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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-08
Whose from PleasantvilIe summoned

Those from Pleasantville summoned
to appear this week were:
1671-Wm. C. Young, Jr.
1S42-Jesse Simpkins
1S35-Albert w. Petit
1S74-Frank L. Collins
1643-Harry c. Newlin
1S90-William H. Heller
1903-Frank A. Palmer
1683-Eugene L. Alden
1614-Milton H. Hickok
1SSS-Watson Hilton
1726-George H. Myers
1789-Robert G.. Bartlett
1742-Frederick L. Sharp
1S33-Ernest Naylor
1703-Fred. Daugherty
17S7-Howard Bowen
160S-Frank Gracoppelli
1S14-Walter Hilton
1931-Frank D. Collins
1S19-John Judge
1609-William Guerro
1615-Andrew P. Hyson
1756-James c. Vickers
1631-Randolph Leeds
1584-Wm. L. Bowen
1927-Robert ]. Corse
1666-Robert ]. White
1bZ1-Dofnen1cO LUIGI
1573-Schuyler Adams
1746-Ralph L. Sanders
1S44-Paul D. Samson
1661-Joseph NJ. TILES
1749-Robert j. Swingle
1701-Gustaye C. Collins
1S60-Charles B. Dearer
1SS4-Preston Clifford
1S9S-James Lafferty
1921-Thomas B. Wootton
1581-Ernest w. Birch
1630-Raymond Leeds
1S26-William A. Long
1627-Antonio Liberto
1754-Joseph Tavares
18S6-William H. Hutton
161S-Warren Horton
15S6-Salvatore Ciaolo
1594-Harry N. Dilks
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-08
SALEM M. E. CHURCH.
Rev. Pennington Corson, Pastor.

Services Sunday, as follows:
9.45 a. M, Class Meeting.
2.30 D M. Sunday School.
Rev. H. F. Parker will preach at
1880 a. M, and $50 p. M. Note the
change in time of the evening service.
The pastor will be at st. Paul's
Church, Atlantic City, tomorrow morn
ing and evening.
All welcome to all services.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-08

ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING.
Max H. kirscht, 8 NJ. Main Street.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-08

Salem .........4 / Q Q 0 2 4 4 U-I5
Presbyterian 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 s. 7
3-base hit-Toy; phase hit-Wil-
liams; Struck out-By Price 10, Smed-
ley l, Hosbach 8, Stewart l.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-08
FAITH
adams Hall).

Main st. and Woodland Ave.
Rev. 7. Kellett, Pastor.
Sunday services as follows:
$50 p. M, Sunday School.
7.30 p. M, Preaching by pastor.
Thursday evening, s o'clock, teach
ing service.
The public are cordially invited to
these services.
Evening star., 1917-09-29

