The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-11-12


politics in the sections of the Union where
there is danger of negro supremacy in
political affairs.
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Postmaster General Hitchcock has de-
cided to postpone the recommendation
for postal saving banks until the first ses-
sion of the Sixty-second Congress. His
determination is based on the theory that
by that time the financial laws of the
United States will have been so revised
that it will be possible to incorporate the
postal savings bank as an integral part of
the national financial system. Another
factor is the imperative need of economy
in the postal service of the country. The
postal deficit for some years has ranged
between $o,ooo,o 900 and SIS, 900 a
year.
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That approximately IS per cent of the
deaths of persons whose occupations ex
pose them to municipal or street dust and
to general organic dust, are due to tu-
berculosis is the startling fact disclosed
in bulletin prepared at the Bureau of
Labor. Though the statistics indicate
that municipal and general organic dusts
are less serious in their effect than metal
lie or mineral dust, the consequences to
health and life are sufficiently serious as
to demand most careful attention to the
whole problem of dust prevention and
removal.
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Clifford Pinchot, chief forester. under
the Agricultural Department, and regard
ed by his friends as the ''lone and only
Roosevelt man left in the administration, =
shows disposition to fight things ont
with Secretary Ballinger, of the Interior
Department, again, and It is the question.
of water power grants.
The Forest Service has prepared form
of contract Netween the Government and
persons or corporations seeking water
power grants on the national forests.
This form has been carefully framed
Being utterly opposed to the idea of
grants of water power ia perpetuity. Mr..
Pinchot has provided ia the contract
form which he has prepared that the
grant shall terminate in so years. 1t is
further provided that it shall be revocable
if the contract is not carried out in reason
able time or for other adequate cause.
The power is to be used under Govern
ment regulations and reasonable charge
is to be imposed by the Government. In
case it develops that the corporation
which is getting the grant of water power
is entering or has entered Trust or con-
spiracy to monopolize. then the grant will
be forfeited.
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Declaring that the so-called Gin
surgents' have no intention to accept as
final the revision of the tariff, against
which they voted, Senator Cummins, of
Iowa, in an address before the Marquette
SiuO III ShASdSO, uoddC SPhNCo tCPAy "
Speaker Joseph G Cannon, who recently
criticised the attitude of the insurgents"
as to the tariff, and declared that Senator
Cummings practically proposed to Join
hands with Bryan.
Mr.. Cummins branded the latter asser.
ton as false, declaring it to be simply
an appeal to blind passion aud senseless
prejudice"
Mr.. Cummins said that the Republicans
in sympathy with the insurgents intended
to reduce the influence of leaders in the
party, mentioning Senator Aldrich,
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Payne in this connection, to that point at
which they wial zeal it necessary to con-
suit rather than command.