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New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
n1,-oao,t. Demand ReHeffr from Hie #. handed
DEcfofion, Arbitrary KefeS ana 0e'e
Handfne of Parcels by Employees.

7 wear means that q large part of the money
that shippers pay for express service Is
clean profit to the express companies OUT
of ali proportion TO the cost OF thelr ser
| vices.
The second charge against the companies
is that even the present high rates are
levied with relative injustice on Shippers
Of different cities. Express officials them
selves say that the chief service OF the eH-
press company is that of collecting ana
handling packages at the beginning ana
end of the railroad journey. The cost 10
the company of railroad transportation
varies of course. with the distance, but the
cost at the terminals does not. Yet the
charge to the shipper for both transporta-
tion and terminal handling is increased
with the distance. On a one hundred-pouno
package sent to Albany at so cents the
railroad gets % cents for transportation
and the express company gets 81 cents for
IFS terminal service. The same package
costs s14 50 to send TO San Francisco OF
which amount the railroads receive 20 y
and the express companies s. 0s
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
NO EXPRESS JOINT RATES.

OF the same sort is the charge that the
express Companies refuse to prorate' as
the railroads do. That is, where pack
age starts its journey on the lines or one
express company and ends it on those or
another the two will not make joint rate
in proportion TO the distance. but each ex-
acts its full charge, even IL it carries the
package only a mile or two. AS one ex-
press company is spared the cost of collec-
ton and the other the cost OF delivery, the
merchants urge that the charge TO them
should be no higher than If the package
went over the lines Of q single company.
Discrepancies OF this sort are repeated
in thousands Of instances all over the
union Two complaints taken at ran
dom from the files of the Merchants AS
sociation will illustrate this point. One
hundred pounds of butter will go from
Westport TO New York-270 miles-for 81
and the empty boxes are returned for 40
cents. From Westport to Lake Placid, III
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
SOME EXAsPERATING CASES.

These three grievances of high, unequal
and undivided rates are general ones, and
while they are a heavy burden on the whole
body Of citizens who use the express service.
they are not likely 20 raise any particular
mans individual anger to the danger point
II is different with the other charges An
important one is that the companies ha bit
ua!ly disregard their instructions as TO the
route by which certain consiGnments are
ordered TO be sent. For instance, an In
dertaker in Syracuse ordered comm from
a firm in Meriden Conn. As there were
only a few days before the Iuneral at
which II was needed. he had il sent by eX-
press, and directed specifi -ally that IL
should come by way OF Springfield, Mass.
From Springfield the route practical
ly a straight line TO Syracuse over one or
the great trunk lines where trains were
frequent and fast. But the express com
pany which had the office at Meriden dld
not operate on this route beyond Spring
field. and 50 would collect only small
fraction of the total rate So the coffin was
sent south to New Haven. from there to
New York. then TO Philadelphia, and ~
last to Harrisburg. The express company
could keep st no longer. so it was turned
over to another company. which carried ii
over crooked mountain road from HaT-
risburg 10 Elmira. and thence to Newark.
\. \.
Newark is hfty-one miles by rail west
from syracuse and Meriden several hundred
miles east. The coffin was brought back
the nfty-one miles, reaching Syracuse day
and a half late. and lay in the express Of
nce while the man was buried in another.
II had come SIS miles through the back al
leys Of the Blue Ridge. IL IL had been
shipped as ordered rs way Of Springfield
n would have come 2s5 miles. only half as
far. and would have arrived in Cns day, in
stead OF two and half. But the express
company which accepted It at Meriden coll
isctsd .charses- for carrying II rs far as
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
DELAYS WITHOUT A REMEDY

Probably the English language suffers
more abuse from shippers whose packages
fail to turn up on time than from any
other one cause connected with the ex-
press business. Early in 1903 n New York
wholesaler sent nifty hats 10 a mininer in
New Orleans. They were the latest thing
from Paris. The mi!iner looked them over
and found some 10 her liking The rest
were prophecies Of the Merry widow de
sign which vas to come out in the spring
They were too much for the mIlliner: moth
Ing like that had over bIossomed on tha
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

heads of any of her clients. She sent them
back by express late in February. The
Merry Widow style flashed on Fifth ave-
nue. fiourished in 14th street, spread to far
corners of Weehawken and Bound Brook.
faded and grew stale, and still the whole
salers hats had not arrived. II was late in
October, when the styles of the next spring
were already brewing in the fashion labora-
tories of Paris. that the belated Merry
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
Expert Torturer. De
posed by Persia, Now
Dotes on Surgery.

