The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-10-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.

When the window down at the post
Office, where stamps are retailed. was
opened Saturday morning at 7 O'Clock, a
long line of persons were waiting for the
new Hudson-Fulton stamps, and for a
short time one clerk at the window had
all the business he could handle. In half
an hour he disposed of $1,000 worth of
the new stamps.
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A new map of the "Top of the World, .
with the North Pole as American terris
tory, soon will be issued by the hydro
graphic Office of the Navy Department
The United States is the only Govern
ment that ever has printed circumpolar
map, and the work of bringing this pro-
duction up to date already has been
inaugurated. 1t is the hope of Com
mander Winterhalter, in charge of the
Office, to incorporate in the map the OBJ
servations and discoveries of both Com
mander Peary and Dr. Cook, whose feats
have inspired the revision.
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Never III the history of the world ha
there been such progress made in agri-
cultural education as in the United States
during the last II years. This is thecon.
clusion OF Dick" ]. Crosby, specialist in
agricultural education oftfle Department
of Agriculture.
During the last year, Mr.. Crosby points
out. there has been rapid and healthy
growth in all phases of agricultural edu-
cation, the year being noteworthy for the
attention given.to providing facilities for
graduate study in agriculture, TO re-
organizing aud Strengthening college
courses and to multiplying opportunities
for acquiring secondary and elementary
instruction in this subject
The growing activity in all phases of
agricultural education in. this country,
declares Mr.1crosby, has been faithfully
reflected in the larger demands made
upon the Department of Agriculture for
information upon every phase of agri-
culture.
In 1897 the total income Of land grant
colleges aggregated only SIS, 900, 900; today
it is SIS, 900. The property of these
institutions was then valued at $51,o
900; now it is $685. 900. Then there
were less than 1000 students in agri-
cultural schools; now there are over
$4,000.
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The Republican national managers do
not intend, if they can help it, that the
tariff shall be made the chief issue in the
next campaign. An important consider
alton with the standpatters in consepting
that their party should be committed by
the latest Republican national convention
to promise of tariff reduction was that
the revision was to occur at special
session of Congress assembled at the be-
ginning Of the new administration. This
would give time for delinquencies which
were determined upon to be forgotten in
the absorption in other matters before
another national campaign could occur.
These other matters have all been put on
the program, and there is no intention
that the. tariff shall be mentioned again
during the present Congress.
The voter proposes, the Republican
party imposes and fate disposes. The
enormity of bad faith practiced in the
accomplished tariff revision is such as to
arouse fear that it canrfot be obscured by
the prearranged plans for muddying the
waters between now and the next Con-
gressional election, and the President has
been reluctantly drawn into making an
effort to placate the disconten.ed adj
herents to betrayed promises, in whose
betrayal he, like they, is disappointed.
If he could succeed the standpatters
would benefit, and, failing, he would be
the chief sufferer through being more
or less discredited among real revisionisls
by reason of his effort.
The purpose of the Republican mana
gers, headed by Senator Aldrich, is to
start the regular session of Congress with
agitation of financial legislation with such
energy as to focus the attention of the
whole country and to compel the Democ-
racy, now more than hopeful of gaining
the next House of Congress, 10 give that
issue their attention. TO the neglect of the
tariff.