Putnam patriot., 1912-03-15
Editorial Scraps

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 Editorial Scraps
 The Kansas City Journal says If 1t were not for the Protective policy in general and the present tariff law In particular, thousands of those who are shouting for tariff reform would be so busy looking for jobs they would not have time to do any shouting
 The policy Of protection to be sound and stable must be national in its scope and embrace every productive industry which would be injured by unrestricted foreign competition. Pro lection is designed to stimulate do- mestic production, therefore measure which disefiminaIes against any class Of American producers violates the principle Of protection and inJures the country by diminishing our power to supply our own needs, thus curiailing l employment for labor and capital. The last official report of the Bank Commissioner just issued for 1911 shows that there have been sent from Massachusetts, to foreign countries, sums of money as follows: In the year 1907 So b,635, 729 In the year 1908 ,45l ,940 In the year 1909 A,30O,9b3 In the year 1910 6,3I7 $40 In the year 1911 -6,336, 7Z7
 Total in five years S27 ,103,l
 Of this, more than one-half, namely, $i3, ,665 ,93i was sent to Italy, to rela- lives at home, after enjoying better living, and getting more pay for their services here. If the same conditions exist in the other States, as no doubt they do, then the new corners to the United States are sending back to their friends and relatives upwards of one million dollars every year.
 The "Burlington Hawk. Eyen has a good word for the secretary of agrleul- ture. "Amid all the fierce conflicts of politics, the intrigues and plottings of less scrnpulous men, the character of James Wilson, 1t says, "has stood unassailable, an example of personal and political integrity and Of untiring devotion to public duty. Such a man deserves the esteem he enjoys and it is to be hoped his ripened experience will still be retained in the service of the public"
 Mrs. Augusta F. Stetson of New York y-excommunicated by the "Mother Church at Boston--has pub lished a pamphlet in which she dis avows any thought Of starting a new sect of her own but declares herself qualified teacher f"r. deal" Christian Science.
 The American secretary of state made the biggest hit of his visit last week when he responded 10 the well come given him by the assembly. My government,n Mir. Knox said, "does not covet an inch Of territory south of the Rio Grande."
 William k. Whittlesey, for many years secretary Of the Connecticut Sec retaries' Association, composed of sec Ietaries of the regimental associations of Civil War veterans, died at his home, No. 549 Whalley avenue, New Haven, last week.
 Rev Dr. k. S. MacA fthur, president of the World Baptist Alliance, has ac- eepled his call to the Baptist Taber- nacle of Atlanta, whence Rev. Len C. Brouehton is Hitting 10 London. In his letter he predicts that Dr. Brough- ton will get homesick pretty soon and come back. "For time al least, as best can, l shall stand in the gap,n he says.
 The bureau of statistics has figured il out that the trading countries of the world did an export and import busi- ness with one another last year aggre. gating Approximately Sa5, ,5oo, ,0o0,- O00. .The worlds international trade has doubled in value in the last fifteen years says the bureau.
 Word comes from Peking that the United States, France, Germany and England have agreed that the flnan- cial groups representing these eoun. tries shall make large loan to Yuan Shi Kai AS soon as the remaining steps have been taken for the organization of . responsible government.
 The misunderstanding over the news of the discovery of the South Pole Is annoying, and may be embarrassing to somebody. IL will be interesting To have those who were responsible for the original report explain upon what authority they announced that Cap tain Amundsen has given the credit 10 Captain Scott. There is no percepti- ble warrant for any such announce menf in the published dispatches of the Norwegian explorer. Happily, there is also no trace of anything like g dispute or of grounds for one. Cap tain Amundsen has returned to eiviii- zasion and reported the date Of his dis coyery of the pole. That is ali.