The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
NOTES thvM WASHINGTON.
lspseial Correspondence.)

viii be reduced 10 10000 men has
been confirmed at the war depart.
ment. AdJt Gen. Answorth said
that President Taft had requested the
reduction in the enlisted military
forces some time ago. The decrease
In the size OF the army. the adjutant
general said, would be brought about
In accordance with the announced
policy OF economy in government ad.
minlstration that has been pursued
since the Inauguration of President
TAFT. The saving that will result
from carrying out the Presidents or.
der has been estimated To be $4,000.
GOO. figuring on the assumption that IL
costs the nation $1,000 year 10 keep
an enlisted man fully paid. equipped
and rationed. There was no secret
about the Presidents order" said
Gen. Aiasworth. 1T was 20 take ef.
feet July l, 1910. the beginning of the
next fiscal year. The order will be
carried out in the natural course OF
events and without any hardship or
unusual conditions. Recently the
strength OF the army was $4,000. IL
will be reduced to 10000. Already
II has been reduced some extent
through the expiration OF onlstments.
This process will continue. A year
or two ago. during the panic. recruits
were plentiful and soldiers whose
terms OF enlistment expired promptly
re-enlsted Now this is not the case.
Enlistments are expiring rapidly. and
many men are obtaining other employ.
ment. There will be fewer recruits,
and the enlisted force will gradually
drop to 10000, probably during the
present fiscal year"
Protection Continued.-The wood
pulp and paper mills OF Maine and
New Hampshire will continue To enjoy
the home market with little or no
competition from abroad under the
new tarif act, In the opinion of treas.
ury department officials. Imports OF
wood pup from Canada will have To
pay heavy duties. as was predicted by
friends OF free wood pulp before the
bill became law. IL will be remember.
ed that the duties TO be levied on
wood pulp and print paper were made
dependent upon the action of foreign
governments In connection with tho
trade. heavier duties being laid 1t such
governments assess export duties on
the products In question coming To
the United States. or prohibit such ex.
ports. or otherwise discriminate
against the United tSates. For some
time the customs experts OF the treas.
ury department have been busy pre-.
pairing regulations under which the
provisions OF paragraphs 400 and i03
OF the new law are To be- enforced.
Those paragraphs provide for duties
on wood pulp and print paper The
department has made an Investigation
OF the tariffs OF Canada, Sweden and
other countries that ship wood pulp
and similar products TO the United
States. Regulations have at last been
prepared and will probably be- made
public shortly.
Secretary Horrifed.-A big express
wagon loaded with nine black barrels
and one huge box containing trophies
Of the Roosevelt hunting expedition
In Africa arrived at the Smithsonian
institution the other day. More will
follow. To the horror Of Secretary
Richard Rathbun OF the institution the
packages were marked with the ini-
tials "T. r." placed there with white
paint and large enough to be seen a
city block away. Mr. Rathbun had
regarded as hoax the report that
these initials OF the ex.President were
on the packages. and he at once pro-
nounced them to be the evidence OF q
trick by newspaper men. A New York
paper printed picture OF them the
r. X. initials being about two feet
high. Who put the initials on the
barrels as they lay In the New York
freight house, all pointed straight at
the camera. IL not known. The load
OF barrels looked more like a cargo OF
moasses or Jamaica rum than
choice collection OF African mammals.
Diplomatic Timber Scsree.-Tbe de.
liberation with which President TAFT
Is making changes among the diplo-
matte representatives OF this country
abroad Is due, 1t was learned a. the
state Department. TO the fact that the
President has found II 20 be difii-
cult task 10 select the type OF men he
wants 10 send abroad. II IL recogniz-
ed as inevitable at the department
that there will be many changes be-
fore the first OF next year. The two
most important posts within the gift
OF the President will see changes be-
fore the year Is out. Henry White,
American ambassador to France, VIII
be retired az soon as the President
can find a man TO succeed him. Mr.
Whitelaw Reid. American ambassador
10 the Court OF St James. finds him
self in the same uncomfortable posi-
tion as the ambassador TO France. He
retains his position only while dill
..,, Ia hafuu made Ia find an