Putnam patriot., 1908-12-04
E diterial Scraps


 which k within the statutes may pro ceed without fear ot interference rom the administration, when acting legal ly. but all interests within the Jurisdlc' lion of the Federal Government may expect rigid enforcement of the laws against dishonest methods.
 And what k better, lie means just what he says, and the people kno" II
 A great deal of whet is said about re- yising the tahfi is simply what some dread or imagine. The revision VIII not be the work of one mind, but oi 4 large body Of tbe ablest and pufest statesmen Of inc country desifeas 9i making tariff that shail be for the best good for iheenlite country and not to favor any section of elass ef hs Peo- pie.
 The verdict of the eoneaHe Of Nc" England Governors assembled in Bos- ton last week K that their states must have forests, fruit trees, apple especial Iy and better fishefies-lebzters pafiie. ularly. as New England K enabled by TN
 vastly increase its present products and also add to them new ones. The yield of potatoes should be quadfupled, and everything that can be produced in this climate. An object lesson to de monstfale this should be given by combination of agricultural experts, scientists and wealthy New t.ngiahd- CTS who love their Pilgrims land.
 In all the large cities of Europe the authorities are puzzled how to provide for the many thousands of destitute unemployed heuds of families Iast week thousands of sneh persons cur. rying n large banner tearing the words "Wufk or Revolutions the Government must Decide marched through the fashionable streets ef London. Royal ty costs loo many millions i'll all the great nations of Europe besides eaas. ing waste of hundreds ofl millions an- nually for armies md wafships. The next revolution will complete the work begun In 1918, when the people will rule, and not stafve amidst plenty
 Brooklyn, N. i., k supplying its po- pulation with water from new sys- tenn of wells. They are sunk very deep and no matter what the meteorological conditions may be the yield k always the same and abundant. Typhoid te- yer has been NO lar eliminated that the disease causes no such alarm as used to be experienced there every fall. The system was devised by man who re- hected from what he had learned about the earth being everywhere pefmeated with veins of watef ne matter how deep down one went. He got con tract from the city to supply suiier- ing district with water He made q large fortune before the city awoke to the fact that Il could do that work il self much cheaper.
 Judge Tnft proposes to have an en. tifely new Cabinet when he iakes up the feins of government This K mol because he finds fnult with any mem ber of the Cabinet. They have been efficient, Secretary Root especially, whom he would like to retain in his present office, but he k to take more important sefxiee-lhat ef Senator of the great State of New York. Taft k Cabinet will be composed of members whom he personally e>teems and for their ability to perform their assigned duties.
 The foot and mouth disease of cattle tx spreading al the West as we'll as in the East, but the authorities arc enef gelically at work to crush II ont. En- pinnd has uuarautinei all American cattle. So has Canada, and so will all the nations of Europe unless the dis ease k soon stamped out. IL may lead many people To avoid meat altogether to prevent catching the dlstemper.
 Ambassador Rcid, at the American Society dinner, Ill London, made an address in which he eontrasted last years business depression, which hung over London and Europe as well as the United States, with the hopeful con. aiiions of today. Rasiness he said had resumed it's healthful activity the chief danger being the old familiar one--en. thusiasts may soon he wanting to gel up too much steam. Capital ism | to be abolished Just yet, said the Am bassador. corporations and trusts are not going 10 be wiped of the faee a fine continent. fl they faithfully obey he laws. Brother Jonathan though pesccful, Is uncon mcniy commercial. !. The United Seaies, he said, could feed and clo,he all the nations of Europe in A war, and even sell them arms and ammunition.
 One of those remarkable oklahoms statutes makes the teaching of "agIi. culturen in The States public schools compulsory, and there's a rumor thai even Arkansaw likes the idea. The day is coming when man will think that between learning trade and get ting a college education, ne will prriel inc former for his children.
 IL isto oe expected that the inccn. ing Legislature of New York State vii be more responsive than before to tn, reform recommendations whieh Cover nor Hughes is to renew. He is expect ed To ask Tor an extension of the luris diction of the public service eonmis ~..., ia ;oelusie teleefaph and teis>