Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-25
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Congestion of the traffic of the coun-
try so great as TO materially jeopardize
general prosperity is now the problem
that confronts the great transportation
companies. From all indications the
congestion will be as bad as that Of
the fall and winter of 1906 1907. when
whole communities In the Northwest
suffered throughout an icy winter be-
cause there were no cars TO haul coal
and business became stagnated because
the crops were not moved to market.
The reports of increasing car move
ments have come IN steadily for the
last six weeks from all sections of the
country. The West and Middle West
look for exceedingly heavy grain crops.
While the South Is expectant of the
greatest tobacco crop in Its history and
phenomenal lotion crop. New En-
gland and the East report factories and
mills preparing for a resumption of
full-time work, All of these reports in
dictate that the demand for transporta-
ton facilities will be the greatest in
years and that centers Of production
will be glutted while markets are bare.
In the opinion of the members of the
Interstate Commerce Commission there
Is no way now open TO prevent this
damming OF the tides of commerce.
So:
During the six months ending July
LIST less than two hundred thousand i'm
migrants arrived IN the Unite States.
The arrivals in the first half of 1907
were nearly three-Quartegs of million.
Moreover, In the past six months the re-
turning emigrants numbered more than
three hundred and seventy-five thou
sand, twice the number of immigrants
and more than twice the departures
for the corresponding period last year.
Europeans come to the land OF the free
because 1t is the land of the dollar.
When there is panic, and dollars yet
scarce, Columbia does not do much
business as the haven of the oppressed.
The figures Of the last two years throw
much light on the immigration prob
lem, so far as 1t is q problem of mere
numbers The flow of newcomers seems
to be regulated by the demand for
labor, which means that the country Is
not in danger of being glutted with
people it cannot support
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The recent revolution" In Mexico
deserves attention as an illustration of
how small a movement of disorder in
orderly Mexico can make sensation.
A generation ago such rioting as took
place in the northern part of the re-
public would have been ignored, as
more serious risings were of frequent
occurrence. President Diaz has
brought order out of the former Next
can chaos, and the recent troubles
amounted to little more than rioting
and footing by idle workmen assisted
by the criminal population. Many men
have been thrown out of employment
by the closing of mines and factories,
and were wrought upon by political agi-
tators who are hostile to the presence
Of foreigners in the country. The move
ment lacked organization and effective
leadership, as well as justification in
morals or in political expediency.
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Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
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letter Office during the fiscal year, end
ed July l, received $4,000 letters less
than for the preceding fiscal year, and
has returned to the senders 100000
letters, or 2,525,000 more than for the
year ended June 80, 1907. During 1907
letters containing $67,456 were receiv-
ed, while for the fiscal year just ended
the figures were 500, 500. OF the money
thus received about So per cent was
to the senders.
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A parcels post agreement between
the United Sites and France has been
signed by Postmaster General Meyer
and Ambassador Jesserand, Of France.
Under the terms of the convention,
which is effective Aug. 10 next, pack
ages up to four pounds and six ounces
will be carried at the rate of IL cents
q pound. Later the maximum weight
Of packages which can be sent by mail
to France at the rate of IL cents
pound will be increased to eleven
pounds.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor has recently completed the estab-
lishment OF bureaus of information at
several important European ports, es-
pecially at Naples, Marseilles and
Havre, where the investigation of the
of suspicious aliens may be
quietly. Lists of such per
sons have begun to come to the i'm
migration authorities In this country.
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The City of Buffalo has received
formal notice from Secretary of War
Wright that 1t must close it's trunk
sewer into the Niagara River before
July /, 1910. This notice is issued In
of the governments work
on the Black Rock ship canal.
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1t is surprising how good the Pann-
mans can be when American troops
stand by, watching them. The result
Of the municiual elections indicated
that the SUPPORTS Of the Independent
candidate for the presidency were much
more numerous than the supporters Of
the government candidate. To prevent
4 clash at the presidential election and
he interference of American troops the
government candidate Withdrew, and
he election passed off peacefully.
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Capt Baldwin's Aeronaut or dirigl-
Die balloon, built for the army, is now
1t Fort Myer, Va, near Washington.
According to the contract, Capt. Bald