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Show UNCLE SAMLAGGING Behind Other Nntions in Restriction Re-striction of Opium. iS IN ANOMALOUS POSITION initiated Movement for Control of tha Tral.c and Haa Neglected to Adopt tha Neceeaary Remadial Meaiurea Lawa Urged to Be Paaaed. Oy GEORGE CLINTON. WanhitiKion Aliliouitli thin country lull i.i!. '! the Inluriiatliinal niiivi nirlit for thr control of thv trartlc In opium, llio I nil. '. H'alci In toilny Hip one. nation na-tion whl. h hua not Iipcii vitally aftort-ml aftort-ml hy thp moypttipiil. For, with thr nlnisln pucpptlon of thu art of ll'"9. which hy mi iiirana atrlkra at thr h.'iirt nf thp prolilrtn. ronurpna ao fnr han failed to olinldrr thr iiccrnnnry t. tn.'illal uipamrm. rfnd toilny. In thr wordn of Hamilton Wrlcht. inrmliiT of the. Ann-rlran drlcRiitlon to thr Intpr lialli.nal (Ipllllu Ciinlrri'ticp. "Hip I'lllt-rd I'lllt-rd S'atia In In llio ponltlon, aflor lia-inn lia-inn rr.i'lv.,1 thr rorilinl roop.'rntlon i f lw.hr owprn. of lu-ini; fnr hohlnd In rho mm . in. 'tit " It In n clear rnr. tay thono who nrr tirulriK tho nupprrn-, nupprrn-, t.ion of tho opium trail", of iicnli'ct at limn., nml iluitlty abroad lu Ii:h inn."!!!-" In lotiKrrnn thr other oth-er day r.'iMt'lliiK tlm opium trutllc ITcyl,!. nt Tall lal.l ntrcfa uiin thin ' 1. ci'at!p tnni'th.n" wlon hp nald: I Mil,' m w.,1 ilium railed Hip nt tn:t!on of conrtrnrt to iho ni'rnMlly ' for Iho fnnnii-p of thp propoi"l m.nn 'ut.n, and I tn in.'.irHP the view tif tho irrrrtnry of ntnto that ronitrrrn j nl'tuitd prouiptly pii'-n tltrwo nii-nnurrn. I moro ..sprrlally I aiinn thin rovrrtl- ' li'.'ht toon tho InlllatlVP mid han In on C'ti i.ninly ntipi'i.rtrd hy twrlo oihor ! it'H nun. ti' In Itn rffort to niltlcn'r. I If i' .1 .'iil.r. ly fupprinn, tlm world'a I '0 ttllll I'Vll " Patted Lnw to Save Our Faca. , T'.o o:n' null opium law whlrh In ' r-r.v rn thr fr.l. i til nia'uto hookn In . ih" noratlrd ' oiilittn-i'ictunlon act" of ! tl'ii'i. wlint.. purpofo It In to prpvptit thr Inn orihtloti Into tlm I'nltrd Stnton I of Hip vlrlo.m fonn of opium um d for inokltiK. Thin law wan not panned. It I In rnrloun to note, until nftor tlm an-! an-! ni'tnhllni! of tho ltiiprnn"onnl Opium ('"llfrrotiro. lih' n It wan dln'OVerrd that over hlnrp SM Ihla Mini of opium hud hrin hitally Imtiortnl Into tlm I Vnltr.l Ktuton and that It had yli'ldpil In annual rrveuuen thr rnorinoua aum I if f 'JT.riv) lien Thr iTomplnona ivltli with Ii ronitrpan ri'i ral. d that prlvl-!"' prlvl-!"' wan duo. nnya I'mninlnnlonrr I Wrttthf to thr fart that "It would I tin qultr lint o-nll.lr lr thr Atnrrlran I roninilnn'onrrn to apprnr at tlm Rhanft- tint ronfrren'-r until tho frdprnl anr- rrninrnt htnl taken nonm ntppa townrd i a lioiir.-clrnnlni! ' Alihoitnh arvrral nf tlm Indlvldunl ntat.-n durlnR the hint frw yrnra havr rnvlne.l ami ntn tiL'thenrd lutmntntr lenlnlatlon alniPil to ronlltm uarrntlrn I to lerltlmatp linen, yrt tlm frderal rot-' rot-' prnmi'tit han doni- nmhlnK. Tlmre havr I l-rpn iirrod upon com-TpHn, hnwpvrr. ' tl.m,. Mlla. ni.-h nf which ntrlhen at r"mr tmtiorrnnt plinrr of thr nplum trnfllr and all of whlrh havn thr Ron-r.-il approval of thr phnrinnry lioardn of thr differrnt ntntra of thr I'nlnn which arr rhiirirerl with tlir rnforrr-ment. rnforrr-ment. undrr tlm Hilrr powrr of thr Fintrn. of thr atatr arta for tlm regulation regu-lation of thr anlr nf narrotlca. Three Bill Urged. Th flrt of Ihrnr tillln rnlln for an iinirinlmi'iit tn tha art of 1MU), rrcu-laimj rrcu-laimj tlm innniilai luro nf ninoklna ipliim within tlm llnllrd Ktnlon; the nrrond Imponra a tax upon and rrffu Intra tho production, manufacture, and j illntrllmtlon of vnrloun halilt fnrmlni driien: nnd tlm third Mil alma tn rciru-lalo rciru-lalo thr prnrtlcr of iiharniacjr and tlm I nalr of polnona In thr rnnniihir dla- Thr opinion