South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-24
POLICY IN HAITI
IS NOTHING NEW
Roosevelt Administration Took
Over Revenue Collections
at Santo Domingo.
BY ellison Gardner.

BY ellison Gardner.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-In taking
over the collection OF customs in Haiti
the United states is doing for that
government what we have been doing
since the Roosevelt administration
with Santo Domingo. The American
banking interests first suggested the
plan. Morgan representative has
always been az SantO Domingo 10 see
that the funds were properly handled.
The American bankers advance
money TO build wharves take up and
develop plantations. put in public
works in the cities and generally de-
velOp the countries, and they look 10
the customs receipts for the interest
on their money and the security for
their investment Uncle sam stands
guard over the source Of interest,"
money. OF course. in both cases II Is
a species Of blOodless conquest Tho
revenues are the only things interest
ing in connection with small and re-
mote islands and when the customs
houses are taken over the result is
suzereinty The French people are
more largely interested than the Am
erican bankers in Haiti. They COM
pose a majority of the concession
holders and it is said that the action
OF the American government in this
case is a friendly aid 10 the French.
A number Of banks in the west and
middle west have not taken kindly 10
the plan Of the federal reserve board
10 be the medium for the loan of gov
eminent funds at six percent 10 farm
ers-cotton and otherwise. The fed
eral reserve banks in Richmond. Dali
las, Atlanta, St Louis and Philadel-
phia have accepted Sec'y McAdOo's
proposal and are ready to let the
farmer have six per cent money, TAX
ing three per cent themselves and
paying the government three. The
Chic %, Cleveland and Minneapolis
banks have declined to go in. The
san Francisco and Kansas iCty banks
have partially accepted, but wish to
make their own interest rate.
The government plan to compel re-
serve banks TO lend money TO farmers
at six per cent--a plan which has
boosted the price OF cotton in the
south-is likely to grow in favor in
the northwest, where wheat has
tumbled in price from $3.50 a bushel
TO so centS The cotton farmer can
use six per cent money TO store or
carry his cotton and wheat for a bet
ter price. IL the wheat farmer can
carry his wheat IL is only a question
of time when the warning nations will
need it and be willing to pay his
price for il.
Government officials are much inter
eSted I'm q new publication dealing
with labor questions which is about
10 be launched in Washington. II is
10 be called The Labor Gazette; Is to
be nonpartisan and will contain no
Il or ont h
1ect Is to put facts into really readable
form. II will take the dry statistics
compiled by the government and other
authoritative sources and tell what
they are really abOut-questiOns deal
ing with labor disputes, Cancellation,
arbitration, cost OF living, trade cOndi-
tiOns, railroad and corporation earn
ings and so on.
It's editor is to be W. Jett Lauck.
who was one of the first men appoint
ed to conduct Investigations for the
industrial relations commission. Mr..
Iauck left the commission, however
to take up the work of compiling sta
tistics in the wage dispute between the
tranmen and the western railroads.
His Gazette, he announces. is TO be "a
record Of facts, not an analysis from
any one point Of view, and will. there
fore. be authoritative" The offices of
the new publication are in the South
ner building.
Any farmer who wants a rural free
delivery route past his house and
hasn't one is invited 10 write to the
fourth assistant postmaster general,
division Of rural mails. pOstoffice de-
partment. washington. d. c.. and ask
for H. Hitherto the information OF
rural routes has been made on the
recommendation first Of congressman:
then OF postmaSters. Now the terri
tory has been so thoroughly covered
that the rural dweller himself or her
self is invited 10 check up ANYTHING