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R. R. POSTAL GRAFT IS THOROUGHLY EXPOSED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO STAR. Talk in Congress to Avoid Postal De ficit bv Raising Second Class Rates Not Based on Tacts. Express Companies Carry Magazines at a Lower Rate. The San Francisco Star prints this strong indictment; Nowhere is Kraft more brazenly prac ticed than in the carrying of the United States mails. Nowhere does the hare faced robbery of the American people exhibit at once the depths of moral tur pitude to which the government itself has fallen and the absolute and imperi ous power exerted by the corrupt railway interests over the recreant public ser vants than are seen in the contracts with the rail way b for mail service, l'he postal deficit is a deficit only because our rail ways are owned by private parties on ttie one hand, and because the government is also the servant of these unscrupulous interests on the other.' In his chapter on "The Kailwayß and the Postal Ser vice," Professor Parsons lays bare this unholy alliance on the part of a depart ment of government with the railways which is a confession that the govern ment is the tool of the interests. "Another and most grievous form of graft," says the author, "'consists in ex cessive charges for the carriage ot mails. While the railways in other countries carry the mails for nothing or at cost, our government has to pay much higher rates than private shippers. The rail way tax on the transmission of intelli gence is one of the worst handicaps re sulting from our transportation system. For hauling mails the railways receive from the government from two to four times as much as they get from the ex press companies for equal haulage, more than twice what they get for carrying commutation passengers and excess bag gage equal weights and distances, two to five times their charges for first-class freight, twelve times what they receive for some of their dairy freight, and six teen times what they get for the mass of common freight." Profesor Parsons cites at length from Professor Ilenry C. Adams, of Michigan University, the statistician of the United States Commerce Commission, giving Professor Adams' tables, after which he continues: "On these estimates the railway le ceipts from the express between New York and Boston would average 50 cents per hundred, and 38 cents for first-class freight, against 89 cents for tl.emails; New York to Chicago, 75 cents freight, $1.25 express and $3.56 mail; New York to Atlanta, $1.26 freight, $2 express, and $3.50 mail; Chicago to Milwaukee, 25 cents freight, 30 cents express, 34 cents mail per hundred (this seems fairly rea sonable) ; New York to San Francisco, $3 freight, $6.75 express, and $13.23 mail (this seems very unreasonable); Atlanta to Savannah, 61 cents freight, 87 cents express, and $3.17 mail (more un reasonable still). "These and other data too numerous for insertion here indicate that as a rule railways receive for express 50 to 100 per cent more than for first-class freight, and for mail 100 to 300 per cent more than for express. "A specific case will show mole clearly the relation between railway receipts from mail and express. TheNewYoik Central gets 40 per cent of the gross earnings of the express company opera ting over its line. The result is the fol lowing relation between mail and express for the route from New York to Buffalo, 439 miles: Railway earnings per year for 125 tons of mail daily $1,447,840 Railway earnings per year for 125 tons of express daily 436,250 "Railway officers claim that the value received from the express should be put somewhat above the 40 per cent contract division of earnings because the «»x performs some 'grattuitous' service in the handling of railway packages, etc., but even make full allowance for this and all other claims of the railroads in relation to such comparison, as Adams does on page 22 of the 'Railway Mail Pay' report, the railway value from ex press would only be $570,312 in the above statement, against $1,447,840 from the mail without counting receipts for postal car rentals or value resulting from the stimulation of traffic due to the mails. "The census of 1890 affords the means of a very broad and instructive compari eon. From that census we learn that the express companies paid the railways •119,327,000 for carrying 3,292,000,000 pounds of express matter, or 0-10 of a cent a pound. The same year Postmaster General Wanamaker reported the weight of the mail, paid and free, to be 305,308,- 417 pounds, or 1-9 of the express weight, and by no means all of this was carried by the railways, yet they received *22,- 102,000 for less than a tentli of the weight the railways hauled for the express com panies for several millions less money. The rate per pound on mail was fully ten times the rate per pound on express. The average haul for express is estimated at 25 to 50 per