The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-21

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CeageetioA o. the t1a0c Of ~ eosu,
~ - great ~ - materially jsepardize
ssneral prosperity y now ~ problem
hat o~safreate the great transDortatioo
companies From al indicatioHs the
eongsstten VIII b 10 I'D - that OF
the fall and winter Of 1eoeL1o0T, when
whsas cemDuaitiss In the Northwest
su6esSd throaGhout an icy winter be-
cause there were no ears to haul coal
~ business Became stasnatsd because
IL Cop0 were not moved 10 market.
he rspeTts Of increasing car move
msnts have come In steadily for the
last six weeks from al sections OF tho
country. The West and Middle West
ook for exceedingly heavy grain Ct
while the South II sxpsctant Of the
greatest tobacco crop In IL history and
. pAeAsnsaal cotton crop. New En-.
glell AID Tie East report factories and
mills prsDaring/ for 4 resumption Of
full-tiDe work. All Of these reports In
dieate tAat the demand for ~transporta-
ten facilities viii be the greatest II
years and that centefs Of production
viii - glutted while markets are bare.
In tAs spinion Of Ne members Of the
lnterstate Commerce Commission there
II no way now open to prevent this
damning e the tides Of commerce.
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During the six months ending July
lst lese than two hundred thousand ina
migrants arrived IN the United States.
The arrivals In the FIRST half Of 1907
were nearly tAree-Quarters Of q million.
Moreover, In the past SIX months the 70
burning emigrants numbered more than
three hundred and seventy-nve thou
sand, twice the number Of Immigrants
and moro than twice the departures
for the corresponding period last year.
Europeans come to the land Of the free
because 1t 10 the land Of the dollar.
When there IL . panic. and dollars sst
scarce, Columbia does not do much
business 40 the haven Of the oppressed.
The figures OF the last two years throw
much light On the immigration prob
lem, % far as 1t IL a problem Of mere
aumbers. The dow Of newcomers seems
b - regulated by the demand for
labor. which ear that the country II
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 q movement Of disorder In
orderly Mexico can make a sensation.
4 generation ago such rioting as took
place In the northern part Of the r.
public would have been ignored, a.
more serious risings were Of frequent
occurrence. President Diax has
brought order out Of the former Next
can chaos, and the recent troubles
amounted to little more than riottng
and looting 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 All
tators who are hostile to the presence
u foreigners in the country. The move
nsnt lacked organization and effective
leadership, az well as justification In
morals or In political expediency.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Degraw has announced that the dead
letter once during the fiscal year, end
- Y,,lv 4 r>o>gvad ctc nnn ,><<>-~ -.
than for tho preceding fiscal year. and
has returned to the senders 100000
lettsrA " 2,525.OoO more than for the
year ended June 80, 1907. During 1907
letters containing $67.4 56 were receiv-
ed, while for the fiscal year Just ended
the figures were SOS, 500. OF the money
thus received about IS per cent was
returned to the sendera.
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A parcels post agreement between
the United States and France has been
signed BY Postmaster General Meyer
and Ambassador Jesserand, OF Franco
Under the terms Of the convention,
which. II effective Aug. Is next, pack
ases mp to four pounds and six ounces
will b carried at the rate Of u cents
4 pound. Later the maximum weight
Of packages which can b sent By mall
b France at the rate Of IL cents q
pound will be increased to eleven
poundA
The Department OF Commerce and
Labor has recently completed the estab.
lishmsnt Of bureaus Of information at
several important European ports, -
peeiany at Naples, Marseillss and
Havre, whore the Investigation OF tie
records Of suspicious aliens may -
undertaken quietly. Lists Of such psr-
sons have begun to come to the I'M
migration authorities In this country.
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n CITY q Buffalo has received
Dse1nal notice from Secretary Of War
WYiohE that II must cloes ito trunk
sswer Into the Niagara. River before
July !. 1910. This notice 10 issued In
ssassauencs u the governments work