. Mr.. Pow
derly, who has been made the chief of
the division, was formerly the head
of the Knights of Labor. He is a
good organizer and an amiable man
to deal with. The appointment was
palpably made with a view to captur-
ing the labor vote.
News has been received by the De-
partment of Agriculture through its
agents abroad that there promises to
be q marked revival OF tobacco grow
ing in Ireland. This is of Importance
to the United States because tobacco
is one of the export crops of this
country and England is one of our
best customers. Ireland used to be
a fine tobacco country, but with
view to crippling the country indus
trially when the political struggle
with England was at its height, a
prOhibitive tax was laid on tobacco
growing and the industry was effec-
lively killed This was rs far back
as 1898. Within the past few years
attempts have been made to revive
the industry, but special permit
had to be obtained from the English
government even to grow experiment
tai crops The trial has been a great
success, a crop of $4,000 pounds of
very good tobacco having been grown
on a 2O-acre tract. 1t is now pro-
posed TO repel the prOhibitive law
and give the country new and pro-
fitable industry. An agent of the
Irish Department of Agriculture is
to be sent to this country to get
suitable seed and an application will
be made for some expert tobacco
growers to 60 over and superintend
the work.
The breach between the Republi
can factions in Ohio has by no means
been healed according to statement
issued this week by Senator Foraker
who is here attending the Browns
vile inquiry. Dispatches from Ohio
said that there has been friendly
conferences between Mr.. Foraker's
colleague Senator Dick and Chas. p.
Taft, brother of the Secretary. The
inference was that there was to be a
coalition and burying of the hat
chet. Senator Foraker was intense
ly angry when shown the dispatches
and said that no such conference had
been held with his knowledge and
consent and none ever would be. 1t
looks as though the internecine war
in Ohio Is to continue.
In the same connection, the Knox
Presidential boom is assuming no
ticeable proportions. Senator Knox
is eminently conservative man and
the sort of a candidate who could at
tract much strength that would not
be openly hostile to President Roose-
welt and yet that does not wish to
follow him to his full length. The
commercial interests of the country
would feel that they stood more
show of influencing him than they
would Secretary Taft and for that
reason he would be more desirable
candidate from their point of view.
Two appointments to one office
have this week been made in the
South with the obvious design of cap
turing all the strength of southern
Republicanism possible for the COM
ing convention. Geo. Capers OF
South Carolina has been appointed
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, q
confessedly at interim appointment
awaiting the coming of Pearl Wight
of New Orleans, who will take the
same office in December. 1t is gen
orally known that Mr.. Wight could
Just as well have taken the Office at
once, but there was only the one Of
flee of the sort at command, and OF
course it had to be used to the best
advantage.
Farmers, small merchants and
househOlders, in fact everyone, will
be interested in the war that the De-
partment of Agriculture is waging
against the rats and mice. The De-