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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
WHY MAIL IS LOST
Bad Addresses Chiefly To
Blame, Says Report.
Machines, Poorly Operated,
Cause Much Delay.

Washington, Sept. 2s.-Large man
ufacturing and exporting firms and
even specialists in commercial eff
cheney have been found by the depart
ment of commerce to be the most fire.
quent offenders in carelessly address,
ing their foreign mail.
THE department of commerce.
says statement from Secretary Hoov-
s.er's office, "as well as the postoffice
Z department, frequently receives COM
plants of non-delivery or slow de-
livery of catalogs and other printed
s-nArter in the 6oreign mails. In in
~estigating recent cases of this kind
the question arose as to whether faulty
addresses were not contributory cause
of the trouble. A superficial examin-
alton of certain mail matter seemed to
support such a view, and the co-op-
Grafton of the postoffice department
was sought in an Investigation of the
way in which printed matter was di-
rected.
Tremendous Volume.
"A formal request from the depart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29

ment of commerce resulted in a care
full survey of the printed matter pass
ing thru the outgoing section of the
foreign mail station in the New York
postoffice. The average daily volume
handled in that section amounts to
over 10000 pieces, destined for al
most every country in the world.
1.-The survey proved the frequent
occurrence on printed matter of ad-
dresses so care1eSsly written as to be
absolutely illegible. There are two
serious features of the situation. One
is that the most frequent offenders
are not the small buiness concerns,
but the large commercial and export
ing corporations and even the special
lists IN commercial efficiency. The
second is that some automatic address
ing machines seem to be so carelessly
operated that the resulting printed
addresses are almost if not entirely
iiegible."
1t was made plain by officials that
this statement was noc intended as a
criticism of addressing machines or
an argun ant against their employ
ment.
Machines Badly Operated.
Machines of many types have been
in service all over the country for
many years and for every kind of ad-
dressing and recording" the depart
ment said. Their efficiency and
economy are beyond question They
are not proof against careless han
ding. however, and, like every other
mechanical device, Require a certain
amount of care on the Oart of the
operator in order to do absolutely
reliable work"
Discussing cases of pure neglect"
the department stated:
"a mail package addressed to a
city as large as Frankfurt n-the-
Main, without any more detailed di-
rection, is surely destined to delay,
and one addressed to Cuba, Jamaica,
Haiti, Azores or Brazil is fortunate if
it ever gets on the right route.
1.-The practice of splitting the name
of a country into two lines or using
an abbreviation that IS not generally
employed will invariably make trou
BILE. 1t is wei to consider that de-
fective addresses are much more seri-
Gus in foreign mails than IN domestic
service, since in many foreign coun-
tries postal employees are poorly paid
and much overworked. In times of
mail congestion additional help is
rarely available, and an address in 4
foreign language is sufficiently diff :
cult to decipher without adding I'M
usual marks, arbitrary authorizations
or careless directions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
MUST RAISE $4,000 MORE
Ottawa University in Race To Obtain
Rockefeller Pledge.

Ottawa. Kan, Sept. 29.-The board
of education of the Northern Baptist
convention has sent $4,000 to Ottawa
university to hep clear up its in
debtedness and make available $780,
600 due on the pledge of the Rookie
Teller board at the opening of the
jubilee campaign started five years
ago. Fifteen thousand dollars must
be raised by Saturday night of this
week in order to comply with the
Rock efeller provisions, which were
that a total of 100000 would be
given by that board provided o. L.
raised 100000 and cleared all in
debtedness. Half of the Rockefeller
pledge has been paid in installments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
In Hard Lines

4 IT could not work at all and had
to take to my bed with u high fever
due to intestinal indigestion, gases in
my stomach and pain in my right side.
Il had spent my last cent for doctors
and medicine, which gave me no re-
lief. 1 was in despair. A lodge
brother gave me a bottle of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy. and the first dose
relieved me. Thanks to this medicine
j am now in the best of health. 1t
is a simple, harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract ana allays the inflam-
nation, which causes practically all
stomach, liver and Intestinal ailments.
including appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded. At all
druggists.-AdV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Office of the President

