Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-21

general prosperity is now tho problem
that confronts the great transportation
companies. From all Indications tho
congestion will be as bad as that Of
the fall and winter OF 1SGe-19o7, when
whole communities In the Northwest
suffered throughout an icy winter be-
cause there were no cars to haul coal
u business became staGnated because
the crops were not moved to market
The reports Of increasing car move
ments have come in steadily for tho
last six weeks from all sections Of ths
country. The West and Middle West
leok for exceedingly heavy grain crops.
while the South Is exp0ctant Of the
greatest tobacco crsp in its history and
a phenomenal cotton crop. New En-
gland and the East report factories and
mills preparing for q resumption Of
work. All Of these reports In
dictate that the demand for t~raAsporta-
ton facilities will be h greatest In
years and that centers Of production
will be glutted while markets are bare.
In the opinion Of the members Of Il
Interstate Commerce Commission there
is no way nov open to prevent this
damming OF the tides Of commerce.
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During the six months ending July
LIST lees than two hundred Thousand i'm
migrants arrived in the United States.
The arrivals in the first half Of 1907
were nearly three-Quarters of a million
Moreover, in the past six months the re-
burning emigrants numbered more than
three hundred and seventy-hve thou
sand, twice the number Of Immigrants
and more than twice the departures
for the corresponding period last year.
Europeans come to the land of the free
because it is the land Of the dollar.
When there ia a panic, and dollars get
scarce, Columbia does not do much
business As the haven of the oppressed.
The figures e the last two years throw
much light Oh the immigration prob
lem, 70 far - 1t is a problem Of mere
numbers. tn Cow Of newcomers seems
tt be regulated by the demand fer
labor, which NEAR that the country 10
not in danger of being glutted with
people 1t cannot support.
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The recent revolution In Mexico
deserves attention as an Illustration Of
how small a movement Of disorder in
orderly Mexico cal make a sensation.
A generation g such rio1ng as took
place in the northern part OF the re-
public would have been ignored, as
more serious ristngs were Of frequent
occurrence. President Diaz has
brought order out of the former Asxi-
can chaos, and the recent troubles
amounted to little more than rioting
and losting by idle workmen assisted
by the criminal population. Many Non
have been thrown out Of employment
by the closing of mines and factories,
and were wrought upon by political aEi-
tators who are hostile to the presence
Of foreigners in the country. The nsve-
ment lacked organization and effective
leadership, A. we'll as justification in
morals Or In Political expediency.
49,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
DeEaw has announced that tho dad
letter enco during the fiscal year, sad-
ed July /, received 216,O00 letters less
than FER tho preceding fiscal year, And
has returned 10 the senders 7,7O0,ooe
letters, q 3,5ey 900 more than fer TIE
year enAeA June 30, 1907. During 1907
letters containing $67,456 were rsssiv-
ed, while for the fiscal year just ended
the figures were SOS, $500. OF tho money
thus received about s5 per cent was
returned to the senders.
49,
A parcels post agreement between
the United States and France has been
signed by Postmaster General Meyer
and Ambassador Jesserand, of France.
Under tho terms Of the convention,
which is effective Aug. Is next, pack
ages up to four pounds and six ounces
will be carried at the rate Of II cents
a pound. Later the maximum weight
of packages which can be sent by mail
to France at the rate Of 10 cents q
pound will be increased TO eleven
pounds.
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The department OF nmc anu
Labor has recently completed the e4tab-
lishment Of bureaus of Information ut
several important European ports, es-
pecialIy at Naples, Marseilles and
HI vre, where the investigation OF the
records Of suspicious aliens may be
underta ken quietly. Lists Of such per-
sons have begun to come to tho i'm
migration authorities in this country.
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The City Of Buffalo has received
formal notice from Secretary of War
Wright that 1t must close its trunk
sewer into the Niagara River before
July 1, 1910. This notice Is issued in
Of the governments work
OH the Black Rock ship canal.
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It is surprising how good the Pann-
mans can be when American troops
stand by. watching them. The result
of the municiual elections indicated
that the SUPPORTS Of the Independent
candidate for the presidency were much
more numerous than the supporters of
the government candidate. To prevent
a clash at the presidential election and
the interference of American troops the
government candidate withdrew, and
the election passed off peacefully.