cent leas than for mail. So that the ton-mile rate for mail ap pears to have been at least five times as much as for express, according to the data of tho census and the postmaster general. Since 1800 the express com panies have carefully refrained from al lowing the census people or any other public authorities to acquire the facts necessary to a broad and accurate com parison. "The express companies carry maga-. zines and newspapers 500 miles anil more at a cent a pound, and the railways get less than one-half a cent a pound, or two cents a ton-mile. That is not all. Any general express agent will tell you that the company will shade the rate for a large shipper. For example, The Cos mopolitan is carried from New York to Boston, 219 milrs, for 18 cents a hun dred, or less than one-fifth o r a cent a pound. This is at the rate of 1.6 cents per ton-mile for the express company and three-fourths of a cent a ton-mile for the railways, a rate about one-sixteenth of the average inail rate and one-ninth of the lowest mail rate on the lines where the volume of mail is greatest. The rail ways charge the government about three cents a pound for hauling second-class matter, according to Professor and eight cents according to Postmaster General tVilson, but the same stuff fur the express companies for less than a tenth of a cent a pound. And if the rail ways had any serious objection to fuch rates they would hardly have permitted them to continue all these years, but would have provided against them in their contracts with the express com panies. A Baby. should be sunshine in the home, and will he if you give it White's Cream Vermifuge, the greatest worm medicine ever offered to suffering humanity. This remedy is becoming the permanent fix ture of well regulated households—A mother with children can't get along without a bottle of White's Cream Verm ifuge in the house. It is the purest and beat medicine that money can buy. Sold by all druggists. rn SAILORS GET A RAISE. Union and Owners Agree on a Raise of $5 a Month. With the wages of sailors already un precedented on the Pacific coast, on April 1 a new scale will go into effect which will give a $5 rise to the man before the mast in all branches of the merchant service. This has been agreed upon be tween the various shipping companies and the .Sailors' Union of the Pacific. At present sailors on steam schooners are receiving $50 a month, with 50 cents an hour overtime, and on sailing ships $45 a month, with the same allowance for overtime, which is counted as the work done while the vessel is in port, in unloading and loading her. The raise in wages is general along the Coast. From Portland to San Francisco $45 is the rate paid hands for the trip. When badly needed sailors have been paid as high as $05 a tr'p. Nothing; Kpiv I'niler the Son. Slancr phrases In course of time be come absorbed into the vernacular just In the same way that nonsense rhymes and nursery verses become Institu tions. Take the following example. The famous lines Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes. my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb And don't go near the water, are at least 1,300 years old, being found In a book of Jests of the sixth century compiled by Hlerocles!—Lon don Chronicle. The Forest Spirit. The editor, was criticising the poem Just brought In by the literary con tributor. "You speak of the 'spirit of the for est,' "ho said. "Do you think there la such a thing as a forest spirit, as dis tinguished from any other kind?" "Yes, sir," fiercely responded the lit erary contributor. "Didn't you ever hear of such a thing as wood alcohol?" —Chicago Tribuno. A lllHtorinn'D Joke, Mncaulay Is not usually regarded as a humorous writer, but In his "History of England" lie perpetrates the follow ing In relating the death of Charles 11. He says: "Several of the prescriptions have been preserved. One of them Is signed by fourteen doctors. He recov ered liis senses, but he was evidently in a situation of extreme dauger." Discretion. "This popular Action Is nil rot. In real life tlie girl's father seldom objects to the man of her choice." "You're wrong there. He often ob jects, but he's usually too wlso to say anything."—nttsburg Post. Tli» liOT-en. First Friend—l see Jack and Molly have made It up again. Why was the engagement broken off? Second Friend —They bad a quarrel as to which tared the other the most A Convenient Memory. Mother—Tommy, what did I say I'd do to you if you touched that Jam again? Tommy—Why, it's funny, ma, that you should forget too. I'm blamed If I can remember!— Philadelphia Tel*- graph. Ills Turn In sr Point, Do Style—That was the "turning* point In his life. Gunbuata—What was) De Style—When he joined the circa* M a tumbler.—New York Times. Be cautious what yon say, of wbom and to whom.—Fielding. 