The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-08-12


pay-rolls for construction work. owing to the as
sessments made necessary by the workmen's COM
pensaton act.
The Public Service Commission expects to add
at least $20 O00 900 to the tax rolls of the state
result of its jurisdiction public service firms
and corporations
Another step toward carrying out campaign
pledges was taken by the majority of the House of
Representatives when it adopted cotton schedule
which greatly reduces the tax on all kinds of COT
ton goods.
If the republican senate and President Taft will
permit the bill to become law, the public will be
assured of substantial reductions in prices. The
bill is so framed as to be particular boon to the
poor, for the greatest reductions made on cot
tons used by the middle classes and the poor.
This feature of the democratic bill is in particular
ly striking contrast to the Payne-Aldrich law,
which evies the lowest rates on the grades of cot
ton used by the wealthy and the highest tax on
the cottons used by the poor.
The cotton bill reported by the democratic Ways
and Means committee is especially designed to
benefit the women and children of the country,
there being reduction Of more than 45 per cent
on nearly every item in the cotton bill used by
them.
Fishing with seine 5,4OO feet in length and 80
feet in width, operated by powerful wndlass. is
the work in which employees of Bartholomew
Brothers of St. Louis will engage the middle Of
this month"; in an effort to clear the lakes in Spo-
kane county of carp The fish will be sent to st.
Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and other eastern
points in refrigerator cars. 1t is estimated that
the total shipments will amount to more than so
cars. Trout, bass and other game fish caught in
the draws will be put back into the water, accord
ing to an agreement with the firm and ]. A. Uhlig
fish and game warden of the county. The seine
fisherman will be accompanied by a state officer,
who will see that the game fish are protected
Warden Uhlig says that carp weighing up to 30
pounds have been caught on vegetable and fish
bait in the vicinity of Spokane this summer. 1t is
estimated that the carp have destroyed billions Of
trout eggs during the last few years.
Hamilton tried four times to have clause in
serted in the constitution empowering the supreme
court to annul laws of congress and was four
times defeated. In spite Of that the court has
nulled over 20 laws enacted by congress and more
than 200 by state legislatures.
If the steel trust makes rails for Australia at
$24 ton, and for the United States at $28 ton
asks Golfers magazine, which of the two countries
is the beneficiary of the American tariff? An
swers to this question will be received by the Ex-
aminer up to eight O'Clock next week.
Bankers and business men generally expect
marked improvements in business conditions
throughout the Pacific northwest as the result of
the bumper crops the farms are turning out this
year. 1t is believed the distribution of the crop
money among the farmers will mean renewed act
ivity in all lines and in none more particularly
than in the lumber industry. A reawakening of
the lumber business will be widely beneficial by
reason of the money it distributes among a large
number of people, The grain harvest now in full
swing, is the most satisfactory feature in the
whole situation. The yield of the three Pacific
northwest states is fixed at better than 100000
bushels and prospects are favorable for high
prices. Fruit hops salmon, and all the varied re-
sources of the northwest states will contribute
their share to the continued prosperity of this
section of the country
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, storm petrol between
food dopers and the Taft administration has been
militant government chemist for % years. Pack
ers of embalmed beef are arrayed against him be-
cause of his fight against the use of benzoate of
soda. Benzoate increases the profits of embamed
beef packers because it will restore and pre-
serve meats that have become putrescent. The
cost of manufacture of bologna and sausage may
be materially reduced by using water and cereals.
Water costs nothing and the cereal is cheaper
than meat. The result is cheapening of the pro-
duct and lowering of the food value. But when
water and cereal are used the meat begins to sour
It is to prevent this souring process that the ben