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FARMERS' GREDIT SYSTEl
EVEN III 'SSI .\ I? IN ADVANC K OF
AM Mill A.
\mba.-*?ador OnY+As Uuihl Make- l'<\
ttauMUc U? i on Partners' CO*
Oper*|i\e Credit System In liuosiu
?ml Turknton ? I'cii^ini Farmers
Im-t?-|o|? Ptnaiiciul s>-?tom That HM
IYiiu'ii of <.roat ltenetlt.
Washington. August I.? Kven in
remote Siberia and Turkestan has the
farmers' co-operativcredit system
reared a tlnanelal fabric to assist the
peasant farmer of the Russian Tzar's
domain. The State department has
just received from Ambassador Curtis
Guild at St. Petersburg an exhaustive
report on the farmers' co-operative
credit system In Russia.
This Is the first of a series of re?
ports requested by President Taft
from nearly every one of the diplo?
matic officers In Europe en this move?
ment which he is striving to trans?
plant to this country for the benefit
of the American farmer. Ambassador
Guild's report ha* been taken under
? >nsab rati"n bv the State department
ss the first step in preparing a plan
to ht the co-operative credit Idea b>
American conditions.
At the present time the Russian
Government has nearly forty millions
of dollars of Government money in?
vested In the farmers" co-operative
credit system, which is perhaps the
strongest testimonial Ol all as to the
success of the movement umong Uus?
sian farmers and of the great benefits
which it is bringing to that nation.
How established a part of the Rus?
sian peasant's life this financial ma?
chine hi becoming is clearly shown
In the practice of the peasants to de?
posit their saving* with the credit
societies on the understanding that
the deposits witl >e paid out after
their death for their funeral expenses
or thst they will be returned to them
at the time of the coming of age of
a son or the marriage of a daughter.
The co-operative movement among
Russian peasants has now developed
two distinct alms: First, to educate
the peasants. a large proportion Of
whom are quite illiterate, along the
lines of modern farming; and, sec?
ondly, to encourage them to save
their earnings and acquire the habit
of pro\idtng against the rainy days.
The direct am of the Russian govern?
ment In organizing this system was
to relieve the peasant from the neces?
sity of paying exorbitant and runlous
rates of Interest, Imposed upon them
by their money lenders, the rates of
, ten running as high as M and. in
known cases, to |4t per cent. The
movement affords further education
for the peasant since the Russian
government has very wisely left the
management of the societies largely
In the hands of the farmers them?
selves, conducted through the gen?
eral meetings of the societies, In
Whu h e\, i\ member of the society is
?tVSjg >ne ssjflft The peasant Is thus
given considerable . xp. i . n. | in tllian
clal affair^ and management. The
member* elect I bOOTd of directors
and I council Tin s? b..dle? iak< ire
of the executive work. They report
to the general meetings of tl.e socle -
UMI at which all the members art
present. The i}>\?rnmen: exercises
superv IhlCSj OVO! the Societies tioough
the Ministry of Pi name.
Although instituted a- Mil as Ive.,
th?? mow-no nt hni ? press! in Russia
to include la.iMoi farmers' Societies,
Sl'h an average membership in each
society of nearly ."out The net vvoik
of societies IOVeW praetieally the tn
tlr*? Immen*? UfSSJ Of the Russian
Empire Wnbspr? td interest is tak?
en In the movement both tty the Rus?
sian Government and by the peasants,
und th. Government is at the present
time eonsub ring I turther elaboration
of the scheme.
In studying the Russian <o.oper?
ative ? redit svstem from the view?
point of the Atm riean f ii nu r. Am?
bassador QvIM finds that naturally
the gi- .it difference obtaining be?
tween etimbtions m itie United
states and in R u >si.?. in regard the
umount of land farmed b) mliv id
iiuh. tto system oi land lonoto, the
wealth of the farming < lass, ami In
the general facilitv f.-r borrowing
money makes It impossible tor this
country to secure nmdi boSssl t from
a study of the Russian system be?
yond Its ?ejo ral p ineiples.
For ? v.iiM|i|f, the iverage loan r0?
qulnd by the farmer m Russia doe*
not exceed I"-" and is gen.rally em
plo.Veil to purehase SoniS Article ii?'" ?
essarv at the moment, on b as an ag?
ricultural Implement of ? hOfSO, tin'
b?an being repaid by the HllSSlOg tar
mer Immediately after the harvest,
CM e.oirs?. Um Americas former, who
works a nun h larger ocreono, Would
ps-ial v Sjoed SSOTS ni"iny and long?
er time, lie wouhl require his loan,
not s?? mm h for flu moment's e\ig
ency. as for the gradual develop*
ment of bis property.
