AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
[Press Association. — Cops&iqht.] PRESIDENT TAFT'S SALARY. JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA. (Received Feb. 26, 8.40 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Thursday. The iftnerican House of Representatives has rejected the Senate's increase in President's Taft's salary. '. SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday. The Government of California is tak. ing a census of Japanese in the State. THE FINE ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. A SCARE IN WALL STREET. REDUCTIONS IN STEEL. (Received Feb. 26, 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, Thursday. The Supreme Court's action in- upholding the fine on the New York Central Railway for granting rebates to an oil refining company ha^ caused a serious reaction in American rails on Wall Street. The steel trade is demoralised owing to the Steel Trust reducing the price of steel shapes and plates by £<lols. a ton. and steel baivs 4do!s., followed by an announcement of an open market jji the rail industry.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 26 February 1909, Page 3
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