Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-04
Scraps and fafts.

art, New York manufacturer and
founder of the state agricultural
school, Morrisville. n. j., testified the
other day before the legislative COM
mittee Investigating food prices at CO.
lumbus. O. Mr.. Stewart said the COM
ic supplements ridicule the farmer
and his work and so drive the farm
ers sons to the cities. So few men
are left to raise crops that many farms
are being abandoned. Only the older
people remain on the farms, said Mr..
Stewart, and little food in excess OF
what is needed there is being produc-
ed. So II Is now comparatively easy
to corner the market on many food
commodities. He declared the situa-
ton is alarming and should be changed
by making farm life more attractive.
A clash in the testimony Of Gif-
ford Pinchot and Secretary Wilson,
was the feature of the proceedings
that are investigating the Pinchot-Ba
lnger controversy last Tuesday. 1t
will be remembered that Pincnot was
deposed as chief forester, because his
famous letter to Senator Dolliver Vio-
lated an order, that subordinate ofn-
cials should not address members OF
congress without the consent or their
chiefs Pinchot was under Secretary
Wilson. In his testimony before the
committee, he said that his letter to
Senator Dolliver had been sent with
the consent and approval of Secretary
Wilson. Secretary Wilson testified that
while he mad given Mr.. Pinchot per-
mission to write about departmental
affairs, he never did and never would
have given him permission to write a
letter criticising the president OF the
United States. He insisted that ne
never saw or heard Of the letter In
question, until it was read in the SEN
ate. Secretary Wilson, who is close
friend of Pinchot, was very much agi-
tated while on the stand, and the DEM
ocratic members of the committee sub
jected him to searching, cross-exam-
ination that proved to be very embar-
RAISING.
Ogden, Utah, March /: Flood con-
ditions almost unprecedented have al
most cut off the northwest and tied up
traffic on half dozen trans-continental
railroads. Thaws in the mountains have
caused avalanches that nave swept
away mountain towns and railroad
tracks in various places from Nevada
TO British Columbia. The exact num-
Der Of deaths caused by avalanches in
the Rockies in Idaho and in western
Montana, probably will not be known
until the summer sun melts the great
masses Of snow and ice in the canyons
into which several mining towns were
swept. In the Cascade mountains In
Washington, a Great Northern train,
with thirty or forty passengers, is re-
ported buried under snow slide.
Four ns-continental lines into
Washington and oregon are blockaded.
Only one railroad is operating into
Salt Lake City. Several hundred west
bound passengers are neld in Ogden.
Through traffic on the Oregon Short
Line was suspended today, but proba-
bly, will be resumed tomorrow. The
Denver & Rio Grande is the only road
entering Ogden that reports through
trains in operation. Reports from the
flooded districts in Nevada say that
water Is higher than in thirty years.
Letters from the census supervi-
sOrs to the United States census bu-
reau, show the erroneous apprehension
Of a considerable element Of tine popu-
lation that their answers to the enum-
orators questions in the next census,
beginning April Is, this year, will
cause increased taxation, legal entan-
clement. or injurious consequences to
their persons and property. In order
to quiet such fears, which would, un-
less removed. materially affect the ac-
curacy of the census, the bureau has
prepared an official statement relative
10 the census, it's origin, purpose, and
uses. II is emphatically declared by
the statement that the information
sought from the people Of the United
States is used solely for general sta
tistical purposes. 1t will neither be
published nor used in any other way
to disclose facts regarding any indi-
vidual or enterprise. The census Is
not, never has been. and can not be
employed to obtain information that
can be used in any way in the assess
ment of property for purposes of tax
alton or the collection Of taxes, either
national, state or local: or for depor-
tation proceedings, eXtradition meas
ures. internal revenue Investigations,
or in any way to affect the life, liberty,
or property of any person. Replies to
the enumerators are and must be held
by the census bureau in strict and alb
SOlute confidence. All officials and
clerks, before entering upon their
duties. are obliged to take a solemn
oath not to disclose any information
they may obtain, except to the census
bureau, and a violation of the United
q $1,000 fine or imprisonment for two
years or both.
- Washington, March 2: Steps
were taken today to incorporate the
Rockefeller Foundation in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The bill for this
purpose was introduced by Senator
Gallinger and was referred to the
committee on judiciary The purpose
of the foundation is to provide for a
general organization to conduct phil
anthropic work along all lines 1t is
understood that the foundation will
be endowed largely by John D.
Rockefeller and that he takes this
means to dispose of a large part Of his
enormous wealth. The incorpor-
ators named in the bill are John D.
Rockefeller, John d. Rockefeller. Jr.,
Fred T. Gates, Starr j. Murphy and
Charles o. Heydt. These incorpora-
tors are authorized to select associ-