In brief. /tmhnSBnSliif QuIM reports
the Russian system to h?< ,m Inotttu?
?P?n of 11. op? r itiv? i "an societies
among the farmer", conducted under
governmental patronage ami super
vision. whb h the former, at no
cost lo himself, is given the benefit of
loans from his society on long time
ami easy terms, and. at the same
time, is permitted to share m his
society's profits. The lean societies
are of tWO Classes?the loan savings
sssoclstlons and the societies of small
Credit. They are both co-operative,
and the aim Of each Is to lend small
amounts to the farmers through gov
ernmentai assistance. The difference
between the two classes of societies is
that the members of the loan Saving*
associations are Obliged tO make de?
posits of a small amount in order to
form a reserve capital for their so?
ciety, while members of the aooletles
Of small credit do BOt participate per?
sonally in the formation of their so?
ciety's capital. The latter societies
are adapted to the poorer and more
Sparse!) settled communities.
The management of all the societies
is plated under the control of the
Ministry of Finance and is directly
supervised by a department of the
State Hank. When a group of twenty
or more individuals wishes to form a
co-operative loan society a petition
to that effect is presented to the Gov?
ernment. A Government inspector
then makes a personal investigation
of the responsibility of the signers of
the petition and of the value of their
land. Upon his recommendation the
Government grants the society a loan
of one to three thousand rubles
($500 to $1.500) for a period of
thirteen years, at an interest rate of
5 per cent, payable annually. This
hum serves as the foundation capital
of the society. For its working capital
the State Hank is authorized by the
Government to lend money to the so?
ciety upon application. The amount
of the loan from the State Hank de?
pends upon the number of member!
in the society, their aggregate wealth,
etc., but is not restricted to any one
amount. %nd generally varies from
between $1.000 to $1,100 and $1'".
000 to $50,000.
The State Bank l<?an is at the same
rate of interest as the Government
loan?i. e., 5 per cent?but is made
foi i short time only, usually for
twelve months. Hesides the founda?
tion, capital from the Government and
the loans from the State Hank, the
societies may obtain other loans fron)
banks or individuals, usually at front
6 to 10 per cent Interest. Savings de?
posits are received by the societies
The average society begins business
with a total capital?that is. both
four ^ation and working capital?of
from $4,000 to $6.000. It is then in
a position to make loans to Its mem?
bers, who are responsible to the so?
ciety.
These loans are of throe kinds- \1)
Those used for current expense for
a term of not more than ore- v.tr.
<2> those ised for the purehas* of ag?
ricultural machinery, horses, etc., up
to three years; and (3) those used In
agricultural Improvements. Irrigation
works, etc.. which run generally, for
five years.
Loans to members usually bear an
Interest rate of S pel cent to II per
cent. Og small loans up to $150, no
other guaranty is required of the bor- '
rowel than his personal word or that
of another responsible Indlv''*.' '.
Where security is given on the land or
the farm products of the debtor the i
fanner may borrow M high as $!itMi.
j i <-ase of failure of crops or oth< r
misfortunes coming t.< the bor: ?wer
an extension of time i? granted him j
in which to repay his loan, and W hen
tb.- harvest Is not good in any dis?
trict the siat,- Bank will also extend
tin- same leniency to the loclei) for
the repayment of its loan,
in the societies of small credit 1
initial loan from tin- Government,
mads for IS yearn Is repaid by re
si' rvlni 14 per cent of the society's net
earnings as , reserve fund. Tins |*
(boa- only in tlmei When tin soolet}
lias had a prosperous vear, but. so
tar. prosperity for ihr societies has
proved almost the Invariable rule,
in the same way the i - ins savings as?
sociations put aside i'? per cent t"i
the repayment <>f loans, and a dlvl
dend, not exceeding 5 to iu per cent,
11 then paid to iis depositors.
Ill The Police Court.
Tbe following cases were tri.il in
Mo- police court Saturday:
Bdward Qregg, riding bicycle on
forbidden Stdewalh, bond of |] for?
feited.
Wm Richardson drunk ami creat?
ing i disturbance, 17.50, each on the
t>No charges
Lavlnia Douglas, cursing and dls?
orderly conduct, $10 or 80 day* on
I ea< h charge,
tine caac was called In the polb
court Monday morning and bond <?