Mo, 26th,
TO THE SHOPMEN MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD
refraned
ren with respect to the strike July believing that there
settlement could thereby
accomplished that definite information intentions
misleading
haveb leaders
friendly
making the situation
c OF
their inclination and better judgment and therefore,
them could,
such agreement which would result injury the
upon the
working
which
remained and those who entered the service
they render satisfactory and efficient
reen the
B. F. BUSH, President.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
Public NOLU Prefers
Vegetable LdxatiUes
ANY FAMILY MAY TRY 1T FREE

Thousands of parents are asking
themselves. Where can I find a trust
lDorthy Id1atipe that anyone in The
family can use trhen constipdted2"
1 urge you to try Syrup Pepsin.
I uiH gladly prooide q LIBERAL free
sample bottle, sufficient for an adequate
Address DR.. w. B. Cdld,DeH. SIS
Washington ST., Monticello. Illinois.
Do il no,r!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29

They are finely tailored
and fashioned of good
wooIcns, Velours and Tri-
cotines, assuring the maxi
mur1 in service The dressy
models have trimmings of
Beaver, Nutria, Caracul
and Squirrel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29

pated, and then
avoid it. If con-
stipation persists
in spite of all
their efforts they
take the mildest,
most easily toll
Grated laxative
obtainable, and
not a dra S tic
nhysic f,hat1Ipsefs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29
Dr.. caldwell's Syrup Pepsin affords
prompt relief in 4 natural way

THE public is constantly be-
L coming more discriminating
in its choice of things. Those
subject to constipation try to
learn what makes them consti-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29

them for days afterwards. AS
over 10 million bottles of DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin are sold
a year, a large proportion of the
people of this country must be-
lieve that this mild vegetable
compound is the proper remedy
for them, and so it is. No need
to take salt waters and powders
that dry up the blood; coal-tar
drugs in candy form that produce
skin eruptions, or calomel that
salivates. These drugs are heroic
measures, over-effective, weak
ening and gripping.
The best constipation remedy
is the one that moves the bowels
without shock to your system,
and such one is DIR. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. 1t is a vegetable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-29

compound of Egyptian SIENNA and
pepsin with pleasant-tasting aro-
mates, and has been satisfac-
toriIy sold for 80 years. Unlike
the harsher physics it does not
produce a habit, and increased
doses are not required; in fact, it
SO trains the stomach muscles
that in time medicines of all kinds
can be dispensed with.
Many take a teaspoonful of
Syrup Pepsin once a week as a
health safeguard. Others use it
only when required, as, for exam
pie, Mrs. ]. w. Borroughs of
Little Rock, Ark. who finds it
equally valuable for herself and
the children, and Mr.. Enas S.
Costa of jacksonville, Cal, whose
family uses it regularly. Try
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in
constipation, biliousness, piles,
headaches, sallow complexion, and
to break up fevers and colds.
A generous-size bottle can be had
at any drug store, and it costs
only about a cent a dose
Evening star., 1922-01-15
Propaganda Currency.

For months the printing presses in
the Moscow treasury department have
been busy grinding out paper money
by the hundreds of millions Of rubles
in face value. These notes have
totaled a sum in that same face value
of staggering size. In actual worth,
however, they have been subject to a
very great shrinkage. Indeed. nobody
knows exactly what the bolshevik
ruble is worth today. The old pre-
revolution ruble was worth 51.4 cents
at par. Last week 1o0-ruble notes OF
that kind were quoted In New York
at 17.100ths Of q cent, and 50o-ruble
notes at about 12-100ths Of q cent.
There are no quotations on bolshevik
rubles,
But the soviet is not worrying about
the value Of the paper money. 1t IL
quite content SO long as 1t has gold for
its own uses. It probably feels GER
tain satisfaction in grinding out the
stuff by the bale, whatever the rate Of
exchange or the inflnitesinal value Of
each piece Of printing. For every one
Of these notes is q bit Of propaganda
literature. A sample Of q thousand.
ruble Russian note of bolshevik manu-.
facture has recently come to hand
here, not q particularly valuable speci.
men as money, but interesting as an
exhibit. It is a small "scrap Of paper"
about ~ inches long by sA inches
wide. something like the small notes
Evening star., 1922-01-15
DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS

