Putnam patriot., 1909-04-16
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A vince of -ze- eh8au, reports All official proclamation circulating there which comments the Christian religion be- cause 1t has produced aAmerieans "ho' after having money practically In their hands, returned tens ef thousands oi il to the Chinese government without the asking.n II pays io be honest.
 Governor Hughes suffered severe defeat in the New York Legislature when his bill on direct nominations was brought to 4 vote last Thursday. when only 2s voted for the bill and li2 against |, In the Assembly. II was Il victory for the Republican bes=tas who have the mass Of the members suonis- sive to their will, as they Lad them when they defeated the aniigambling race. course bill. but the year alter the voters sent na@ men to the Assembly, ana inc aniisganhIing biit beeaius n law As then the Governor i@ hppeai. ing to the people ta secure the power ;a send men ia the Legislature to rep resent them. and not permit ihe 'Htsses to aay who shaIl represent them.
 The New Haven Ifadef says. tfas Commissioner eefhin k worth many times Inc salary he l. paid. He con duets "A campaign of education to eh- Tighten the people eoneernlhR taxation. lie nfesents the faets and the people and their representatives can da as they ulense. It's new Way at doing husi. ness. and the whole 1taie Is ealamends inp 1t and the ahle. energetic fearless public official who h sa dllleent Ill sci. wing public interests.
 Manager h. IL Metzget et the hiR duck farm near Fen Mar, fns, reports that the ducks have iaid sn,tpn eggs since Christmas, and that o,u1 duck ltugs have been matched out this spring One day last week he sent ls,#a lbs, oi feathers to market This helps te prove the statement made hs an authaniN' which we printed last week, that an acre of water yields more wealth than an acre of land--it supplies fish, flesh and fowl, calling the eggs flesh
 Before starting on his African eNpe' di,ion Mf. Roosevelt issued state meni warning the public to put no ere dence in any interviews reportcts claim ed they had had with him, as he should avoid any representative of the press Notwithstanding ihis positive doiafa tion the Paris papers printed inter views which theif reporters claimed they had with the eS.ffesident.
 The New Haven Railroad company have decided to restore the schedule o wages which was cut ten per cent about . year ago, because of the heavy de crease in freight receipts. The rcstora ton is made because of the bright tn dustfial outlook The cut applied i' every empioyc who received salary o &a,0o0 and upward.
 The report of the Interstate Commits sion, for the year ending November 2" iass, the panic year. says that II result ed in a loss of over Ss;an n,Nn.ssp gros' earnings of American railways. lht loss in net earnings was sisa, ,bao, isso.
 The New York laite insuTanee com pany pays oot saa n day to feed ie s,soo clerks. running its own festaur ant.
 Norman F. Mack, chairman ot tho Democratic National Committee has announced that he has completed ar rangements for The puhlieatioe of q monthly magazine. To be known as th, "National Monthly, and 10 he devoted to the interests of the Democratie par ty in the nation.
 The beginning Of new industry iu the Sculh, as announced last Thurs- day at Cordele, ca., by the city antho- rites who had given land for the cree tion of a mill to make papeF from cot ton stalks--ihe first mill Of the kind tn the world. X hundred towns in the cotton belt are considering The estae' iishnent of the cotton stalk papef.mak' ing industry.
 Ciprian Castro. eA.fesldent of Ven exaela, still imasines himself one ef the great men of Inc earth. He ,tenoanees the United States for mol reeognixine him as such. he denounced England for forhidding him to land on The lsl and of Trinidad, convenient to Nene xuela: and now he has sent out mes sage 10 the world denouncin. ffanoe for driving him out of Martinique, K nominiousiy carrying him, andfessed on mattress 10 The ship, because he re fused to go, feigning sickness. He sent back to Europe, and hts wife is ol dercd lo follow him. His ehances . starting revolution are eStlngutshed
 The American Sugar Refining Com pany. commonly known as the "suea Trust, has paid the government d ready the tidy sum Of q ,sss .ess, an isexpeclei to pay enough more te mak IL S20o, ,ap. This is no case of ferse cufion under fhe antitrust act; II | Just making good for plain maud il tn wsighinG,"
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