Copyright 1910 by the Brentwood Company
Sovereignty is a profession. like any
other, demanding specialized training:
also experience of a particular order,
and much hard work of a character
not required in any other calling. When.
therefore. monarchs happen to lose their
crowns they are apt TO feel themselves
Just as much at loss for an occupa-
ton of their time as officers who. after
serving for three or four decades III the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

miles the charge is 81 % hundred pounds
and Is cents for returning 'empties'
twenty two pound package OF cigars costs
S5 cents to send to Syracuse from Cortland
N y. a distance OF 81 miles. To send the
same package TO East Syracuse, FIVE miles
further, but on the line of another COM
many. the charge is 20 cents.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

widows reached him, their value, OF
course, all but vanished.
a grievance that IS not peculiar to the
business man is the recent rule Of several
of the express companies not TO notify the
sender of a package If the consisnee re-
fuses to accept it. If he does not find out
by letter he will not find out at all. AS
many houses make 1t a rule never % dun o
customer until his sixty days credit has
expired, this means that frequently they
are unaware whittier the goods they have
shipped have gone, Sometimes the packages
are sold In the mean time at sales of un-
callod-for packages.
DAMAGES ARE MOST ELUSIVE.
Claims for damages are another endless
source Of bad temper To Judge from the
experience of Merchants Association mem
Continued on third naEa.
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w "Great Cesar. sent tha'
Wednesday morning.
.syes and the corner was sort of knocked
IN and the saucers and the little alrshll
were all broken and the tomatoes hao
snoiled and there was hole in the maple
svr1p can, and it got all over the SloVeS
and your dress suit There was . 90 ID
pay on it, the man said.'
.'Why. 1 prepaid it; 50 15.'
well anyway. ! gaze him the hloheS'
Then he thought he ought TO have quarter
for bringing it upstairs"
LET'S see: So s. and 81 Is is 81 SO, and
= quarter makes S. %. ] paid IS l" 10
come by the railroad. and il took hve Eours
instead Of three days. Well were STUCK
perfs7,s this stirs an echo OF the time
when YOU received an express package OF
,-olT,. Nsife or the maid or the people al
,our boarding house received one for you
ON such occasions grievances Ike these'
one or all Of them. have been Known u
crop IIp and spoil dinners and shorten leiil-
rers. II nothing else. have you not o'-en
vrithed at the prices you had TO pay %
send a moasly little package That JuS'
missed getting into the mail?
Pretty small business for an express
company YOU have said. ana Jet II 20 at
that. But day in and day out LOT liS i''ii
ions Of Americans who use the express ser
vie during the year and the thousands W2o
live TO depend on it as factor in the rou-
tine Of trade i is not small business ny
any means Your own irritation mace you
half Il ashamed Of ii: II seemed rather per-
and short winded But in the aggregate "f
the manufacturers and wholesaie hoOses'
linder1akers and creameries, printers ana
autolnobiists, and all their likes, from
Maine to Manila, scraps OF the feeilnS ma :
teen. -piacfnc together. and the sum of 1t
l-.s crown TO something decidedly more
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

Harrisburg. instead Of for the short haul
TO Springfield. Although the undertaken
protested, he has never been able to per-
suade the company to ship any Of his Meri-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
THE REGRET OF LEOPOLD.

