Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-03-21
Woodstock BusInesS Cards
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence

To Remove Wreck Of Malne.--A res.
olutlon was passed by the house re-
Gently calling on the secretary OF the
navy for data regarding the removal
of the wreck of the battleship Maine
and to provide for the burial OF the
dead now in the hulk.
Race Suicide Aaaln--It happened at
a dinner given few evenings ago by
Representative and Mrs. Augustus P.
Gardner to the members OF the Mas
Sachusetts delegation, in their II
street residence. Mrs. Gardner re-
marked that the three Boston Demo
Gratis were all bachelors. oh" said
Senator Lodge, amid general laughter,
"that is to show their opposition TO
the presidents policies"
Would Double Naturalization Fee
II the house and senate concur in an
action taken the other day by the
house committee on immigration and
naturalization in reporting the Bur
nett bill, it will cost $40 instead OF -
after July /, 1908, for foreigner TO
become citizen of the United States.
So great has become the bulk OF nat
uralization business especially in GEN.
tres such as New York. Boston, PHIL
adelphia and Chicago, that the discoV-
ery has been made that the laWful
fees are insufficient to cover the ao-
tual cost of the clerical work, and as
a result some courts have practically
refused to have anything to do WIN
the business.
Mothers Better Than soIdisrs--Tha
White House was the scene last WeeR
of the formal opening OF the nrst In
ternational congress on the welfare
of the child. which is being held undeP
the auspices of the National motherS
congress. The 200 delegates, repre-
senting all the states and territories
and a dozen or more of the leading
countries of the world, were received
at the White House. President Roose-
welt delivered an address to them, In
which he declared that he placed the
society ahead of the civil war VeteF'
ans, because. he said, in the nnal
analysis 1t is the mother only who Is
better citizen than the soldier, VINO
fights for his country.
Opposition to Root-5ryce Treaty
Irish opposition which, it is asserted
defeated the arbitration treaty nego'
tiated by Secretary Olney and LORD
Pauncefote IL years ago now menaoeSI
officials say, the new arbitration
treaty which has been evolved by Sec
retary Root and Ambassador Bryce.
Already the state department has
been deluged with remonstrances ana
protests from Irish patriotic organiza-
tions. all directed against the new
convention. 1t is said that this oppo-
sition has developed before anything
specific as to the nature and scope OF
the new treaty has been made known
officially. Officials say there has been
nothing more than reference to the
subject in the British parliament ana
some statements in explanation based
upon that declaration In American
newspapers.
Only Americans for conSuIs-De-
claring it to be the opinion of busi-
ness men everywhere that the United
States consular service, while inn
proving, is far from being uniformly
efficient and should be organized on
the merit system by law, Austin A.
Burnham Of Chicago, general secre-
tary OF the National Business league
of America, before Senator Cullom as
chairman OF the senate committee on
foreign relations, recently urged the
passage of bill to effect the rehaplll-
tation OF that service. Mr.. Burnham
spoke of the service having been bur
dened with some incompetent ON
cials and asserted that only from the
practical view point of the exporter
and importer could true estimate
OF the American consular service DO
obtained. He protested against for
eigners being employed in the consul
lar service. 1.-The folly of this sys-
tenn" he said, "of American represen-
tation by proxy was recognized more
than 100 years ago by one of our
greatest st6t9smen.'
Census Figures Mislead--ChargsS
of ofilcial dereliotion in duty are made
against 8. N. D. North, director of the
census, in a letter which has been re-
eeived by President Roosevelt by Her
man Ridder, president OF the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishing associa-
ton. Mr.. RiddOr charges that in a
letter written to Representative Dal.
zell on the subject Of news;print pa
per prices for q period OF l6 years, d.
rector North gave a series Of false
and misleading figures" He charges
that the director failed to exercise
diligence in seeking for Information,
and that he used worthless and sec
ondary sources of information. That
letter has been used on the floor OF
congress as an 'ohicial publication -"
says Mr.. Ridder in his communication
TO the president. and 1t was declared
by Chairman Payne Of the ways ana
means committee to be as accurate
as accurate can be- charge that
the director OF the census has issued,
in that letter, series OF false and
misleading figures, and that, whether
intentional or not he has served the
purpose OF group OF combinations
which are aiming to aid $50 100000 per
annum to the burdens of printers and
publishers"
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