Putnam patriot., 1912-01-26
LateSt News CondenSed.

Latest News Condensed.
 The growth in the revenue receipts and disbursements by the Treasury de- partment is actually dazzling. In l79l the ordinary receipts amounted to on- iy $4, 409 ,051, or little more than the average daily receipts of 1911. Even this small sum of less than'fouf and half millions was in excess Of the oTdi- nary expenses Of the government by q l,5I2, ,49s. Those were truly eeonomi- cal days. Contrast, for q moment, government with an expenditure of only a little more than $3,00O,O00 a year with one whose annual expendi- tures for ordinary purposes reaches nearly billion Of dollars!
 A dispatch received from Gault, On tario, quotes W. Madison Hicks Of the Independent Labor League as saying;
 "I hold absolute proof that the Me NamaTas are guaranteed pardon 10 take place within two years from the date of their sentence, and they VIII have over half million dollars in cash when releasedo
 Hicks was foI two years a member Of the Australian parliament.
 Al Key West Monday was celebrated the ieompleton Of the Florida East Coast Railway, connecting the main land of the United States with the ls- land Of Key West. The wonderful piece of engineering includes aeoncrete Viadaet, Two and eight-tenths miles long and draw bridge seten miles long The road Is built across the Keys which lie south ei Florida. Delegates from Italy, Mexico, Portugal Cosia Rico, the Dominican Republic, Eeua dor, Guatemala, Salvador and Giu- guay were present at the opening
 Ireland's imports year before Inst f83lG, ,53s, ,9is) showed an increase of sd,- 164 ,994 over those of 1909, and her ex- ports lS820, ,48l ,067) an increase of s22,- s3e, ,45l England takes, year by year about four ffths of all Ireland has to sell.
 According to the Chicago Tribuneis tables, s,272 persons died deaths of vio- lence in the United states last year.
 Wisconsinis senior senator presents on the front cover of his weekly paper the picture and "creedn of the present governor of Oregon, Oswald r. West. "I believe,p runs one article of the creed, "that Jesus and John Howard and Abraham Lincoln were full of gem tie sympathy and stern justice, and did all they could do to help the un- fortunate. 1 want to emulate law.
 From the fiscal report submitted by inspectors covering the arrests for the fiscal year, 1t has been aseertained that the promoters of fraudulent schemes, who have been put out of business during the past year, have obtained approximately S77o0o00o from the public.
 MT. Shuster predicts that the Russian dream Of warm water port will he realized within few years. He means of course, by the advance through Persia which has already begun, and a port on the Arabian sea should be hot enough even for the frost-bitte Mus coyite.
 The place and date of the meeting of the democratic state central committee Is understood to be al democratic head quarters In New Haven on Tuesday, January 30, at D. m, at which time the date of the spring convention will be set.
 The Official Register, better known as the Blue Book, which Is issued once in two years by the government and gives the number and names of all the employees of Uncle Sam in the District of Columbia, has just been issued. The total number Of persons in the employ of the government in the District k given as s6,a75, and their total compen- sation as S4l OH ,007. Connecticut k credited with 2Is persons employed there.
 Representative Tlson of Connecticut has introduced bill authorizing the war department to distribute 5000 month in cash rewards to employees of the government in such institutions as the Springfield arsenal for offering suggestions, if accepted, making for greater economy and efficiency The bill meets with the approval of the war department and labor men.
 The datiahle imports into the United States last year amounted in value Co s1Ss, ,Asl5025, and the imports free of duty to s79l, ,450,S ,S36 The computa. tion at Washington k that 6I .S2 per cent. of the total imports during 1911 came in free. Our total exports in 1911 amounted 10 S2,o9s, ,S78,lli. As labor runs from 70 to e0 per cent. in very nearly everything made, the constant reader can figure out approximately for himself what American labor got out of our iast years exports, Perhaps our democratic friends in Congress can do better than that--and perhaps not.
 The publishers of the score of "Madame sherry the new musical