Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

| farmers and their allies adopted ku KUN
methods to obtain higher prices. In the
BLACK Patch district of western Ken
lucky and northwestern Tennessee the
whip. gun and torch were used so fire.
Guently and wantonly that a verltabie
| reign of terror prevailed.
Farmers who would not join In holding
! back their tobacco. or sold to the trust
before the time agreed upon by their
neighbors. as well lawyers. doctors
and business men who had any dealings
whatever with the trust. were visited by
| might riders" and either brutally pun
ished or murdered. Meanwhile, tobacco
prices increased from 81 to 50 and more
hundred. and bank deposits in the BLACK
Patch" were quadrupled
The atrOciOuS murder. october ~, OF
Capt. Quentin Rankin by night riding
squatters who were being prevented from
fishing in ReeIfoot lake, in northwestern
Tennessee, prompted Gov. Patterson OF
Tennessee to propose that the governors
of the six states threatened by the night
riders combine in checking their lawless-
ness. Gov Patterson brought about the
capture of ninety prisoners. from some
of whom confessions were obtained,
showing how thoroughly the slayers OF
Rankin were organized.
In New England another alleged trust,
the New York New Haven and Hartford
railroad, received legal setback at the
hands of the federal government in an
action to prevent the company from BUY
lflS SlOCh COHlTpl vi Tic 1ooStoh "AiSA
Maine. Such an expansion Of the road it
was charged. would create railroad mo-
nopoly in New England remarkable
deal was then put through, by means OF
which Wall street believes that the New
Haven and the New York Central OBJ
tanned control of the B. and NJ, so that
the two roads can divide New England 8
traffic between them. John l.. Billiard or
Meriden, Conn. formerly thought to be
worth no more than million, announced
{1,af h. ho1 nfrn1 nr
NJ. for something like $14,OO0OOO. knowl-
edge of this disposition of the property
became public in September.
ural resources of the country for the gen.
eral good of the public
Conserving President Roosevelt called
a conference in June of all
1'esouiees' the governors of states and
territories, each being also asked to invite
three men from his state as additional
members of the congress. Such eminent
private citizens as w. ]. Bryan. j. j.
Hill and John Mitchell were present and
addressed the gathering.
Particular attention was called by many
speakers to the necessity of preserving the
forests, we'll as the supplies of ores.
coal and natural gas. against private
usurpatlon and waste. Irrigation swamp
improvement of rivers, for navigation and
water power, were also advocated as alb
solutely essential to the proper CONNER
cial development of the country. and the
governors effected a permanent organiZa-
ton whose object ISL to further conServa-
ton of our natural resources. A second
meeting of the governors was held in
Washington beginning December and was
presided over by Mr.. Taft.
The first session of the Sixtieth Congress
adjourned May 30. Besides the emer-
gency currency bill. 1t en-
Work of acted several important
statutes. 1t made the
oo"siess' militia an integral part of
the national military establishment;
authorized the construction of two battle
ships of the Dreadnought type, each of
which is to cost $6OOO,OOO; reorganized
the consular service and modified the
customs law; enacted a new employers
liability law as a substitute for the one
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court: appropriated $40 227 900 for the
Panama canal, and RENTED $40, 100000 of
the indemnity from China resulting from
the Boxer instruction.
Eleven conventions proposed by The
Hague congress were ratified by the Sem
ate. Other international agreements to
which the upper house gave approval
"CiC Tic "A pdil-tAulcTlCdL
copyright and code of International law;
arbitration treaties with Great Britain.
Italy, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Spain, Switzerland, Holland, Portugal.
Mexico and Japan; an international
health Office. and conventions with Great
Britain as to Canadian fisheries and the
Canadian boundary.
So far the second session of the Con-
gress has resulted in no very important
legislation. For several weeks prior to
fl,n iv,cr ~
means committee held public hearings on
the tariff. Arguments both for the rails
ing and lowering of rates on various COM
modities were made, but from these hear
ings the country generally has gathered
the impression that on steel, leather.
hides and many other articles the new
Congress will authorize tariff rates con-
siderably below those now levied. Mr..
Taft has made it plain that he expects his
party to live up to its platform declara-
ton regarding the tariff. THE revision
of the tariff by the Sixty-first Congress
shall be thorough and honest are his
words. The platform on which Mr.. Taft
was elected declares that special session
following his inauguration to readjust
tariff schedules. Maximum and minimum
rates to be established. the minimum
to represent the normal protection at
home, the maximum to be applied in case
of discrimination in trade
The history of the world outside of the
United States during the last year reveals
three powerful agencies at
Bulgaria's work-love. Of liberty, love
Coup. In Ru,sari. the c -. san -,
liberty was championed by Prince Ferdi-
nand. who October 5 announced the COM
plete independence of that country from
Turkey and proclaimed himself GEAR of
all the Bulgars." Turkey protested to the
powers that the Bulgarian coup was a
fragrant violation of the Berlin treaty
In reply Poprikoff. Bulgaria's minister of
foreign affairs, issued this official state
ment:
Bulgaria has no aggressive AIMS. She
has given regular form to situation that
already existed de facto. We believe that
the powers will approve the proclamation
| of Bulgaria to be independent king
| dom. ThSt act need in no way trouble
| the peace of Europe or of the Balkan
countries"
Although the Berlin treaty of 1878 made
! Bulgaria a principally, subject to Turk
| ish rule, Turkey of late years had exer-
| c,sed only a nominal suzerainty. The
tribute to Turkey imposed by the treaty
was never paid by Bulgaria.
| Eastern Roumelia. which Bulgaria in
corperated after defeating Servia in 1885,
| and which rendered tribute to the porte
in accord with the treaty. was also freed
| from Turkey and further payments
| stopped. To clinch this end Of the rivet
| Ferdinand moved his court and army into
| Ph,lippopolis, the Eastern Roumelian can
| ital.
| In the Balkan mudde racial prejudice