The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-21
tn TAHITI DECIDED.
CAMPAIGN issue
Demand sEverywherc for 1itfor-
B NATION on Subject from Con.
grcssional Committee.
lille richmond 4 P0sTOFFlC E
Receipts Show Increase Of Ten
PEI Cent. Over Corrcsp ding
Month Last ~ ear. 4.
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Month Last Year.
From Our Regular Corresponds 83
Ell WARRINGTON, n 4 D. i G., Jul III 2v.--- y \
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee Is overwhelmed with letters
asking for campaign documents, Tho
demand thus carly liz tho campaign, lins
never been 60 great not ever, In p 'ri'E
dontInls years. VI # a,5i
Secretary Edwards, OF tho comm ittco,
|Sto-day want iniortnatlo aon the tariff.
The people indicate that they are max <
1 Ing tariff q he issue for the coming cleo,
4 ton Just as WIo have desired and rs tho
I Republicans have feared. s3 48
Request from Virginia.
ii a letter was received to-day from q
1 citizen 81 soutllside Y irginlaS asking for
i everything the committee Ind In the
tnrlff revision. The committee Is vi not
sending out any literature yet, but the
Ications arc placed on Il file AZ they
como \; In, and as soon KS tho itefnry
bureau, Fl or rather the distribution boz
jrcnu. gots 10 work tho speeches. VIII 1be,
mailed tho applicants, f & II q e
# a great deal of ltcraturc has been
preparcd, and tho printing Will be far,
enough advanced III the Z course sof = week
Iing or the dociiinents#t to begin. And then
tho applicants FOR NJ tariff & literature Will
| receive that for which they aro clamor-
Ing. The speech. which Rep senta tive
Rnney, az Illinois, delivered on tho wat oh
Trust. admitted to DO tile ublest contrl-3
button TO tho discussion Of the taritI
question made ut the recent session n q
|iCongrcss, Is In great demand !. and SO arc
several OF those delivered by Represent
Igtativo linnls.# n 5I9
Postal Receipts. 5,
Richmond's postal IL receipts for the
month of june, according to tho monthly
statement Issued by tho Third Assistant
Pos tlnnster-G General to day, show an In
crease OF L. 45 per cent. over the receipts
FOR tho corresponding month OF last yea r.
Tho gross receipts Of the ofIlce for June,
1909, we're $37.S26S1. sS The recci pts i last
June o. year ngo. were s34,247.33, the IN 4
crease IN dollars nnd cents being 33,b70.4S
or q. AS per cen t. SssS WIN i ".
The increase at the Richmond office
was larger H than III that Of some Of tho
cities OF the South. The ~ Increase $ ,ts at
New Orleans, for instance. was OF. So INT
Memphis, n o. 10 while the 1! ncrease q t
tho Nashville office was J 3.94SSa ma 81 B e
Atlanta 1852. II ai;s
Copper Deposits. s@
Survey, has returned from Kappa hammock
4 county, where he made an 9 xAIninnti on
81 the copper deposits near Little Wash
ington. THE report will BIO forthcoming
In q short time. Citizens ots Kappa han.
i mock hflv q known sof these deposi for g
long while, and i ls believed ~ they are re-
i worth working he ideposl ts, not " ne 81
4 liens. though either construct lon might
well DO true, for there are many prosper
] Gus farmers IN old Rappahannock where
i raising, fruit growing and al vcrsl-
fed agriculture generally are SO URGES o. eA.
i wealth. Ok ss5 s5 Hi
ISL Rappahnnnocks people arc a 81 present
Interested In getting Into direct RI lroad
/ connection with Richmond, which Is their
natural ma ket, from which they nre cut
Il 8nnf by reason OF lack OF transportation
/ facilities. Tho projected railroad 81 from
Front Royal, In the Valley, TO- Orange, IN
Piedmont. at the junction OF the Chess
apeakc and Ohio and the Southern. Wouii
j afford almost d direct route to Rlchmo l
/ And 5trntla which now goes 10 washington
and Baltimore would go to the Virginia
capital. FL M ISL !. Il ;3 s
Want to Reach Richmond.
our people want to get into tho Rich
,nond mari et,,'s said Mr., John DroWning,
4 81 Madison county through which the
proposed road would run. ~ ~ 9 II nave az
4 great fruit orchards In our sec On. nn Ing
I You ma y not know that Richmond Us one
i OF tho best apple rkets IN the country.
i doubt whether there Sis any. city q eeluut
4 size III the country which IS as good 4, 9
i maj ket for apples as Richmond 49, II ls
far superior to either Baltimore or wash
|$ington: sl I; !. I, z !, ho
construction Of the projected fro 'il B q
once. 1T Is believed that the imlnens'e.
agricultural wealth OF the coun ties OF
1 MndIson. Kappa hammock and Orange, to x
gether with the timber and mineral re-
Sources Of those counties. would enable bic
the road to Yield good returns. ri RI
Growing Discomfort, "
The three Commissioners OF the DIS 3'l ct
Of Columbia, who rule the people OF the
national capital ms absolutely as the sti77
tan does the establishment at his aYlldlx
Kiosk, will expend over u, 600 ,Ooo I. e. OF
during the fsca year iyoS,o,
Schools, S1,777.5a1;s Fire Department,
s537, 49o Police Department, sOo9,oo4;,
street cleaning, $456. $50; street u ligli ting
/ slso,sl 81 saIarles s664,5e1; charities
II s710, o40; Judiciary, $142,521; Health De-
4 partment. $S4, u public VI impro yements,
I s4 43S, 100. 10. "
The charge was made at &, the last sesI
sion Of Congress- that Washington was the
most eXpeDs!vely governed city IN tho
country. Certain 1t Is that there s do
yeloplng ID very general opposition to the,
present system 81 having the rains o.
\ government In the hands absolutely Of
three three men appointed by tho President,
ETho present system is known TO DO SIX
3pensiVe and In other ways unsatisfactory,
4 but, owing to the large number of$ne-3
groes of the most worthless character
i Who reside In the city, the people are
safraid to try again the experiment of
4 popunrt government:i
The English Army Tailor.
British military tailor employed by the
i War tDepar tment to assist In ray sing the