900 investment except by operations requiring the
purchase Of hundreds of thousands OF additional 2ent
stamps?
Is it good thing for the nations revenues TO
strangle this publishers business? Even the Ques-
ton of fairness to him be dismissed, after he has built
up business through Is years, decateg adjusted 10
1cent pound rate, is it good business for the Post
Office suddenly to than quadrupe his freight rate
and cut down or destroy his activities?
2. Through the Vast Amount of Postage
Generated BY Magazine Advertising.
About $75,0OO0OO is invested annually in magazine
advertising; about $4O00O0,000 in newspapers and
periodicals other than magazines.
Here is the postage bill Of one of the great mail
order" magazine advertisers-a company selling ex-
celent clothing to women who have not to the
great cities and their department stores. The pres
dent of the company writes:
"Our business is derived entirely, either direct
ly or indirectly, from our magazine advertising.
During the year we paid the Postoface Department,
for carrying first, third and fourth class mail
matter, the Of 1882
What single advertisement in one issue of a
magazine did for another women's wearing apparel"
house is recorded on their books as follows:
"The postage required to answer the $4,000
replies from the one-column insertion in the maga-
zine also to send the merchandise required by
1000 of the inquirers and to follow-up" other in
quirers, was S5,4OO."
The Government charge for carrying this advertise
ment $3883. (That $5,40O. by the way, did not
include the several hundred dollars spent postage
by the inqulrers themselves)
The president of publishing encyclopedias,
natural histories, classics &C., investigated the
spondence created by recent page Of his advertising
inserted in single magazine:
'The stamps and money orders bought by the
inquirers and the publisher, result of the 1000
inquiries to this advertisement, amounted to
1884,
The publishers paid the Posto1ice to carry that
page at second-class rates. $12. good business
would be satisfied to lose several times SIP in order to
do 1884 worth of business profitable to him first
class mail is to the Government.
Scores of small advertisers found in any issue of
any popular magazine. They just good
toners of the Postoce, in proportion the big
Germs using columns of pages.
A modest one-inch magazine advertisement is print
ed by company which reports that its yearly postage
bill from that cause is 1872. Adding the approx
mate postage the 1500 letters month sent to the
company the yearly total of postage created by this
nconspicuous through the magazines is found
to be $5,492
Two-quarter-counn announcements Of dress fab
ric appealing to women in single magazine, brought
1000 replies, involving postage stamps worth $4,000.
Evening star., 1917-09-29

In the the
General show instead of running
Posoce and other mail
nousy along with revolutionary change in Poso6ce
from annual losses huge annual profits
millions of Postfh
ed by advertising enable understand Dhy the
zines have been a boon o the Postof6ce
Evening star., 1917-09-29

figures on the other hand say that ma
number of pieces of newspaper mail
LEAVING FOR A MOMENT
POSTOFFICE REVENUES AS A
WHAT MAGAZ
The following figures are made up from the
annual reports of the Postmaster General:
In the Year 1870 There Was a Deficit IN the
PostoAfce Operations Of 21.4 Per Cent of
Its Tmnouer.
In 1879 was passed the act putting second
class matter on the pound rate basis, and cut
ting down radically the amount the subscriber
had to pay as postage on his periodical. An
immediate increase in the volume of second
class mail began.
In 1880 the PostoAice Deficit Was Only SO
Per Cent of Its Turnover.
In 1885 was passed the law making the pound
rate 1 cent instead Of 2. Congress did it on
it's own initiative, without even a suggestion
from any publisher. It was done on the theory
that the national dissemination of literature
should be encouraged, and with the hope that
the greater volume of second-class mail result
ing with all the collateral Postof6ce patronage
accompanying greater volume. would help to
modify the effect of so low rate on the Post
office revenues The volume came. Second
class mail trebled in the decade ending with
1890 The next decade brought phenomenal
increase-from 170,O53, $40 pounds in 1890 to
no less than 1888 ,999 pounds in 1900.
The Deficit in PostoAfce Operations in the Year
1900 Was Only So Per Cent.
In the prosperous years following 1900 the
increase in second-class matter was stupendous
from 382,538,999 pounds in 1900 to 488,246, ,903
pounds in 1902, only two years. These years
brought the great forward movement in the
production of low-priced but well-edited maga-
zines.
In 1901 the PostoAice Deficit Was Only 341
Per Cent of Its Business. In 1902 the
Deficit Was "a Per Cent.
This was the smallest percentage of deficit
in 18 years. and the smallest, but two, in 81 years.
But mark: The year 1902 would have shown
no deficit at all, but for new item of expense
s4OOO,OOO for Rural Free Delivery
Our Government had wisely and benefcently
extended the service Of the Postoffice to farmers
in isolated communities, regardless of any COM
mensurate return from that branch The re-
port of the Postmaster General for 1902 says:
It will be seen that had it not been for the large
expenditure on account of Rural Free Delivery
the receipts would have exceeded the expendi-
lures by upward of $1OOOOOO
Since 1902 there has each year been hand
some surplus in the operations of the Postoffice
outside of the expenditures of the Government
for Rural Free Delivery.
IN 1916 THE POSTOFFICE REPORTS A
SURPLUS of S., ,929, ,236.o7, which, added to the
loss wisely and deliberately taken on the Rural
Free Delivery service, shows real profit as COM
Is this the k
'because they
Evening star., 1917-09-29

