The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-09-24

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,,aSeTov, d. c., Sept. 81, 1914.
,.o.ts Committee on Commerce,
has the River and Harbor appro-
/, hill IN charge, yielding to sug-
=, MADE to the acting chairman
|. Ynmlttee, Senator Simmons of
| Carolina, by President Wilson,
vep of the condition the treas
s,,itsslf in, the waterways budget
| he sealed fifteen or twenty mil
lsbegun a systematic inquiry as to
The cuts could best be made and
..,a the vital features of the meas
M members of the committee, not
ismay4d ~ the attacks on the
\ be hands of Senators Burton,
E,,r Kenyon and Norris, generally
that conditions warrant a COM
h and they are making the reduc-
|ztb an eve single to the mainten-
III the policy of annual rivers and
n bills which Congress adopted
years ago.
Ms connection it can be said with
nt authority that President Wilson
fine during the consideration of
her and EIarbor bill by the Senate
Etnstei that he would veto the bill
Errascr him in the form originally
b by the upper branch of Con-
To friends of the bill President
stated empaatically on Wednes-
b. lie had not expressed himself
w u the other as to the merits of
that he recognized the necessity
ebl. tut IN view of the reduction
Nfts and The decreased revenue
ID he thought that in the line of
E IT, ti should be reduced to the
h necessities of the work now
m, which if done, would be wholly
E:ng 70 hin.
nalc 5lsavowal is made by the
E1ns Of the rivers and harbors that
Evil b. pruned to meet the objec-
t Senator Burton, who has been
Emtn- bill for weeks, but that on
Eauary ii is done to meet with the
Of tn President and Senators
ssre g l-aye Washington for their
h campaigns and who do not want
Eye until a satisfactory river and
KGl is on The statute books.
nary inquiries have been made
he commencement of the Euro
var as to the character of goods
rtd from Europe that the Bureau
aelgl ana Domestic Commerce has
Al a summary showing the prin-
manufacturers and manufacturing
as received by the United States
us European neighbors.
F@is from England last year includ
MY twenty million dollars worth Of
goods mae million dollars worth
@aHd nine million dollars worth Of
'ss two million dollars worth Of
A products; forty-eight million
e0l crude rubber; forty-eight mil
Hahd8 OF hides and skins; fifty-thre'
pounds Of block tin; seventy-fiv'
pounds of wool; fourteen million
9u Tea and a host of miscellane
riCles.
many is our chief source for i'm
CHEMICALS, it's contributions las
aceedlng twenty million dollar
Vthef important articles receiv
VIZ Germany last year were: thir
4Alon dollars worth of cottol
One hundred and fifty million
u Vood pulp; thirty. five million
VI palm and palm kernel oil
I'IlOA dollars worth of toys. Ger
y" PRODUCTS were also importe
s'alany, the leading items beinl
"s million pounds of rice flour
%al0n pounds of crude cocoa; an
D40a dollars worth of spirits
'0a matt liquors.
ny 'i the largest source of GU
=, ~ NIX goods, art work, autome
p,n vines Last year we got fror
VIC france" twenty-five millio
"Of'h of art works; five millio
'Ulln of chemicals; eighteen an
@'Oa dollars worth of silk goods
Jung of what we paid for col
.sHofolderies, perfumeries, ett
H., sspples large quantities of macs
hn, d" and nuts, olive oil, prepare
H;ss Cheese and still wines. Nett
HAM, adlng source for diamond
81 yper tobacco, and also sends U
hssls.ss spices and tin. Belgium
d m source for diamonds an
ttsnsp uc n rubber, hides and ful
If switzerland leads as on
u MI imported cotton laces an
sie an, Is Important in the matte
s .as goods and coal tar color
'' IN Its supply of linens.