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Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has no superior for coughs, colds and croup, and the fact that it is pleasant to take and contains nothing in any way injurious has made it a favorite with mothers. Mr. W. S. Pelhain, a merchant of Kirks ville, lowa, says: "For more than twen ty years Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been my leading remedy for all throat troubles. It is especially success- , ful in cases of croup. Children like it ! and my customers who have used it will ! not take any other." For sale by Evans j Drug Co. in . IN THESUPERIORCOURT OF WASH ington in and for Chehalis County. In the Matter of the Guard-1 n , ianship of Annor Severin }• n_„ rir ,„ Melving Schultz, Minor. J e B " Pursuant to the order and direction of the Court made in the above entitled matter, notice is hereby given that I, G. P. Haukli, the duly appointed, quali fied and acting Guardian of Annor Sev erin Melving Schultz, a minor, have made and filed in said Court in said Matter my report, and therein and as a part thereof have petitioned the said Court for an order authorizing and di recting the sale of the interest of the said minor in certain real estate deecribed in said report and |>etition. And notice is given further that the hearing of the said report and petition will come on regularly to be heard on the 18th day of March, 1907, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, at the Court House in the City of Montesano, Cheha lis County, Washington. And any and all persons interested in said estate of the said minor are hereby notified to appear at the time and place above stated and show cause, if any they have, why the said report and peti tion should not be heard, approved and granted, as prayed for in said report and petion. Dated this the 25th day of Feb., 1907. G. P. HAUKIiI, Guardian. J. C. Cross, Attorney for Guardian. Date of first publication Feb. 25, 1907. Date of last publication Mar. 7, 1907. IN THEHUPERIORCOURTOF WASH ington in aiul for Chehalis County. 11l the Matter of the Guard- I ianship of Edith B- Monlton ' Notice of and William R. Moulton, j Hearing. Minors. J Pursuant to the order and direction of the Court made in the above entitled matter, notice is hereby given that 1, A. H. Moulton, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Guardian of Edith B. Moulton and William R. Moulton, Mlnois, have made and filed in eaid Court in said Matter my report, and therein a statement showing ray acts and doings as such Guardian since the making of my former report to the date of my said report so filed. And notice is given further that the hearing of the said report will come on regularly to be heard on the 18th day of March, 1907, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M. of said day, at the Court House in the City of Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington. And any and all persons interested in said estate of the said minor are hereby notified to appear at the time and place above stated and show cause, if any they have, why the said report should not be beard, approved and granted, aa prayed for in said report. Dated this, the 25th dav of Feb., 1907. A. H. MOULTON, Guardian. J. C. Cross, Attorney for Guardian. Date of first publication, Feb 25,1907. Date of last publication, Mar. 7, 1907. Fred Redinger Shaving and Hair Cutting Pioneer Barber Shop 21 Heron Street DAILY dlintep Time Card Wilson Bros. Navigation Co's. STEAMER Harbor Belle Peter Wilson, Mgr. In effect Nov. 21, 1906 Leave For Tims Montesano Hoqniam... .7:00 a. m. Cosinopolia Hoqniam... .8:15 a. m. Aberdeen Hoquiaca 9:00 a. ni. Hoqniam Montesano. .10:00 a. m. Aberdeen Montesano.. .3.00 p. ni. Westport Route Leave Hoquiam every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 10:00 a. m. for Westport. Returning, leave Westpoit at 12:00 m. Aberdeen Undertaking Parlors BOWES & RAMDOLPH 40G E. Wishkah St. Lady Attendants PhrtDPC Office S7S r IIUIIvS Residence 424 CENTRAL RESTAURANT M. ANTIOH, Prop. Food prepaared as it is at borne Waiters attentive to every want Meals 25 cents and upwards F Street, between Heron and Wielikah Telephone 544 WM. ZETGLER BOOT AND SIIOK MAKER The repair shop at JEFF'S SHOE STORK is once more In my charge. I am the pioneer shoemaker, my work is first class and the prices are right. William Zeigler Postoflice Rlock. FREE FREE City Library and Reading Room CITY HALL, ABERDEEN Open from 2 to 5:30 and 7 to 9:30 p. m Sundays 2 to 5:30 p. ra. Visitors always welcome MRS, J. M. WALKER Librarian. Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated) Aberdeen, : : : Wash. Transact a general banking business. Foreign and domestic exchanges bought and sold. Taxes paid for non-residents. Always ready to discount good local mill paper OFFICE HOURS—Open at 9 o'clock, close at 3p. m. Saturday, close at 2 p. m. Opening one hour in the evening, from 7 to S. Wheels Repaired A. 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