Amador ledger., 1908-01-31

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The value of lumber exported from
Japan increased from 81, 533, 900 in
1905 to 50, 343, OOO in 1907 for sleepers,
tea chesta, timber and planks alone,
the value of all kinds of wood being
estimated at $1,000, 600. Japan i'm
ported from the Pacific coast only
S250,000 worth in 1906. The cause of
this great increase in Japanese ex-
ports is the railroad and other build
ing in Korea and Manchu1ia and the
American demand for fine woods for
cabinet work.
United States attorney Devlin has
suggested that the California code be
adopted by the government for the
consular courts in China, and senator
Perkins has PLACED this suggestion be-
fore the secretary of state, that de-
partment having jurisdiction over this
court. At present, under the law, con-
sular courts conduct proceedings un-
der the CONNIE on law, but as it is be-
coming more and more difficult to de-
termine what the common law mat
ters is, it is thought that all interests
will be best served by the substitu-
ton of code, and the California code
by preference, as the greater part of
the commerce between the United
States and China passes through the
hands of San Francisco merchants,
who would come under the same law
on both sides of the Pacific.
The annual report of the Interstate
commerce commission states that the
gross earnings of railroads for the
past fiscal year were S2,5S5, 9l3, 900,
averaging S1l, 463 per mile of line.
The gross earnings of the previous
year we're $500, 600, 900 less, or $40, AGO
per mile. The operating expenses for
1907 we're 81, TAG, 097, 900 or ST, TAO per
mile. The net earnings we're $780,
9l5, 900 for 1907 and S7S7, 420, 700 for
1906. In addition there was Sl57, SEA,
900 from other sources, making the
total net increase for 1907 1897, $50,
900. Out of this was paid in divi-
dends over 800, 900, 600 more than dur
ing the year 1906. This shows that
the railway systems are in a healthy
condition.
Senator Perkins has submitted to
the senate resolutions of the Cali
tornia fruit growers convention re-
Gently held in Marysville, calling for
a national horticultural quarantine
law. The matter will be taken up in
the committee on agriculture, of
which the senator is a member.
He has also brought to the atten-
tion of the secretary of the interior
the fact that there is controversy
between the United States and the
state of California as to the lieu
land for which California has over
drawn its account several hundred
acres. In consequence there are
many certificates outstanding for
lands selected in lieu of other lands,
but such lands have never been listed
by the United States to the state, and
patents can not be issued to the
holders. An effort will be made to
secure a settlement of this case.
The report of the secretary of war,
just issued, shows $3.50 officers and
so, 100 enlisted men in the army, a
decrease for the year of 4.42S. The
secretary calls to public attention the
fact that the number of soldiers who
tail to reenlist is constantly increas-
ing showing that the life of a soldier
is not such as to attract the most de-
sirable class of enlisted men. Such a
he says, is radically wrong
and should be corrected. 1t is found
impossible to keep the
enlisted strength up to the standard.
Desertions are also growing in mum
Der. Last year there were 4,522 in
the regular army. The report has
this to say regarding the canteen:
1.-The restoration of the canteen
feature of the post exchange would
operate for greater efficiency and
greater contentment. This is not be-
cause of the desire of most men for
bat because of the desire
natural to grown men for the free
exercise of their own judgment in
matters left elsewhere generally to
the Judgment of their kind. The
man of the necessary force for sue
cessful soldier objects to treatment as
a child"