The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-09-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Mention Made Of Many Important News
Items About !he Capital Ciiy.

Carolina, one Of the Atlantic coas
members Of the Rivers and Harbor
Committee, made an interesting
speech in the House the day Of tn
adjournment Of the extra session il
which he spoke i1lstructively on tn
intracoastal waterway problems. H
took occasion to lay stress upon tn
Importance of disseminating knowl
edge Of waterway Improvement sub
jects among the people, saying
Eve shall not hayGan ideal nationa
policy until the American peopl
shall be appropriately educated ant
a wise public opinion shall enforce
! its mandate upon Congress. Mucl
has been done in mis- line Of educa
ton. For about decade a propa
ganda has been waged the effect O.
which is easily discernable. The
National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress has made a large contribution
in the way Of inculcating a wise pol
icy. Various associations through.
out the country have been organ
lied to promote specific projects
and at the same time they have di-
rected the attention of the public to
the necessity and the wisdom Of i'm
proved waterways. The people are
gradually learning that the problem
is not sectional bat national, and
that the people of the interior, even
when distant from waterways, re-
ceive an indirect advantage. afford
ing ample compensation.
There will be tried in the Wash
ington public school system a. the
beginning Of the fall session Of the
Business High School the unique eS-
pertinent Of a savings bank with al.
its officers composed of pupils Of tn ;
school, except the chairman Of the
board of directors, who will he the
head of the school, all the other di-
rectors being pupils The project is
not only to teach and incUlcate thrift:
and economy, but Ior convenience,
the Dank De.ng ioca.ed i,l the school
building. There are no restrictions
as to deposits and Withdrawals.
Up to August 18th judgments
were rendered in the courts on re-
ports by the Agricultural Depart
ment in conformity with the food
and drugs act Of Congress in l 900
cases. An alphabetical list of these
cases is published arranged under
four heads-food. beverages, medi-
Gated soft drinks and drugs. Under
the food head it appears there have
been most violations with respect to
and adulteration in
citrus fruit extracts, notably lemons,
while eggs, milk and butter also
figure largely. Many frauds are
shown in tomato ketchups and in
olive oil. In beverages the
judgments fall most upon coffee,
waters, beer, wine and whiskey.
Offenders in drugs are very largely
quick headache cures.
The Hobo national convention.
held this week in Washington, came
to close without a quorum, there
by giving a near imitation Of the
Congress Of the United States on the
eve of adjournment, sine die. The
Sons Of Rest consistently succeeded
in accomplishing nothing.
A Washington pos5office employe
handling aletter addressed to Hon.
Charles E. Hughes, Washington, D.
c., endorsed it deceased and sent
it back to the sender. The letter
was intended for Justice Hughes of
the United States Supreme Cours
about whom nothing is deceased
except his thick black whiskers,
which he recently had removed.
President Taft itinerary for his
western swing, beginning Septem-
Der Is and ending November l at
the national capital, will traverse
Is, coo miles, take him into twenty
states and 115 cities, and will likely
involve more than 200 speeches
hardly less than four or five day.
The tabular summary OF general
agricultural data for the United
States, just completed by the Census
Bureau, shows remarkable progress
in values put upon farm land and
property Of all kinds. In Striking
contrast with the slow growth in
the number and acreage Of farms
and the area Of improved lana dur
ing the ten years, from 1900 to
1910, is the enormous rise in the
value of farm property. Farm land.
exclusive Of buildings, which were
valued at Sl3,o58, ,O0S,0 in 1900,
had more than doubled before 1910.
being then returned as having a
value of S28, ,3S6, 770,000 an increase