The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-11-06
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)
New Rulings on Free Passes.-Fre,

TO re-enter the railroads service. Pass
cs cannot be extended TO the families
OF employees who died a natural death
while in the service Of the common
carriers, though that privilege is ac-
/, corded to the families OF employees
killed In the service. These are among
! the rulings announced by the Inter
state Commerce Commission recently.
AS a Filipino Sees It.-Pablo Ocam-
! po de Leon, one OF the two resident
| commissioners Of the Philippine Isl
ands in the United States, called at
| the White House the other day TO talk
| with the president on political and
economic matters in connection with
! the Islands. He thinks congress
should grant an extension Of
certain political rights to the Fiipi-
nos and make provision i'm the tariff
for the free entry into the United
States of sugar and tobacco from the
Philippines. He advocates a reduc-
tion in the Philippine tariff so as to
permit the entry into the islands free
OF duty OF American agricultural ma
! chinery. He said he Filipinos desired
free trade between the islands and the
United States only in tobacco and
sugar,
Wage Farmers Expenses-The bu.
reau OF labor of the department of com
merce and labor made an investigation
OF the principal wage-working occupa-
tions in over 1000 establishments, rep.
resenting the leading manufacturing
and mechanical industries OF the coun-
try. for the year 1907. Bulletin II Of
the bureau gives the results of the in
vestigation and shows that the aver
ages per hour in 1907 were 81 percent
higher than in 1906, and the regular
hours OF labor per week were 0.4 per
cent lower than i'm 1906. lnvestiga
tions were also made Of the retail pric'
es of thirty principal articles OF food,
and this investigation showed that they
were AZ percent higher in 1907 than in
1906, thus making the purchasing pow.
er OF an hours wages, as measured by
food, onc-half of percent less in 1907
than i'm 1906 The difference does not
appear to be very striking when re.
duced TO averages and percentages in
this way, and besides the facts inevi
tably relate TO year that is past and
gone. The average wageworker, like
almost everybody ~~~~e is vastly more
interested in the future.
Observes Birthday SmpIy.-Preai.
dent Roosevelt observed his 5Oth an
niversary, Oct. 27, very simply. He at
tended to his executive duties usual
and. except from the HungaT .an Re
publican club Of New York and the re
cept of a large number of cohgratu'
latory messages some floral tributes
and gifts from the members OF his fam
lily. the day was the same TO him as
! any other day. Late in the afternoon
the president went for a horseback
ride. There was a jolly dinner at the
White House in the evening in honor
| of the anniversary, al which no guests
were present. King Edward of Great
! Britain sent one of the first congratua.
! tory messages received IL read; II
! request that YOU will accept my cordial
congratulations on the occasion of your
! birthday, together with my best wishes
! for your welfare and prosperity Gov.
ernor Hughes of New York tele-
/ graphed: My heartest congratula-
J tiors and most cordial regards" Arch
! bishop Ireland of ST. Paul telegraphed: ::
! IL beg leave to offer you my most
! earnest wishes that many. many more
/ anniversaries be allowed YOU in SER
vices of your country and of human.
/ ity" Similar messages were received
from many points, including the one
from committee of the enlisted force
of the navy at Newport, II. |.
Hcrculean Task Beeun.-PropaIa
tions are already under way for that
herculea4 task-the taking of the next
national census of the United States
i'm the year 1910. The counting, at the
end of each decade, of every man, wo
man and child i'm the republic is one OF
the biggest undertakings which Tn
Gle Sam is called upon 10 assume
Realizing that with the continuous
rapid increase in population the next
census will be a recordbreaker in
every respect, the government officials
sought TO take time by the foreloch
and secure at the last session Of con
gress an appropriation of money
which would enable them to plung,
into the work without delay Howev
er. at the last session Of the nationa
legislature there were many uneXpect
ed demands for money, and So the law
makers agreed that the appropriation
for the census should go over unit
the winter of l90S-09. There is rea
son-~b expect that the sum needed TO
this counting of noses on a grand seal,
will be set aside soon after congres,
! convenes next December. but in III,
natural order of things IL will not be
come available for use until the gov
crnmental New Year day following
July |. 1909. Thus IL will be mex
summer at the earliest before Unch
Sam will begin TO give places on hi