King Edward, according 10 one OF the
innumerabIe stories printed concerning
him at the time of his recent death. re-
marked to an tmerican friend. IN reply
to an inquiry as to what he would do in
the event OF the abolition of monarchy
i'm Great Britain. that he believed he
could find a useful and lucrative field
Of activity as d lecturer in the United
States. while King Leopold's repeatedly
expressed regrets that he was unable to
visit this country. not as sovereign.
but as plain business man. for the
purpose of cmbarking in railroad en-
terprises. such as those of the late r. r.
Hartman. and industrial and financial
undertakings, such as those of the
Standard Oil. serve to convey the belief
that had he lost his crown he might have
become power in Wall Street.
Abdul Hamid Effendi. as the ex-Sult1n
OF Turkey is now styled, is reported on
excellent authority. To be spending his
days in the Villa Allatini. where he is
IN captivity at Salonica. at the bench
and the lathe. as a carpenter and Joiner.
He learned the trade from German. of
the name of Carl Terssen. prior - his
accession 10 the throne and even during
his so busy reign was often wont To
Seek healthy relaxation and exercise in
his elaborately appointed workshop at
the Yildiz Kiosk.
The Kaiser. the Car. Emperor Francis
Joseph and King George have all of them
samples of the ex-Sultan's handiwork.
presented to them by him. Thus. EN-
peror Nicholas has a table. made 10y
Abdul Hamid. richly inlaid with the
Padishah's arms. BY touching spring
the centre thereof flies open and there
arises from the cavity gold plate. ON
which is to be found everything needed
by smoker. in gold. amber and precious
stones
King Edward. too. had a writing desk
invented and constructed by the ex-
Sultan. which is mass OF complicated
machinery. and can only be opened BY
working the springs properly. Abdul
Hamid conhded it to the late Sir NlchO-
las OConnor. the British Ambassador
on his departure for England. on leave
of absence five years ago. carefully e.
planning to him the mechanism. When
Sir Nicholas got To England he found
that he had forgotten the mechan.sIf
and was quite unable 20 open the desk
After laboring over il for twenty-four
hours he finally pitched ON the secret
by mere chance. and was so TERRIBLY
afraid ot the desk getting shut up again
that he Immediately inserted a bundle of
newspapers to prevent its closing. until
he could turn u over TO King Edward
at Sandringham
Prince Alexander II Battenbers. after
being compelled by Emperor Alexander
III Of Russia 10 abandon the throne OF
Bulgaria, broke OF his engagement e
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

lin gilded exile at Odessa, has taken up
the study Of surgery. and has made all
arrangements to attend lectures at the
local university and clinics at the city
hospital IS therefore calculated to give
rise 10 other reflections than the one
that the frightfUl tortures which he de-
vised. and the apDIlHnSly ingenious
punishments which he Was wont TO IN
fict upon his s4Sjects in Persia, prior
10 his overthrow. have been OF a nature
TO enable him TO furnish rare infOrma-
ton 10 his medical instructors. since he
has enjoyed the opportunity. unique in
civilized countries, Of vivisectional work.
not on mere brute beasts but on human
beings. What the dispatch does sug-
gest. is a brief review of just how other
dethroned sovereigns have spent their
time after abandoning the reins Of gov
evnTnPut
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
FREIGHT ABUSES RECTIFIED.

The Interstate Commerce Con mission has
gone to The bottom Of the railroad freight
business. found startling abuses there, or
dered their correction and seen its diTec-
tons carried out in vigorous fashion. SomA
Of the same abuses exist in the express
business. and have been allowed TO go un-
checked and unuuestioned. The express
companies bargain together and divide Their
traffic with the same discomfort TO the pub
lie that marked the railroad bargaininss;
they make rates which work discrimination
:, Favor Of certain places a. d certain ship
r,e-s much as the railroads did. and many
couveniences and checks upon the safety Of
-bcir traffic. such as the railroads have
granted at the direction Of the commission
the EXPRESS companies have conspicuonsly
failed TO introduce
Every one of the abuses OF the express
service comes under the jurisdiction OF the
commission. The complainanIs hav> re-
cefved encouragement from sources IN
Washington that are all but official, TO be
lie1e that not only viii their complaint be
heard. but that every grievance which they
can proye to be genuine VIII be remedied
SO FAR as il lies in the power Of the com
mission to do so
Now. what in the rough is the case
against the express companies and against
their employees, with whom the plain private
citizeu has. his most frequent squabbles?
TO these men of larger affairs find The
same faults with the express service that
the man does who sends only one or two
.7sclEaces in the twelve months? THIS
movement has been gathering headway for
-zears.in the Merchants Assoc alton of New
York. which at last sent out the call for
the conference. In that time the associa-
lion has gathered up hundreds Of the par
tic1l1ar complaints Of its members and
:zrof1ped them into certain main charges
against the express companies as whole
This xss the material the conference used
LII a.nr,c
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
Could the Express Companies Charge Less
and Still Pay Reasonable Dividends?


profits
stocks which
As which
theyow brings n
aniesr
Ad ed Ia
1OWE4
Y,arsea Lusi
lrcentf earnings s at
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
TwENFy-FoUR CITIES PROTEST

