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IWSSHINGTON News From the National in Passing fo*i hi ^ Transportation of tjy' * . railway, steamship ft^ing into its own. ttar routes cost, Jiis great country is faring the flse^'favorable advertising. 90 1909 $83y^as a ?00<1 word for it. These'ar'VCC('CI,te^ intprnal improve annual the last decade and a Sfcorn* e attracted the attention of J1 J entire country. ^J^Recently Secretary Wilson, of the , United States Department of Agricul/ ture, made a flying visit to North Carolina, the occasion being the annual meeting of the National Farmers' Association, and was so impressed with what he saw that he has never lost an opportunity to speak of it. "Why," he said, "the boys of the South have pulled their coats off and are at work. They are farming, manufacturing and trading. You have great cotton mills and still greater tobacco factories. White and eoiored people are at work, earning good wages, building homes and bank accounts and developing the country. In every way possible, said Mr. Wilson, his department was going to help the South. This does not mean that ho is going to single it out for that purpose, but, as a part of the Union, it is to have its share of attention. He spoke of the progress of the boll weevil and the necessity for diversified farming, so when the little insect makes cotton growing unprofitable the lands can be turned to something else. The com crop for 1909, he declared, was greater than for any other year. More hogs and more cattle should be raised. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp is organizing the government forces in Dixie with a view to improving the methods of producing corn, beef and hog meat. His efforts so far have been very successful. Rural Mail Delivery. At a conference of 30 members of the house, all of whom are authors of bills to improve the rural free delivery service, a motion to embody the following propositions was unaimously agreed upon: Increase of on|nw? tL'DAA a ? d.1 AA/? ouiai v nuui T3uu iu -ti,uuu per aunum tfith the basic length of routes at 24 miles. Tbe proposition provides a sliding scale for the payment of additional compensation for every mile or fraction thereof in excess of 24 miles, and for a reduction in salary along the same scale. Heretofore the maximum salary has been $900, with no allowances for increased length of route. Uniform State Laws. In addressing the National Civic Federation President Taft and Gilford Pinehot former chief forester, spoke from the same platform. The President's speech was a careful presentation of the needs of uniformity upon the parts of the States in laws looking to an amelioration of existing conditions. Pinehot's address dealt with forestry, and lie stated that the forest situation offers a field for uniform action and for cooneration hot wonn tli? Ki'itoo tliom selves and between them and the nation. Judge Alton I?. Parker was temporary chairman, and also addressed the meeting. More Wheat Thar. America. The United States has lost its place as the greatest wheat producing country in the world and Russia has won that distinction. Russia last rear produced the remarkably large harvest of 78.'),000.000 bushels, which constitutes the largest crop ever har^ ^fV vested by any country and 26,000,\ 1000 bushels greater than that of the lUnited States. lailroads Wiu Case. m The Supreme Court denies petition v*f the Macon Grocery Company and other wholesale dealers in groceries in Georgia for an injunction to restrain railroads in the Southeastern Freight Association from putting into effect August 1, 1908, a general increase in rates on fresh meats, grain products, hay and packing house products. Want Name Changed. A party of Robeson county, N. C., people, among them some Crotan Indiaus, were here to see about having _ the old name Cherokee given to the \Troataii3 so that they will get the proper standing in the community. They will work through Mr. Godwin. Will Malrn Tlimnerato HtanH That an effort will be made to take a strip of Virginia and add it to the District of Columbia lias been common talk here for some time. The Virginia delegation in Congress is prepared to make a desperate fight against any plan to take back the land. Mora Aid For Workman. ' _ To strengthen the employers' Hall ...jjbiility law so as to afford greater preelection for employes, is the object of ? bill now being prepared at the Delpartment of Justice as an amendment jto the existing statute. ITtft For Civil Pensions. y President Taft has given his forjpaal indorsement to the movement 'looking to a civil service pension j?jp/__ c al Capitol Briefly Noted tr