ard than German paper marks or
Russian paper rubles turned out by
the printing press: and the standard
value Of gold as the basis of world
finance would be in no way affected.
Men of commerce are no less
skeptical than men of science. They
point to imitation diamonds and other
gems. Alluring and wonderful as
many of them are, they cannot stand
the test of expert examination They
are false, and being false, cannot
come seriously into competition with
with chemically manufactured gold.
1t would not be gold, and could not
compete with 1t in value. But Syn
thetic" gold, il it could be produced
on a commercial scale, would have a
certain commercial value, just as
value. If Germany can produce it
sufficiently cheaply she would have a
new source of wealth on which she
could draw for reparation payments.
In that sense, German chemists would
have worked out a chemical way of
least, be better employed than in the
invention Of high explosives for the
destruction OF their fellow men. As
an expert financier observed: Let
them go on with it
"Mr. Arthur ]. Chapman. of Messrs
r. IlauQet, ASSAyerS TO tne BANK OF
England, attaches no importance to
the statement He does not deny the
possibility of obtaining gold by syn
thetic process. but he thinks we are
far removed from the possibility OF
, putting synthetic gold into compe-
tition with genuine gold won from
the mines and used in commerce. II
you consider the synthetic materials
that have been produced in the past.
he says, you will find very few of
| them which can compete with the
genuine article"
Evening star., 1922-01-15

connection with the city Of New York.
This is a most ambitious project.
Nothing like 1t has ever been attempt
ed In the world. It is q characteristic
New York scheme on a vast scale,
with prospective expenditures running
into enormous sums. Yet the city's
debt limit, 1t Is estimated. would be
raised five billion dollars by the opera
ton Of the plan within q few years,
and taxes on real estate. 1t is promised
by the promoters. would be automati-
cally reduced by per cent.
Little did the founders Of New Am.
,sterdam, settling on the tip Of Manhat.
tan Island, think that they were start
ing such a vast scheme Of business
and residence. They thought they had
an ideal site for colony. So they had.
1t was wonderfully situated for their
purposes. 1t had q maximum Of water
access. and consequently Of protec-
tion. 1t was convenient in every re.
spect. As the hamlet grew into a town
and the town into city it seemed
that nature had wrought Of all places
in the world = perfect site here for a
metropolis. But the time came when
the very advantages Of the site proved
handicaps. The, long peninsula be.
came crowded. The site was outgrown,
and it was necessary to spread across
the waters on both sides and Tar into
the ''hinterland" in the north to find
living roop for the metropolitans.
Trafiic congestion on the surface ne.
cessitated the building first Of rail
ways on stills and then Ct tubes be.
meath the surface, making three layers
OF action. Tubes had to be dug under
the rivers and bridges thrown across
the stream and ferries multiplied. And
yet New York is not big enough for
its own requirements and must needs
encroach upon. the SEA to provide for
the next quarter Of a century or SO OF
growth. There should be no doubt Of
the success Of this plan.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
Pushing New York Into the Bay

