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PEELED to pay penalties, even though
small, does not tend to promote good
feeling on the part of actual or pros
pective buyers
From Rheims, Consul j. Martin Mil
kler furnishes a few cases illustrative
of his experience:
The underpaid postage question on
letters sent from the United States to
consulates is a somewhat hackneyed
one, but this does not seem to cause
a diminution of such letters and postal
cards as well as second class mail
matter.
i received recently letter contain
ing circulars to which there was af-
fixed a scent stamp The overdue
postage was 1.50 francs ESQ cents).
The information desired was somewhat
technical and would require consider
able time and research to obtain. A
few weeks later a second letter was
received stating that the firm had been
awaiting my reply, and requesting me
to make a special effort to secure the
desired information. Upon this letter
was 2-cent stamp, so that | was call
ed upon to pay 80 centimes, or 6 cents
B cents for underpaid postage, and a
like amount as a penalty. Occasion
ally American business firms send cir
cular letters under a 1-cent stamp in
an unsealed envelope. 1t is not too
much to ask that firms mailing a large
correspondence each day have the for
eign letters carefully sorted out by a
clerk well informed about foreign
postage and held responsibl for their
proper preparation for the mail. While
many American establishments are
careful about this, there are many
others who are not"
Consul A Gaulin of Havre calls at
tention to a special envelope marked
Foreign post" by which the leading
English houses avoid penalty postage
on their foreign correspondence. He
writes:
Special envelopes bearing the words
Foreign Post printed in large type
are used by number Of leading Eng
lish houses for their foreign corre-
spondence. This serves as a constant
reminder to the mailing clerks that
the domestic postage rates do not ap-
ply to the letters or packages so
marked, and errors are thus easily
avoided. / would suggest the adoption
of similar system by United States
exporters. 1t might tend to decrease
the large amount paid each year by
consular officers for penalty postage
on letters and catalogues sent them
from the United States and on which
full postage is not prepaid. 1t might
also help to regain the good will of
many foreign firms whose disaffection
can be attributed to no greater and no
other cause. The evil is evidently due
to lack of proper classification of
mail matter in the offices of our mer-
chants, and simple method, like that
above mentioned, would probably
prove to be an effective remedy
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Protective Tariff Has Brought Prosperity
to the Republic of France.

raw materials. and. for the better pro-
lection of French export trade. dual
tariff on manufactured imports, with a
minimum schedule of duties on mer-
chandise from countries which accorded
France the privilege OF most favored
nation, and maximum, or general high
schedule for manufactured goods from
countries which imposed maximum du-
ties on imports from France Changes
in the law affecting duties on certain
articles or groups Of merchandise have
been made from time to time as neces-
sity or governmental opinion dictated.
and the general tendency in all these
notifications of the original law has
been in the direction of increased du-
ties.
The efficiency of a fiscal system can
be best estimated by it's results. and
the general opinion OF French business
men is that the present tariff law has
operated on the whole favorably for
France. The following comparative
tables, in which the records Of imports.
exports and balance Of trade since 1885
are grouped in periods OF seven years.
will serve 10 show concisely the effects
of the present protective policy upon
foreign trade:
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Our Foreign Consuls Compelled to Pay
Penalties for Deficient Postage.