the Reader. Wj HflP lit SOUTH The New York Sun, summing: up the "Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy" among other things savs: ' What probably will continue to be known under its present designation of "The Ballinger-Pineliot Controversy" has been constantly astir ;in otlicial circles since August 11, i Inst, when the Chief Forester hastened I to the White House to urge the President's direct intervention against his [Secretary of the Interior. It simmered through the President's period of rest at Beverly, broke out afresh in what are known as 'The Glavis Charges' and iinally reached its first crisis on September 15 at Albany. "With the meeting of Congress a I resolution wa? introduced calling for a Congrcssio al inquiry into the I whole situation. And then came a step that had not been antieinnte?l land was out of the government rouitine, and apparently was aimed at making the conflict as dramatic as possible. Mr. Pinchot succeeded in having read upon the floor of the Senate a letter reflecting upon the President nnd enforcing his own dismissal as the only possible consequent act. A day's session of the President's Cabinet preceded the decision to dismiss. And that leaves the possible 'Ballinger-Pinchot' investigation now merely a question of investigating a single officer of the government on charges which the Attorney-Geneial has ridiculed and on which the President has passed judgment." Fight on Ballinger. Monday the so-cclled BallingerPinchot controversy was revived when sensational charges against Secretary Ballinger of the Interior Dennri nmnt was made. The charges are that when Ballinger became commissi oner of the general land office he reduced the salary of Clerk Wright so that the salary could be given to his nephew, Jack Ballinger. The matter j will be investigated. Ballinger is' sues a statement saying the charges are false. Selected By Democrats. Representative Rainey, of Illinois, and James, of Kentucky, were last Saturday selected as nominees for the Democratic representatives of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation committee. The selection was ado at a caucus of Democratic 1 resent atives. Counsel at Ballenger Probe. The Senate and House conferences on the Ballinger-Pinchot resolution of investigation reached an agreement which, while not yet formal in its motive, will stand. The House wins in every important particular of difference between the two Houses. The investigation by the agreement is limited to the present Comrress, nn,l wi(n??i? ?:>i I 1 ....... n.fUVKIVa Will lit' | I'l'IIIll It'll 10 I appear with their attorneys and be < legally represented. I concessions to the House. i Lse Greatest Southern General. In reply to letters sent out by Ohas. A. Culberson, of Texas, to general officers of the Southern arniv to express their opinion as to which of the Southern commanders should be ascribed first place as the loremost soldier of the South, the replies follows: General Robert E. Lee, 35; General Stouwnll Jackson. 4; General Joseph E. Johnston, 2; General J. E. H. Stuart. 1; General P. G. T. Ileauregnrd or General Richard Taylor 1; undecided 1. Wants Money For Granby Dam. Representative Lever of South Carolina, presented to the rivers and harbors committee a brief in behalf of an appropriation for raising the Granby dam. Mr. I/ever says that he is confident that the committee will put in the bill what Capt. Adams recommends and he hopes this will be for $50,000. Wilmimrtnn ftitirpna Pmio.i The business people of Wilmington do not want S. M. King for collector of customs, in their town. It was said at the White House that dozens of telegrams protesting against his appointment were being received by the President. Unveiling Plans Called Off. All arrangements for the unveiling of the Calhoun statue in this city on January 19 have been called off. Govenor Ansel having decided uj?on this step, after learning that a resolution had been passed by Congress fixing March 12 as the time for these exercises. Defends His State. Provoked by published charges that the Burley Association, the tobacco raisers' protective organisation, had controlled the courts and the legislature of his State, Representative Kantrill of Kentucky, in a passionate speech defended the people of his State as law abiding. He contended that in opposing the tobacco trust they had exercised their rights in a lawful manner. ' WEEK IN CONGRESS. Taft Gaining Support and Shows Tact in Avoiding Clashes. Washington, D. C., Special.?This week probably will see the begin ing of work by the joint special committee which has been named to investigate the subjects popularly