$1 eras forfeited ?oi the a bee nee of tin
offenders, Julia Hlmms and Hernie?
Kim ma The two were ?bar?; od with
disturbance of Ihs peace,
New Vorll f'OlIon Market
Si a York, Aug, :..
? ipea < 'lest
January. .. I 12.5a ??: j
Ma r?-h. 12,01
May. i 7 7" 12.50 i
October.I.'. i I ii i 2.50
f December ... l l1..*.!?
i 'loeed ste idy
ALLEGED CHICAGO SOCIKTY BUR?
GLAR AND FORGER ARRESTED.
t
Jacob i\ Guthrie Charged with
Theft of Jewelry, Silverware, Brie?
a-iiia< and Art Treasures Valued
at $200.000 ? Famil) Physician
Terrns Suspect an "Educated Pool/'
Cause ??f Mental Aberration As?
signed to Inceesanl Reading; of De?
lectlvo and I'roblom Novels,
Chicago, August 4.?-After twenty
four hours' work the police today com
pleted an inventory of the art treas?
ures, brlc-a-brac, jewelry, silver plate
and other articles stolen by Jacob F.
Guthrie, alleged society burglar and
forger, now under arrest, and an?
nounced that the goods received are
estimated to be worth $2 50.000.
I-ast night, alter a partial examina?
tion of the barn and the room in a
to rage warehouse, which Guthrie used
to hide a portion of the articles stol?
en, the police estimated the value at
$150,000. This was nearly doubled
when half a dozen additional trunks
and chests Riled with jewelry, laces
and bric-a-brac were discovered.
Much of the stolen property was found
in Guthrie's home, where he lived
with his mother, sister and brother,
who is a Chicago policeman.
Further investigation of the young
man's history revealed that after
graduating in a course in electrical
ngineering at a Chicago technical
nstltUte he obtained employment with
an electric company. Later he was
employed in the municipal laboratory
Subsequently he was appointed an in?
structor in electrical engineering at
one of the public high schools.
Guthrie is 26 years of age, six feet
in height and Weighs 200 pounds. He
is poorly dressed. although at the
time he was arrested he hid more
than $161,000 deposited to his credit
fn Chicago banks
Dr. Leslie W. Schwab, w ho has been
physician for the Guthrie family for
u number of years, talked with the
prisoner for an hour today and later
conferred with Capt. Halpin. of the
detective bureau.
Dr. Schwab said: 'Guthrie is an
educated fool in my opinion. I have
known him since childhood. He has
always been a bookworm. He read
detective and problem novels in?
cessantly. The effect of this has been
to create a peculiar mental condition.
He has all the characteristics of a
confirmed kleptomaniac. I believe he
has periods when he is mentally ir?
responsible. It is my intention to
have an alienist examine him in a few
days."
Chief of Detectives Halpin said:
"Beyond a doubt Guthrie has obtained
the most valuable collection of stolen
articles 1 ever saw in all my connec?
tion with the Chicago police depart?
ment. There is an endless list of all
kinds cd Jewelry, silverware, brie-:
brae and art treasures, There ale di?
amonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds
and pearls worth thousands <d' dollars
each.
"All his burglaries were committed
in the homes of the city's wealthiest
citizens. He read the society column
in tin4 newspapers ami when he no?
ticed that some wealthy woman had
left home for a few days he would
break in o the house ami steal l
n > st val labl ? articles he could find,
"llr has confessed to entering th<
home.- oi a score of wealths persons
] have n ? idea what percentage of the
tolen goods we have recovered, lb
apparently k< pi ;iil the thing* he gtole
Which appeal? d to hit! artistic tas e
But be must have disposed of a large
quantity of the plunder."
IA N'CHIU'RU FOR JON EH.
Not in Pwvor of Bioast?, as lias Been
Reported,
To the Edtor of Til.- State.
Will you allow no- space in your
columns to express the sentiment of
the majorit) of the voters in this
town as to the gubernatorial race and
tu vindicate ourselves before the eyes
of th.- right thinking people of our
one time grand Palmetto state .'
It his become generally rumored
uver tlo- Pee I tee section of the Stab
that this town a i itt vicinity would (five
I'd ease ;i big majority. Now. 1 want to
make II plain right here that this is
absolutely Incorrect. Jones, to the
contrary, will poll ;it least two-thirds
it th.? votes here and three or four
other polls right near here, I am re
Ilabl> informed will give Jones like
majority,
It Is i???liming a very common thing
now b> heal of Itleusu no n turning
Jones und I undcrsi md th.it this iv
not oiil) the ras*? in this section, bin
ext. mis over the entire State,
May God guide the good voters of
our st ite and when August 27 roll
around walk with them to Ihelr re?
spective ?.?din:; places und s?e lion
ca. t their ballots for .Indue Jo||CS am
g.I government, und thereby shin
in the restortlng of old South Carollm
to her former place unions; the com
monwealths ill the nation
T i< Frlerson, Ph. G.
