The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-27

the retired list by the president, may
be made to reinstate him at the COM
ing session OF congress. His brother
in.law, Judge Bannon, OF Portsmouth,
o., has been interviewing senators
and representatives from Ohio aud
other States with a view Of securing
their aid toward the reinstatement of
Gen. Smith. II sufi oient strength is
developed the movement will take
definite shape.
William Drownlow of the rural free
delivery division will represent the
Postmaster General on the govern.
ment board at tho Worlds Fair. A
feature of the postal exhibits will be
mutoscope pictures relating to the de-
partment work. Some of these will
give representation of officials at work
on mails Of incorainy and outgoing
steamboats, in New York or the Great
Lakes. and on railway postal trains
going at full speed. Other pictures
will show rural free delivery and col
lection in progress. As this system
has been started since the other expo
sitions have taken place. much inter.
est will be taken in the life-like rep
resentation OF this scheme. A strik-
lug contrast will be shown of the
workings Of the greatest post office in
the United States and one of the
crudest. The former will be shown
by mutoscope with its hnndrols OF
employees at work, and latter with its
Que postmaster dealing out shoes, etc ,
with one hand aud stamps aud letters
with the other. This crude poet Office
will show o typical curiosity shop OF
shoes, boots, cans of oil, sugar, dyn-
amite aud then tho post Office proper,
consisting OF a dozen or so letter
boxes. The action of the city letter
carrier from the time he leaves his
department until he is through de-
livering his mail will also be given.
No pains will be lacking in making
these representations If the depart
ment work excellent in every respect.
Many others than those mentioned
will be produced some that will be
strikingly unique. Another exhibit
will be a table showing the magnitude
of the post Office work as compared
with three of the lea ling foreign
postal countries CT the world. 1t will
show the gross amount OF postal reve-
nue., miles of mail service performed,
and pieces of mail matter mailed and
d .livered.
Minister Squiers at Havana has for
warded TO the state department the
official report Of the foreign commerce
OF Cuba for May and Juue. 1902, aud
O statement of the trade with the Uui.
ted States in June. 1902. as compared
with other C ,untries. The minister
notes a decrease in the sugar trade
for the first six months of 1902, as
compare with the same period of
1901, of l43. 900 tons. TO off set this
however, there is an increase of SlS,
600 toni held in storage in the b ,po of
better prices. The report shows that
Cuba gave to the Unite | State Al pes
cent of her Imports a I'd IL per cut Of
her export trade. Nearly all of Cuba's
fruit and sugar were marketed in the
United States, as we'll as so per cen
of the islands tobacco. The Uui,ea
States almost entirely supplied Cub
with wheat, four, corn, crude oil, coal
and meats, with the exception of ark
ed beef. The minister says our live
stock ira le should be increased, as
the tariff provisions are favorable and
cstslemen prefer American stocks
Cubans imports from the United
States for tho first six months OF 1892
show a reduction of II per zen for
the corresponding periol of 1899.
Currency Legislation to relieve con-
ditious in the Philippines will be
enacted, it is confidently expected. al
the coming session Of congress. While
it is not likely that Secretary Root
will make q formal request in his re.
port for specific Legislation upon the
it is thu opinion Of the
secretary aud Of Colonel Edwards, the
heal of the iusu mr. bnre4u. that con-
rress will take action upon the en-
'~gcy question before liza nd ~ nmeat
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