The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-03-05

Straus OF the department of commerce
and labor had a conference the other
day with President Gompers of the
J American Federation Of Labor, Grand
Chief Stone of the brotherhood OF 10
comotive engineers, John Mitchell OF
the civic federation and Commission.
er General Keefe of immigration con.
| cerning the Presidents Nobel prize
! foundation. Arrangements were made
for meeting of the foundation com.
mission in April.
May Copyright Canned Music
Last week Representative Currier
submitted his report on the copyright
! bill, which the patents committee or.
| dered reported. The report is de-
! voted mainly 10 discussion Of
canned music" The bill provides
that composer shall receive recon-
pense when his work is reproduced on
a mechanical instrument and the re.
port sets forth that this would be the
most advanced step in copyright leg
islation yet taken by any country
Rural Mail Record-The record
speed for the country in covering
rural mail route was announced by
the postofIice department recently.
Carrier Frank T.. Howell at Nlets,
Kan, has been serving his route OF
"A miles in length in 312 hours,
against an average of 6R and
hours for the same distance in 9TH
er sections of the state The depart
ment first assumed the carrier was u.s.
ing an automobile or motor cycle,
but investigation showed he has been
driving a light buggy drawn by
span of small horses, changing his
team every day.
No Change in Boundary.-Touchiug
on the concern in the Canadian parlia.
ment the other day regarding the
boundary line with the United States,
when fear was expressed that Hunter
island in the Pigeon river district
might be lost to Canada as a result
of recent Canadian international
boundary treaty, state department OF.
fcials said that there is to be no
change in the boundary limitations.
The commissioners are to fix the act
ual location Of the boundary to be
properly described and monumented
upon modern charts to take the place
of those made in 1914 and 1912, which
are vague and less definite.
Fair Prospects For Subsidy Law
The excellent prospects OF enacting
ship or ocean mail subsidy law at
this session of congress, has CEN
tered attention on the senate bill,
which is before the house for approx.
al. The bill authorizes the postmaster
general to pay for ocean mail service
on vessels which are second class,
under the classification of the act OF
March 3, 1891, at the rate paid for
first class vessels on routes to South
America, to the philippines, to Japan.
TO China and TO Australasia. The SER
vice on the vessels Of the third class
may be paid at the rate paid on sec
ond class vessels. One provision is
that the total expenditure for foreign
mail service in any one year shall not
exceed the estimated revenues there
from. The house committee on post
Offices and post roads has made a fav-
orable report on the bill. A similar
bill passed the senate at the last ses-
sion.
Trade Conditions Improving
Marked improvement in business con-
dItions in the United States at the
close of the calendar year, 1908, as
compared with the latter part of the
previous year, and in many cases, a
return to the normal conditions, are
shown by special compilations made
by the bureau of statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor TAX
ing the value of the building permits
issued in 63 leading cities of the coun-
try, the report shows that, while each
OF the first eight months of 1908 was
behind the corresponding months OF
the previous year each of the last four
months showed an improvement,
which was especially marked in No
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cars handled by associations. covering
practically the entire country, was
larger in December. 1908, than in the
same month of 1907. This is taken as
an assumption that general business.
conditions are improving and that the
quantity of merchandise being bought
and sold and transported is increas-
ing" Similar improvements is shown
i'm other lines of business.
Postal mprovements-The interna-
tional postal system is gradually ap-
preaching a condition which will leave
no just cause for complaint in any
quarter. The two-cent letter postal
rates already established between the
United States and some foreign coun-
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