The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-18
GAINING
In FOREIGN TRADE
TOTAL VALUE or EXPORTS FOR
SEPTEMBER ABOVE THAT
FOR ANY YEAR PRE-
VIOUS.

going after the foreign trade harder
than ever before, and they are getting
it. This is shown by the expert fig
ures Of the United states for Septem-
Der. During that month there was
distinct upward movement, the total
value of exports being larger than in
any previous September in the history
of the export trade. This marked adj
vance was largely due to heavy ex-
ports of cotton at unusually high
prices, the cotton exports for the
month amounting to 399,OO0,000 pounds
valued at S55,000,00O, an average of
1871 cents per pound.
Exports valued at $16S, S5S,093 were
shipped during September This ex-
ceeded the total of any month Of the
current year, and also the total of
September, 1909, by almost $3.50, 100000.
For the nine months ended with Sep
TENDER the total exports amounted to
$1,222,911,2 0S, an increase of almost
$62,000,000 over the same period last
year.
During September the value of goods
shipped out of the country exceeded
the imports by $51 ,5S7,079, this excess
September except 1897 and 1900. For
the nine months ended with Septem-
Der there was an excess of exports
over imports of $5O,5s5,29S.
Watching migrants.
With the knowledge that for the
past month cholera cases have been
developing in Russia at rate exceed
ing 5000 per day, the public health
and marine hospital service is exert
ing itself to the utmost to prevent the
Introduction of the dreaded disease
into the United States. While not as
yet assured of success, the service is
hopeful.
The situation is not so threatening
as in 1898, when we prevented the
appearance of the epidemic in this
country" said DR.. Walter Wyman,
surgeon general of the service, with
cautious optimism.
Reviewing the situation today, DR..
Wyman went into details regarding
the ravages of the disease in Russia
and Italy, and told of the preventative
measures adopted by the government.
He said that in Russia between june
25 and Oct. there had been S32,SS5
cases and 152,5S1 deaths, and that
the disease is distributed generally
throughout the empire
Recently the bureau has learned that
agents of certain lines have been cir
cularizing Russia, advising emigrants
to ship to the United States via Libau
on the Baltic, or Odessa, on the Black
sea, to avoid the restraint at the Ger
man ports At Libau the public health
service has maintained an officer for
two years, and to meet the possible
situation at Odessa the United States
consul at that port has been cabled by
the state department to enforce rigidly
detention and disinfection of baggage
and other details of the treasury regu-
lations, such as prohibition of food on
persons or in luggage.
AS a measure of extra precaution,
while 1t is felt that the quarantine de-
lenses are efficacious, it has been de-
termined to keep track of Immigrants
from Russia and Italy by notifying the
state health authorities of the states
for which they are bound, giving the
points of destination.
To Fight Peonase Evil.
Believing that hundreds of southern
negroes are being deprived of their
liberty by big planters under forms of
law, the federal government will try
this week to induce the supreme court
of the United States to strike blow
at the alleged evil. This it viii do by
asking the court to declare unconst1-
tutionaF the so called Alabama labor
contract" law.
The treatment Of negro farm hands
under this law is interpreted by the
department of justice as reduction of
these laborers to a state of peonage.
The case comes to the court on the
appeal of negro, Alonzo Bailey, from
the decision of the supreme court of
Alabama, which held the law consti-
tutional and punished Bailey for
violating It by assessing fine equiv
alent to 1856 days hard labor for the
county.
Bailey entered into a written con-
tract to work as farm hand for the
Riverside company during the year
1908 for So per month, the contract
reciting that Bailey was to receive sis
in advance and was to receive the ball
ance due him at the rate of $10.75 per
month He worked a month and few
days and then quit 1t was alleged
without just cause. He had failed. the
record alleges, to refurd the tnoaey
| advanced him.
The negro WAS arrested aneer the
labor contract law" This law pro-
vides that in contracts entered into by
! a laborer with intent to defroud,
where money was advanced, the com
tract broken without just cause and
| the money not refunded, the laborer
should be guilty OF misdomeanor.