The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-14

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-John j. 1hon-
&C of the postotfice department mas
made his annual report to the postmaster
.ranaral OF the opera lions of his office
he saws that during the year us fraud
orders" were issued, prohibiting the ae-
livery of registered packages and the pay
ment of money orders to c.rtaiu coii i
los and PARTIES nameQ. VI ehesS, ny
ever So were duplicate oroers: lne VI
49, were issued against uIty-ilVe lott@I-
les operated by so-caNeu pollo llN 80
1oent'' compaLieS, twelve dSdlilst dNOrN
lotteries tM enty-one ioIleIlJs % q It,ieed
laneous character and l5U schemes devlseo
10 defraud the public. seventy OF .leI.e
orders were revoked upon y oetIs l Liia LIZ
IA anDear that the parties operating , lite
schemes had abandoned tneii- 1 hls ~
n, force al the end of the year l4o OrutrS.
original and duplicates 1Wehty-elsul oL
the orders issued during the previous ear
were also revoked upon the pIoIPel sit0 " oe
ing. MIR. Thomas says that lue a. %
March 2 $3.50 further amending thS 10Y,
terry act has been most suGcessAI u . ai.u
has virtually closed the mats 10 loteelS
roes farther still and forbids
,nternationai and interstate carriers 1roln
TRANSPORTING lottery maller lIolt "a ~ 20
countries into this c9uulIS y " i,4 S1n 9
state 10 another. This department ia ,
no jurisdiction, however, 10 ENFORCE ma ma
mart of the law, and cannon staIe 4 tel.t,
nitelv the extent tC when tle Io5teL
~ arf l,lu / am informed thal uie
most If not all of the express companies
xrieid obe1ience 10 il by refusing 10 Cal
The prohibited lottery mater. o7 +,a+
III may be confidently aSSerteu tHd az
Aha death knel of the aVoWed lotNerl9 3 III III
this country has been Soundeu anu eii l'..
business has been vastly ctlplIleQ; n.y.
ruined but am sorry 70 - ~ ,,,rpe+
3hat many business men thlnk lhey liIu9l
in order TO succeed, resort 10 ScHeIueS
that appeal to the gambling spirit OF the
neople and they accordingly SuSdiCo dl
1beir legitimate enterprises with lotuefy
advertisements, and thus create a desire
for other and more pernlclous mooeS OF
obtaining something for nothing py hdz-
ard or chance. These fascinating and ap-
7arently innocent schemes reach the boys
and evils of the land and tend to make
them gamblers.
The number of claims allowed for losses
by burglary. fire, cts, We're l,3O6, amount
ing to S136. $50.
He again urges a law compelling subor-
dirates in postOffices to give security for
the handling of money, or making the
postnaSters responsible for the losses IN
Cured by subordinates. Mr. Thomas also
calls attention to an important subject IN
Attention has several times dur,
tlg the year can me dia a.. h ana nc
and upon investigation it was discovered
that there was TO penalty prescribed for
deposfung such matter in the mails, and
indeed there is mo statute foTbidding its
being mailed. Many substances, such as
nelson's. matches and other articles liable
to ignite or explode by shock or jar; live
ana poisonous insects and reptiles, small
pox virus or germs of contagious dis
eases, or fatty substances, liquids or
sharp pointed instruments. Some are
very dangerous 10 life health and COM
fort of the body and others are liable to
damage other mail matter and mail
sacks If they should become loose in the
mails