Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-17

postmaster general in orders to the
,ostmustrrs telling them that they
ire to refuse the mails to all pa
lnrs which. in their judgment, contain
,rticlps which tend to inCite to arson
ulrdrl and assassination" and to hold
ND all !ntprrS in foreign languages ike
Y 10 have objectionable matter, pend
ing examination of a translation OF
such matter to he furnished by the pro
prirtor of said papers. This order is
taken ~ the .AiEpa&! t" Reason, the Chi
rago Socialist. New York Call and 9th
r socialist papers to be Il challenge TO
chem. and they are preparing to hight
che order with every known weapon,
If it Shall b" applied to them. They
s;iy that il is u%Niust all precedent 70
give such discretionary power to every
petty postmaster in the land. The only
appeal from the decision of the post
master will be to the department at
Washington.
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President Ro~osrvclt's announcement
hat he will Spend most of next year
hunting big game in Africa is regard
cl as an Indication that he is not a
candidate for Senator platt's seat.
This would leave the way open for
former Governor Black. with an OppOr-
unity for Mr.. Roosevelt on Senator
ltrprw'S retirement two years later.
Nr. Roosevelt expects to sail early in
tpriI, 1900. He will not touch at any
European port, but go direct to Cairo.
The actual h]Uuting plans lave not been
made, beyond the fact that British East
Africa will be the scene. Mr.. ltoose-
rpIt expects to make a study of Afri-
an animals, besides killing Il few of
he. He will tell his experiences and
observations in magazine articles and
possibly in book form. The trip is eX-
oected to last about Il year.
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The end of the fiscal year found the
United .;tates Treasury approximately
$60,000,000 behind the total eXpendi-
-ures Of the year, as compared with
i surplus of over $S4,0O0,OOO a year
ago. This condition is attributed by
The department officials to the bust
ness depression in the wake Of the
panic of last fall. The receipts from
all sources were $7G3, OOO.OO 0 less than
in the preceding fiscal year. while the
disbursements were $1S1 100000 larg-
1r. The total receipts We're 500, S9J,-
7G3 and the total Of expenditures were
$6J0,551, 100. Customs have fallen off
.Ihn1rt Glf Gln 600 md thn i-.tpproJ WOW
nue $~19,O00,00O. The postal deficit
will be nearly ~$13,50O,00J.
Upon the second anniversary of the
passage of the pure food law, June 3,
the famous "poison squad" or class Of
food experimenters conducted by DR..
n. w. Wiley. chemist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, was d~lsbanded.
During this period nearly every class
of foods has been tested scientifically
by studying its effect upon these men.
A board has been created to pass upon
the final decision as to the quality of
the food and there are now about 100
criminal cases in the courts. DR.. Wi
ley says that manufacturers and deal
ers have generally come to see hat it
pays better to obey this law as to
branding their goods for what they
are.
The question which has caused so
much controversy between government
officials and distillers as to whether or
not whisky and neutral spirits are like
substances, has been judicially deter
mined by the District of Columbia
Court Of Appeals which holds that they
decided that bourbon whisky can only
be made in the State of Kentucky and
must be made from a mash, the chief
ingredient of which is corn.
The fact that Chairman Payne OF
the House Committee on Ways and
Means, which is to inquire into the sub
ject Of tariff revision, does not intend
to call his committee together during
the recess of Congress is attributed to
a desire not to encourage tariff revis'
lonists. Payne declares positively thai
his committee will not be called to
gether.
After q conference between Secre
tary Of Commerce Labor Straus, I'm
migration Commissioner Sergent anc
the immigration officials of Boston
Montreal, New York, Philadelphia ant
Baltimore at New York, it was an
nounced that hereafter the rules fol
the exclusion of persons because of dis
ease viii be uniform.
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The president has proclaimed thu
reservation of strips of land along thu
Canadian border. 80 feet wide, for tn,
| better enforcement of the customs ant
immigration laws. This applies onl!
to un~appropriated lands.
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In a letter to Commander Hutch T.
Cone of the torpedo fiotilla, which
made the voyage from Hampton Roads
to San Francisco, President Roosevelt
! saws that if he could draw any distinc
ton between the work of the battle
ship crews and the plen of the destroy
ers it would be in favor of the latter
He adds that the voyage of the destroy
ers is even a more notable feat and y
would like to thank every member :
the crews personally.