~ ONSULAR officers are subjected to
an annoyance which amounts to
I imposition, involving consider
- able expense to those officers.
This arises from thoughtlessness on
the part of business men and others in
the United States who address letters
to ConsuIs requesting information and
send them circulars for distribution in
their districts and who fail to fully
prepay the prescribed postage. For
example, a letter addressed to a for-
eign country must pay cents for each
half-ounce or fraction thereof. Failure
to prepay the required postage makes
the addressee liable for the deficiency
and double the amount of such de-
ficiency as a penny. foreign letter,
weighing an ounce, with 2-cent stamp
affixed would be deficient cents,
and the party addressed would be
obliged to pay the deficiency and
cents penalty Complaints are fre-
ouently received from Consuls in re-
gard to this matter, and attention has
been called to it through the Daily
Reports, Notwithstanding which the
practice continues and seems to be
growing with the increasing growth of
our foreign trade. Three communica-
tions from Consuls on this subject are
given below, to which attention is in
vited From Montevideo, Consul John
w. O'Hara writes:
Frequent complaints have been
made at this Consulate by business
people of this city that letters and
packages are sent from America with
out sufficient postage. Some of the
complainants say that the payment of
penalties on underpaid mail is becom-
ing burdensome, amounting in some in
stances to SIS or 81 per month. 1t
might be considerably more were not a
great many pieces refused as being Of
that this underpayment rarely occurs
in the case of letters from other foreign
countries.
ION account of the frequency of
these complaints I have thought it
proper to call the attention of manu-
facturers. exporters and inquirers in
general to this oversight. The rate
postage on a letter Of one-half ounce
or less from the United States to this
country is cents. If deficient. there
is charged, in addition to the shortage,
an equal amount as penalty. so that
when a letter weighing one-half ounce
or less is mailed with 2-cent stamp
attached, the addressee must pay dou-
Bile the shortage, that is, 6 cents If
the letter weighs more than one-half
ounce as frequently happens, and bears
only a 2-cent stamp, it is necessary to
pay Is cents (charge for l ounce and
10 cents for every additional half
ounce This places an unnecessary
burden on people who are making an
effort to become acquainted with Amer
lean goods and methods. Being COM
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:. :. :. The Smart Set :.

FRS. W. NJ S. BEEDE enter
Ia N tafned a few friends informally
M at delightful little tea yes.
= terday afternoon in honor of
Miss Music and Miss Leonore Music.
who are visiting her from their home
in Stockton. Among those present
were Mrs. Ynez Shorb White, Mrs. A
P. Niblack Mrs. William P. Harring-
ton, Mrs. J. de Barth Shorb, Mrs. Will
liam Leahy Mrs. William f. Herrfn,
Miss Katharine Herrin. Mrs. w. W.
Dixon, Mrs Burke Holiday and Miss
Ethel Shorb. Mrs. Beede will leave on
Thursday for Gulfport, Miss, where
she goes as delegate from this State
to the general convention of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. Before
her return she will visit relatives in
Mississippi, Denver and Salt Lake City,
so the length of her sojourn is very
indefinite.
Miss Lalla wenzelburger was the
hostess al a pleasant little tea on Mon
day afternoon at her home on Steiner
street in honor of Miss Lucretia Burn
ham of Oakland, whose wedding is to
be one of the events OF two weeks
hence In the city across the bay. The
table at which the twelve guests were
seated was prettily decorated in vio-
let's Only intimate friends of both
Miss Wenzelburger and the attractive
guest of honor were present, all of
them coming from Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs Gordon Blanding went
down few days since to Santa Bar
bara and are guests at the Hotel Pot
ter. Miss Henriette Blanding will re-
main there this winter at school, but
Mr. and Mrs Blanding, whose home
here is rented to the Family Club, will
spend the winter months at their home
in Beivedere.
Miss Christine Pomeroy returned
from the East on Saturday evening
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John Bulls Thirst IS Now
SIaked by Tea.

