The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-07
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)

4 6iuS OnSdtlSIdctOfJ-acllU SetlS
tary of th~Nayy Newberry announced
the other day that non, of the bids
submitted for coliecs under the pro-
visions of the naval appropriation act
| Of the last session OF congress, was
satisfactory and all ot thci.: were re.
iected.
Population Of the Countrywide. 6. y.
| ID. North. director of the census, was
| asked the other day If his bureau could
| tell the population OF the tntcd
States in 1906 and 1907. I'VE have
never made any official figures on it,"
| said he, but wait f, a Minute" lie
| pushed a button that called a messen-
| ger, and wrote something on slip Of
| paper which the messenger hurried
away with. Before long the messCu-
ger returned. You asked for 1906
| and 1907" the director remark d.
Perhaps you would also like 10 aayc
! the population for 1908 and 1910. Woll,
! the population OF the United states
proper, not including Alaska ana la
wall, for 1906 was S3,941 BIO; Tor 1901,
| IL was Sj,532,7Gl. For 1908 1t will %
| S6,9O9, ,OG2 and for 1910 (when the gov
ernment is preparing TO take a detailed
! census at great eXpense) it will be
! 1861 ,G89." The director then paused
10 explain that he had not counted me
people. That has not been done since
1900, but the figures given are based
on estimates OF experts in the division
of population.
The Government Assessed.-Failure
on the part OF the Congressional Ii
brary 10 comply with the requirements
of the Treasury Dcpartment i'm he
ington custom house. The engravings
has resulted in the refusal of The
board OF United States general ap-
praisers TO reverse an assessment OF
duty imposed by the officials Of Wash
ingtOn custom house. he engrayings
we're executed by Miss Helen Hyde
OF San Francisco. who is living tenn
porarily i'm Japan. They were import
ed for the use of the library, but the
officials OF the institution overlooked
the regulations prescribed by the Sec
retary of the treasury. While the GUS
toms authorities classified the blocks
as manufactures of wood" with duty
at the rate OF 80 percent al valorum,
a. ]. Parsons. chief Of the division OF
prints of the Congressional Library,
takes issue with the revenue officers.
I'm a communication TO the board OF
appraisers Mr.. Parsons says that he
considers the engravings in the same
category as paintings and other works
of art done by American artists
abroad. Many OF Miss Parsonss
works, the letter adds, are in the Ii
brary. Judge Waite, who writes the
decision for the board does not deal
with the question of Miss Hyde's citi-
zenship. but overrules the library's
protest on the technical point Of non
compliance with the treasury regula-
tions.
Wild Lands Tasation-Forestry EX-
pert j. II. Foster. now in New Hamp-
shire, has sent a preliminary report
here with the statement that he eX-
pected TO return TO Washington the
first week in August to frame his con
clusions about the taxation Of wild
lands i'm the Granite state. He will
make detailed report of the forestry
commission OF New Hampshire. Of
which Robert G.. Faulkner of Keene is
secretary, and also to the New Hamp-
shire tax commission. In his prelim-
mary report Mr.. Foster makes no def
mite recommendations, but occupies
himself chiefly with a list of the in
uuiries he has made of New Hamp-
shire farmers and others about the
taxes they are now paying on forested
lands. He is the only man Of the for
est bureau at work in New Hampshire
this summer, as nothing is being done
by the bureau regarding the establish
ment of a reservation in the White
mountains. That project is now wait
ing, TO large extent, upon the conser-
vation of the resources commission,
which President Roosevelt appointed
as the result OF the conference OF gov
ernors at the White House. Forest
officials believe that the investigations
and recommendations of that commits
SlNu Will utlp uoNn Nht w hlNt hipuh-
tain and the Appalachian reservation
plans materially and will furnish an
impetus 20 congress TO appropriate
portion OF the necessary funds at the
coming session.
Commission Will Not Wait-The in
tcrstate commerce commission decid-
ed that shippers might combine small
quantities of freight OF various owner
ship. either by arrangement among
themselves or through the medium Of
a forwarding agency. and ship the COM
bined lot at the relatively lower rates
applicable 20 large shipments An
other statement is TO the effect that
without waiting for the filing of formal
complaints. the commission will nsti-
ute an investigation ON its own mo-
tion for the purpose of determining