I,yn< hhlirg, J ub. !10,
COLUMBIA To STOP WHISKEY
SALES.
Wlien Am^l? Are dude Hereafter
ProMCH'Utlon* Will Follow, Mere
Forfeiting ol Bonds Will not Do.
Columbia, Aug. 3.?The city officials
of Columbia have adopted a new plan
of fighting the Illicit sale of whiskey
and if tin- present plans are carried
out the sale of Intoxicants will be ma?
terially reduced in the capital city.
There has la-en a tendency Oil tin
part of Columbians to laugh a; the
situation In Charleston, yet the sit?
uation heir with regard to the sale of
whiskey is practically the sann- as in
the city by the sea?only it is on a
smaller at ale.
It has been the custom ol* the police
Officials to raid the various places
about oma a month and the usual line
of $4<? was imposed. The fine is us?
ually paid by some one. presumably
the manager, and few. if any. of the
alleged managers ever appeared in the
city court to answer the charges.
Under the new Plan, when a man is
arrested for Belling whiskey he will
not only be tried for the offense in the
city court, but his case win be car?
ried on before the magistrate.
Governor Bleaae maintains a large
force of constables in this county, yet
the work by these men of suppressing
the sah- of whiskey is hardly percept?
ible to the general public. These men
receive good living salaries, yet on the
face of the situation, they are not de?
livering the goods.
Everybod> knows that the whiskey
laws are being flagrantly violated in
Columbia. It seems now as if a check
rein was about to be applied.
As a matter of faci the whiskey
laws are being violated in practit ally
every section of the State and the of?
ficers seem to in- very Inactive, es?
pecially the constables appointed and
paid by the governor.
REFUSED EXTRA BALLOTS.
Executive Committee Chairman J, G.
Evans Turns Governor Down.
Bpartanburgi August ?C'hulr
man John Gary Tvans. of the State
executive committee, received this
morning the letter of Governor Cole
L. Bleaae, concerning the additional
ballots. The letter appeals to Mr.
Evans for 25,000 additional balljis
for the use of Governor Bleaae on elec?
tion day, August 27. Under a recent
ruling of this committee, no ballot
will be counted unless it is the official
ballot, furnished by the committee.
While Kx Governor ESvans has not
answered the letter yet, he stated that
the request of the. Governor would be
refused by the committee. Mr. Evans
feels that if he has a right to grant
such a request to Governor Bleute,
every other candidate for every office
Would be in a position to make the
same demands, and then1 is no telling
where the matter may end. Thus,
said Mr. Evans, no ballots will be fur?
nished any candidate. lb- added,
however, that the committee would
provide an ample number of ballots
for use on election day and that no
voter would experience any trouble
(n getting tickets.
DEMONSTRATION FOR JONES.
Heath spring-. Receives Gubernato?
rial Candidate with Open Anns.
Lancaster, August 2.?In response
to an invitatio l from Heath Springs
to address a mas-; meeting of citi
/.rus of that place today. Jmlgr Ira
B, Jones, though seriously handicap?
ped by reason of a bad throat, spoke
enthusiastically and very telling
there this afternoon to a great crowd
of voters, besides several hundred
cheering Women and children. It was
a Kiia day in Heath Springs, business
of every kind being temporarily sus?
pended in hon<?i of the distinguished
candidate for Governor, Probably no
candidate in Lancaster county has
ever hern accorded so great an ovation
or been received with greater warmth
of hospitality and feeling than was
Judge Jones today by citizens of
I b ath Springs. ?
Banners were in evidence all over
town bearing the slogans, "Heath
Springs for Jones!" "God Save our
State!" ".Iotas is the Uight Man and
we will Stand I?) Ilim!" At the con?
clusion ?i Judge Jours' address the
stand mi which he spoke was literally
covered with lloral tributes of unus?
ual beauty ? nd design, while the
sei.i girls und women sang several
Jones songs of their own composition.