pared with the years before this aid was given to
the agricultural districts OF MORE THAN
$5OOO0,000.
This, then, Is the terrible effect of the pound
rate for second-ciass mail, and Of the conse-
quenf increase of magazines and other second
class matter; this is the result of the "shaeless
subsidy" of the $4,000 000-a-yem loss caused
by the magazines; that from 1879 to 1916, .Oith
second-class mail increasing from 81 10000
pounds annually to 1900, 100000 pounds an
nually, the former regular huge annual deficits
of the Postofice haze come down .uith each in
crease of second-class mail until smpluses haue
taken the place of deficits and there has been
$50, 900 900 a year in addition to aid rural Iife
This evidence has NOT been used in Congress
or by the National One Cent Letter Postage AS
sociation.
Does it help to substantiate the 1883, 100000
oss-caused-by-th y-the-magazines" myth?
Is it evidence on which magazines ought to
be strangled by sudden increase Of more than
300 per cent in their cost Of delivery to SUBJ
scribers?
MAGAZINES ARE THE MOST
PROFITABLE CUSTOMERS
OF THE POSTOFF1CE
l. Through Huge Purchases of Stamps
Entirely Outside of Their Pound
Rate Payments.
The name of a representative magazine has been
given members of Congress with the following facts
of it's most recent four months operation
1t paid the Postofce during these four months for
delivery to subscribers $8,67604.
But during the same period it purchased 2-cent
stamps to the amount of $20,20206
chaSe n he of
$24,25549
It paid parcel post charges of $3,196.20.
Here are direct purchases from the Postofice,
trely apart from its pound-rate payments, amounting
for four months to $56,329.79.
The above for outgoing mail matter.
Incoming showed for the months 258,272 sealed
letters with postage stamps affixed in addition to post
cards and parcel post deliveries.
So far we have payments in only four months, to
the Postoice of SCI 49523 and above the pound
rate payments of $8676O4, in transacting the direct
business of the magazine
But in addition, during these four months 800 ad-
vertisers spent S9980085 in this magazine for adver
tsements appealing to the people Of the entire country
How could these 800 business get back their $685.
Evening star., 1917-09-29
Advertisement No. 4

dmdth hmg @mu loss
trad Mrant dfm@md knw dg
dH present pp m
RQSIQEECE REVENUES
Evening star., 1917-09-29
MAIL HAS DONE TO THE POSTOFFICE

Pretty good business-getters for the department,
these 'tads" which cost the publishers to mail at
second-class rates, $19.40.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-20

D. Edward Fore. whose store
was destroyed by fire a few days
ago, has secured a position in
Chambersburg and will move to
that. city about the first Of Oc-
tober.
Stanley Kidwell, proprietor of
a barber shop in North Martins
busg, W. Va. was found guilty
there Thursday of bringing 100
quarls of whisky into that city
from Hagerstown, in violation of
the state prohibition law, and
was fined $500 and given four
months in Jail. Kidwell offered
no defense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-20

Thomas X. Downes and son
Smith Harris, and Miss Kate
Smith hall near Needmore, spent
last Saturday in town. Smith,
although barely three years of
age is certainly a precocious
youngster. While in the NEWS
office, the Editor said, Smith,
any Needmore Items, this week?"
The little fellow reached for a
pencil and piece of paper and
got down to business, holding his
pencil with all the preciseness Of
an old fashioned sch ,olmaster,
and writing with the e ,rnestness
of his grandfather the late
Jim" Downes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-20