In pxprriiBed In WaahlnaT-Ion WaahlnaT-Ion that tlin nlKtilnx of t)m Intprnn-M.uial Intprnn-M.uial opliitn rotiyeiiilon nn January ?1 hint nt Tlm I Inmin will atlmiilatr iom:iesrn Inm ncilvlty, fnr hy the iirmn of the tipaty rntrrrd Into at lhat tlmr l.v IwiUp world pnwrrn. It In ordered lhat tho lawn nuri!"Med In lm c nv. ml. .ii nhull ho pn. toned hy Mm nevptal tiovernmi'iiin to thplr par llnmeiita or Ipcfnlntlrn hodlea within Hip period nf tlx mnnthn Mr. Taft, llirrpfotr. In ni'ii.l'nn hln mrmnito to oiiRrrsn on May .'II. wan ahead of time hy about aevpn weekn. an that, irchnlenlly at least, thla country hat kejit to thr auroi'inrrit. Woman and Polltlea. Wonirn are tnkhiK niore and more Intoirnt In iMiMtlca every day and the moveuietit In particularly nn. tlrenble In a.-lilimtnu, where nobody, no-body, man or woman, linn a vote. Tli"tr are purely political movrmiiita ll Vahhlni;ioti miller ronttant dlarua- Ion hy thr wnmm whlrh linvr noth-Itiu noth-Itiu to do with thr mutter of miff rune tor Hip tt'X. It. publican wompii are lakltiK nn Intinnt In the aiarena of the Itipubllrai) ticket and the liemn-iratlr liemn-iratlr women err tuklnit nn Itiirreni in the auccinn (,f the ticket of their luiriy, and t litis fur tLu women of both III. have llmUln! that the inove-airnt inove-airnt ahull hi. lor thp nuccean of thplr partlia at tho polla nml that no at-lotnpt at-lotnpt ahull ho made on behalf of uny purtlculur riindldaio fur the iiomlna-lions. iiomlna-lions. There wat a harmony hrcakfiut iro-motid iro-motid hy the l)i morrntlc w omen hrre recently, a.'counu or which already hava apiieHred. There were iirewnt tl tho breakfant tha wives of most of the candidates for tha party' presidential pres-idential nomination. Following this Umkfunt and perhaps aa a son of a ii tm ii eaaAateannwaaaaaii iim n iina ne.uel to It thera haa Junt born held In thla el y a nirrtmi of tha Worn- rn a Nailorial HeiniM-ratie nnitue. Mra John Shprwln fronby of Sew York presided. The object of thin lenaue la "to promote the principle of lemor-rnry lemor-rnry and to annlnt In the election of Hip ii. . niln. -.n of ihp Ihmorratli' par l.v" It la specially proldd In the linBima ronniliuilon H at "tlw rr nliall be no llitliieii.e line, I In liehnlf of any pern.in or faction prior to the notnl-natlnna notnl-natlnna hv thr l morratlr party " dvea Rellca of First President. I.i thr I'nltrd States navy llmr) la a pay director who la a ureal areat-uniiiil areat-uniiiil nephew of (irori. WnnliltiKton lha name In It. T. Man, in hall and his homo la lu llaltlmore. Them are other oth-er collateral denrendnllta of (leorR anliliiKton 111 lm: In the country round about WnnliliiRton. I'ny IHrwtor tlnll linn four alnters. Ibn Hall family through the naTal ofllcer hna Jnnt presented the National niunetim nf the capital with tunny me morlnla of thr NYanMiiKton family, nonip of them havliiR been owned directly di-rectly by thr Father of Ills Country, one of thr Kltta now lu the care of th. aovertiment la a lllhlr rover of tape try which waa uned to protect thai family lllhlr of Frances Thorntot I WiiiIiIiirioii, a niece of ticnrn" Wash-Initton, Wash-Initton, from duet and hard unnite. A plecr of Hip crepp which was hllliR oil Hip door knob at Mount Vernon on tin occanlon of the funeral of tha first prenldetit la iiuother one of the tne tuorlaln. Aiiotlipr cloth piemorlal In a pled j of rrlmnon inaterlnl from a flute rnr rlid by thr Coinlneiital forces wh were under tho cominnnd of t'ol. Hur to Hall durltiK tho ItevoltiHonnrf uur An Irnpri anion In i rlmron nhoie-Ini! nhoie-Ini! Hie crent of Jon pll Hall of F.pplnl l oir-t. urandlatlier of tiiiiur Wiinb-llolioti, Wiinb-llolioti, nlno In limol.R Ihr gifts. Wathingtcn's Cold Epaulets. C.ettlliK down to Iho HiIiirs Willi ictiially wrrp iimiI by tii'flrRo Viinh iiicioti. meutloti nhoiilil lie tnndp of t pair of i-i l.l wlte pauleta of nlulelit il. aiitn which wctp worn hy him wins ne van n cel.. in I In the French and IB-dlnn IB-dlnn warn. Wimhlintion wore three cpnulita iiIkh I l.roui.liiuit tho entire caniwilr.il with I'.rmlilock. In ,i,l, Mil, ,11 to Hie pair of epnulrtl tboro la a aliu-'lr one whlrh Wiinhln ion wore at dllf. rent tltnea durliiK the Itevolutlon. The whrreabout of the compat.lon of thin epaulet la not known. A Mimonlr apron of tlm Iti'VC-Inn, Iti'VC-Inn, in, ny war period with the Innliinlt In Rold nnd whl.