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a iir..i.i.,.rir.ti Utinnfpli tn fhfi Gill
cngo Uoponl-Ilprald, under dato of
Mureli 8, says: "In the executive ses
sion Senator Baron offered a number
of amendments to his resolution direct
ing the foreign relations committee to
inquire into the protocol or an agree
ment entered into between the United
Stales and Santo Domingo on January
3J, 1903, by which the United States
took charge of certain custom houses
In order to pay the claims of the San
DomiiiL'o Imnrovement company of
Now York. Thcso amendments made
tho resolution general In character by
striking out tho preamble and all ref
erence to any specific case. As re
modeled, the resolution directs the com
miltco to examine and to report to the
Benato whether it is competent, under
tho constitution of tho United States,
for any agreement, convention or pro
tocol, not made by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, but solely
through tho executive branch of tho
government, to be made with a foreign
government, to bind such governments
and to constitute a constitutional agree
ment, under which the United States
shall bo authorized and empowered to
take possession of custom houses of
such foreign government and to its
creditors; and, furthermore, to hold
said custom houses until the moneys
awarded under said arbitration shall
have been fully collected, and to hold
tho custom houses by the authoritative
and forcible power through its ofllcers,
omployes or agents, either civil or mil
itary. Another article has been added
to the resolution, which directs an ex
amination and report a3 to whether it
iB competent, under any agreement, not
made by and with tho advice and con
sent of the senate, to bind the United
States and such foreign government in
the liquidation and settlement of any
dobt of tho United States or one of the
citizens, and if such an agreement may
ho constitutional to report its charac
ter and limitations."
was $237,516,GG9, or an average of near
ly 30,000,000 per annum. Another per
manent annual appropriation, which
does not affect tho ordinary receipts
and expenditures of the government,
is for the redemption of circulating
notes of national banks that aro re
tiring or reducing circulation. These
redemptions are made out of deposits
of national banks required by law for
that purpose, and the estimated
amount that will be paid out of these
deposits for these redemptions during
the fiscal year 190G is $30,000,000."
Speaking of tho appropriations, Mr.
Hommenway says: "I am advised by
those most competent to judge that the
deficiency in the revenues of the gov
ernment for the current fiscal year will
not exceed $18,000,000. This deficiency
is brought about by unforeseen expen
ditures in two directions namely, $13,
000,000 on account of new ships for
the navy and also in the probable ex
cess of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 expen
ditures for the postal service over the
postal receipts for 1905."
Mr. Livingston, after giving various
expenditures, says: "Contrasting Mr.
Cleveland's second administration as
to appropriations With that of Mr-
Roosevelt, wo find that a strenuous
government, dominated by the policy
of a 'big stick costs under Mr. Roose
velt $220,412,329 moro for the army,
$258J.S4,157 more for the navy, $19,
477,503 more for fortifications, and. for
the three combined military purposes
$498,074,050 more than did the same
objects under Mr. Cleveland's last four
years of office, a sum large enough to
erect a public building in every city
and town in the country, with enough
to spare to improve every harbor and
waterway, necessary for the promotion
of our commerce; or it would have been
sufficient to construct 200,000 miles of
perfect roadways throughout the whole
land."
Mr. Hommenway, late chairman of
the house committee on appropriations,
and Mr. Livingstone, acting member of
the minority on tho same committee,
issued statements on March 8, relat-
InCT to annrrmrlntlrmo fn i.
- -11.--t ... iui mo session
of congress just closed. The statements
, as to the total appropriations for the
session agree, being $818,478,914 for the
fiscal year ending Juno 30, 190G aa
against $781,172,375 for the previous
year. Mr Livingston makes a corn
prison of the four years of tho last
Cleveland administration and the four
years of tho administration just closed
showing that in 1S93-9G the approprii
tions were $2,010,343,753 and during the
years 1903-0G they were $3,x53,33492
Mr. Hommenway says: "Under tho
operation of the latter statute and he
August 3lbt im hT duced sinco
august oi, 18G5, at which time it
S12 lif? Plnt' 756431,571
to $1,280,255,997 at the close of FPh
ruary, 1905, or more than $41G 000 000
in excess of tho liberal requirements of
the sinking fund law. During foiJ
fiscal years (1393-06) of Preside t
Cleveland's last administration S
miSl edn t0 th0 B,nklns i
$id,4U0,047, or an avowee of limo l
than p ,,000,000 per aimfm D ".?
oigM fiscal years (1897-1904) of to
administrations oi Presidents McK
ley and Roosevelt, the agg S
fPahikittaf
I The WOrliLknnwn l,..iLi.i
PERRY nAuic.
The world-known household rcmoiW r. .
I&.brulscs-conghs, cold?. SSuL"? cuts.
tt Washington dispatches make the
authoritative announcement" that
Secretary Shaw will retire from the
cabinet at the end of his four years
term, which will be in February 1906
Commissioner James R. Garfield of
the bureau of corporations has insti
tuted a "rigid investigation" of the oil
trust in Kansas and contiguous states.
The report will be made directly to
President Roosevelt, and whether it
Mill be made public will lie within the
discretion of the president.
The following report on foreign trade
on farm and forest products, compiled
by the division of foreign markets was
received by the department o fagri
culture: Balance of trade in farm
1904 was in favor of exports tw
was a distinct gain in m8 vhel TG
export balance increased to $555 000 -000,
a gain of $257,000,000 over the pre
ycf bSniti tn
export balanced VmvoLT1
coeded $410,000 000 0P.U?ts ex"
shows thlt'the'tmesuc
farm or agricultural products ?i? M?f
year 1904 were ?19,000,00C ?U s tSann
nanP;;edillg y?ar and ?G W.wTle s
than the annual average for iroo f
1903. The total value of mm , 22 to
160.204. The exo s o roS
Ntio an increase of S11 nnnnnn
1903 and $30,000,000 more than
annual average for 1894 to 1898 p
the period 1890 to 1904 the tnM ,T
of domestic exports or arm in?Iufe
aggregated $11 000,000 000 Tho t"?
imports of farm products in Vm we?
