The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-01-21
PROSPEROUS
Year FOR farmers.
Though Not as Good aSLast
Year.
President Talks Earnestly With
Members of Congress Rela-
tive to Petty Disputes.

OF the country, and especially that
of the farmer, is drawn in the state
ment of domestic exports for 1909
prepared by the Bureau of Statistics
OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor. Corn at 40 cents bushel,
wheat at s1.04 cents and about II
cents for every pound of cotton ex-
pSrted is the record. More than S24,-
Ooe, 900 worth of corn and siS,0O0,OOO
worth of wheat went from American
ports to feed the world last year
More than $500, 000,O 600 worth OF cot
ton went To foreign looms and as these
figures show only the exports from
the principal ports, the detailed state
ments will be larger. While there are
some decreases from 1908 the show
ing on the whole is entirely salts
factory.
A decided change of policy has been
adopted by the Rivers and Harbors
committee of the House. Hereafter
an annual Rivers and HaTbors appro-
priation bill will be prepared by the
committee from estimates submitted
At the beginning of each session. It
has been the practice of the COM
mittee since 1882 TO draft Rivers
and Harbors bill every other year and
at times three years have interviewed
between bills. The committee is AT
work on a measure which will authO-
riSe the expenditure Of about $1,000,
noe. The last bill was passed al the
close Of tho Goth Congress and car
Rod S75000 900.
President Taft is talking earnestly
and frankly to members Of Congress,
both regulars and insurgents. point
ing out 10 them the folly of their
course in permitting controversies
Of personal nature 70 r5tard leglsla-
ton. create the impression in the
public mind that The Ia, iOnal legis-
lature is devoting most of lis time
10 fighting and thus menacing Repub-
lican success next November. The
President takes the ground that a
large part Of the existing strife is
purle. To those who have Insisted
on the importance of eliminating Can
nonism, Ny. Taft has pointed out
that their aim can be be- achieved
by a sincere and earnest campaign
and can in nnwiSe BE- promoted by
% petty warfare. a victory over Cannon
when there IS something a sake, as
Tor instance legislation recommend
I'd by the admiuieua ion. he has
pointed ont, would mean grpl.
doal. NJ Tai. has also admonishcd
the regular Republicans not 20 go
about vii chips on their shoulders
seeking occasions to make things I'M
pleasant for the insurgents. He has
not hesita;.d 10 voice his cpnJomp
Tor some Of jhe methods adopted bu.
no is disposed 10 believe tha. ~
the work Of the session advances and
members have really important az
tdirs to occupy their minds they
viii abandon thair f.c;ional bickcr-
ing and devote thcm.elvcs earnestly |
TO serious work
There IS disposition in admins |
trative and political circles In WASH |
ingtOn not 20 view national confer |
enees and conventions, other than |
political. with great regard To- The |
National Conference on Uniform State |
Legislation which will most here on
,hnU1ry Il. IS and 10 h. an exception |
10 the rule. The number Of highly |
important subjects which This confer
cnce is to discuss, the ability and
character OF the men who will partici-
Uato in he discussions and the wide
ly Representative tone of the con-
ference ITSELF all lend 10 the belief
that genuinely important Results
may be effected. The President has
already legur wcik on the cd ir'fs
which he will dc'.vcr and long list
u important Speakers has been Sc
cured.
fttDIfSt uldliNt l4dHlD VI NhBluId |
has introduced bill providing that
$300,100 be paid by the government
to Colonel Robert f.. Lee jr, adj
ministrator de boHis non OF George
Washington's estate, for the al
legged loss of land in amilton and
Clermont cOuntss Ohio, which origi-
naIly belonged to the first President.
There can be no doubt that some
difficulty will Be experienced by Mr.
Lamb in obtaining the passage of the
bill but an even more difficult task
would await the administrators of
the claim should they be called upon
10 find the rightful heirs on General
The claim OF Colonel
Lee rests on the following basis: Lord
Durmore of Virginia issued a Land
varrent to John Rootes in 1868 which