Show l THIS FROM WASHINGTON Minister Wu anil Minister Conper hnvo paid nn agreeable oxclmhso of visits 5lnco tIm nge in Washington of the American Ameri-can representative to China The meet ins was purely social United States Consul Ernlnerd H War nor Tr nt Jclpslc has called the attention atten-tion of ibo Sin to dnpartmpnt to the fact that Gormanv has been exporting ploughs to Porto Rico during the pnsL year Following ho recent action In the caso of Russia In which an additional tariff duty wsa placed on sugar receiving C bounty Ito Treasury department his Im ponod an additional duty of 10 centnvos per kHopcrim upon Argentine sugar Comptroller of the Tiensury Tracowoll has decided ncilnat the contention of Fil nan TV Peek commlFslonersencr al of thn Purls exposition that the cost oC a congratulatory cablegram to the President Presi-dent funds should 0 paid out of the exposition Returns to lie statistician of the Department De-partment of Agriculture made up to May 1Hl show tlm area under winter wheat In cultivation on that data to have been about 2S2C7000 acres This Is 2015000 I acres or 67 per cent leas than tho acre ago sown last fall but 2032000 acres or J 77 per cent In excess of tho winter wheat I ucrcago harvested last year |