The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-06-11

TO be the first step In the policy OF
conom and retrenchment contem-
plated by the administration. Its pur-
pose is to systematic the purchase Of
supplies needed in common by two or
more departments. TO procure such sup
piles at lower and more uniform prices
and to create a General Supply Com
mittee. This committee Is TO be made
UP OF one representative from each de-
partment and independent bureau. and
it's duty Will be TO prepare a scheials
of all supplies needed by the various
departments and bureaus before the
end of each fiscal year. A uniform
method OF advertisement, inspection
and testing is prescribed.
So
Desiring 10 find out Independently
CT the reyisIonists I'm Congress what
tho ultimate consumer" may expect 10
get from a revised tariff law. President
Taft has directed the Treasury De
partment experts to compile for him
the approximate amount OF duties on
articles In common use as fixed under
the existing Dingley Law and as pro-
posed In the Payne and Aldrich bills.
Considering such articles as clothing.
furniture, ~tinware, foods, coal, etc, the
President asked that the duty be com
puted on the average retail price of
the article. For example, how much
duty does a 50 pair Of shoes pay in
each Of the systems OF tariff referred
20?
The appropriations committee of the
Senate and House have now published
the figures OF the money bills passed at
the last session of the Sixtieth Con
gress, the number of new Offices Great.
ed and other information. The total OF
appropriations is s1,044. 401 .S57, an In.
crease of $685. 600, 900. The new Offices
and employments created were 1920
In number, involving an expenditure Of
$11,17C,S39.
Government ownership, of an ice
plant in the city Of Washington, Is
contemplated In a plan which Presi.
dent Taft has under consideration for
~centralizing the purchase Of all sup
plies for all Of the government depart
ments. The purpose Is to stop the
practice of charging the departments
excessive prices.
William 8. Washburn, until recent
ly chairman of the Philippine Civil
Service Commission and a former EN-.
ploye OF the United States Civil Ser.
vice Commission, has been appointed a
member of the latter body by Presi-
Jams. Jr, resigned.
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President Taft has named william
Williams as immigration commission.
err of the Port of New Work, the man
who was forced out by the Roosevelt
administration. This appointment was
made without regard to the wishes Of
the local Republican organization.
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The United States army is to have
an a~eronautic field near Washington
which will rival the aerodrome at Der.
lin and that at Issy-Les Moulineaux,
heal Paris, where many famous avia.
tors have startled the world with their
performances,
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Walter f. Clark, Washington core.
spondent of the Seattle Post-Intelli.
gencer and also a member Of the Nov
York Sun Washington bureau, has
been named by the President to be
Governor Of Alaska In place of Hog
gait. resigned.
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Thomas Fl. Netherland. an expert
penman. formerly employed at the
White House. but lately in the postof
fee department. broke down az the re
suit Of overwork and committed sui
eide.
James J. Hill called on the President
the other day. He declared that II
Congress would only get through with
the tariff, business would be good.