The National tribune., 1909-08-19
tees on alien girls and women should
be forever prohibited.

tees on alien girls and women should
be forever prohibited
The ingenuity of some people who try
to get around the tariff laws of the
United States is worthy of as much ad-
miration as of condemnation. The re-
peated attempts to defraud the Govern
ment has resulted in a new order
regarding the admission of household
goods into this country. Formerly a
person arriving at an American port
could declare himself nonresident il
he had been abroad two years, or pro
duce satisfactory evidence that he had
been a bona-fide resident at given
place for one year. In either case he
could bring into this country free of
duty his household effects. Recently
it was discovered that clever scheme
had been practiced in which number
of so-callcd non-residents produced rem
tai slips as proof of continual residence
in one city and investigation disclosed
the fact that many Americans rented
rooms in London at a small price and
got receipt for a years rent. At the
expiration of the year they would bring
home houshold goods enough to stock
their homes without paying any duty on
them. Now that business will be
stopped.
The collection of the new corpora
ton tax is not going to be an easy
task for the Bureau of Internal Reve
nue.. Nobody knows how many cor
poratioEs there are doing business in
the United States and the Internal
Revenue officials will not even make a
guess at it. Many corporations, for in
stance, have taken up charters in New
Jersey and are not doing business
within 1000 miles of that State. 1t is
expected that the blanks and regula
tions will be distributed by January 1
and under the law each corporation
has to report by March 1. From March
to June 1, 1910, the Internal Revenue
officials will have to figure up the as
sessment on each corporation. The
corporations will be notified by June /
and then must pay their taxes before
June 80.
1t is said that there are going to be
some big men arrested by Special
Agents of the General Land Office, who
have unearthed the greatest land-grab-
bing scandal ever brought to light in
America. 1t is claimed that about three
fourths of the coal entries made in Alas
ka before May, 1908. are fraudulent
and that some of the greatest financiers,
railroad companies and other corpora
tiOns have resorted to new scheme in
securing dummy entries. The Sums of
different cities have been raked and
men procured by lawyers who signed
or allowed to be signed for them, ap-
plications for these coal lands, which
were turned over to those higher up. 1t
was hoped that by securing these men
from the different cities no collusion
could be proved. The agents of the
Land Office say that these men paid
nothing for the land personally, but had
been paid small sums for merely sign
ing their names to the documents. In
vestigations will begin next month in
Seattle, and hearings will be held in al
least Is cities in the United States
Commissioner Fred Bennett says that
he believes that at least 500 fraudulent
entries of about 100000 acres will be
Cancelled.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers, one of the largest
bodies of organized labor in the United
States, will probably locate their head
quarters in Washington At present
they have their chief offices at Peoria,
ILL.,, and publish their magazine at In
dianapolis. Ind. The Brotherhood is 36
years old. has IT'S subordinate lodges
and membership of 10000. The head
quarters corps consists of five general
expenses of about $4,000 a year, and
an additional $4,000 for the publica-
ton of its magazine.
The Philippine Commission have con-
graduated President Taft on the con-
cessions he has gotten for those islands,
and which, to a certain extent. make
practically free trade with the islands.
When President Taft arrives at st.
Louis, Oct. %, he will have a strenuous
short visit there The Government is
now erecting at st. Louis a handsome
post office building, which is to cost
s1.300,000, and it is proposed. since the
foundation will be completed at that
cornerstone. There have been a few
changes made in Mr.. Taft's itinerary
from that point.
1t is planned to sail from ST. Louis
down the Mississippi River at p. m,
Oct. 25. When the boat gets to Cape
Girardeau, at o'clock the next morn
ing, Mr.. Taft will have to be out on
deck to make a speech to the people at
the wharf.
Leaving Girardeau at a. m, there
will be a five-hour run to Cairo, ILL.,,
where at noon Mr.. Taft will make a
second address from the boat. Leaving
Cairo at 1 o'clock the next stop is
Schcduled at hickman, KY, at 4 p. M,
where the third address will be made.
Leaving Hickman at p. IN. an all
night run will bring the party to Mem
phis, Tenn, at 8 o'clock the next morn
ing.
At Memphis the President will be en-
tertained for four hours. making an
address. Helena, Ark, will be reached
at p. m. on the 27th, and an address
from the boat is scheduled. On Thurs
day the only stop is scheduled at Vicks-
burg, where the Presidents party ar
rives at p. m. and remains until IL
p. m. Friday morning the President
arrives at Natchez, and remains three
hours, making an address.
On the new time table Mr.. Taft will
be in New Orleans at a. m. on Oct.
80, where he will address the Water
ways Convention that afternoon.
1t has not been decided just where
the meeting between President Taft and
President Diaz, of Mexico, will take
place. 1t is thought that Mr.. Taft would
not hesitate to go across the Rio Grande
if it seems more expedient. Mr.. Roose-
velt's precedent in going to Panama
and landing to attend dinner would
make it possible for him to do so with
out breaking any iron-bound rules.
Is -four" President Taft's lucky num-
Der? 1t has figured prominently in his
career. He has four letters in his name,
was born in Ohio, a State of four let
ters, and is one of four brothers. He
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