The Detroit times., 1908-06-22
OKLAHOMA FARES
WELL At HANDS
OF CONGRESS
TAXABLE PROPERTY WORTH
slso. 100000 DONATED TO NEW
sTATE-THE REASON FOR
THAT LAUNDRY ACT.
BY RALPH NJ. wHITEsIDE.

donation OF Sls0.000,O00 OF taxable
property TO new state. just started
with distinguished purpose. is not 20
h be overlooked.
Ihss donation ffaat4e- ty-Pf9e@S-
y OF removing the restrictions on aliena-
ton OF Indian lands. For many years
K The lands of five tribes OF Indians have
/. been held under the condition that the
Indian allotees might not sell them
& without the permission OF the depart
ment OF the interior. 1t was very hard
to get such PERMISSION.
While the lands were held under
such restriction they could not be
4 taxed. This was serious matter 10
the new state, which had place FOR
Ill the money rightly due ii. The queS
ton OF removing the restriction was
Therefore, OF paramount Importance.
The Indians have long had every
fright OF citizenship, with the exception
, i0f the privilege OF selling their lands.
+ Nov that Indian ownership OF these
Hands in Oklahoma has been estab-
I1ished and confirmed absolutely. the
Hands may be placed on the market.
.iThus the new state will benefit 10 the
Iextent OF their value for taxation pur'
)poses.
N Hampton Moore's Shirt.
When Representative J. Hampton
Moore, OF Pennsylvania, introduced a
}bfll imposing heavy penalty upon any
jDistrict OF Columbia laundryman who
fuses acids or heavy machinery in his
business. many OF his colleagues knew
immediately that he had reason for
n demanding such a, law. They were
N patient and their expectations were
(. Justified, for Mr.. Moore, after inform
Ing the house that the steam laundry
has the heather Chinese beat TO
a frazzle" when 1t comes 10 destroying
f1inen. told OF a personal experience.
"The question of the wholesale de-
!; struction of laundry is one of the most
a Important of the hour" he said
stWhen ] came here last December, I
4 bought two brand new shirts for a
Y dollar each. | liked those shirts and
/. you can imagine my feelings when
+ tell you that this week is the last time
JI can wear them. The laundryman
+ has done well. | maintain that have
y right to destroy my shirts IL | want
= 70, but have right 10 feed them 10
|1'&uf SOdt uIcCis luC dScANy
4 Of laundryman."
Chairman jenkins, OF the committee
b On judiciary, took his stand against
X the bill on the ground that man who
b wears linen shirts when IL Is posi-
BILE to buy celluloid fronts deserves 10
4 suffer loss.
Postal Rate is Lower.
When Postmaster General Meyer an
nounced reduction In the postal rates
between the United States and Great
Britain and Ireland, there were many
Yin the postal department who Pre-
dicted that a two-cents-an-ounce rate
would not pay and the government
consequently would in a short tine
& require that the rates be raised.
Under rules established by the Unit
'~yersal Postal Union, which governs
S the international postal transactions
\ 81 the civilized nations, a rate OF Iive
X cents for the first ounce and three
cents for every ounce added was es-
3 tablished on Oct. /. 1907. This rate
N has been further reduced to the fat
h rate of two cents an ounce, the same
\ 20 take effect on Oct. 1.
b Postmaster General Meyer an
4 1ounced that he expected an increase
I'm receipts as result OF the decrease
E<1n rates. II has always been found
that reduction causes a more general
MISE OF the malls. consequent the BUSH
ness Is much greater. My Meyer also
places much Importance on to the fact
I. that lower postage will lead TO freer
n commercial intercourse. Merchants de-
bend more and more on the mails fo-
the conduct OF their business and the
Daying In postage means much to
them. Then there Is the boon to
adopted English-speaking citizens, and
their connection here, particularly
<khose OF limited means, who will cor
toSpond with relations and friends
Fl more regularly now that the rate to
England Is the same as the domestic
u rate.
Bourbon In kentucky only.
" Government officials and distillers
IRE now satisfied by the decision Of
the court OF appeals in the District CT
< Colnmbia, establishing that whisky
and neutral spirits are not like SUD-
\ otances" This question has been in
3 G1ispute for a long time and the dis
<illers carried II to the attention OF
President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Bonaparte before It finally
went to the court OF appeals.
The court also decided that bourbon
whisky can be made in one state only
Ii also must be made
r from a certain kind OF sour mash,
the principal ingredient OF which Is
corn. This settles an old controversy
s. which has been an institution in the
nfate OF Kentucky ever since bourbon
& whisky was discovered A Kentuckian
4 maintains that bourbon cannot he
& manufactured in any other state. II
WAS more pride than an established
knowledge OF the subject that caused
;. 1his contention. but the result, by the
3 recent decision. is the same.
RIO Meat for the Poor.
Referring TO the cause OF the high
price OF meat Secretary OF Agriculture
:<Wilson says he does not look for
+ return OF low prices and points out
khat the country Is tending In a direc-
4 <tfon that will make Il more and more
6ifAcult for the poor TO eat meat. The
Toll he says, is being wasted and In
IIme. the effect will be that poor fam
|Iica IN this country will not have meat
+ my more than do the poor families In
s X'urope
"The problem OF the cost OF living Is
intimately connected with the problem
'1k the conservation OF the productive
&ilIty OF the soil. says Mr.. Wilson
- present high prices OF meat
I'VE been brought about by the fact
~ the production OF meat animalseis