The men und l?o> s . man> hur
rabs La .|om
Those ot the Item rentiers who i
no mi ri bavins read of Mr. VV. 11
Johnson, who passed through h.a.
some time last May on Ills way from
Macon io visit his daughter, Mrs. rt.
r Mason, ;lt i lishopv llle. w ill be sor
rj to |oarti thai Mr Johnson stifferet
n severe Injun on his return homt
while in \t lanta. and ha - been con
lined in i he I '.t nl> I lospital at Atlant;
ever since
-MY CONFFnmon of FAITH.
t \v Party Mv*l Accept li?Platform
Must suit Him or Tcdtl) Worn Run.
N.-w York Aug. 4. The ne.ti< net
trogresslve party must accept Col.
Roosevelt'i political doctrine If It'j s
<> be its standard bearer. He said ,av
today as he started for Chicago that
he wouid insist upon making ins "con?
fession of faith" to the delegates i- ?
tore the committee, which is draft
the platform, makes its rtnal report,
and he would u<u accept the nomina?
tion <>n a platform which did no.
meet with his approval.
Col. Roosevelt's Bpeech wan orig?
inally scheduled for Monday night, it
was suggested to him that the time of
it.- delivery he postponed and he sen)
word to his managers that he would
not consent to a delay until after the
platform had been presented to the
Convention. Advance copies of the
speech reached th. leaders of the
new party several days ago. The
[Colonel said nothing, however, to in?
dicate that the suggestion for a delay
in the- delivery of the speech was due
j'to the impeesslons of those who
read iL
I Col Roosevelt said that in his
speech he had dealt fully with all the
(great political questions of the day.
He spoke frankly and fearlessly, be
said, and believed that the Convention
(Might to be fully apprised of his views
before ratifying the tentative nomina?
tion which he accepted at Chicago
last month. He contends that it was
upon a question of principle that he
has done so he canned make a com?
promise of principle in accepting the
i leadership of the new movement. His
(declaration cd" political faith, he said,
is one which will be termed either
Socialism or anarchy and probably
both, hut represents his convictions.
He goes to Chicago to make these
j view s known and to accept the Presi?
dential nomination only If they are
I acceptable in their substantial provis
ions to the new party.
I According to the present arrange?
ment Col. Roosevelt will deliver his
speecdi Tuesday. This plan, he said,
was satisfactory to him. as at that
time the platform committee will not
have completed Its work.
Col. Roosevelt left Oyster Ray early
a train which is due in Chicago early
in the morning. He was accompanied
only by Mrs. Roosevelt and his secre?
tary.
The appointment by President Taft
of MingO Sanders, who was a sergeant
of the negro infantry regiment dis?
charged from the army for participa?
tion in the Brownsville riots, as a mes?
senger, led Col. Roosevelt to criticise
the President sharply. Sanders took
the stump in the Ohio primary fight
between Col. Rooseve lt and President
Taft.
"Bergt MingO Sanders," said the Col
onel, was the- oldest and most respect?
ed non-commissioned officer in the
companies which, on the recommend?
ation of Secretary of War Taft, were
disc harged without honor in 1906 and
of w hom Mr. Taft, as Secretary of |
War In 1906, spoke as follows:
?? 'It goes without saying that If the
guilty could be ascertained they
should and would be punished, but
the guilty canned be ascertained and
the very impossibility of determining
who are tlie guilty ones makes the
whole battalion use less to the Gov?
ernment as an instrument for main?
taining law and order. The only
means of ridding the military service
cd" a band of would-be murderers of
Women and children and ac tual mur?
derers of otn- man is the discharge <>f
the entire battalion.'
"In his report and recommendations
Mr. Taft explicitly Btated that the vet?
eran non-commissioned officers In
charge- of the battalion were, of
course, more responsible for what had
occurred than the others, and noth?
ing ha< occurred since to alter the po?
sition cd* Sanders except his use by Mr.
Taft's campaign manager in Ohio. In
short, he was discharged by Mr. Taft's
recommendation on bis military rec?
ord. He is reinstated by Mr. Taft on
his political record.
? if Mr. Taft did not t- ii the truth
about Mingo Sanders and his col?
leagues iu his report as Secretary of
War. from which I have quoted above,
then his c onduc t needs no character
Isatlon by me. it he did tell the
truth, then his reinstatement of Mingo
Sanders iu the public service is still
less In need of any characterization
inc."
Fight at Remberi Saturday.
I,, a tijiht at lb ml., i t Saturdu)
night Isaac Itabb was cut In three
places und seriou#d> wounded i.\ an
other neuro by tb< name uf I hinip
Holumn. The fight wu*? alleged t"
have occurred when Itabb refused \<<
pay dolman for work which the lat?
ter had done for him \ warrant was
sworn out for the arrest ol llolmun.
