The National tribune., 1906-04-05

In 1905 only s23e,o0o.0o0 of the ex-
ports of this country to Europe were
manufactures. OF the remaining STS2.-
100000 the most were foodstuffs and
the rest were manufacturers materials
The proportion of this country's i'm
ports drawn from Europe has been
gradually falling in the past few years
!, In 1900 the proportion taken from
Europe was 55 per cent Last year ii
was only 4S per cent. This decrease Is
; largely attributable TO the growing i'm
portation of tropical and sub-tropical
fruits. of which this country is an in
creasingiy heavy consumer, and few OF
which come from European countries.
Senator Depew Is liable to be ousted
from the governing body of Yale. He
has been for IS years member of
that body. having been elected three
times for six-year terms, the third of
! which expires with the present college
year. Lee McClung, acting secretary
| of Yale. has sent out notifications that
| an election is soon to be had for q
successor to Senator Depew. and 1t is
| stated that Yale men will organize for
a fierce fight to prevent the Senators S
| reelection. and il is predicted that he
will be easily defeated at the end. The
| Governing Board was expecting an an
1 lEOIn sSelldlDT btpt"
| he would withdraw from the election
| to succeed himself, but none had ar
| rived when the announcement was sent
| out. Secretary Taft has been indorsed
| by every alumni organization that has
| held an annual banquet this Winter,
and 1t Is more than probable that he
VIII be elected to succeed Senator De-
pew. 1t was the plan of the alumni to
| allow Depew to withdraw from the
election on the plea of i'll health, but
| as he failed to do this they inaugurated
the campaign against him.
There's an interesting situation, po-
litically, in Indiana just now, and it
seems that the President has seen fit
to enter the fight with an official or
| der. There Is a youngSter in Congress
! known as Fred Landis. He is broth
er of Charley Lands, of Indiana.
who has served several terms and is
! one of the more prominent members
of that body. Young Mr.. Landis slid
into Congress in a most surprising way.
defeating an old member, Col. George
| w. Steele, who is q veteran and who
| had served many terms Col. Steele.
! being lame duck" as defeated Con-
| gressmen are termed, was provided
with a place by the President and made
Governor of the Indiana Branch of the
| National Soldiers Home for Disabled
| Volunteers. In this Home are about
! 5000 veterans, and they vote Gov"
Steele Is well liked at the Home, and
| 1t is charged that he Is using his power
| over the veterans to run for Congress
| himself, and to get their votes, pro-
ceeding that Representative Fred Ian
dis objects to. Gov. Steele asked for
a furlough to make his campaign. and
this furlough has just been refused him
by Secretary OF War Taft, by order OF
| the President, 1t is said. Well. now,
maybe things are not just humming
out there in Indianai Who bets on
the veteran winning?
DR.. Wiley. the Agricultural Chemist
| sharp. declares that he can make
glass of Scotch whisky in five minutes.
to supply the demand for hot
| Scotches.'
Chain Simcha Madved, q native of
Russia, now a naturaliZed citizen of the
United States and for 10 years a resi-
dent of this city, has applied to the
District Supreme Court for permission
to change his name to Samuel ii. Ber-
man.
The petitioner states that he is In
| business, and as his name Is difficult
| to pronounce and so easily forgotten
| by his customers. his success In life IS
| impeded.
Christian Hauge, who Is now Charge
d'Affaires of Norway in Washington,
will be the first Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the new Nation at the Court
of Roosevelt"
The news that the Postal Admins
tration of the Philippines has entirely
abolished the franking privilege in the
! Islands. making it necessary that every
piece of mail matter. whether private
or official, bear a postage stamp. al
| though, of course, having no official
connection with the Post Office De-
partment owing to the fact that the
Philippines postal service comes entire
ly under the direction of the War De-
partnlent, has nevertheless been re-
celved with interest in the Office of the
Postmaster-General. The reason is
that this Is exactly what Edwin G.
Madden, Third Assistant Postmaster
General. strongly advocated for the
/ United States in his annual report for
| the year ending June 80, 1905, upon
which Mr.. Cortelyou placed his ap-
proval. The matter is now In the hands
| of Congress.
The whole question of Government
free" matter In the mails was treated
at some length by Mr.. Cortelyou in his
latest report to the President. He said
in part:
| Inc act OF Marcn d, 1873, aDrOPdtcu
the franking privilege and required
payment of postage on all matter mail
ed by the Executive Departments of
| the Government. This law was fully
! operative during the years 1874. 1875
and 1876, and the average amount OF
| postage received in those years was as
follows: From official matter. $780,
i 1881; from matter mailed by the pub
lie, s23,569, 1860. the latter consti-
tuting 9f.5S per cent of the postage
revenue.
Assuming that the quantities OF of
public continue proportionately the
same. and apply this percentage to the
4 postage revenue received from the pub
lie in 1904 (s137,747. .020.03), we have,
in round numbers. $7,S93,000 as the
loss of revenue on mailings of official
matter during that year. This esti-
mate, however, is no doubt consider
ably less than the actual amount, be-
cause the several acts of Congress re-
storing the franking privilege and au-
thorizing the use Of penalty envelopes
have broadened the scope OF official
matter and It's ratio to matter mailed
by the public has increased proportion
ately.
There has been likewise in later
years an increased activity In the Gov
ernment Departments. These causes
. have greatly. augmented the guam tity
of mail carried free, as shown by the
report Of the weigh OF all malls in
, 1899, which give more accurate basis
OF calculation. 1t appears from this
report that Government free matter,