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for the past FIVE years. !.
The actual cost Of each consignment
Of raw sugar purchased this year.
The amount Of raw sugar on hand
July /, 1911, and fits actual cost.
The amount Of raw sugar contracted
for but not delivered July /, 1911,
with actual dates Of delivery. I,
The number of pounds of refined.
sugar in stock or owned by the rel
finers July /.
The beet sugar companies also are
required to state the number of tonsI
of beets sliced, the cost of makingI
Many members Of the special inves-i
tigating committee, of which Repre-
sentative Hardwick of Georgia Isl
chairman, have expressed the belief
that all stocks of raw sugar were'
contracted for prior to July /, and
that the sharp rise in price during,
the summer resulted In large profits
for the refiners.
For Government-Own Road.
Washington.-A bill providing forl
the construction of governments
owned road in Alaska was introduced
in the house by Representative An.
derson of Minnesota. Mr. Anderson's,
proposal is for the construction of a
railroad connecting Seward on ResurA
rection Bay to the Matanuska coal
! fields as recommended by Secretary
of Interior Fisher, and will doubtless
be recommended by President Taft in
his forthcoming Alaska message" to-
congress. The Anderson bill providesi
for a bond issue to cover cost of con-.
struction to bear 3 per cent interest
! for 80 years.
Washington, ID. c. - The Sulzer
joint resolution for the termination Of
the treaty of 1892 between the United
States and Russia, because of the lat
ter's discrimination against Jewish
American citizens, passed the house
300 to 1. The one negative vote was
cast by Representative Malby of New
York. A practically identical resolu-
tion by Senator Culberson of Texas
Is pending in the senate. Favorable
action of both houses would be nee
essary to make either resolution effec-
| tive.
olutions would direct the president to
give Russia Immediately the years.
notice necessary for the complete
abrogation of the treaty that has been
in force nearly 20 years.
An attempt led by Representative
Olmstead of Pennsylvania to modify
the Sulzer resolution SO as to avoid
making the direct charge that Russia
has violated the treaty in refusing to
recognize the passports of American
nent Republicans declared that the
house should not 60 on record as
charging a violation of the treaty. but
should adopt language stating that
Russia had SO construed the treaty
that the United States could no longer
be a party to it.
The resolution passed by the house
declares that the government OF the
United States will not be a party to
any treaty which discriminates, or
which by one Of the parties thereto
Is so construed as to discriminate be-
tween American citizens on the
ground OF race or religion" and IL
adds:
THE government OF Russia has vio-
lated the treaty between the United
States and Russia, concluded at st.
Petersburg Dec. is, 1882. refusing to
honor American passports duly issued
to American citizens, on account of
race and religion; and In the judg-
ment Of the congress the said treaty,
for the reasons aforesaid. ought to be
terminated at the earliest possible
time"
Washington, d. c. The Sher-
wood service pension bill, which
would add upwards of $4,000, 900 to
the government annual expenditure by
granting increased pensions to civil
and Mexican war veterans on the
basis Of length of service. was passed
by the house despite the determined
opposition of many Democratic lead
| ers.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher esti-
mated that the bill would add $751;
0o0. 900 to the pension roll II the 1000
veterans eligible take advantage Of
the increase.
The Republicans who voted with the
81 Democrats against the bill were
Gardner, Gillette and Mccall of Mass
achusetts. Hin of Connecticut, Kent
Of California, McCreary of Pennsyl.
vania. Payne Of New York. and Utter
Of Rhode Island. Speaker Clark voted
with the majority of his party for the
bill and Democratic Leader Under
wood and Fitzgerald of New York.
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee voted against II.
The bill now goes to the senate
Senate leaders. however. will proceed
slowly In the consideration and many
Democrats voted for the measure in
the belief that the senate would not
pass IL.
The Sherwood bill would establish
the following basis of pensions.
For service for 80 days to six
months SIS per month, from six to
| nine months $50 per month from nine