Mr. Warren N McCollum has gone
tc New York In the inb resl of M
Collum Ibo.
In the afternoon
this city, where
( II \ \??K HADE IN HOl'R.
<.o\. Wil-on Will Im* \ t.licd ol Nomi?
nation ai 3 o'clock instead of Hour
i iarller.
Washington, Aug. 4. teaator-eiect
OUie M. James ol Kentucky, chair*
man of the committee which will no?
tify (Jov. Wood row Wilson of his aom
n itlon at Sea Qirt Wednesday, an
nounced today a change In the sotift
cation plane.
The ceremonies will begin at *>
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. That
hour was named instead of - o'clock
to enable Mrs. Wilson to entertain the
52 Democrats of the committee at
luncheon. Mr. Jamea will meet the
members of the committee in a local
hotel at io o'clock Wedneaday morn?
ing. At 11.12 o'clock they will leave
on a special train for Bee Girt, arriv?
ing at 1.04 o'clock.
A number of the members of con?
gress will accompany the party and
several state governors have written
Mr. James that they will attend the
notification ceremonies,
PACE COVERED WITH PIMPLES.
A Skin Trouble that Needs Scientific
Treatment?Try This Remedy at
Our Risk.
Instead of bothering with cosmetics
and worthless "beauty formulas" if
you will treat that case of pimples
scientifically you will get results.
We advise using our new skin rem?
edy, Saxo Salve. which is very
soothing, yet penetrates the skin and
exerts its healing power from the
very moment of application.
Any pur?- soap may be Uded with
this remedy?just apply SaXO Salve
ak night, following directions. Not
only does it clear the face of pim?
ples, but eczema and other angry
itching. scaly or crusted eruptions
soon yield to its healing power.
The marked and continual im?
provement noticed shortly after the
treatment is ?egun will soon convince
you that Saxo Salve is far superior
to any other remedy for the skin.
If you do not get good results
from it we pay back your money. De
Lorme'a Pharmacy, Sumter. S. C
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
All Legislative Bssdaeae May be Dis?
used of in Fortnight.
Washington, Aug. 4.?Congress will
begin tomorrow what is expected to
be the last fortnight of ihe present
session. Adjournment by August 15
or 17 is confidently expected. The
postponment of the Archbald im?
peachment trial until December 3 has
cleared the decks of the Senate, so ac?
tion on legislative matters can he
pushed to a speedy finish.
The determination to abolish the
Commerce Court, and to place a sev?
en-, ear tenure of otlice in the civil
service law, has aroused antagonism
which may be reflected from the White
House In a veto of the bill appropriat?
ing money f<?r the salaries of Federal
employees.
This contingency has been antici?
pated by the leaders of both houses
and an effort is to be made Monday to
complete the legislative, executive, ju?
dicial appropriation bill, so it may be
sent at once to the President, in case
of an Executive veto, it is believed it
can again be considered, passed and
resubmitted to him in amended form
without seriously delaying plans for
adjournment.
Action on tariff bills and a reopen?
ing of the two battleship tight In the
House will be features of this week's
session. The Senate will not act 01 the
compromise wool tariff bill tomorrow,
and will probably agree to it. as the
House has done. A meeting of the
conference committee on the excise
tax bill Monday or Tueeday la expect?
ed to result in an agreement that prill
send that measure also to President
Taft during the week.
it has been asserted bj the Presi?
dent's friends in both houses thai he
will veto all of the tariff bills that
reac h him.
Such action would be accepted as
Anal by Congress and no attempt
would be made at this session to re
pass the measures.
The I democrats of the House will
?lake up the battleship question in
cnUCUS auain Tuesday. The leaders in
the fight for at least one new man-of
war in this year*S naval bill h t\e
succeeded in forcing the third caucus
on the subject ami it is believed the)
will control the situation
If the House agrees to one ?hip, tie
Senate is expected to accept the com?
promise, although it wants two. M my
of the most important appropriation
bills remain t<? be completed. Ta ? Sett
ate has n??t yet completed half of the
expected debate on the Panama Canal
administration bill. Itoth houses a*ill
begin dail> sessions at IS o'clock thl
week, however, and probably will sit
evenings from s to i j. muktna Iwolvt
hours ?i l'nd< t s'ii h > ircumstancet
business can Ih? entlrcl> disposed oi
it is believed, within the lime predict
ed l?> the a.u ooatos of < tirlj adjourn