" HERE has been a decline of
nearly 2,5o0.ooo barrels of beer in
the annual consumption of the
United Kingdom during the past
six years, Notwithstanding that the
population increased by 100000.
Of1cial figures for the fiscal year
1906 give the amount retained for
consumption at 33,5o4,000 barrels, or
279 gallons per capita. The decline of
IL per cent has taken place entirely
in the English and Scottish consump-
ton, since that Of Ireland exhibits a
slight actual increase over the six
years previous. That the people of
the United Kingdom are not making
up for their beer frugality by imbib-
ing more spirits is shown by the sta
tistics. from which it appears that the
total annual consumption of spirits de-
creased from IL proof gallons to nine
tenths of a gallon The spirits re-
tanned for consumption in the 1906
fiscal year were 34.4S7,000 gallons of
homemade and 6,735,000 foreign.
Measured by the population, the de-
cline in the amount of British spirits
consumed is about Is per cent. whereas
in respect to foreign spirits it is about
2e per cent Furthermore, the practice
of private brewing has decreased
enormously in the last decade. The
sale of beer to the trade is being CEN
tered in the hands Of the large pro-
ducers. English journals draw as a
deduction from these figures that the
habits of their people are improving.
The British are evidently giving up
alcoholic drinks more and more and
becoming still greater tea drinkers,
their imports of tea for home con-
sumption having been for the first
seven months of 1906 155,
pounds, an increase of over 1o,000,o0
pounds above the same period of 1905.
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taken so seriously III Mrs. Young vas
also In an alarming condition anS
telegrams telling Of the illness Of sach
OF them reached Mrs voorhies. vvho
was in Memphis. on the same day. Dr.
Voornies is decidedly better and will
be able to return TO town from nj
Monte week from Saturday.
Mrs. Benito Forbes Smith. who Ia.
been n Belvedere for several months
past where she and her brother
George 7. Page. have had a cottage
VIII spend the winter at Santa Barbara.
Wnere she has taken a house NJ
Smith will come up shortly from +bsir
nome IN Valparaiso to Join Mrs. Smifb
in Santa Barbara ~"
Miss Alice Herrin Is at present -
Fresno, where she is the guest OF Miss
Adeline Thornton. ''''S'
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p RAoA,,,s.
down last week from their bon,s i,s ~
stay. 'rlel
Mrs BENJAMIN Lathrop. with bs~
Two small daughters. has left for tha
East ana VIII spend the winter in New
Lork Studying singing. She studied
Ihere last winter. returning In Cali-
fornia in the early summer. ana shs
and MT LathroD, with her mother. Mrs
Harris. and her sister. Miss Harris
spent the summer at the Abbev- Mil
valley Mrs Harris and Miss Harris
have gone to San Rafael for the
winter. ms
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Walker. who
have been at Mill Valley since thstr
return from trip to British Colunhia
carrier In the season, have gone to San
Haiaei ana Will spend the winter there
Mrs. N. d. Rideout will leave ton,o--
row Tor the South going to Gulfport
MISS and later to other points.
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British Manufacturers Are
Invading America.
y oNsUL ALBERr HALsTEAD

~ ONSUL ALBERT HALSTEAD of
Birmingham writes that four
I J large manufacturing concerns
with factories in that part of
England have within a year or eight
cen months started branch factories in
the United States. These are w. & T.
Avery Limited), manufacturers Of
weighing machines and scales, now
building at South Milwaukee, Wis; AL
bright & Wilson (Limited), manufac-
turers of chemicals and phosphorus, To-
Gated at Niagara Falls; J. & ]. Cash
(Limited) manufacturers of fancy cot
ton goods, South Norwalk, Conn, and
j. Grove & Sons, manufacturers of pearl
and horn buttons, at Baltimore. Each
of these companies became convinced
that they could hold their American
trade the better by manufacturing their
products for the American market in
the United States; that in this way
they could meet American competition
in the American market more success
fully. They calculated that the cost of
production in the United States would
be less than in the United Kingdom
when the freight charges and tariff
duties were considered.
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Mrs. Bluestock-Did you hear Pro-
fessor Knowall remark that he differed
with his wife this morning? Now, he
ought to know better than that.
Mr. BIuestock-But he does. my dear
he knows better than to differ from
heri-Puck.
"Pop!'
eyes, my SON"
..Who was Pandora?"
Pandora, my boy, was person who
made many wonderful things come out
of a trunk"
ssWas Pandora a baggage-smasher.
pop?"-Yonkers Statesman.
DIR. Zettera. a celebrated bachelor.
was asked why he never married.
We'll" he said. marriage must be
either paradise or inferno. Now. do
not deserve paradise, so should surely
not get 1t, and inferno / have strong
objection to."-Il Riso.
She-I see about 10 old letters have
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last and went directly to San Rafael,
where her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
ter Pomeroy, have made their home
since the destruction of their residence
on Hyde and Clay streets here. Miss
Pomeroy went East in February, going
across the continent with Mrs. Will
liam H. Crocker in the latter's private
car She spent a few months in that
city with relatives, going abroad in the
early spring and travelling in Europe
for four or five months, and since her
return has been the guest of friends
in and near New York Miss Pomeroy
will. to the regret of her many friends.
spend the winter in San Rafael, the
Pomeroys having taken an attractive
house on Belle avenue. their own home
there being rented for year.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mailliard. who
have been at their cottage in Belve-
dere during the entire summer. have
returned to town and are at their home
on Cough street and Broadway. Miss
Anita Mailliard, who will be one of the
pretty debutantes of a few seasons
hence, is at Miss Blanchard's and Miss
CANDLES school in Santa Barbara for
the year.
Mrs. ]. H P. Howard, who vent to
Santa Barbara to attend the Wedding
of Miss Gladys Postley and E-skine
Richardson a fortnight since. has re-
turned to her home in San Mateo.
Mrs. Beverly MacMonag1e. who is at
present in Switzerland with her sister,
Mrs. Fred Moody, has decided to re-
main abroad all winter. and will not
return to San Francisco for many
months.
To the delight of the friends Of Mrs.
Haldimand Putnam Young formerly
Miss Marie Voorhies). news has
reached here of her recovery from her
recent and sudden attack OF illness at
her home in Philadelphia At the time
that her father, DR.. voorhies. was
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Verdict Of the People Against Ruef and His LooterS


