Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-29

cry evidence of extreme senSltlvehess
| over the present agitation. Former Sec
rotary Shaw, in his efforts to establish
an elastic currency, permitted banks 10
place with the treasury railroad and
other bonds to the amount they desired,
conditional upon the government bonds
so released being made the basis for
increased circulation. 1t is said the
present head of the Treasury Depart
ment considers such a method OF
finance is unsatisfactory, not
to financial stability and not in cOnso-
nance with the general policies of the
government.
Many persons think that the censuses
are compilations of figures for the de-
light of statisticians. But all workers
for special classes and special sorts
of legislation know that a good census
Is the foundation of work. To provide
| proper education for the blind and the
deaf it is necessary first to nave a full
registry of them. To know how to pre-
vent and punish crime we must list and
| classify our criminals. 1t is next to- inn
possible to legislate, even to think in
diligently, about divorce until we have
divorce statistics. These are examples
of the kind Of census that we still lack.
There are only three States in the
Union that have begun to make a prop
er registry of the blind, only nine that
! publish divorce statistics. In time every
State will have ar adequate working
census of every class and kind of per-
son that needs public help, and the ma
tional census will combine and cOdify
the State censuses.
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The Board Of United States General
Appraisers has many curious and inter
esting questions to decide in regard to
the classification of imported articles,
and the rate of duty which they must
pay. One of the latest decisions is that
the flag of the United States is not a
toy. A japanese firm Of importers in
Chicago had brought in a consignment
Of silk flags, each an inch and a half
long, and asked that they be admitted
at So per cent ad valorem. The APP
praisers, however, decided that the
flags must pay a duty of so per cent, as
manufactures Of silk. w do not
Think they said, "that the American
flag, however diminutive, is CONNER
cially, commonly or nationally regarded
as a plaything for children; and we
find that the flags in dispute are not
toys"
President Roosevelt issued an order
barring from the United States the
Japanese and Korean laborers, skilled
and unskilled, who had received pass
ports to go to Mexico, Hawaii and Can
ada, and who have heretofore used
that means of entering this country.
Coincident with this order the Presi-
dent has directed the dismissal of the
two suits filed in San Francisco with
a view to testing the treaty rights of
Japanese children to enter the white
schools. This was in his pursuance of
his agreement to take such action
when the San Francisco school board
rescinded it's original resolution eX-
Guiding children from the schools. This
the board has done.
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The attendance at prayers in the
United States Senate is not large, out
it always includes Senators Plat and
Depew, who usually sit together and
withdraw before the business Of the
day begins. Sometimes there are only
five or six who assemble to hear DIR.
Hale's Invocation. Upon a recent occa-
sion there were seven, and a curious
observer made a memorandum Of their
names. In addition to the always de-
vout Plat and Depew there were Perk-
ms Of California, Smoot of Utah, Dick
Of Ohio, McCreary Of Kentucky, and
Clark Of Montana.
Pursuant to the enactment of the new
immigration law containing the Japa-
nese exclusion provision Secretary Root
cabled Gov. Carter at Honolulu to no.
tify agents of steamship companies that
Japanese laborers in Hawaii, with pass
ports only for the islands, would not be
allowed to proceed to the United States
mainland.
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The new rules governing the admis-
sibility Of post cards to the mails re-
quire conformity in weight and size
to those printed by the government.
The cards must not be folded, and the
use of mica, glass, tinsel, metal and
similar substances is forbidden unless
the cards be enclosed in envelopes.
The cards may be of any color or COM
bfnation Of colors which does not inter
fere with the legibility of the adj
1reSs.
It is understood that President Roose-
welt will henceforth add the functions
of an art critic to his other attain
ments. The committee appointed to
range for the Washington statue of
Kosciusko set aside three models and
numbered them In the order Of their
preference. AS a matter of courtesy
they Invited the President to inspect
their selections. and were not a little
surprised when Mr.. Roosevelt said