A plan has been laid before Gov.
Miller at Albany for enlarging Greater
New York. not by annexing adjacent
territory, but by making new territory.
n. is proposed to fill in about eight
SQUARE miles of the upper bay. extend.
ing fully seven miles south Of Battery
Park. A company has been organized
to carry out the program. but state, as
we'll as federal, aid will be needed. be-
cause the scheme involves questions
OF riparian rights which only the state
and national governments can settle.
New Jersey as well as New York must
be consulted, for the land will affect
Nav Jerseys access to the sea through
the narrows.
In effect, this plan is to build city
Ia tho harbor. 1t will not be Venice,
for It will have solid streets on which
tsuffic can move. Yet the streets VIII
not be altogether solid, for the present
Man is to have them In four decks to
accommodate the travel. There will
ba tubes and tunnels and piers. Not
only will this .fill'' cover eight square
niles, but it will reach to and join
staten Island, bringing that area Of
fety.seven square miles into physical
Evening star., 1922-01-15
A Traffic Court,

A subcommittee Of the House Dis
trict committee will meet Thursday to
consider the pending bill to establish
a traffic court and to make certain
changes in the laws governing traffic
on the streets of the District. What
ever divergent opinions there may be
over traffic rules, there can be no
doubt of the need Of traffic court to
hear all cases promptly. to coordinate
the law-enforcement agencies. to in
sure proper penalties for violations and
to reduce to q minimum the annoy
ariee imposed upon those wrongly or
improperly charged.
:.At present, in the absence of such a
court. the traffic regulations are chiefly
enforced by the collection Of collateral.
The majority Of speeders and violators
Of other rules merely deposit cash at
station houses and never go to court.
They keep away from the Police
Court chiefly because they have a
slender chance Of acquittal, and more
over must wait sometimes all day to
obtain hearing.
In the present condition traffic
rule breaker may make his collateral
deposit in any station house regardless
Of the precinct in which he is arrest
ed" or summoned. This involves a
veritable clearing house between pre-
cincts. Formerly there was no uni
formity in the scale Of collateral. Now
a closer approach to unity is had. But
still the collateral stands In lieu Of
fine in all but very few cases. and
thus there is no assurance whatever
that repeated offenders are given the
proper punishment for their persist
e1lce in rule breaking.
With the traffic court it would be
possible to give 4 hearing In every
case, and to make certain that null
tiple offenders receive their proper
treatment. This will relieve the police
courts, too, of business that now takes
up much of their time and free their
calendars for other cases. A traffic
court would maintain itself and more
out Of the fines collected unless, as is
to, be hoped, 1t will SO reduce the num-
ter of violations that fines are scarce.
In any case, the District should have
this facility for enforcing the rules
that are written for public safety.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
The National Victory Memorial.

President Harding's appeal to the
governors Of the states and the Com
,aissioners. Of the District Of Columbia
for cooperation in the direction OF the
National Victory Memorial in this city
should bear fruit in early responses
and contributions. This is truly na'
tional movement. 1t Is projected to
commemorate the services Of the
Americans in the great war. 1t is de-
signed as a. true shrine Of national
patriotism" the President says, rep.
resenting for our country the senti.
rnents that Westminster Abbey and
st. Paul's Church attest to English
men and the Pantheon and the In
valides to Frenchmen."
"A gift to the building fund Tor every
man who served, and a special gift for
every man who fell in the great war,
synbolized by blue and gold stars on
the ceiling of the great auditorium,
will provide the necessary funds Tor
this structure. State quotas can be
figured and can easily be raised with
a minimum Of individual subscription.
The money necessary is small in
amount compared with the value and
significance Of the work. Already
three governors have written in cor.
dial support Of the project, those Of
Maine, New York and Delaware. In
some OF the states moves have already
been made for the direct contribution
of: the state allotments. The Presi.
dents letter is calculated to stimulate
a nationwide response. which will in.
sure the early completion Of the fund,
and to make immediate beginning Of
work upon the erection Of the build
ing.
This memorial will be a practical
addition to the capitals equipment.
II will provide a meeting place for
national assemblages. a hall for cere.
n,onial occasions, a partial consumma-
ton Of George Washington's wish for
the establishment here Of a national
educational institution. 1t will be an
inspiration to patriotism.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
Serbia Needs u. S. Industries

