The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-01
BORN OF BUSY TAR
HEEL CRAY MAT TER
Useful Creations of Car
oIina's Inventors.
ON RATE LEGISLATION
Congressman Charles r. Thomas
Would Put Refrigerator and Other
Car Lines Under the lurisdic-
ton of the Inter. State Com
merce Commission.
Especial to News and Observer.

(SpeClal 10 NeWS ana ODSeINeI'j
Washington. d. c., Sept 30.-The
system of delivery and taking on of
mails by trains in. rapid motion has
brought out many devices for catching
and throwing mail bags. One of the
latest and most useful improvements
for catching mail bags is the invention
Of Hazelius S. Bostian, China Grove,
y. c.. the United States Patent Office
having granted n patent to him this
week for his mail bag catcher which
is very simple in construction, but eff
fective in operation.
George w. Vaughn. of Lenoir. is
another successful North Carolina in
vcntor, who has devoted his attention
To building IA bicycle for SSe on ice.
and has obtained a United States pat
emit therefor. recently. Another North
Carolinian who has obtained a patent
this week is James A. Whitfield. of
Durham.
The LaXo Company, of Durham, is
seeking TO have the trademark 'LaXo"
registered by the Patent Office, and
under the registration law enacted by
the last Congress. the Commissioner Of
Patients win publish notice of the APP
plication for thirty days, and if.yno
pateht is received within that time
the mark will be registered and the
company will have exclusive right to
the same as trademark in the United
states x-
Robert Harris and brother. Reds
vile. n. G.. have this week registered
with the Patent Office label for their
smoking tobacco. which protects
them IN the use of the title ''pride of
Reidsville."
Mrs. !. Oettinger. of Wilson. n. c..
is visiting her mother Mrs. E. Rosen-
thai.
Mon. Charles r. Thomas. represen-
tative of the Third North Carolina
district. is in the city, and in an in
terview today said: During the
coming session of Congress L am great
ly interested in pushing such amend
mentS To the proposed railway rate
legislation as will place the refriger-
ator car companies and private car
lines under the jurisdiction of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. /
am also interested in the subject upon
which L addressed the House at the
last session. in obtaining such recipro-
cal agreements with foreign countries
as will expand our trade and give us
new and wider markets. especially for
Southern products such as cotton seed
oil. If the stand pat Republicans are
i'm control and there can be legisla-
ton looking TO tariff revision. GER
tainly something can be done in the
way of reciprocity with other coun-
tries in view of the rauaiatory meas
urcs adopted by France. Germany and
other European nations The nego-
ton and ratification of the proposed
kasson treaty with France would be
of untold benefit To the people of
the South and the whole country.
Il would like to see some amend
ment of the immigration laws. which
will effectually exclude such European
labor as completes with American la
Dor. More than a million Poles, Hun
Sarians and Russians were immi-
grants to this country within the past
year. We need Il good class of inn
migrants to meet the labor situation
i'm the South, but the lower order of
European labor we do not need, and
it should be excluded
Congressman Thomas, spent a very
busy~day at the departments looking
after River and Harbor Re tiers and
postal matters. He has secured the
promise of the revenue cutter service
that he shall have the privilege of
naming the revenue cutter for which
he secured an appropriation of $175,-
900. This cutter he proposes to name
Pamilco. after the sound and county
OF that name. He was also advised
that he has only nine applicants for
rural free delivery, all the other APP
plicants in his district having been
disposed of. These will he taken up
very Gooa.