Miss Minnie Reisner was call
ed to Salix, Pa, a few days ago
to accept a position as teacher in
one of the schools Of that place.
Mrs. Agnes Ray, of this place,
spent a few days last week WIS.,
iting in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. SEQ tt Rinedollar in Ev-
erett.
w. Scott Dickson, Carl Asman,
Merrill w. Mace and son Bill,
andWelles H. Greathead, formed
a motoring party tn at visited
Gettysburg Tues day.
Miss Annie Reisner eturned
to McKeesport a few days ago
to resume work in the City
schools as head of the Domestic
Science department.
Mrs. George B. Mock and daugh-
ter Miss Mildred, of this place
are leaving to-day for a trip to
Allentown, Pa. where they will
visit relatives for few days.
Mrs. Rose Swartzwelder, wife
of DR.. j. S. Swartzwelder, OF
Mercersburg, spent few days
in town this week visiting in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Runyan and other friends.
George F. Mellott, who owns
three big farms near William
son, Franklin County, threshed
wheat from one of his fields
which Welded forty-two bushels
to the acre. From other portions
of his farms he realized about
thirty-fve bushels to the acre.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19
MUST FACE TRIAL
Court Refuses to Quash Charges
Apaiust German Raider.

Philadelphia, July 19.-Capt. Max
v. Thierichens, former commander OF
the seized German commerce raider
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, lost his legal
fight to escape trial in the Federal
district court here yesterday, when
Judge Thompson refused to quash
indictments charging him with SNUG
Cling and violating the Mann act.
He is charged with smuggling
nineteen ship chronometers while his
ship was informed at the Philadel-
phia navy yard, and with bringing q
young woman from Ithaca, N. Y.
here for improper purposes.
In seeking to quash the indict-
ments counsel for Capt. Thierichens
contended that the offenses charged
are alleged to have been committed
before the state of war was declared
and that, under international law, NJ
should be informed until after The
war. and then turned over to hi:
country for trial under the naval law:
of Germany. ;.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

- b. q / +
,sensers on board two American Liners
and one big British steamship which
arrived on the Atlantic coast yes
terday reported submarines very &C
tive between this seaboard and the
coast Of Ireland.
The three liners were attacked by
U boats despite the elaborate pre-
cautions taken by the British Ad-
miralty for their safety. Passengers
on one of the American vessels de-
clared that she escaped destruction
at distance of more than l,0Oo
miles from the Irish Coast.
One Of the American vessels es-
capped being sunk by sixty feet when
torpedo sped by her stern. The gun
crew of the other American steamer
opened fire at periscope before =
torpedo could be launched and q de-
stroyer accompanying the British
steamer engaged U-boat III battle
while the liner made good her es'
I;cape.
The passengers of this vessel fee
sure that the submersible was sent
to the bottom.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19
RAILROADS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
In Eject June -. 1917.

