The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-06-14
HOTES FROH WASHINGTON
(GnAclal C0YYAlnAnhAneAl

Especial Correspondencs.l

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now IL will be millions of dollars in
the pockets of the people Of the coun-
try" said Senator Elkins of West Vir-
ginia the other day. Il am watching
| the weather now with a good deal
more solicitude than ] am political
| moves" continued the senator, "and
hope the chill will get out Of the
air so the crops can do some growing.
| If the cold weather keeps up much
| longer the crops will be pretty small
there's no getting around that-and
| IL they are small there will be pret-
ty serious tightening up Of things in
business way"
Gompers Espels srewers-In the
absence of President Gompers, secre-
| tary Morrison of the American FEEDER
| alton OF Labor recently made public
Mr.. Gompers' announcement Of the
| revocation OF the charter of the Inter
| national Union Of Brewery Workers
because of its refusal 10 accept the
terms prescribed by the federation.
The action will affect all the Brewery
Workmen's unions throughout the
country. comprising membership Of
about 10000.
Rats Destructive Pests-Damages
exceeding 800, 100000 every year are
done in this country by rats. All
the harm done TO the trees of New
England by the gypsy and brown-tail
moths; all the destruction of cotton
in the South by the boil weevi is
nothing as compared to the destruc-
tive work of rodents. So says the
United States Biological Survey,
which continues to proclaim the rat
the most vicious and destructive of all
pests in existence. According to ID.
f. Lantz, assistant biologist, the evil
done by those little animals is so
great that an infallible method of ex-
terminating them would be worth
more to the people of the United
States in a single decade than the de-
partment of agriculture has cost since
its establishment" According to the
same authority one breed of rat is
about as destructive as another.
Great Britain Has Nothing to Offer
1t was said recently at the state de-
partment that the subject of an agree
ment between America and Great
Britain, under section 3 of the Ding
ley act, was first mentioned in the
course of some exchanges between the
two governments about six months
ago, and that the matter has not since
been discussed The difficulty in the
way of reaching an agreement of this
kind in the case of Great Britain, was
found to lie in the fact that under the
express terms of the Dingley act, the
president must be satisfied that Great
Britain has something TO offer the
United States that constitutes true
reciprocity AS ii stands, the United
States enjoys practical free entry for
all products into Great Britain, as do
all other nations, so that Great Brit
ain has nothing to offer the United
States as an inducement to grant to
her the special rates on the five arti-
cles enumerated in section 3. II that
obstacle can be overcome, the state
department will at once enter upon
an agreement with Great Britain on
the basis of the German arrangement.
Armed Confederates Barred-Armed
confederate soldier a few days ago
for the first time in history marched
through the streetse of this city. Clad
in gray with clanking sabres, 100 form
er confederate cavalry who rode with
Forrest swooped down upon the capi-
tai city at noon. Congressman Gaines
~ Tennessee, who met the veterans
with authority from the local officials
to carry arms. escorted them to the
White House and introduced them to
the president. AS they approached
the capitol grounds a good-natured
the way. Sorry, gentlemen, he
said. "but | can't permit you TO march
through the grounds. It's against the
law" Ranks were then broken. The
visitors extended an invitation to the
president to visit Nashville on his trip
down the Mississippi river next au-
tumn. The president made a brief
speech in reply The veterans stacked
their guns before entering the White
House. Some Of the visitors laughed
and said that they would have been
on Pennsylvania avenue with arms
during the war If they had known as
much about the defences of the city
then as they found out afterward.
To Simplify Observation-Disclosures
General George Won l.. Meyer of Mas
sachusetts has been in the harness
long enough now TO have secured a
good grasp on the tremendous volume
of work which the post Office depart
ment must accomplish, and he has set
out 10 introduce business methods into
the big machine under his control. He
is devoting himself to the broader ad-
ministrative policies, and has already
decided TO inaugurate number OF re-
forms looking to the elimination OF
red tape. He believes the business
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