Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-26

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Few persons realize that the Presl'
dent of the United States works day
and night, does not take time out fof
lunch, and puts in, as a rule, eight I'M
broken hours of office work every lay.
At the time other w~orkingmen are tax
ing a breathing time in the middle or
the day, Mr.. Taft is going on with his
grind of work. At night he frequently
has conferences with his cabinet mem
bers on important political subjects
The Presidents work is not easy. he
Is hurried all the time by the clamor
of people to see him, members of on
gress, private citizens and army n
navy people being on the list. Occa-
sionally, many times as often as lou1
times a day., his callers bank up In
such umbers ir. the reception rooms
OF the executive offices that he has to
leave his private office and shake
hands with them as they pass him IN
what seems to be a ceaseless stream
This is but the incidents of the day. In
addition to this he has to keep up MS
WA i'S'
the House and Senate or the tarlf1
question and political appointments.
keep his eye on the patronage situation
throughout the country and solve ques-
tons of the greatest import in state
craft. The President earns his salary
more fully than any man in the gov
eminent service.
The Governors of all the States o.
the Union, with the exception OF four
Connecticut, Georgia, Washington and
Wyoming-are heartily in favor OF
changing the date for the Inauguration
of the President of the United States
from March 4 to the last Thursday In
April. AS members of a national COM
mittee they intend to exercise all their
influence at the coming session OF
Congress to have a constitutional
amendment submitted. Commissioner
Mcfarland of the District OF Columbia
as president Of the organization has
collected a large mount OF material,
including photographs Of Washington
on the last inauguration, a comparison
Of the weather here or March 4 n
on the last Thursday in April, the
death roll of victims who have been
sacrificed to the severe weather and
other material which will, 1t Is thought.
make a great impression not only upon
Congress but upon the public general
ly.
Secretary of the Interior Ballingel
in an interview replied to critics con-
corning his revocation of the Garfield
order which withdraw from Saft1emanf
1,500, 900 acres and the substitution OF
a 800, O0O-acre withdrawal. He insists
that this change was promotive of the
conservation policy. The former order
had been an emergency measure with
out taking timet to find where the pow
er sites were actually located. Later
investigation had shown hat much OF
the land die not contain any power
sites.
Another increase in the freight rates
on lemons from the Pacific coast to
points in the Middle West is an
nounced by the Interstate commerce.
commission. About the middle of Oc-
tober the Western carriers gave notice
of an increase in lemon rates from CAL
ifornia to all points in Minnesota, the
Dakotas and adjacent territory. The
tariffs which have just been filed in
crease the ate II the same proportion
to practically every point in the Uni
ted States.
President Taft's message to Congress
at the coming session will be a recon-
mendation for a radical change in the
Sherman antitrust act, and a revision
of the Hepburn railroad rate law. 1t
will be found that the Presidents pro-
posed legislation regulation Of corpora
tions Is dear to his heart, and it will
be urged on the lawmakers In such a
manner as to indicate that Mr.. a Is
very much in earnest and will insist
upon action before adjournment.
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The seal of secrecy has been put by
the department heads at Washington
on all government officials in New
York connected with the investigation
and prosecution of the gigantic sugar
frauds. This order followed the recent
conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Ho-
tel between Franklin MacVeagh, Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, and Collector
Loeb, United States District Attorney
Wise and Special Prosecutors Stimson.
Denison and w. Wickham Smith.
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Col. George r. Cotton of Illinois, for
merly collector Of customs at Manila.
was inaugurated as Governor Of Porto
Rico. succeeding Regis H. Post, resign
ed. The address of Gov. Cotton assert
ed that complete elf-governrnent
would ultimately come to the island
under the Stars and Stripes. He ex-
pressed the opinion that Porto Ricans
should have the privilege of becoming
American citizens.
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Secretary of the Treasury Macveagh
came to New York to confer with Col
lector Loeb and the federal prosecutor
in regard to the status of the Custom
House employees who have turned
States evidence The secretary decid-
ed to sustain Loeb in his promise of
immunity to these men, although they
were self-confessed criminals, and to
let them remain in the service
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Officials of the Indian bureau are de-
lighted over the Information that an
agreement has been entered into by
members Of the Minnesota Liquor
Dealers Association not to do business
with retailers who sell to the ndian
wards OF the government.