Putnam patriot., 1911-02-24
Editorial Scraps

cents. fn Chicago, last week, Is being used by those opposed e Canadian re- cipfocitY. as the dire warning that wheat will be cheaper II Congress adopts the agreement Well, 1T lts adoption makes bread cheaper the mil lions will be glad to have il pass, even If the thousands who grow wheat lose a few cents a bushel on their crop. But fl the fall in the price af wheat in thi- eago does indicate a fear of reciproci- ty. does similar fall in the price of wheat in Toronto, Canada, also indi- cate fear there that reciprocity will ininre their farmers2 That must fol- low logically. if the premise k correct in the conclusion drawn that is used on this side of the line 10 oppose reef proeity.
 The plague that is devastating some of the provinces of China has entered Russia through the return Of some sol. dfers. IT it gets a foothold there it Is likely to spread to ihe rest Of Eu- rope, and A watchful guard will have to be set to prevent the seoufge reach ing this country
 k. k. Wilson, Secretary of the China Relief committee, writes in regard to the famine
 aMore than million people are star wing al this time and will need aid Tor many months Those on the ground and familiar with the situation, state that s2 contributed now will save the life of some man, woman or child
 Later dispatches from China say the number of people in dire need of i'm mediate aid Is now estimated at about two millions. An appeal k made Tor cohtfibutions to the Christians Of the world to help save the helpless, starv- ing millions of Chinese men, women and children. The Red Cross is the surest body to which faads should be sent President Taft Is is Lead officer.
 Six nuns from Portugal, driven out by the government which dethroned King Manuel, arrived in New York on Saturday, on their way 10 seek a haven in Baker City, Oregon. They were in- vited to Oregon by the Bishop of that diocese to aid inc Capuchin mis sion there and to found q convent. The United States k the safe haven for ali classes and order, of good people
 That crime has relatively increased in England and Wales during the de- eade ending with l909 Is A fact of in lerest as IL cannot be attributed to fo- reign immigration, AS IS done in this country. England and Wales get very little new population from foreign inn migration. If crime increases the mo- rals of the English people of the ma. tive stock must be getting worse.
 An official Roman Catholic directo- ", for 1911, shows a membership of that church, in the nited States, Of of lI,6ls, 76l-more than any three of the largest Protestant denominations- with II ,40l churches and IT ,0S4 priests. Should the Poped be driven out of Eu- rope, as Is threatened, he will find in the United States a safe asy lum where 'he can administer bis sl ritual power to larger and more loyal body than ii any country in Europe
 Violent earthquakes abound in the Old World just now. Last Monday, al Mona,lir, Turkey, and elsevh here in that region, a violent earthquake de stroyed mosques, houses with some loss o5 life
 h eNeavatng among the uins of Palestine, an expedition under the di- reelion ot Prol RcmeEo Harvard, uu. eatihod thel palace of Jezebel, Queen ot Israel, with thousands of small ar. ttcles of interest. among which were amulets, jewels and charms, which arc described in ihe Bible as being so e,. sentIai n part of the equipment of the Queen With the finds the party were able 10 reconstruct, to q great extent. the life al that time with regard 10 the domestic features of dailv existence They learned now they cooked, how the did their work on the farm, whal they did in the city, how their store, were kept, even how they sent theil orders to the grocer.
 The Mayor of Seattle, Washington lmed Gill, failed to enforce the law .ainsl the various evil resorts ot ths city, feeling confident the complainer could not hurt him. The Stale has tn recall, by which, on petition of Ger tain per cent of its voters, any office can be busted by ordering & new cleo ton and getting majority to ovote hin out and 8 new man in. The State ha, just granted To women the right To vot, and when the election took place ths united vote of the women helped ts depose Mayor Gill and to clean out the evil resorts. That will help the grow ing cause of the right of women to vote at every election throughout the land.