N. B.-Following schedule figures
are published only as information NOT
guaranteed.
Trains leave Union Station. Alexan-
dria
1897 =. NJ. Daily-Loeal between
connection daily, except sunday cat al
louisville and Richmond.
SAT A. NJ Daily-Local for Harrison
| burg and way stations. Buffet parlot
car.
SIT A. NJ Dally--Mail train, coaches
for Manassas. Warrenton. Culpeper,
Orange. I.ynchburg. Greensboro ana
| Charlotte.
sI7 a, NJ. Dally-U. s. Fast Mail
stops only for passengers to, points
at which scheduled to stop. Coaches
and Sleeping cars to Atlanta. Ne"
Orleans. Birmingham. Sleeping car ~.
| Charlottesville. Lynchburg. DanVille
| Greensboro. and Charlotte.
4:22 P. NJ Daily--!-ocal for Chariot
tesville connecting 1t Calverton for
49, p. NJ. Observation-Disclosures spe-
cial Sleeping cars between New York.
| Atlanta. Anniston. Birmingham.
Through first class coaches between
Washington, Atlanta and Birmingham.
| DINING car service, iouiiSt !" S'i''i''
1902 p. M.-1oaily local for Har-
| risonburg and way Stations on Manas-
| sas branch. Pullman Buffet parlor
cars.
5:22 p. NJ. local for Warrenton.
1911 p. NJ. Daily-Augusta Special
| Through train with sleeping cars TO
| Charlotte. Columbia. Aiken and An-
gnsta. Through Sleeping cars tC Ash
! Vile dining car.
1902 p. NJ. Da!ly-WashinS and
| Chattanooga Limited tvia Lynchburg>
| First class coaches and sleeping cars
J 10 Roanoke. Knoxville Chattanooga.
! Sleeper to New Orleans. Washington
! to Roanoke Dining car service.
1902 p. NJ. Daily-New York ana
New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
! Grain. Club and Observation cars TO
New Orleans. Dining car Service.
4:27 A. NJ. Daily-Memphis special,
| sleeping cars. and coaches for Roa-
| noke. Knoxville. Nashville. Chatta-
! nooga. and Memphis. Dining car ser-
vice. Washington sleeping cars open
| 10 p. M
For detailed schedule hgures. tick
! etsrcscrvatIonS etc. apply to
s. d. SHELTON;
r. II. DeBUTTS. Division Passenger
Agent. 705 18th St. \. w. Washing-
ton. d. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19
CUTLER SUCCEEDS PRATT
Named by Redfeld to Replace Chief
Forced Out.

Forced Out. r.
Washington, July 19.-Dr. Edward
E. Pratt, who resigned last night as
chief of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, at the request
of Secretary Redfeld, was succeeded
yesterday by Burwefl S. Cutler, frst
assistant chief, who will serve unit
a permanent appointment is made.
Mr.. Cutler is Buffalo manutac
turer, who came to, Washington at
the outbreak of the war with Ger:
many to offer his services to the
Commerce Department.
Neither Mr.. Redfeld nor DR.. Pratt
would discuss today the causes lead
ing up to the resignation. 1t 'ha:
been generally known for sometime
however, that wide differences eX--
listed between the two. Things came
to- head, it is understood, over. DR.
Pratt's administration of the, export
| control clause of the: espionage act
Mr.. Redfield, it is said, thought DR.
Pratt assumed TOO much authority.
DR.. Pratt's dismissal is taken tt
mean that Mr.. Redfield will take di.
rect charge of administering, the ex:
port control. T.. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

connected wiittllfzitt might; indicate, he
said, that it was Of an enemy nature.
at is apparent that the persons
wanted to start some sort of trouble"
he said. at may be merely the work
of cranks or i may have broader
scopes''
So far as learned the arrests were
made before any person fell victim
to the supposed infected plasters. NO
attempts were made to dispose OF Inc
alleged poison to soldiers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

recovery Of the sum, and the other
9 suit against selectman Carter, OF
Winchester, for $4,000 for alleged
SANDER Lawson also handed Sheriff
Reals a statement saying that he
was paying the taxes under protest.
The financier says that all ne re-
covers on the suit against the select
man for slandering him will go TO
the American Red Cross. Lawson paid
the sheriff with crisp new bills, five
81 600 bills. one $500 bill, three $lOO's
and smaller bills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19
SPAIN TO PREVENT MEETING
Steps to Suppress Californian Assem-
bly in Barcelona Taken.

Steps to Suppress CdtdioNiah t1S'e"
bly in Barcelona Taken.
Madrid, July 19.-The government
is making preparation to prevent
holding the meeting Of members OF
parliament at Barcelona, which IS
planned for tomorrow in defiance OF
the wishes of the ministry. cine
Catalonian delegates made . demand
for an autonomous government and
announced chat the meeting would
be held in Barcelona in case the gov
ernment failed to call a session OF
parliament, which the cabinet de-
clined to do.)
A number of deputies are on the
way from Madrid to Barcelona, ou'
# IS estimated that not more thar
80 members of parliament and othe'
public men will be present. The I'M
nression here is that the movement
will not be successful.
The minister of the interior ma:
announced the arrest of Aguirrt
Metaca secretary to Alexandra Ler
ronx the radical leader, and Basillt
Alvarez, an agrarian propagandist
San Sebastian, Spain, July -
Disorders here caused by striker:
have been suppressed by the police
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

