Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-17
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FROM WASHINGTON,
Correspondence of Alexandria Gazettel

In a telegram of congratulation
made public BY the State Department
today, President Taft lauds in un
measured terms the leadership o
President Diaz Of tine Republic o
Mexico on the occasion Of the cele
bratirn OF the Mexican centennial. Mr.
Taft said: Upon this great anniver
sary allows me to add to the message:
of cordial friendship taken to your excel
lency and the government and people
of Mexico by the special ambassador
as the delegate of this neighborlng
republic my own sincere feliclatlons
and also to offer my best shes and
congratulations to your excellency
whose name will ever be associated
with the splendid era Of which today
is the centennial" The message,
Which was sent yesterday, was acknoW-
lodged by President Diaz.
Intimate friends OF Secretary OF the
Interior Ballinger here today declared
that he will come to Washington next
week prepared to fight to the last ditch
to hold Office. 1t was asserted that
Ballinger does not believe President
Taft has turned against him and that
he will maintain his attitude OF being
ready to resign at Taft's request but not
otherwise 'Balllnger is not party
man; n.declared one Of his friends to-
day. Arguments about the welfare
of the organization will not appeal to
him much, when compared with the
great personal interests he has at stake. :
The Ballingcr men stated that .hc would
return defiant. They predicted that il
he is forced out of the cabinet, at the
coming meeting, it will be after a
struggle and only when the president
forces it. Ballinger's repeated state
mcnt Il will not resign" will be made
good in any event they argue, because
resignation at the request OF TAFT, III
reality, would be removal.
Shin Wing and Lo Wen Chuang,
Chinese delegates OF the international
Prison Congress, which will be held IN
Washington next month, will arrive III
New York on the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria about September "a, according
to information received at the State De-
partment today. A number of the
delegates of other countries have al
ready arrived.
Papers have been prepared for suit
demanding the dissolution OF the Sugar
Trust and will be filed by United States
Attorney Wise in New York, as soon
as Attorney General Wickersham gives
the word. This information was OBJ
tanned at the Department OF Justice to-
dav and it was stated that Wickersham
was in New York ready to order the
action instituted. The charges against
the sugar trust are similar to those
made against the Standard Oil Com
pany and the tobacco trust. Decisions
in the suit to dissolve those comblna-
tons will be given the U. S. Supreme
Court next winter. 1t has been under
stood that the government would not
attack any more of the great corpora
tons until the opinion Of the Supreme
Court had been rendered i'll the oil and
tobacco cases. The strength OF the
evidence is said to be so great, however,
in this case that it was not considered
necessary to await action by the court.
Preparation of the evidence has been
done under the personal supervision OF
Attorney GeneralWickersham and he is
reported to be highly gratified over the
showing that will be made by the
government. The trust was organized
in 1891, It. has had control OF the
sugar industry and it is alleged that the
amount Of its profits have been limited
ONLY to the tax, in the form Of the price
of sugar, that it desired to lay on the
people. The trust not only is alleged
10 combat all production ofretined sugar
but it is credited with the ownership OF
more than half of the beet sugar
factories.
So far as is indicated by the census
figures to date there is little increase OIL
the percentage of growth of American
cities between the decade just passed
and that Of 1S9O-1900. A recapituia-
ton of the enumerations Of cities OF
over %, 900 thus far announced issued
bv the census bureau today shows that
for twenty-nine cities having popula'
ton OF over 100000 and aggregating in
the 1910 enumeration 13,596,S19 in
habitants the rate of increase for the
last decade was 81 per cent and for the
decade 1S90-1900 was 31.3 per cent.
This slight decrease it is expected
will be overcome by subsequent returns.
The increases of the smaller cities,
however, is far larger. Fifty four cities
having Il population between 25,OOl
and 100, 600 have SO far enumerated
and show an aggregate population OF
of ;, 1913, los. The rate of increase fol-
them in the last decade is 49,. This
is regarded by the census experts as
phcnomcnally high. Two OF these
cities, Muskogee, Okla, and Niagara
Falls were not included in the 1890
census. Omitting them for the purpose
of comparison, the rcmaiHing cities
show a rate OF increase i'll the last
decade of II percent as compared
with 29.7 in the decade 1S90-19OO.
The increase is equally distributed over
the country Or four OF the larger
cities showing the greatest increases
one, Atlanta, is southern; two, Newark
and Bridgeport, arc eastern; and four,
Detroit, Denver, Kansas City and Co.
lumbus. Ohio, are scattered well over
| the middle west, two east and two west