The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-03
viii Not Tell Why Jones Monu-
ment Wasn't Dedicated.
MARTYROF THE CAUSE
Died After His Return From
Manila to Emporia.
Queer Things Encountered in
Dead Letter Office.


ply to the criticism made by mem
bers of Columbia Typographical
union, No. 101. that the Washington
delegation to the ST. Joseph conven-
ton of the International Typo
graphical union failed to dedicate the
monument erected by the local or
ganization to Edwin c. Jones. at En-
poria. Kan, by members of the
Washington union. Frank A. Kidd,
president Of No IO1. said this fore
noon:
The statement is largely incorrect
and misleading 1 will not make a
public correction. but at the next
meeting of Columbia Typographical
union I will make an explanation that
viii be satisfactory to the member
ship"
Members of the organization said
today that this matter would un-
doubtedly form an important feature
of the regular meeting of the body
September Is- when Mr.. Kidd. as
president of the body, would be ex-
pected to explain why this monument
was not dedicated as scheduled
Mr. Jones died about a year ago
while on his way home to Kansas
from the Philippines, where he was
assistant superintendent Of the gov
ernment printing Office for the
islands He was officially Connected
with the government printing office
In Washington for many years prior
to his appointment at Manila. where
he contracted consumption which re-
suited in his death While here he
occupied various prominent Offices in
the printers organizations and was
revered by all who knew him per
sonally- 1t was through his efforts
that the salaries of the big printery
were increased by congress a number
of years ago
One of the clerks engaged in open
ing unclaimed letters and parcels in
the dead letter division of the post
office department today ran across a
letter which contained 800 in bills
encased in two pieces of pastebOard-
The letter contained no writing or
message OF any kind that might lead
to the identity Of the sender. The
letter was mailed In Boston and ad-
dressed to party in New York
Not long ago a similar package
from western city simply addressed
to a name IN Africa" was returned
to the division of dead letters in
which was enclosed five new one
hundred dollar bills The owner Of
the money was after long search
discovered and the contents of the
letter returned Receipts of the
character indicated average about
$4,000 per annum, about 6S per cent
of which is restored to the owners.
leaving 80 per cent which is covered
where it is held subject to recIama-
ton for n period of four years. after
which time the money becomes the
property of the United States govern
ment. and would require a special act
of congress to recover 1t.
The total amount of money
handled by the division of dead let
ters for the last fiscal year and de-
posted in the United states treasury.
as shown by the records, was as
follows:
Net proceeds from the an
uual dead letter sale.... SIC. .044.01
Remfttances received from 49,
ReceiTed peiSade from dead letter
bureau. Porto Rico. for
deposit .---- 1881
Separated from domestic
letters --..-----.- IS,SS4-S9
Total -....--.. $zs,234-zI
The Washington Herald says: The
prison twine plant is IN danger OF
being abolished said Jarvis s. Rey-
noIds, Of Topeka Kan at the National
THE farmers of Kansas do not patron
ize it as the officials think they should
More than so per cent of this years
product is still hand. and the har-
vest is over 1t will have to be carried
over until next year The prison direc-
tors will probably try new method OF
marketing twfne first If It doesn't
succeed. then the plant will be closed
down for good
THE prison twine plant" continued
Mr.. Reynolds, who is .'just a plain farm
err was established to protect the Kan
s2s farmers from exorbItant prices from
the harvester trust That the plant
has kept down the price of twine. there
Is no doubt. The farmers were very
glad of it, and hailed the prison plant
with glee- But they continue to buy
twine OF the trust they don't patronize
the prison goods.
THE records show that the harves-
ter trust sells eight times more twine
to Kansas farmers annually than the
prison does. In Minnesota the farm
ers look upon the prison twine plant
as their own Institution. and they take
supplied nearly all the twine for that
state But the Kansas farmers are
not as loyal to their plant as those OF
Minnesota The Kansas plant has been
selling twine to farmers direct at q
trife over cost The twine is just as
good as trust tvfne. perhaps better.
Still. 1t is drug on the market"
On March 1, 1893. the rural delivery
mail system was first introduced into
day two routes were established out
of Cope, one out OF Orangeburg and
two out of St George postoff7ees-the
routes having an average length Of 23-8
miles. During that fiscal year a total
nf 40 routes covering 921 miles OF roads.
were established and during the next
dscaI year this number was increased
bv but ten routes In 1901 the num-
ber of routes was more than doubled
there being 100 in operation on De-
rember 2 The increase in the num-
her OF routes established continued in
about the same ratio until 1903 when
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