grouped together under the title of "the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy." and from now on this affair will occupy an increasingly conspicuous position in the news of Congress. The President's Federal incorporation bill is expected t<> have the hardest sledding of any measure in his legislative program. Land bills and measures designed to carry on the work of conserving natural resources will receive careful attention at the present session. Activity, such as has seldom if ever before been displayed by committees so early in the first regular session of a Congress, is now in evidence in both wings of the Capitol. Although there are practically three parties? the "regular" Republicans,. the "insurgent" Republicans and the Democrats?maneuvering for political advantage, there are signs on evefv hand that President Tnft Inst coring his characteristic "middleof-the-road" course, is daily gaining supporters for his legislative program. When the 1 louse Siltisfioc I lie ^nle.._ lion of Represent alive Graham the investigation of the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy will begin in earnest. The committee consists of tlie following: Senators?Knute Nelson of Minnesota (chairman); Frank I'. Flint of California. George Sntherlaml of Ctnh. Klihu Root of New York. Thomas H. Fainter of Kentucky and Duncan 11. Fletcher, of Florida. Representatives?Samuel \Y. McCall of Massachusetts. M. K. Olmstead of Pennsylvania. K. 11. Madison of Kansas. Kdwin Deuhy of Michigan. Ollie .lames of Kentucky and James M. Graham of Illionis. tax on oleomargarine: House Committee on Agriculture to Hear Evidence February 9th. Washington. Special.?Representative Burleson of Texas, Saturday appeared before the House committee on agriculture in behalf of his hill repealing the tax on oleomargarine. ; which tax. he asserted, was responsible for the present high price of butt re throughout the country. Before this tax was imposed, Mr. Burleson said, there was manufactured annually 130.000.000 pounds of oleomargarine which he characterized as a pure and wholesome food product :;ud which sold l'or from 12 to 18 cents per pound. The price of butter was then 20 and 30 cents per pound. The production of oleomargarine l.us been diminished (iti per cent, he said, as a result of the tax. and the price of butter has gone up from _S to 00 cents a pound. Passage of the law was secured. Mr. Burleson charged, b\ the National Dairy I'nion. and by a 'stupendous lobby which, it is said, expended a vast sum of money.'' Mr. Burleson said that he I j resented many associations o4 c.Mtle J growers, cotton seed crushers associations. national retail grocer- associations and Western and Southern chambers of commerce in demanding: the repeal of the tax and the lowerin r of the priee ci butter. The House commit lee on agriculture will hear evidence on Kebruarv Oth. New Hope Given Morse. New York. Special.?By Judge Hough's ruling that the presence in the grand jury room of John P. Fernsier, an expert accountant, in any capacity except that of a witness was prejudicial to Heinze's legal rights. He gnashes the indictment 'against him, thereby giving new hope to Morse for a new trial. Pinchot Chosen President. Washington, Special.--The election of Clifford Pinchot to succeed Dr. Charles W. Eliot as president of the National Conservation Association, is announced. Secession Movement Falls. Atlanta. Ga? Special.?President Chas. S. Barrett, of the National Farmers' Union, says the Texas and Oklahoma farmers will remain. New Comet Visible?Not Halley's. Washington, Special.?A new comet, outshinging Venus in brliliancv, is visible in the sky. Along the Atlantic seaboard in the South where the skies are not clouded it can he most clearly seen. Although unidentified bv the scientists it is unmisakably distinguished from Hallev's comet and the astronomers at the naval observatory here have trained their telescopes upon it night and day for nearly a week. In North and South Carolina, between 6:30 and 7 p. m? it was visible. Richmond Views the Comet. Richmond, Vn., Special.?Hundreds of people viewed for the first time here just before and during sunset, the comet recently discovered from Johannesberg. Watson Challenges Bryan. Atlanta, Special.?Thomas E. Watson, the Populist, is so eager to meet William J. Hrvan in debate on the subject of foreign missions, that he offers to give the Nebraskan $10,000 if be will accept the challenge. I 4sMrj.lsa . .i - i?v. BOYCOTT SPREADS. Louisville, Ky., Fraternal Organization Cuts Out Meat. GEORGIA TOWNS JOINS RANKSSecretary Wilson Says Farmers Should Raise More Meat?The Orange Judd Farmer's Statement. Chicago, Special.?The most notable acquisition to the ranks ot' the anti-meat cause came from Louisville Saturday where twenty-one lodges of a fraternal organization adopted resolutions that all members refrain from eating meat more than once a day during February. Cleveland, ()., credited with being the originator of the scheme, now has .'