AUCTION SALE OF FALU Ai5LE
IMPROVED REAL ESTATE IN
THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.
VIRGINIA,
Pursuant to decree of the Cor
poration Court of the City Of Alex
andria, Virginia, i'll the Chancecy
cause therein pending, entitled, c..
Keith Carlin and II. Noel Garner,
committee of Louisa n Puli!n, ct
ais, entered on the 10th day of June,
1917. the undersigned special Com-
missioners of sale will offer for sale
At public auction to the highest bid
der, on SATURDAY., JULY q, 1911.
at II O'clock noon. in front o. the
ROYAL street entrance to the Market
building, the following improved real
estate:
FlRST-All that lot of ground inn
proved By seven room frame dwell
i.1p situated on the east side Of st.
Asa2h Street, between Queen and
Princess Streets, and known as BIB
north st. Asaph street, and bounded
rs follows: Beginning at point en-
the east side Of St Asaph Stree,
l35 feet 9 inches north of Queen
Street. and running thence east, and
rarallel with Queen Street 90 feet
: inches; thence north and parallel
with st. Asaph Street 20 feet ) IN
chcs; thence west and parallel With
the first line 90 feet 5 inches; ard
.na,. CO south along st. Asaph Street
2n feet inches to the beginning,
with all appurtenances.
SECOND-All that lot of grounl
improved by a six room frame dwell
.re situated On the east side of st.
!Asaph Street between Queen and
Princess Streets, and adjoining the
above described property on the
north, being known as 315 north st.
Asaph Street, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning a. a
point on the east side of st. Asaph
Street 156 feet inch north of Queen
Street, and running thence east and
parallel with Queen Street SO feet >
inches; thence north and parallel
with st. Asaph Street, 20 feet;
thence west and parallel with the
first line 90 feet 5 inches; and thence
south along st. Asaph street 90 feet
to the beginning, with all app urten-
ances.
THIRD--All that certain lot CT
ground in the City of Alexandra,
Virginia, situated on the north sldeI
of Queen Street, running east from
Payne Street, and improved by fveI
two-story frame dwellings known asI
No. 1919, 1919 1-2, 1871 1923 andl
1925 Queen street, and being bound
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

nanists, has in view maneu7er OF
quite different aspect. The hellieose
declarations which resound, and will
perhaps continue in Berlin, will be
nothing butathe prologue. designed to
represent Germany as invincible.
Afterward, perhaps sooner than ex-
pected, will come the theatrical in
itiative in which Germany will show
a disposition to disarm."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

Var Board to make available max
imum of transportation energy for
the movement of freight necessary
for the successful conduct of the
war report the elimination Of passen-
ger trains aggregating 1921 ,02S
miles Of train service per year This
is done to save man power, fuel and
motive power, which can thus be ap.
piled to the transportation of neces.
sites. The elimination of passenge,
service as now reported will make
available for other purposes over
purposes over 100000 tons of coal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19

DR.. E. B. Bangasser and Dr.. Ed
ward india, both of Buffalo, were
killed in an automobile accident at
South Dayton yesterday. The auto
mobile ran off the highway into a
ditch and turned over, pinioning the
physicians underneath in two feet
of water. Death is believed to have
been caused by drowning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-19
War Auto Trucks

Contracts for $4,000 worth OF
motor trucks, for use with the Ameri-
can expeditionary armies in France
and at training camps before the
troops are sent across, were aTaru-
ed by the War Department today,
The contracts call for delivery OF
1860 one and a half and two-ton
trucks. most of the deliveries to be
.made before December l.
This is the largest single motor
t,nck award ever made by the
United States Government.