American, English and foreign mar
kets -rnst consider the questio- of
exploiting. exporting or further
ms%ufssturng the MedenS dfSoTinf Se1S local
,Belladonna. camomile. ethereal plants
and pyrethrum flowers; ca minerals
-bauxite "a valuable reagent used
in making aluminum). turpine Gan
uncrushed stone used for making a
high-grade cement), sulphur ore and
Of sheep. lambs and goats: as woods
-Slavonic oak. beech. maple. ash.
chestnut and walnut: CD wood deriv-
atives-tannin. acetic acid. wood al
cohol. cellulose, 'colophonium and
turpentine.
backed by American capital. have
been seriously considering the pros
pets for launching q chain of indus
trial plants in various of the Euro
pean countries remapped by the war.
an economic study has been made Of
the Jugoslav territory and the re-
quirements that would have to be
met by these American interests.
A steady depreciation in local ex-
change has had tendency to reduce
the price Of labor and other costs
when calculated in American or Brit
ish currency. This is about as broad
as 1t is long. however. because it also
decreases the purchasing power of
the local population with respect to
purchases of American goods.
Hours Of labor are limited to an
eight-hour day in any establishment
employing more than five laborers.
under q government order issued Sep
tember IL, 1919. The cost of labor
Cat present rates of exchanse) runs
from 50 cents to $l.50 q day. Strikes
are unusual, and all strikes having
q political or radically socialistic
tendency are forbidden by the govern
ment. Six months Imprisonment 10
imposed under q law dated August 2.
1920. upon any person who attempts
to prevent others from working.
A foreign firm desiring to work in
JuGoslavia must first organize itself
In the form of q joint stock COM
pany and register before the compe-
tent court In the district where the
business is to be located. A conces-
sion to operate the business must be
secured from the government at Bel
grade. Relatively high taxes are
imposed in connection with these for.
malities. and there are also local COM
munal taxes to be met.
Export restrictions include heavy
export duties and taxes upon the vol.
ume of business of the exporter. I'm
der existing laws an exporter must
give q guarantee that he will bring
into Jugoslavia the equivalent in for.
eigh values obtained abroad Of the
goods exported. These various minute
regulations, subject to frequent
changes without notice, constitute
the only serious barrier to American
capital In Jugoslayia.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
Bosses and Bosses.

The word boss as used in politics
connotes frequently q rough man, all
the better suited to his work II unedu.
Gated. There are such bosses, and
they are very successful. But there is
another kind, and they, too, are sue
cessful.
The late Mr.. Penrose did not object
to the word rs applied to himself. And
yet the obituary notices have brought
out the fact-new to large numbers OF
persons-that he was an honor man
at Harvard, remained all his days
reader Of the best literature. possessed
a ready II somewhat mordant wit
and held his own in conversation with
the brightest men. He was no mere
caucus-fixer and marshaler OF bat.
taIions on election day.
His friend and co-worker, Mr.. Quay
was Of the same sort. He. too. was an
honor man at college, and never lost
his taste for the classics or for the
best Of modern literature. 1t is related
of a visiting Englishman-was it not
Rudyard Kipling?-that desiring to
meet and interview an American
political boss he chose Mr.. Quay. In
vited to Beaver. to spend a night with
the boss at the latter's residence
found there one of the fullest private
libraries 4n Pennsylvania. and when
he returned to New York the next day
discovered In recalling his visit that
instead Of having interviewed an
American boss about politics. the boss
lad interviewed him about literature,
and searched him for all he knew on
the subject.
Thomas C. Platt, the "easy boss
was a. student at Yale. where he over
taxed his strength and had to retire
He was an omnivorous reader, and
wrote we'll, contributing to the daily
press at times, and when young even
composing campaign songs.
So, there are bosses and bosses, and
one boss may differ from another boss
in the glory of bossism. The fact Is
that our political field is wide, and
hospitable to all sorts and conditions
Of men, who, yielding to its lure, enter
and pitch their tents for life.