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Bequests aggregating one million five hundred and forty-five thousand dollars for philanthropic, charitable, and educational purposes, are made in the will of Mrs.
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Three new national bird reservations, two in Alaska and one in Nebraska, have been created by President Taft and placed under the department of agriculture.
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President Taft in a message to Congress tells how millions of dollars annually can be saved in the operation of the governmental machinery by "economy and efficiency.
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Enlarged application of the leasing principle as applied to public domain, especially a liberal leasing law for the development of the mineral resources of Alaska, particularly its coal lands, and immediate consideration by Congress of the whole subject of water-power development and control, are the most important recommendations contained in the annual report of Secretary of the Interior Fisher.
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"We have twenty Switzerlands in the United States, yet last year Switzerland took between one hundred and fifty and two hundred millions of dollars from tourists, while the United States is actually losing money by not developing its national parks.
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The congressional joint committee on printing has discovered that "adulterated" paper has been used for years in the government printing office.
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In the report of the interstate commerce commission, just made public, the charge is advanced and arguments are set forth to show that under the ruling of the commerce court in the so-called "inter-Rocky mountain cases" the intent of Congress in extending the powers of the commission has been thrown to the ground, and it is intimated in no uncertain terms that efficient regulation of railroad rates and the power to prevent discriminations is at stake.
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Good roads for New Hampshire were discussed at the first state good roads convention held at Concord under the auspices of the state highway department.
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The fifteenth annual report of the secretary of agriculture begins with a series of trenchant statements of national importance.
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Complete publicity of the affairs of great corporations, coupled with rigid laws defining the character of legitimate corporation business, will solve the trust problem in the United States, according to Elbert H.
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Charges that a coffee combine exists which is "the most monstrous imposition in the history of human commerce," were made before the National Coffee Roasters Association at Chicago last week and they were urged to initiate a movement to overthrow Brazilian domination of the coffee market.
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The Elizabeth tunnel, the most important factor in the construction of the Los Angeles aqueduct, which has recently been completed a year in advance of the time required for the work, is 26,870 feet long, and is the second longest water tunnel in the United States, the Gunnison tunnel, which has a length of thirty thousand feet, ranking first.