Putnam patriot., 1910-11-18
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The controversy between the Com mons and the House of Lords, over the question Of the veto power Of the Lords with reference to measures pasesd by the House, remains unsettled after \ conference. England Is ripe 10 become . Republic. It only lacks some addi- tiQnal incident 10 start movement to n'xweep away kings, lords And all a'is' tocracy that divides the people Into higher and inferior classes.
 Exports Of manufactures from the United Siaiesan the year lending next month, will, for the first time, exceed SsO0. ,Oeo In value. Exports Of for. ei9n merchandise from this country were also the largest on record.
 Hon. John r. Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party in the English House Of Commons, recently aeliyefed an eloquent address on "1he Home Rule Tn Ireland, to an i'm. mense audience, in theatre in Hart ford
 Dr. Bryce, Canada's chief medical officer. expects that this years figures will show that Canada has welcomed Is0. .0o0 new settlers from the taited States. Being educated and tntetit' gent men, they will have sn iahaeaee in bringing about tbe closest possible relations between their late and adopaed country.
 The gfeat increase tn ehinais exports Of the soya bean, which has at almost al one bound taken n position above that of tea, in the list of expofts, and nearly as high as silk. This means an enormous increase in the purchasing power of The farmer class but of their rapid advance in the methods Of the more civilized nations. The United States, which the Chinese people now greatly admire, will largely profit from the advancement of this denseiy pofu lated country.
 Alfred k. Trion, President of the Chicago Board Of Education, believes  problem, so far as the public schools are concerned, when it made Miss Ella Flag Superintendent. The schools are working under the most efficient con ditions to be found anywhere in the country. Other cities ought To profit by knowing her system.
 Killed, a,soi; Injured g. ,37l. is the casualty record of the railroads In the United States for the past year -an in- crease of .0l3 in the number killed, and IS, ,454 in the number injured over the preceding year. The slaughter would have been double that mention ed had not the government compelled the railroads to use numerous safet, devices. There were i5,s6i collisions killing 5a3 persons aud iBjuring i,ibl which were pfeventaeIe, and leglsla- ton to do so is needed.
 New England has over 5000 ,0o0 O acres planted to corn, and averages tn, highest price for her corn. cenneeti cut cultivated this year ,, ,46o ,ooo acres --60 .o0, acres more than any other New England State, and raised three bush els an acre more than the others The yield WIS il bushels an acre, ana that may vel be doubled. One mar produced l38 bushels to an acre, and another man l2D.
 Deposits in the savings banks Of tn, United States increased more than x4,0O0, ,000,000. There are 3o0,oo0 more savings bank depositors than there were year ago. VI The average depesi- tors account was $40 % just S2i. r more than last year. The Americans are the richest people on the earth.
 The Public Service Commission oi New York tested as,552 gas meters in oetober, and found that b5.s per cent Of these were registering : per cent er nofe in excess of what went through.
 The uniled states, Germany, Rus. sia, sweden Norway, have recognized the Republic of Portugal.
 President Taii's ffst day on the canal gone, Panama, MAS spent in go. Ing over the delailed reports of pro. gross and in consulting chiefs of de. paftments. The President expressed himself as greatly pleased at the con. ailioa of affairs. The President was assured that the canal would hc com pleled and opened fot business lanua. " l. i9ia.
 Baltimore has undertaken recount from the Federal census, believing lhe latter was incomplete.