((),(TOO names enrolled while Kansas City reports 80.000. The heads of the leading packing houses ot Kansas City and Chicago refused to discuss the effect of the movement on their business. Many ether northern, western and southern cities are to join in the meat boycott tight. Indianapolis. >1. I am aim i oieuo , report oil that the attempts to launch a crusade against prevailing high prices in llioso cities lunl so far failed From St. Paul came the information that Labor ('oininissioiier MeIOwen hud declared the inhabitants of Minnesota were too prosperous to feel the effects of the hisrh prices. Apropos of the inovenient. The Orange dtidd farmer makes the statement that l!tlt!> was the most prosI perous year ever known in the live sto? k industry accorditig to the annual census review of farm stock. "The total value of all classes of live-stock in the country of January 1. 11)10. was $4,880.r>ti8.0(M," sa\s that periodical. "The increase dnrin;r 1JKW) was the greatest ever recorded in twelve months, amounting to $f>li0.()()0.000. There is an increase in the numbers of all classes id' animals except beef cattle ami hogs, showing an increase in numbers and a heavy advance in average values per bead at the same time. Cattle, at her than milch cows, total -18.7SO.OOtt head, worth on an average, ijr.20.7li each. The number of sheep is increasing raiiidlv :nul now stands i Jti.lMIO worth $4.07 each. I loirs showed a marked decline in mini hers, reaching only 44,0(>(i,000 hut the price per head. $0.1") is the highest on record. "Willi the exception of heel- cattle. every class cd- animals showed the highest average price ever recorded." Secretary Wilson Says Farmers Should Raise More Meat. Washington, Special.? " I'ndonhtedly if the farmers were raising more meat the price would he reduced," said Secretary Wilson cd' the Department of Agriculture in commenting upon the widespread boycott against meal products. "There are not enough people on the farms raising fond and loo many people are going to the towns to he fed. "Three-quarters of a million of people," said Secretary Wilson, "are corning to the I nited Stales annually from abroad. They do not go to the farms where thev might help raise food for the nation. Farmers cannot get help. They go to the cities and they have to he fed. The cities produce nothing to eat although they do produce something to drink." "Have you any "plan for inducing people to go to the farms where they lime helo to raise food-. '" the Sec retnrv was asked. ' Jim llill says they will go there when they got hungry." said the Secretary after shaking his heail in rep!y to the quest inn. To Investigate Alleged Meat Trust in Missouri. Jefferson City. Special.?Attorney General Major tiled petition with the Supreme Court for tin* appointment of an examiner to take testimony in proceedings to aseerla'n whether there is a trust or eonihinatiou of meat packers in Missouri to control prices of meat. To Abstain Thirty Days in Macon. Macon, (la.. Special.? The Central Labor Union pledges its members to abstain front eating or buying meats for thirty days. Boycott in Augusta. Augusta. Ga.. Special.?A boycott to all meats for a period of JO days as a practical protest against "trust" methods is the substance of a resolution which was adopted by the local typographical union. The central labor union adopted a similar resolution. Baltimore Ministers Applaud the Meat Boycott. Baltimore. Md., Special.?Many of the ministers of this city in their sermons applauded the meat boycott and urged the members of their congregations to support the movement. Nashville Enters the Fight. Nashville, Tenn.. Special.?Because of the prevailing high prices of meat the Nashville Trades and Labor Council unanimously adopted resolutions urging labor union members and sympathizers in Nashville to abstain for JO days from eating meat of any kind. Norfolk Union Men to Take Action Norfolk. \ a., ?pecial.?Delegates from thirty-two unions, whoso membership consists of thousands of skilled workmen, will meet to consider the advisability of boycotting meats while the present high prices prevail Petitions also are being circulated pieadging the signers. \ \ s CONSIDERED STATE LAWS Platform of Civis Federation is Stated in a Number of Resolutions. Washington, Special. ?Agreeing