$461,434,851, an increaso of $5,000,000
over 1903 and of $54,000,000 over the
annual average for 1889 to 1903 and of
forest products, $79,619,296. The value
of imports of forest products exceeded
tho previous year by ?S,000,000 and
the annual average of 1899 to 1903 by
$19,000,000. The value of the cotton ex
ports increased $55,000,000 from 1903
to 1904, although the quantity export
ed in 1904 was 479,000,000 pounds less
than in 1903. A decline of $72,000,000
in domestic exports of grain and grain
products is attributed to a diminution
in quantity without a corresponding
price. Meat and meat products declined
from $187,000,000 to $174,000,000. The
farm imports in 1904 included $73,000,
000 of sugar and molasses, $71,000,000
in animal fibers, $70,000,000 in coffee,
$52,000,000 in hides and skins and $45,
000,000 in vegetable fibers. Lumber ex
ports aggregated $19,000,000, an in
creaso of $7,000,000 over the previous
year. Naval stores exported increased
from $13,000,000 in 1903 to over $16,
000,000 in 1904. Alcoholic liquors im
ported declined $500,000.
. WE NOW HAVE OPENING for tt,
salesmen in each state; salary or comi V
$80'A MONTH SAURY &.
to Introduce our Guaranteed l'onltpv nIft"?
Kcmcdlci.. 8ondfOJ?contmct:woineaiibnfin.4 b.M
lUBhbestrcforonco. CiIkDiaiiBlUtXsoiBMd
PATENT SECURED fiOen
..S,AdTS!"??teo!rUS
What to Invont.flnost '
button. Pntnnbt Knmirnrt
p.no.Ena,wlkonB U Co.,015 jr. St. VuS&SSq.
Coned by offlciala Ballroado end W.U.Tel. Co. l'otii,i'-Ea'
cured, fcntlro coat, tuition (tclcp.pbr ftd '"
board nnd room, O moB. cournc, 89. Can be !i.
Uome Instruction nl.ortTen. CUI6uo U free rcduM
DODGE'S 1K8TITU& OK TBLKUIUl'Ur, Hlpiral.o, Ui.
The second message of President
Roosevelt, relative to the Santo Do
mingan treaty declares that the inter
ests of Santo Domingo demand imme
diate action by the senate at the ear
liest moment. The message says the
treaty offers the only method for pre
venting collection of fraudulent Claims
and of protecting just claims of for
eigners and Americans alike and urges
Santo Domingo's need of the aid of a
powerful and friendly nation.
The report of Commissioner Garfield
on the beef trust case will not prevent
an investigation of the trust by a
grand jury in Chicago. On the con
trary, the investigation will ,be car
ried out as orginally planned.
President Roosevelt has signified his
dissatisfaction with the ranama canat
commission and has given the mem
bers of congress his opinion of th af
fair. He had hoped that congress, at
the close of the last session, would
enact legislation under which he could
reconstruct the commission so as to
":r uuo DUliam o the canal on a
better basis than it now is.
All,A!!?0ciate(1 Press dispatch, dated
lDf- Mar G, says: "Two and
a half million acres of timber land will
be saved to the government by the one-
. ,. . ouuu uut to which Presi
dent Roosevelt affixed his signature
during the last moments of thrifty
eighth congress. The act prohibits the
selection of timber lands in exchange
vTth nnfoUhiCh haVG been "fd
wumn forest reserves. It woi in -isot
that the lieu law was enacted It had
Je,St? f0"8' sinl"y tiling
sons holding lands In torest referves
to make selections elsewhere in ex
Suno Hr tt?!r f0rest ands
lanUUSVji
crecre tYrm 1 U0, A report to con-
that hereafter lL iL la questlon'
made hom -' be
ciliated to save in-nTi,.!? ' Is cn'
bered land u,'' .a' mucI m
reservos " h Is outsille forest
BotteajournTaTS'-OT SeSS'n' '
. out otrespnceeatato12Ben7atPormBarC"
The Old tine Banker's Lifo
Of Lincoln, Nebr.
Has Over $100,000 Assets
Leads the world in its home state
Has a ffood position! or a good man.
I9tK Year.
Subscribers1 Adiertlslng Department
The Subscribers' Advertising De
partment was instituted to meet the
requirements of advertisers who were
not regularly engaged in business, but
who had some meritorious article for
sale or exchange. The rates were
made lower than the regular display
advertising rates, and the rule adopted
that only regular subscribers were al
lowed to use it. The success of those
who have availed themselves of this
opportunity offered has been remark
ably good. George B. Dickson of
Evanston, 111., writes: "I herewith en
close check for which run my adver
tisement in the subscribers' advertis
ing department of tho next two issues
of The Commoner. You may
be interested in knowing that up to
date I have received fifty-eight in
quiries from twenty states and terri
tories in Response to this ad, which
appeared first in last week's issue of
the paper. I consider that money
pretty well spent." Many others have
written in a similar strain. The rato
for advertisements in this department
is G cents per word per insertion, in
advance. If you are in doubt as to
the best and briefest wording of your
advertisement, the manager will be
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moner, Lincoln, Neb.
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stone. N. Dak.
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Ky.
TTOR SALE. DAKOTA GROWN PURE EAR-
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