The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-03

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subject at the White House, that it
would be necessary to put upon labor
unions the responsibility for paralyiz-
ing business at times of strike ;nd
lockout. The employers, association
alluded TO adopted strenuous meas
ures to put a curb on the unions and
Eeattie clinched the matter with his
statement that the President of the
United States was in sympathy with
the movement Now this shows that
either Mr.. Beattie misrepresented the
facts, or that the denial is disingen-
uous. 1t is clear the Chief Executive
cannot serve both God and mann
mcn.'' If he is for the employers, he
is against the unions; and, vice versa.
What is the truth in the matter? The
Republican party so far has managed
70 secure the votes of many labor
uniohists, as well as of the enemies
CT the union III the ranks of the en-
ployers. Can this state of things last?
Will the unions support man who is
quoted as saying such things, ii he
really said them? If he did not say
them what is his real position IN the
matters involved?
Internal Revenue Report.
1t is physically impossible to give all
the details for North Carolina Of the
internal Revenue Commissioner an
nual report. Some of them are as
follows: The States of New York.
Virginia, Louisiana and North Caro-
lna. in the order named, show the
81 catest production of cigarettes
weighing less than pounds pei
1000. North Cardinals product vas
&c. 029 $50. In the order named, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Kentucky and
Virginia, were the largest producers
Of both chewing and smoking tobaC~
co. The aggregate collections for the
State by districts was: Fourth. Ed
ward G.. Duncan. collector, $2,256,-
TBS: Fifth, Herschel S. Harkins,
collector S2,410,405.02. The Illicit
diStilleries seived and destroyed num-
bered los in the Fourth and LA i'll
the Fifth district. In tobacco total
production, North Carolina ranks Sc
ccnd, next to Missouri, with 1858
941 pounds. The Fourth district had
26 cigar factories, with products of
12,139,9S4 weighing more than )
pounds per LOCO: the Fifth had 10
facto5Tes manufacturing 711,025 CT
garS weighing more than pounds. etc.
In the Fourth district there were CT
g&rette factories manufacturing 10
G2S.350 cigarettes. OF manufactured
tobacco the product of the Fourth dis
trict was in pounds, plug Z,539,93b;
smoking. 26,0T0,71S; snuff 1908; to-
tai made 2S.629,657 pounds, on which
the stamps required for sale amounted
tC S1,S12,473.16. In the Fifth district.
plug. 30,436,417; twist, etc. 20,644:
smoking $685. 26: total made 81 023.
3o7; stamps required fer sales $l'759'-
b0494 In North Carolina the seizures
Of ct cd c11i1 re Hons
value, s19.295: cigars, $500; value,
Sl10; distilleries, etc. $25,572: total
value. ,$44,777. Fines in the Fourth
amounted to S7,276.S3; in the Fifth 30
$.;.944.73.
POStoffice Figures.
The annual report of the Fourth AS
slstart Postmaster Genera, fer the fis-
cal year ended June go 1904, shows
these figures for North Carolina APP
pointments at presidential o;ces, COM
missions expired, II; deceased. 1: Of
fees become presidential, = total 20.
Fourth class appointments, ETC., re-
signed, 259, removed at expiration of
four years, So: removal %; deceased,
80; established, 105; discontinued, 1913
total number of cases, 767. Increase
or decrease of presidential Offices com
pared with previous years: First class.
6: second, 10: third. 81. In 1904, 81;
.
showing money or non-money order.
496 money order, 2307 non-money or
der: total fourth class, 2, S03. Decrease
over 1903, 205; established, los; dis
continued 303; advanced to presiden-
tial, Z.
Number Of presidential Offices 81.
North Cardinals rank III this respect
20. rank in population, 16. Number
OF fourth class poStOffices 1903; aver
ion, n
number of postmastcrs, 5; rank In
compensation, So.
Gross receipts at postoflices, S1,221,-
2O4.07: average amount expended per
capita 60: rank of the State in eXpen
diture per capita, As: whole number
of postoffices, 1854; rank in number
Of postoffices, 6.
The special tax payers in the Fourth
district numbered $50, in the Fifth BIB
{, n the State there were 2S3 registered
grain dstilleries; rs operated; of fruit,
462 registered and operated. Total reg
istered, 745; operated, $40. The total
fruits brandy product of the Fourth
district was. in gallons, PIP 20, of tn
Fifth, 42,241.
The assessments in North Carolina
were $61,727.46. The balance out
standing in the Fourth was $6,685.02;
in the Fifth $7,6S082
Passing over necessarily numerous
details of interest we find that in the
State there were 2 wholesale dealers
in oleomargarine and 81 retail. The
special tax amounted to $263.7j in the
Fourth, and $51 IN the Fifth district
New buildings established during The
year, Fayetteville February !, 1904.
Positions. etc, for rural delivery in
1903, 961: 1904. 1.347; adverse reports
1898, 1922; in 1904. 57S; cases pending,
1908, a09; IN 1904, 305; cases referred
during this fiscal year, 3S6; adverse re-
ports, 234 routes established, 256
County service rural free delivery:
Mecklenburg on July Is. 1905, and
there are % routes.
North Carolina has SIS rural routes
the total delivered for the year, TO-
903.977 pieces.
Number of pieces Of mail collected in
the year was 2,4S1. $40 value of
stamps cancelled, $47,728.1S; amount
paid to carriers $26S,1S2.07 The to-
tai value of the postage on rural
&I0t Sy9 u6