Twe.lty-four men met the other day n
the rooms of the Merchants Association OF
New York. They represented the bcaEus
of trade and principal business ASSOCIATIONS
Of twenty-four Of the chief cities O the
United States. Unanimously the conference
resolved to put the case against The express
companies before the Interstate Commerce
Commission and to demand in the name Of
The niassed trade Of the United States tha'
tbe Whole carrying business be probed
10 ihc bottom 4 fund OF $4,000 "&s
started and practically pledged on the spot
or+Tet5iuins the best transportation law
,er,s who are 10 be had TO prepare the ma
1erial and present the case. That petluon
will fraAe more influential citizens and more
money behind If than any paper that ever
reached the Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion. and it viii press the sweeping charges
in large and in detail, more thoroughly than
has ever been attempted in any presentmenf
Of ThP- sort
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
CHARGE ExToRTIoNATE RATES

The first charge is that the express com
pafiies collect extorionate rates for the
eerv;ces they perform, and that this Is
roroved by their enormous profits. Each of
the four large companies which divide the
business in the United States carries a
large cash balance from year 20 year The
Adams Express Company, whose balance
sheet shows assets OF 100000 has divided
S3sg0O,Oog Of its surplus among its stock
holders in addition 20 its regular dividends.
In the other companies this surplus is al
iowed TO accumulate, and is invested from
time TO time in stocks and bonds. the reve-
nue. from which IS added TO the companies
incomes.
Because OF this piling up OF property that
has nothing 20 do with the express business
Il IS not at first apparent from the report
Of one or these companies 5ust what profit
Il makes on its outlay for express business
alone. For the year ended June 80 1899, the
ADAMS Express Company had a clear net
income from all sources Of s2.6sl.243 on
assets OF s2o.15s.5S7; the American Express
Company had an income OF s., 1862 o.
assets Of tl5.s6s, ,s57: the United States com
paay had sss3.0s5 income and $l5,345 5Z7
assets. and the wells-Fargo had s4,G54, ,s79
Income and assets Of $37.sssss2.
ENORMOUS PROFITS SHOWN.
An expert of the Merchants Association
d!seBtangled the figures for The actual ex-
press business CT the companies and tho
earnings drawn from Il. HIS results show
that. aside from the investments IN which
a large pa-t % che capi al rs lied I'd the
four companies make pronts Of from "A 70
t6 per cent on their business as common
nAuie1s. Ia Sas1s SUCH profits il siaxIs
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

VTELL- the box came TINS ai'sf
N| noon
w .Great Cesar. sent that
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

~ Geat.aHss on ta--aG&
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
Different Abodes of Men.

Far off in the Frigid Zone, the
Esquimaux builds his house or igloo
from blocks of SNOW. When the short
Arctic summer arrives and the suns
rays melt the roofs, the Esquimaux
abandOnS his home.
In the South Sea islands the ma
tives thatch their mud huts with
reeds and cane brake. This affords
protection from the intense heat of
the tropic sun, but when the heavy
rains set in it is frequently necessary
to build several new roofs in a sea-
son.
Among civilized people where per-
manent and substantial homes are
esta bllshed. 1t was necessary to get a
roof for the home that would with
stand the changes of temperature
and weather and fury of the elements.
Various materials have been tried
for this purpose but none seemed to
meet the demands until the discovery
of the famous Gepasco Ready Roofing.
This roofing is made from natural
asphalt taken from Trinidad Lake on
Trinidad Island, of the coast of South
America. The fact that this asphalt
for hundreds of years has withstood
the ravages of time and the elements
proves its absolute durability.
1t is only after years of careful
study and experiment that the Bar
bar Asphalt Paving Company, Phila-
delphia, finally placed Genasco Ready
Roofing before the public and its
success was so remarkable that it is
now found in almost every quarter of
the globe.
But strange to say. despite the ad
vance of modern progress and the
progress of Genasco Ready Roofing,
there are many otherwise progressive
and up to- date farms who every year,
are doing much as the South Sea Is
thanksgiving out mendlng leakes and
repair ing the damage done by faulty
and defective roofs.
1t is estimated that half the waste
and expense caused by defective roofs
would cover the cost of good. sound,
permanent roof of Genasco.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
What You Buy.

