The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-06-17
Rashnglon Letter.

ure of Louisia14l Washington has an
experience ssaiewhat unique in its
history. The Gosesuor of tae state.
the Mayor of New Orleans and mayors
of Numerous othsr soutbern cities
with many prominent uhoffl iaI citi-
zens of the south arrived on a special
train with the legislature Their
object is to urge Congress to make
/ New-Orleans the theatre for the cele-
bration of the opening of the Panama
Canal This delegation has been
treated with unusual Donors in the
capital city, for the peaceful and
patriotic invasion has received ma
tion-wi attention. The delegation
was received at the Union Station by
Senators Emory and Foster of Louisi-
ana and by the Representatives in
Congress from that state, and auto
mobiles were on hand to convey the
entire party to the New Willard
Hotel. Later in the day the U. S. s.
Dolphin, under charge of the Secre-
tary of the Nayyyconveyed the guests
t0 Mt. Vernon. The President had
expressed a wish to entertain the
entire party at dinner at the White
House, but Notwithstanding its
spaciousres ess, the dining room, it is
said, is not large enough for this
Immense throng, and The plan has
been changed to a reception at the
White House which will be given
later in the week. The Louisiana re-
presentation is decidedly larger and
more imposing, with a guaranteed
fund of ten millions, than was the
somewhat meager delegation from
San Francisco with it's guarantee of
five millions, and if it becomes
question of the relative bigness of
delegations and of money, New
Orleans will hold the stage until
bigger crowd with a bigger purse ap-
pears. These considerations, how
ever, do not touch the question that
the United States capital is the
proper place for an international
Celebration.
1t seems that the United States is
to have through the present session
of Congress another billion dollar APP
preparation, and this in spite of the
advice ofthe administration. Efforts
have been made by Republican
leaders to hold down the~amount APP
propriated, but these efforts have APP
parently failed. There is every in
dication that the appropriation for
this session will go beyond the APP
preparation of last session, which
amounted to 81, ,O44 100000 President
Taft urged retrenchment, but mem !
bers of Congress are urging appro-
priatiOrs for harbors, for river i'm
provemeuts and for public buildings.
a billion dollar ppropriation would
have been uuthinkable fifty years
ago. Who will attempt to predict
what the appropriation will be fifty
years hence?
With the exception of the parcels
post bill, there is no measure before
Congress that promises to be of so
much benefit to the country at large
as the postal savings bank bill which |
viii in a day or two be reported by
Congressman Gardner. This measure !
was under discussion in Republican |
caucuses last week and the only sec
tion of the bill in dispute is that relat-
ing to the disposition of postal saw
ings. The minority is insisting that |
a certain percentage of postal de-
posits shall remain in the communities |
where the deposits have been made
Others hold that discretion should be
vested ia the President so that he |
may use these postal deposits for
investment in government bonds or
may shift them in time of financial
distl ess to money conters. 1t is quite |
probable that Congress will get to-
gelher on this bill and it will be |
passed in some form at this session |
The news that there is an impend- |
ing boycott of American goods in
China, while not alarming, is far
from pleasant. There is very little |
exportatiou OF American goods to
China. BY far the greater part of
the eXportation is such that the
Clinese cannot well do without
Kerosene, for example, has done more
for that beniehted country than any
thing perhaps that it has received
from the rest of the world. The
Chinese will scarcely be so stupid =
to snuT uut their light 1t is difficult
for an American to understand the
Chinese situation. There is no
Chinese sentiment or even thought
a dense III ass Of excessively poor peo-
pie who do nOt understand the langu
age OF their neigh boring village
twenty miles Off, OF course do OF
know that this government remitted
a Boxer indemnity of millions of
cellars. This bOycOtting, whether
i0cal or International. is poor bus
ne-s. but what right have we to con-
plain, who boycott thrifty, ecouomi-
e hardwOrkiuo Chinese Immigrants
w who spend millions through mis-
>iOns u fit them for heaven. but hold
that they arc not it to live in the
UEItcd States.