-h wr i the pri'in rty i4 I'ol llitlxcnn Hall, la Included In tin collection of Rlfta. When Ijiiayetip wan In thin country In l1-:! w a princntid ' In hard' wood r T ii fT box, h. alilir.illy polishes and heart- ; 11m Frenchman's portrait It was tlm Klft of American ndtntrrrs nf the foreigner who had come to nl the coloiilen. l ater 1-iilnyvtio pnneiiCi cd this snuff box lo bin roiIhoii, Fay-eli Fay-eli Hall, a rrlutlio of (ienrno Wanh ItlKlOll. One of the Intprpntlnit objerla In the rolleetlon In nn aiittiiuo mournliiK tirmi, h of gold worn by Mnry Hall 1 bin la onv nf the few utithentlc rcilri of Wahhiiigton'a tuotlier which la extant. ex-tant. It inunt he rememlH'rrd tha Mary anlilugtoii iM foro her marriage wua Mary Hull. The nril. l. a have all been placed In nun of tho caeca o! Washington rellca In tho National mu aeutn'a hall of hlntory. Chance for "Wliard" Burbank, Sclentlhta of the agricultural da-pmtmrnt da-pmtmrnt are nhowltiR great Inter-pnt Inter-pnt In a bill whlrh haa bepn favorably favor-ably reiortfd from the houso mm-mtttee mm-mtttee on public Innda to turn over under certain roudltlnns seml-nrld Innda In Ciillfornla. New Mcxlro, Art ropa and Nevada to l.uther lliirbank of Knnta HriBa. Cnl., In order that he may be Riven a rhnnre to demonatrnte lhat splnelesa cart I, valuahlo for do-montlu do-montlu ii ii 1 tn ii 1 fond, can be grown thorn, and lima desert landa bo made prolltuble Hrpri K.'iilnllve linker of tha com mlttpp on public Innda has submitted a fnvorutilo reiort to the house ankliiK that thn Innda be turimd over to Mr Hurhank for exiMTlnipntal ptirponrs and In bin rpport ho save that there Mi'int to hn nn doubt that tha Call forulan "hna iroiaguled a nplnelens iiicIuh mnt vuluiiblo for foniRn, which If proiM-rly Introduced may revolutionise revolu-tionise Hip nRrtcubural ciindlllona In many of tho npiularld nnd arid reg lonn of the notitliwentern part of Hie I lilt, ,1 Htalen " In the favorable report on the hill an explanation la made of thn termn under whlrh Mr Hurhank enn take over these Rrent trarta of land for ex prrlmental pnrpnnen. The report Bala "In order to encouniRr thene exiterl melitntlona. It la proponed to permit Mr llurbank. after It Is demonstrate, 1 to the satlKfnctliin of the necretnry of the Interior that aald cacti can Im than commercially and prnlltahlv prepared, to purftiane the amount of land an tntitd In the bill at tha uaunl price of II SR ier acre If without tho railroad llmltn and I2MI an aire If within Hie aald llmltn. At the prenent time the landa In ipientlon ar without any commercial com-mercial vnlue. Experiment In Deaerta Wanted. ' "It should also bo atated that Mr llurbank In now propiiRntlni thone cue tl. and sollltiR the suuie to all comers at a reaaonnble price, hut then plantn are roIiik Into nertlons of California rhlrfly where thrlr growth and propa Ration In not attended wlih any Rrnit rxpeiu-r or uncpttalnly It Is the view of thn committee that It la mont desirable to encourage these exierl mentations In the parts of the arid and aeml arid souihwot which are at thin time practically desurta and now await development. If thla encouragement encour-agement demonntrutrs that these sections sec-tions are suitable for the production of then cacti, tha beneficial results will be of Incalculable valua to tha nation " |