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III TO 1897 Iue FTCuCu ASCd1
- policy was that of tariff for
revenue, combined with long-term
treaties of commerce with most of
the leading commercial nations of both
hemispheres. Under this system there
was a large annual excess of imports
over exports, and, when French farmers
found themselves unable to longer
compete successfully with the grain and
meats of newer and more fertile coun-
tries, and when manufactured goods
from Great Britain, Germany and the
United States began to make a serious
invasion into French markets. the Gov
ernment adopted a new tariff schedule
that was frankly protective.
In the domain of manufacture France
was handicapped by limited coal and
iron-ore supply. lack of cheap and ex-
tensive internal water transport for
heavy freights. and by the fact that a
large proportion of the supplies of cot
ton, wool, lumber, copper, steel, tin and
other raw materials have to be import
ed from abroad. The tariff of 1892
embodied two general principles, viz:
freedom of entry for practically all
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Annual average.

No intelligent economist, of course,
estimates the prosperity of a country
by a. rigid comparison of the values of
imports and exports; but the present
French tariff was enacted for the
avowed purpose of reducing the heavy
deficit in exports that prevailed during
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Deficit
Exports.

the years preceding 1891. and since
the result has been to convert that
deficit into a surplus of exports. while
at the same time increasing the total
annual bulk and value of imports the
law may be said to have fulfilled it's
more obvious purposes.
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enterprise, this department cannot ad-
vertise it by answering your question.
SOCIAL PURITY-A. R., City. The
office or headquarters of the National
Christian League for the Promotion of
Social Purity is at 33 East Twenty
second street, New York City, n. Y.
BANKRUPTCY-Y. a., City The
clerk of the United States Court in this
city will answer your questions as to
procedure in bankruptcy cases If you
address a communication to him on the
subject of your inquiry.
SALARIES-S. W. T.. Veterans
ernor of the State of California is $4,000
a year. That of the Mayor of San Fran
cisco is $4,000, and that of the Sheriff
of the same place is $4,000 a year.
PEAR TREE-Theo, City The pear
tree grows wild in central and south
ern Europe and in large portions of
Asia In this condition 1t is only a
small tree, often only a shrub. but
under cultivation 1t sometimes attains
a height of sixty feet. Though some
what difficult to start, 1t becomes.
when well established. very vigorous
and lives to a great age. The Stuyves-
ant pear tree at Thirteenth street and
Third avenue, New York, planted in
164S, bore fruit at the age of 200
years. In the old Mission orchard on
Sixteenth street, between Dolores and
Guerrero, San Francisco, pear trees
that were planted by the padres
in 1875 bore fruit until they were
cut down in 1870.
Tounsord,s Gal 11aca Fruits and can
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out" will hereafter be taken altogether
New York. city, will be justified in smiling his future
political antics He the road that leads the
White House. he farther than
The New messenger boy who absconded bankers
roll had % on his cap and "skidoo" under it.
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Answers to Queries

LECTURERS. P. s., Oakland, Cal.
As your question refers to a private
enterprise, this department cannot ad-
vertise it by answering your question.
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Over Twenty-Th Three Million
Widows in India.

