The Idaho Republican., 1911-12-01
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.
of Genera and Sectional I'M
pOrtance from the Natio..ai
Capital.

Guilty in spending his time between
midnight and bedtime, from which it
might be correctly inferred that the
former speaker is considerable of a
night hawk. Just now Mr.. Cannon is
a member of a party visiting Pana-
ma on tour of inspection of the ca
nal. There has hardly been time
since congress adjourned but that a
number of representatives or senator's
have been down to the isthmus, and
the result is that legislation and ap-
propriations needed from the coming
sessions will be directed by the melr-
bers who have personal knowledge
of the needs of Americas greatest
engineering project.
The American shoe manufacturer
is giving Johnnie Bull a foot race
in the export trade, having exported
over seven million pairs OF shoes to
the worlds market in 1910, and at
the present arte of speed it sesti.
mated that this country will sem,
over eight million pairs of it's shoes
abroad in 1911. The United King
dom exported thirteen million pairs
of shoes in 1910, but the percentage
of gain is small as compared with
the United States. One wonders af-
ter a trip through New England, and
particularly through Brockton, where
the Douglas and Walkover factories
are located, and to Lynn, where ar
mics of men and women are en-
p'oyed in making women's shoes,
how it is that so many shoes can be
used, but already Milwaukee, ST.
Louis, Philadelphia and other Sec
tions are making the Massachusetts
cities hump to maintain their su-
premacy. Besides the great domes-
tic supply one wonders where all the
exports go, and the answer is, every
where. Our most productive mar
ketS are Japan, Korea, Siam, the
Dutch East Indies, Egypt, Portuguese,
Africa, Liberia, the Belgian Kongo,
Asiatic Russia, Alden, German Ocean
lea, British Guina, Ecuador, Saliva
tor, Costa RIGA Roumania, Turkey in
Asia, China, British South Africa,
Paraguay, tn Straits Settlements,
Spanish Africa, Bulgaria, onduras,
Dutch West Indies, Haiti, Santa Do
mingo, Servia. the Azores, MADEIRA
to say nothing of the larger import-
ers of our boots and shoes Cuba,
Mexico, England, Canada, Germany
and France. ~
The presidents flag again floats
over the White Housa-it never does
when the executive is out of town..
and consequently the people of the
capita are taking official notice that
the big trip of Mr.. Taft has come to
close. The president is giving a.
good deal of time to the preparation
of his message, and returning con-
gressmen on Capitol hill, who are re-
ceiving fragmentary information as
to what the message will contain. are
their attitude upon the
big questions that are to come up,
and the Democratic leaders who have |
bsen assembling to take charge of
their endless fields of Investigations,
are proclaiming that they won't do
IT," applying their threats to mostly
any old suggestion that comes from
he White House.
One of the most popular "crops"
by the census bureau in
hese days when politicians are kick
ng on every phase of the great ma
ional scheme, is shown to be mu es
the long-eared, four-legged kind
hat Champ Clark promised to drive
lown; Washington's principal avenue.
he ever became speaker. Mr..
lark WEIGHED" but the multiplica-
ion of the crop is going on, and it
S learned that the number OF mature
mules increased from 2,753,486 in
800 to 3,764,342 in 1910, and the
verage value per head increased
rom $64.74 in 1900 to $131.54 in
91O.
In an attempt to solve the tru it
roblem the senate committee on in
erstate commerce Is just now en-
aged in conducting one of the most
hearings that has oc-
urred since the civil war The point
t the hearings evolves upon the
uestion whether this country shall
eturn to the obsolete system of un-
estricted competition, or shall
lace the stamp of law upon modern !
lethods of cooperation. Patriotic
len everywhere have shown great
lterest in the hearings, and many q
lembers of congress have returned
} Washington for the single purpose 4