Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-12-16
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON

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affrODt The Pasadena girls were
within their rights and they have
the sympathy Of California girls snd
the girls Of the United States But
what about this international Expo
sitinn for which California and the
Pacific coast is clamOring9 The
support Of that Exposition, if held at
San Francisco. must come from the
Orient. We all know the attitude Of
San Francisco TO the Orient. II very
recently brought us to the verge Of
war with japan, and there are posi-
bilities Of serious trouble in an Inter.
national Exposition held on the Pa
cifc slope. The proper place fT an
exposition to celebrate the completion
Of the Panama Canal will be the cap
itOl Of the United States. New Or
leans, San Francisco? ga plague on
both your housesr'
The Secretary of War has jnst re.
turned from the Philippines by way
Of Asia and Europe bringing the
somewhat trlte information that our
Malayan acquisition from Spain is
not ct for self government. Well,
what country ever was fit9 The
real difference is that the Philippines
are less fit, or least fit. 1t is posi-
tive bencdiction to some countries
like India, Egypt and the Philipp-
pines 70 be governed by an Anglo.
Saxon people. All children need
guidance and control. and these peo
piles are not only "half devil and
half child" but "devil, ostrich and
orphan child in one"
The Presidents message is the
most voluminous ever printed, and is
generally considered to be an impor-
tant and up to date document. Few
readers will peruse it from end to
end, and the epitomes furnished by
the press are excellent as time savers.
The President earnestly favors the
fertilization of the Panama Canal,
and surely if it is worth digging, il
is worth defending. Without forth
fication it could be destroyed by q
few pounds of dynamite in q single
night. To fortify the Canal is no
challenge to the peace of the world.
International interests demand its
protection.
The Secretary Of Agriculture has
now completed his most optimistic of
reports. The value of the Agrlcul-
tural products of the country in 1910
is estimated at IS, 1926, 900. 900, and
Mr.. Wilson says that at no time in
the worlds history has a country
equalled this record. 1t is quite
probable that those even who are
now past middle age may see an ag-
ricultural output equalling in value
one trillion Of dollars.
$50
The recommendation Of the Score
tary of Agriculture to eliminate
middle men and for cooperative or
ganizatious of farmers and coopera-
tive societies of consumers to get to.
gether, shortening the distance be-
tween the farm and the dinner-table
is we'll worthy of consideration.
There is expectation that the re-
Gently elected Congress will oe less
under the hypnotism of the express
companies and more mindful of the
popular demand for a parcels post
than past Congresses have been. The
President in his message urges legis-
lation authorizing the Post Ofie De.
partment to transport packages in
the mails at reasonable rates with
reasonable limitations as to bulk and
weight. The present mailing condi
tions are most unreasonable, having
been dictated by the express COM
panies to throw the cream of the
carrying business in their direction.
The backwardness of our country
in this modern postal facility Is
shameful, for the parcels post is ex.
tant even in such countries as China,
Japan, Africa, Australia, Asia Minor
Turkey aud Korea, to say nothing Of
European countries.
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Senator LaFollette is by odds the
"independent Senator in the United
States. Most Senators, when invit-
ed to the White House for consulta-
ton, accept the honor as a command.
Not so Senator Toilette. He wrote
the President little note saying in
substance, 81 will, if consistent with
my sense of duty. approve your ap
pointments to the Supreme Bench,
but beware that your appointees
have clean records or IN oppose their
} confirmation by the Senate"