"H HE fortieth statistical abstract
concerning India recently pub
1 lished in Great Britain states that
the number of persons to the
square mile in India in 1901 (the last
census) was 42,390. OF the total of
294,361 056, who constituted the popu-
lation at the last census. over 100000
900 were Hindus. The Christians num-
Der 2,923,241. There was an amazing
preponderance of widows over widow
ers in that country. OF Hindus there
were only 100000 widowers and 49,
100000 widows and of Mohammedans
there were 100000 widowers and
100000 widows. and SO on with the
other races. The taxation per head
in India has grown from rs cents In
1895 to "a cents in 1905. and the debt
has grown in that time from s985.000,-
600 to S1,155, 100000 The imports rose
from s225,o0o,0oo in 1899 to nearly
S320,000,000 In 1905, while the exports
in the same period increased from
$365,000,000 to nearly S515, 1000, 000
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Townsends Cal. glace fruits and can
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness.
and 1903 and 1920 Valencia street
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-07
MATERIALS FoR MAKrNc PAPER.

New materials from which paper can
be made are continually being discov-
cred. Recently pine waste has been
successfully manufactured into that
universal substance without which so
many features of modern civilization
could hardly survive Fine paper can
be made from cornstalks and from rice
straw. In addition to spruce. pine, fir,
aspen, birch, sweet gum. cottonwood,
maple. cypress and willow trees all
contain fiber suitable for the manufac-
ture Of paper. Hemp, cotton, jute, In
also be used for this purpose.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
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TEW YORK show the election OF Hughes by suffice
N majority It is deep well wide chur
| Y door, but 1t will serve.
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Miss Alice Herrin Is at present IN
Fresno, where she is the guest Of Miss
Adeline Thornton. MISS
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Miss Christine Pomeroy returned
from the East an Saturday evening
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. p Reddine vvs,.
down last week from their bonns -
Menlo to Santa Barbara for ! briss
stay. 'rieI
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-27
Gigantic Earthyyorms.

The giant of the earthwormS Is a
creature Of Australia known 10 the sci.
entists as Megascolidcs auStrais. Al.
though il is a monster from four to
six feet in length ana from one to one
and three.quarter inches in diameter. it
Is as harmless as our common angle.
worm which 1t much resembles both in
color and bodily structure. Like our
common angleworm, II can only he re.
moved from It's burrows with great
difficulty. II Il portion of the creatures
body be uncovered and grasped with
the Intention Of pulling it from It's sin.
uous burrow the eXperimenter is likely
to be disappointed. because the worm
can hold 10 the sides OF his den until
his body Is pulled IN two.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-27

In one of Du Guesclin's victories SO
many ENGLISH were taken captive that
even tie humblest soldier among the
French had one or more prisoners, The
victorS. however fell 10 quarreling
and, i'll feeling becoming rife in the
French army in consequence of these
quawoI~ over the prisoners, Du Cues.
clin ordered all the captiyes to he
butchered, and the brutal order was
carried out.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-27
Not an Arrest. but u Rescue.

"Iou were arrested for striking your
wife"
mo, judge" answered the UNIV orthy
specimen Of manhood who was on
trial; II had made Il pass at her. and
she was just reachln' for the stove lid
when the officers came and took me in
charge. That wasn't an arrest. That
was Il Observation-Disclosures Star.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-04-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ida St Iucic County, ''"' VI rof'
r IN re "'iate Of Rebccca J. Richards, deceased
10 all creditors, egatces. distributes nnd an
tate. "N""'N' Nal cS-
on and each Of you are hereby no,it,.lo,,
i uI'7l 10 Present any claims and demands wbi,L
20 or either Of you may have against tb "',t
u ntneySa Richards deceased late Of 81 I'rio
4 ,aiS r'"t'da % NE Undersigned administered
hereof 'N"'@ from the date
Dated January Sd, A. D. 1906
HARRY W. RICHARDS
Administrations
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