1t would be we'll if farmers would
paste the following in their hats or
lock it into the memory somehow:
In ton of corn cob meal there are
88 pounds of protein; in a ton of
wheat bran 24O lbs.; in ton of cot
tonseed meal 744 lbs. in a ton of oats
1874 lbs. in ton of oil meal. old pro-
cess, $50 lbs; in ton of clover hay
140 lbs; in a ton Of alfalfa hay 900
lbs. When you buy outside feeds,
remember that which is the richest in
protein is always the cheapest even
if you have'to pay double what you
would pay for some other feeds. 1t is
the amount of protein per ton that we
should look for. -Hoards Dairyman.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01

"The Operation of Farm" showing
the best methods of grating the crops
for biggest profits. Then there is a
very interesting article show ing how
you can save work, time and money,
avoid worry, increase your income
and get more fun out OF life. Also
You will find an article on "Orna-
menting the Farm
Last but not least by any means,
you will find some facts about Ameri-
can Fence. IT will indeed pay you to
send a postal card addressed person
ally to Mr.. F. Backes. Vice-Pres. and
Gen. Sales Agent of American Steel &
Wire Co., Chicago, ILL.,, for your copy
of American Fence News
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
Pay Big Price for Right of Way

North Yakima, May 12.-The right
of-way fghJ through the Parker fruit
district between the North Coast and
the Northern Pacific roads cost the
competing roads, it is said, more
than it will to build the lines. The
fact, however, brought out in con-
domination proceedings against W. p.
Sawyer, one of the best known ranch
ers of that district, that one railroad
siding near Parker will bring in
revenue of 800, 900 year in fruit
alone, puts another complexion on
the matter. The figures were so I'M
usual that the opposing attorneys went
over them several times to be sure
they were right.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
Do You Need Fencing?

Every farmer who needs fencing of
any kind should get american Fence
News. 1t tells good many inter est
ing facts that you really ought to
know before you decide on or buy
any fencing. The book is beautifully
printed, contains many illustrations
and tells how to fence for best effects.
it tells how to make permanent wire
fence, and contains the whole story Of
fence building. 1t also contains an
interesting and valuable article on
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
Hnlong Our Patrons
One Of The Great Firms of
Washington.

The magnificent ten story Frye
hotel just now being completed in
Seattle is one of the prettiest struc
lures In the entire city.
The contract for the lao, 900 pressed
brick used on Yeser way and Third
avenue sides was awarded. to the Den
ny--Renton Clay q Coal Company,
Seattle's pioneer brick manufacturers
with Offices in tho Lowman building
The order called for about fifteen car
loads of pressed brick and the same
number of cal loads of hollow tile
used for partitions in some parts of
the building. The tile used we're
12xl2 in size and covered about As, 600
square feet.
The clay products of this, company
have long been a standard for the
general excellence in Seattle and the
entire Northwest At the Alaska Yu-
kon--Pacif1c exposition the company
was awarded the grand prize on all its
products exhibited.
The present corporation, the Den
ny-Renton Clay & Coal Company, has
been operating under it's existing
title but four years, although it is the
outgrowth of the small beginning made
more than twenty years ago.
Four great factories are Ope1a ted by
this big concern, one being devoted
exclusively to the manufacture OF
sewer pipe, with "a capacity OF tw"
miles of sewer pipe daily: one devot-
ed exclusively to the manufacture of
terra Gotta another the RentOn fac
tory, manufacturers paving brick of
high quality, while the Taylor plant
embraces the new sewer pipe and hol-
low ware, as we'll as the dry press
and fire brick factories.
The companies plants are equipped
with the latest tpye Of machinery for
the manufacture of pressed brick,
architectural terra Gotta, fire brick
paving brick, sewer pipe and other
clay products.
A fine line of these materials is
carried and the company is in posi-
tion to fill orders promptly with its
exceptional shipping facilities.
Shipments are made to Victoria and
Vancouver B. c., Tacoma Spokane,
Lewiston, Aberdeen, and Northwest
points generally.
In Seattle and vicinity most of the
public and private buildings erected
in recent years have been faced with
pressed brick from this concern while
its architectural terra Gotta is in use
wherever the best is d esired.
With three great plants in operation
and a pay roll of 800 employees, the
Denny Renton Clay q Coal Company
is an important factor in the upbuild'
ing of Seattle and the Northwest. AS
makers of drain tile for farm drain
age no factory in the United States is
better equipped. Their annual output
of drain tile is reaching enormous
DrODOrtiOuS
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
LIVESTOCK.

CIRCULAR FREE, Of the best Buff and White
Leghorns, Buff, White and Partridge Wyan.
dottes, Black Minorcas and Barred Rocks. Fred
A. Johnson, 513 35th St., Tacoma Wash