Putnam patriot., 1911-04-14
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northern AEEE AFt alttt ttati tt't ftf -s-'-f gsu. according 10 a letter written oF John G. Ferguson, chairman of ihe central China famine relief fund eSecu= l live committee. to the Shanghai Mef. cury. The afflicted territory is within I50 miles Of Shanghai.
 The edict of the Chinese government 1 forbiddlag poppy culture was ne ses si= ! tyif the opium traffic ga. to be sup pressed. but Il Ait the farmers Of Nun nan 1he second largest province very i hard II has been estimated that five 1 wears ago six.tenths Of the arabie land : of the province was under peoples and ! that the average profit from the crop I was between 500 and 4o9 per cent.
 News comes from Memphis Tenn of the purchase by the spiuuens asso- ciation of Manchester. Eng. of s2,oo0 l acres of land al Rosedae in Mississippi l where il is proposed to raise long staple 1 cotton on large scale. The price paid l for this land is between Si ,500le90 and i s2.088. .oU0, and about sl ,000, ,00e mofe will be spent the first year introducing the most improved system of cuitiva- ton. Here is very interesting depart ure, and an important one, for there seems no reason why the large cotton manufacturers should not ultimately and perhaps soon be raising their own raw material. If, as is claimed, cotton B. vrc3ftf.aI al s.s4=a., oatt4S a t,f,ard the big cotton manufacturers may well ask why they should pay l5 cents a pound for cotton, when they can supply their own at less than half The price asked. In this way fl might be possi- ble to eliminate to A large degree the speculation in cotton, with the conse- quent fluctuations in price. Here Is a place where Englishmen, usually re- gafded as slow going, have given an important pointer to the great cotton interests Of this county,
 The United States Geological Survey reports that in 1908 about a4 ooo pounds Of stream lin was mined in Alaska and shipped to England.
 N hen the national republican con Ventiou meets in 1912, there wit be but one name before it William Howard Taft, predicted Chaancey NJ DepeW former senator from New York, tn his first public utterauce since the election of his successor. "l believe he con tinued, "that as President Taft's meas ures are better understood, his unselhsh patriotism and devotion to the public service better known among the peo pie, that be will grow in popular favor He is one of the most misunderstood ol our presidents.
 "His life has been judicial and never one of political strife, and so he look. upon questions as a judge and not from the viewpoint of a politician. IL never occurs to him what may be the affect of measure upon his poliliea fortunes.
 There comes from Chicago a story that books and records of bank vii be used in support of the charge mad, by Clarence S. Funek of the Inierna tionsl Harvester Company that fund of SlO0,O00 was raised to land Mir. Lori mer in the United States Senate. Sc far from being settled, The Loimer ease seems now Ia be as interesting as al any earlier stage.
 The question before the Worcester school committee is whether NJ. Patrick was born in Scotland CT in France \ textbook proposed for Use in one of the grades gives the honor to Scotland The republican committeeman stand by the textbook the democrats. headed by Dr Sullivan, insist thai the saint began fife as Frenehman.
 In ten yearS the mnuicipalized street railways of Hull lEuglandf have tufn, ed more than s7uQ.eo0 Of clear proal into the ely treasury.
 In Australia voters who are sway from home ontelcction day can go te the post office and send thelr votes b, mail.
 The order of the Knights of Colum bus of Connecticut is contemplating es taoliShing a tuberculosis hospital foi the benefit Of its members, and Stats Deputy William J MulliTan has app olnied committee 10 devise WAYS and means and also A plan of operation for the hospital.
 Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked delivered his farewell sermon al the FInh Ave nue Baptist church, New York, sun. day. He said that denominations mean nothing. lie is not in harmony with the American Baptist. Is an ad- Noeate of the free church and there should 6e al least one church in every city, which would not reject The bap- tized or the unhaptized. This, he said, was his dream, He referred 10 Pre- sident raft as sn inspired leader in the cause Of international peace, snd he has taken rank with greatest benefac. tors of Ihe human rscc.