Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-08
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or q state 10 SOllcll Immigration iioih
a foreign country. He holds that In
the case submitted to him brought by
the state Of Louisiana, the state vio-
lates the immigration laws in paying
the passage money Of immigrants and
that in this respect the state does not
differ, in law, from the individual.
Several other southern states are in
terested. The attorney general holds
that ION account Of assurances or en-
ployment that were given to immi-
grants in question, as inducements
the immigrants should be excluded
from admission"
Washington, October 6: Postmas-
ter General Meyer has suspended the
payment Of all money due from his de-
partment to the Hartford Manufactur-
ing company Of Hartford, Conn, ana
has submitted the matter to the attor-
new general for such further action as
may be deemed proper. The Hartford
Manufacturing company up to July
1st. last, supplied the stamped enVel-
opes and newspaper wrappers sold at
the postoffices. Chemical analysis OF
samples have disclosed the fact that
the composition Of the envelope paper
has been below the requirements OF
the contract, and according to the
computations Of the experts OF the
postoffice department the company has
In the last four years wrongfully bene-
fited to the extent Of about $426,OOO.
One Of the manufacturers who sup
piled paper to the company has ad-
mitted to the postmaster generafs
agents that his firm furnished diner
ent and cheaper material than specified
in the contract, and that 1t was made
at the instance Of the Hartford manu-
featuring company.
Washington, October s.: 1t costs
the winners Of tobacco tag prizes
throughout the country nearly $4,000
a year to square up with Uncle Sam
for violations Of the postal law. There
are nearly 5000 offenders annually.
Their trouble all comes from the mis-
taken belief that anything is fourth
class mail which is left unsealed. So
when they have accumulated the nee
essary number of tags to entitle them
to q prize they put them in an un-
sealed envelope, inclose a note explain
ing to the tobacco company wnat
prize they want and use the stamps
necessary at the fourth-class rate.
That note makes the communication
first-class matter and the law provides
that any person who attempts to send
first-class mail at fourth-class rates
is liable to a fine Of $40. There are
reported to the postoffice department
each month more than 400 such letters.
The experience of the department offi-
cials in handling these cases is that
most Of the fines fall on poor people,
who can i'll afford to pay such price
for their tobacco prizes.
In his speech at Keokuk. Iowa,
last Tuesday, President Roosevelt
among other things. said: At Intervals
during the last few months the appeal
has been made to me not to enforce
the law against certain wrongdoers OF
great wealth because to do so would
interfere with the business prosperity
of the country. One newspaper, which
has itself strongly advanced this View'
gave prominence to the statement OF
a certain man Of great wealth to the
effect that the so-called financial
weakness was due entirely to the ad-
mitted intention Of President Roose-
velt to punish the large moneyed IN
terests which had transgressed the
laws" II so, friends, as far as am
concerned, It must be accepted as
disagreeable but unavoidable feature
in a course, or policy, which as long
as I am president will not be changed.
Whenever a serious effort is made TO
cut out what is evil in our political LIE
there are sure to be certain individuals
who demand that the movement stop
because 1t may hurt business. In each
case the answer must be that we earn
estly hope and believe that there Will
be no permanent damage to business
from the movement, but that If right
eousness conflicts with the fancied
needs Of business, then the latter
must go to the wall. II man does
we'll, II he acts honestly, he has moth
ing to fear from this administration
According to our power, crimes OF
fraud and cunning shall be prosecut-
ed as relentlessly as crimes Of bru-
tality and physical violence.
The release Of Kaid Sir Harry
Maclean, who for some time has been
held captive by the bandit Raisuli, at
last seems within measurable distance
The Associated Press has information
on the best possible authority, Of the
acceptance by the British government
Of Raisuli's reduced terms for Mac
leans release, the principal items be-
ing S150,000 ransom and British pro-
lection for Raisuli and his family
Great Britain's advance Of the ran
som will be guaranteed by Sultan
Abdul Ell Aziz. Sir Herry Maclean's
brother is now at Rabat, bringing the
negotiations with the sultan to close
Washington, October 5: Expert
ments have just been completed by
savants Of the department Of Agricul-
ture to determine the contention that
hydrophobia or rabies was an imagi-
nary disease purely and had no germ
basis. The conclusion reached is that
rabies Is a real disease which may be
generated by germs. The experiments
were conducted at an experimental
station at Bethesda, Md, near Wash
ington. The scientists claim to have
successfully isolated the germ in dogs
supposed to have been infected. A
healthy horse bitten by a dog four
months ago developed rabies last week
at the station and battered himself to
death. This case showed the necessity
of OBTAINING bitten animal for lon
ger period than three months, the time
ordinarily fixed by veterinarians for the
development of the disease. In every
case of rabies inoculated with parti-
Gle Of the brain Of a supposed infected