that there should be uniformity in State laws utTecting not only commercial matters but likewise those that pertain to the well-being of the individual, the Fivic federation at its final session adopted a number id' resolutions. Among tle.n were those recommending to the (joveruors the adoption of uniform laws for the protection of children employed in industries; favoring a uniform insurance code for adoption by the several States; uniform legis.ation on the subject of gathering and preservation of vital statistics; endorsing the conservation of American forests and referring the same to the committee on uniform State laws. The conference further adopted a resolution recommending to the tinventors of the scleral States and to the States themselves that workmen's compensation acts, fair to the. employer and employe and just to the State, he uniformaly substituted for the present system of employers liability for injuries received in and arising out of the course of employment. A resolution was passed recommending. 'o .'lie respective States consideration of the development of water power and their regulation on non-navigable streams, with a view to bringing about uniformity of State legislation looking to uniform cooperation between each State legislation looking to uniform co-operation between each State ami the Fedj eral government in the development i ami cotilrot ??f water |tower. STRESS RIGHTS OF STATES. Addresses on Necessity for Retention of Power Feature. Washi!i!;toK. Special. ? "State riirlits" was the burden of most of 'the addresses delivered at the conj ferenee ol' governors with particular reference to 'lie eotiservation of roJ sources and the regulation and supt rj vision < !' public service corporations. An intcrchanjro of views on these two subjects showed a unanimity of opinion as to the necessity for State activity. A feature of the session was a speech by Ambassador l'.rycc. I who believed the conference would ; emphasize the iiu|M>rtanee of the j Governorship and that the ehiei exlocative of each State- was comiup I more and more to be looked upon ! as the personal representative of tin i people of his State. After perfectinir concrete plans for | future conclaves .the conference of ! .Governors adjourned to meet at one * flu. Stt'lf ji ..(lull t.lo o I .. tworn Thanksgiving and Christmas j ot' t!io current year. the exact time ; and place to bo determined by a committee .which was appointed. HEALTH CONFERENCE. i j Officers Chosen From the Different States at Atlanta Meeting. Following ure the officers elected at the Southern Health Conference at Atlanta, tin., last week: President?I)r. II. F. Harris. Atlanta. Secretary- -\Y. <1. Cooper, Atlanta. Vice Presidents. Alabama? Dr. 11. <1. Perry. Florida?Dr. Hi rain Ityrd. Georgia?Wiliner L. Moore. Kentucky?Dr. d. 15. Marvin. Tennessee?Dr. J. A. Albright. Virginia ? Dr. K. G. Williams. North Carolina- -Dr. If. II. Lewis. Mississippi?Dr. S. II. MeLain. Arkansas?Dr. K. II. Martin. South Carolina?Dr. Win. Weston. Texas?Dr. W. M. Brumby. Louisiana?Dr. G. II. Dock. District of Columbia?Dr. \V. C. Woodward. Oklahoma?Dr. .1. L. Scholar. I'nitcd States Army?Maj. B. D. Taylor. I'nited States Navy?Past Assistant Surgeon J. II. White. Hawaii?Dr. W. I). Baldwin. Peonage Verdict Stands. New <trleans. Special.?The I nitcd Stales circuit court of appeals at New Orleans affirmed the verdict rendered in the federal court for the southern district of Florida in the case of .Tames (Traham, who was found guilty of holding a white man, James McCnnts in peonage. (Iraham was sentenced by the lower court to serve Id months in the federal prison at Atlanta and to pay a fine of $f>00. Cook Verdict Confirmed. Copenhagen, Mv Cable.?The committee of the Cniversity of Copenhagen has completed its examination of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's original notes, and confirmed its previous conclusions that not the slightest proof that the explorer reached the North Pole hud been submitted. $10,000 Purse For Peary. New York, Speeial.? A national testimonial for Commander Robert E, Peary, and a purse of $10,000 for the intrepid explorer is planned for the evening of February 8 at the Metropolitan Opera House, (lovernor I TInolino will r MUgllVO U 111 I'lUMUr. Calls Primary For May 10. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?The Floriila State Democratic, executive committee met here and called a primary election to be held May 10 for the purpose of nominating United 1 States Senator, Congressman, and all , State ami county offices. A second . primary will be held June 10 for the I purpose of tilling: offices where candidates failed to receive a majority in the first primary. * OA ) NEWS Bum flf f Condensed from Wide Fiefd Domestic and foreign. AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAIL< . * < ' * Suited to the Wants of Busy Reade Seeking a Knowledge of What Going on. Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta, ht challenged Thus. K. Watson for joint debate at the Tabernacle in ths city, on "The Foreign Missionoi i Movement." | In a decision handed down at Da ; las, Texas, the court of civil appea ; upheld the new law requiring expres l companies to pay im occttj a ion ta i of $5,000 for handling C. O* 1-. whi: , key shipments. ; Brantley of Louisiana has been ap I pointed to succeed Griggs on th ' committee of ways and means in Con ! grss. J Martinsville. \V. \'a.. is ma'cing a determined effort to get a new Balti-f more and Ohio passenger statioi'1' Gen. iful'us X. lthudes. edit?(> the Birmingham News, is dead. l" The West Virginia Shippers,s social inn was oreani/.ed at Cls? burg and passe?l nvolutions det|? iug a Congressional investigati?\r the Bait in ore ami Ohio Huilroa'* As proof of their possession o Kcllner girl, of Louisville, the a. ttilV Clin t I..?r> itoooiilo .? lot n oviii <? I jHitvino il lilt UL dross. r j .1. Polk McAllister. past j:*" mast or ??i" West Virginia vHi'^ lows, lias disappeared from his In i in Klkins. | (Georgia has organized a perm ane association known as the (jeovg Anti-Tuhoroulosis and Sanitary S eioty. The Boston F.lovoated Railwr ! Company voluntarily raised its or ployes' wanes. Milk producors in Chicago plan national association with bett< prices as its aim. 1 I A score of Italians, among then the man supposed to he the brains oi the plot to assassinate Petrosino, have been arrested around New York on ehanres of counterfeit inn:. The Mayor of San Frnneiseo want . Chinatown restored, as be deems tl Celestials an asset to the city, j The lirst suit attacking the Fed* j al Corporation Ta\ law as uneonsti j tutional was filed in Cleveland. A St. Louis judgd wept at having to send two young bank clerks to the penitentiary. The Bronx Park Commissioner in New York dismissed 1">S men in re spouse to .Mayor (layi.or's admonition against padded pay rolls. The use of oil as fuel on locomotives lias proved more or less of a failure. .Miss Marsrar"t Ilowlatid. heir to $1,000,000, wed i.vr father's chauffeur. (invemor Fort, of New Jersey, in his message to the I.ecislatlire, scored Sundav law violations in Atlantic City. FanHinm flew 4.000 feet hitrh at the Los Angeles meet. Governor Harmon, of Ohio, blames laws of Congress for the increasing cost of living and asks a remedy. Ten children ami their mother were killed when a miner thawed an explosive in his home at Charleroi, Pa. The price of shoes is going up. The National Shoe Wholesalers' Association ?ays existinir prices of leather and materials make the increase necessary. China has decided to open two towns in .Manchuria to international trade. At Washington Fred S. Clinton, while asleep, fell against a red-hot stove and was almost hurned to death. Pit ominous coal miners will ask an increase of 10 per rent. At Cleveland. O., the anti-meat strike, as a lilow at the increase cost of living, is in full swing. It is estimated that lull (>000 men have signed a pledge to abstain from meat for a month in an rfl'ort to break the high prices. . ii^K imin i n.11jit- inni oacicnaladen aiiik lias been given typhoid patients in certain Washington hospitals. Baltimore lead all American ports last year in the exportation of corn. Miss Maude Sanders, 20 years old, was made a deputy recently by the sheriff of Pulaski county, Ind., and single handed she took a prisoner, giving the name of John I)oe, from i Winamie., to the jail at Knox, and i delivered him safely to the sheriff of ; Starke county. American waist and dress manufae! turers, in Now York, have under | consideration a corporation capit&liz! ed at $.'100,000,000, which would eon, trol the manufacture of all women's ; wearing apparel. Col Theodore Roosevelt, qf > the Harvard class of '80. lias been elected president of the Harvard Alumni Association, to succeed President Charles Kliott. It Is estimated that 41,f>99,800 tons , of snow have fallen in Chicago this winter, and a fortune has been spent to clean the streets. Pneumonia and other troubles have made it a disastrous thing of beauty and ugliness. Major George C. "Waddill, a wellkn,.wn Southerner, died in the hom* of his daughter, Mrs. S. S. Cathings, Livingston, Statcn Islands, N. Y. Dr. Jas. Boyec, president of the Woman's College, Due West, S. C., suffered a stroke of, appoplexy last Tuesday.