Putnam patriot., 1909-07-16
Editorial Scraps.

fIueneed by the poWEHai manufaeiuf. Ing interests. inslaad of the people. The President is dainR nj lie ean-and be has great infiaeHee with Congress men-io baye the tadh revised in ae. eerdance with lhe declaration made by fhe Republican National Convention, IL k in the hands af conference e0m- mittee, and is expected t0 be reported back nexi week in shape neafef that Of the House oil than that of lhe Sem ate, and h that shape k Ike lo he adopted.
 The proposition to change the Com stitution to permit oi income tax, to be submitted h The states, was passed almost unanimously.
 The disturbances of the world, politi. cal and social, continue so serious that they are giving anxiety to statesmen. The revolution in Persia has gained such headway that Teheran, the capis tnl, has been captured, and the deposi- ton Of the Shah may soon follow. He K surrounded in his palace, refusing 1o negotiate with the feyoiutl enlsts. The Republics Of Central and south America are getting into quaffeis that may lead to war The statesmen of England are appfeheBsiee ei a Euro. pean WAT Affairs iu China are Iii such distufbed state. caused by lsnssia trying to shut out other nations pafli. eipaiing in the trade and commerce et certain districts which il claims eNclus sisely fot itself, that Japan, Great i'ft. tam and the United states are protest ting. Socially. the strikes g0ingan in almost every country are daily oeeomz ing more formidable and threatening to general interests.
 The dronlh, which has prevailed in number of the Eastern states iof five or six weeks, remains practically un. broken, and farmers and gardeners are anxious about their suffering crops. In the Missouri valley and in the south heavy rains have prevailed Light showers have prevailed on every side of Putnam but no rain fell on it's parch- ed ground
 The National Education Association al it's recent meeting in Denver, unani. mously adopted A resolution demand Ing the abolition of fratefnities and so- eie;ies in all public schools, upon the ground that they are inimieai to tht democracy of the schools.
 The celebration of Independence Day where explosives were allowed, wa paid for by harvest of deaths and In Iufiesi and in large cities, like Chicago Cleveland, Washington, Springfield and some other places, where no eNplo sives were allowed, not an injury wa infiieled-has set people thinking, | k evident that hereafter, where the au thorities have the power to prevent tn use of ex xplosiyes and fail to do so, the, will be held Irresponsible for the death and Injuries lhey iniiict.
 The next important celebration vii be that eommemorating Henry Hud sons discovery of the Hudson river, [, take place this fall. The Dutch gov ernnent has constfucteda a duplicate Q Hudsonis vessel, the "Half Moon, Il contribution 10 the celebration.
 The Meihodsts are erecting ehurci In Zion City within a1 feet of the gras' of John Alexander Dowie, the fonnde of the city. oserseer Noliva, the sue ressor of Dowie, declares he would ra ther have a saloon in the sacred con lines of Zion City than Methods church.
 The best business news of the Weel k the governments report on the cerea crops, showing them to be better thal expected, indicating the greatest cor crop ever raised | adds s22 .tDo, ,oee, ,o, to the eonsumahle wealth ai The eonn lrs. Spring wheal k also n "bumper. crop. The distribution ef these crop Will tax the capacity oi the railroads the utmost, and set ali business indus tries into great activity.
 x5sn, ,uU, ,opo worth of American mar utactures were exported 10 German during the decade ending with the fi cal year iaa.
 The Canadians are talking of havin . big navy of their own with view , help preserving the peace of the wofl especially with nn eye on inc nov nents of their adjoining neighbor II eIe Sam.
 The National Grand Lodge of Ell arc in session al Los Angeles, Cal B fore the session opened there was swarm contest between the friends ]. T.. sammis, of laMars, Iowa, an August Herman, the baseball mai nate, of Cincinnati, for the high of,ie of Grand Exalted Ruler. The vote WIS cioss-aaa for Sammis and aas for Her man. IL is said there were over A.s Eiks in attendance. Archibald Ma, Donald was the delegate from Inc locs Lodge.
 Under The new bill passed by th Legislature, If signed by the oovel nor--of which there k no doubt fifty-eight towns will become eoasol dated districts under town manage meni. Putnam early adopted the sy, tenn and has greatly pFuuted from m