The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-27
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN,
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tiating desirables from undesirables al
the source, is presented by the chief Of
the passport wise section of the state
department. He recommended the Gre
ation Of commission to have general
supervision Of immigration and to work
IN cooperation with the existing
agencies OF the state and labor depart
ments. The commission would direct
Immigrants to places in the United
States where they were most needed,
American consuls abroad would write
the prospective immigrants occupation,
destination and other qualification as
part Of his passport wise. Then II the
commission were to receive an order
for 1900 farmers from some section,
that order would be cabled to consul
In Europe instructing him to wise pass
ports for that number of farmers" etc
In the first interview he has given for
publication, John F. Kramer, prohibit
ton commissioner for the United States,
says: 1.-THE United States will never be
bone dry. Prohibition has come to
stay. You and / may not feel the eff
fects of prohibition, but our sons and
our daughters will reap the benefits OF
the law. There is law against murd ar
and thievery in this country, law
that has'been on the statute books from
time immemorial and its enforcement
has met with universal approval" When
asked II he had ever INDUCED In in
toxicating liquors, the commissioner re-
piled: II have gone the limit SO far as
drinking is concerned. but l want to
tell you that l have not touched drop
tor the last 80 years."
There Is as great a craze for knitting
In Vienna just now as there was any
where during the war. 1t is due to thu
fact that it was cheaper for the Ameri
can Red Cross to furnish wool, than to
furnish garments for the people o.
Australia. A band Of volunteer knitters
has been organized, consisting Of 20.
600 women and 900 children. TIL.
yarn is furnished free, and the gar
nents, most OF which are for small
children, are distributed through Ameri
can organizations.
M. Schwartz. the San Francisco 80.
cialist who has just returned from his
friendly visit to soviet Russia, when
asked II the United States would re-
sumo trading with soviet Russia re-
Piled: Frankly, I cannot form an opin-
Ion. 1t would undoubtedly save hun.
dreds of thousands of lives, but it would
also strengthen the bolshevist, afford
them greater war supplies, and give
them an opportunity to boast that they
had achieved great victory in their
effort to create a world revolution"
The soldiers bonus bill is opposed by
officials OF the New York and Chicago
stock exchanges and representatives OF
grain dealers before the Senate finance
committee because It would put a tax
Of cents on every $40 involved In
transactions On stock and grain ex-
changes. The tax would give Canada an
advantage over American grain, says c.
Handy. representing Kansas City, To-
ledo. and Minneapolis grain boards.
The British government is beginning
to put into effect its plan to keep within
the boundaries of the British empire
the emigrants from England, Scotland,
Wales and Ireland who want to seek
new homes in distant parts of the world.
For the next two years 1000 emigrants
VIII be sent to Australia each month,
their passage being paid by the gov
ernment. The government has openly
expressed its disfayor toward schemes
for emigration from the British Isles to
South American countries.
Representatives of North Dakota and
Iowa in congress are behind bills in
troduced there to limit the amount OF
grain which can be traded In as futures
by any one person to 100000 bushels,
and to require delivery on futures con-
tracts Of the actual grade of grain speci-
ned.
Paris medical authorities are all ex-
aiming a baby. born to the family of a
workman, with its heart and intestines
contained in a pouch on the outside Of
its body. All the organs function per-
pecsly and there is very evidence that
the child will live.
Educators have now reached the con-
clusion that special classes should be
formed for the ''precocious" student, as
well as the sub-normal and backward
Z estimated that under the
present system the exceptionally able
child Is retarded as much as the ex-
ceptionally unable.
The German government has been
called upon to say whether or not il
win permit the ex-kaiser and ex-
kaiserin to be buried beside their
predecessors in case OF their deaths.
The serious Illness Of the ex-kaiserin
has brought the question to the from,
pages Of the newspapers.
Temporary abandonment Of the plaii
Tor department of public welfare is
considered by President elect Harurny.
que Chiefly 70 the demand for govern
ment economy, says Marion Dispatch
s1here is three cornered contest on
between the educators, the medical pro-
/ fession, and social workers over the
proposed department.
German Industrial concerns are once
more paying dividends. One company
Shas just distributed 10 per cent. to its
1 stockholders. and another IL per cent.
edividend. Still another company has
praised its capital from 10000, 600 to
/ 100, 0oo, 600 marks.
Garrfsoning of the United States naval
sS1ase at Hawaii has been done by Jana
fnese, recruited into the American ma
'aeional guard. Senator Phelan, California,
declares, although the Japanese owe
5dual allegiance to the emperor OF Japan
land the United States.
Il Because OF. the increased cost of build
ling the Cumberland Street hospital,
f3reokyn, the contract for which was
Let several years ago at $780, 900, will
Srcst 81 00o. 900. II appears one man
I asked &63.000 for work which had orig
lily been let at $4,000.
II The hiccough epidemic prevalent IN,
. nxppe and In sone OF our eastern
2aties, seems to have reached Mime.
Apous. There are more than 1000 pa
lents there, physicians say, each one
whom averages more than so gulps
IN hour.