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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
August
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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.a subscription for a fund to buud a monull to the late John J. Bagley. It is designed to make it a popular subsoription nd receive 8mall suais from the large&t jiossible number of people. Chicago Tribune : Eugene Higgins, the appoictment clerk of the Treasury department, is a politícal boodier of the first water. Every time he touches politics :here is "something in it," and he don' t care who knows it. With reference to his recent vigit to Baltimore to work the primítryelections, he says : " You know my jpmion of the mugwumps. They are all Aauds and cranks. I was off on leave, iowever, at the time of our election, and 1 had a right to do as I pleased, civil service cranks to the contrary, nothwithstand4ng." The most conspicuous civil-service crank in the United States is President Cleveland. Higgins' operations m Baltitnore were in open defiance of the Presideat'g July order to offioe-holders, and in ahamelegs personal disresptect of the President himself. It remains to be seen whether he has the courage of his convictionï aod will dismiss this insolent underetrapper írom his position. If he does -aot, he will stand confessed as not only a raud and a crank, but a hypocrite. Tlie Michigan Press Association meet.ng at Port Huron, last week, was a de:.ded success in every respect. The offijers elected for the ensuing year are as foflowï: President, M. E. Brown, Bittle Oreek Moon; yice-president, M. D. Hamilton, ilonroe Commercial ; secretary, B. J. líelley, Pontiac Bill Poster; treasurer, F. 3. Ainger, Sturgis Journal ; executive ommittee, G-eorge W. Perry, Bellevue Gazette; J. W. Hiñe, Detroit Tribane; W, H. Brearley, Detroit Journal; Theo3ore Quinby, Detroit Free Piess; W. J. Davenny, Detroit News. A new society was organized among the members of the association, to be known as the Michigan Press Sanhedrim, ostensibly for business nd fun. Following is a list of the gentlemen who will tenderly care for it during its first year's existence : President, W. H. Srearley; vice-president, J. W. Hine ; 8agej A. H. Finn ; senior almoner, Thomas Applegate; junior almoner, James Slocum; senior monitor, A. E. Meigs ; junior monitor, Orno Strong; pedagogue, U. S. Hampton; senior notary, D. B. Ainger; junior aotary, Archibald McMillan. Few people have any idea of the magnitude of the dairy interests of the United States. They represent an investment of aearly five times as much as the entire 'bank capital of the country, $671,000,000 ■while the dairy interests amount to more than $3,000,000,000. The number of milch cows is estimated at 21,000,000. They give each an average of 350 gallons :{ milk annually. This would make an ■sggregate milk production of 7,350,000,000 gallons. Four thousand million gallons are used for butter, 700,000,000 for cheese and the remaining 2,650,000,000 pass down the ihroata of 60,000,000 men, women and babies in this land of freedom. The quantity of butter manufacturad and used is about 1,350,000,000 pounds, and of cheese ,500,000 pounds. The value of our dairy producís for the last twelve months was nearïy $500,000,000. This is $20,000,000 more than the value of our annual wheat yield, while it closely approximates that of our corn erop, which is the most valuable of our farm producís. To support this immense dairy herd, 100,000,000 acres of pasture land are required wortk $2,500,■000,000. It is easy enough to see, thereiore, that the 4,000,000 farmers in this country are an important element of our aational welfare and prosperity.

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