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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL. 11. 1909. Photographs f s - - sas , - r -j " - - 4 i -r" - : jjLjSljg "-t -niLtWi t: fi-j .WsSggSaa;. -'" v.c vferH Vfl 4-i' v, - y r- fr' ' f W-" W. NELSON C&OMWEUL . NKW TORK, April 10.-KSpecial.) Following are nrws notes to ac company portraits of men now Jn the putilin eye: . Russell Colt is the young son of Colo upl S. P. Colt, who married Ethel Barry more in a suburb of Boston recently. His father is Colonel S. P. Colt, the pistol-maker. The Colts are of Providence. I- I., but Russell has made his home in Boston lately. An echo of the Pennsylvania State Cap itol scanrlaJ Is hoard in New York, where John H. Saunderson Is lying 111 of KiiKht s disease, and likely to die. Saun derson was the man who furnished the spltol at !iarriburg and. sold couches by the "cubic foot" (outside measure ment) at a sood many times their rea sonable value. He was indicted with ex--Auditor-Oeneral V. p. Snrder, ex-Superintendent Shumaker and Joseph Hus ton. Tt is believed It will be necessary !" "eparate the cases, and It Is thought Huston wlll.be the flrst man tried This Is William Sulzer. filppanUy re ferred to as "Billy Selfzer" In Congres sional circles. He is the "friend of the Main pee-pnl." and that Is his chief po- Review of Portland's Proposed Charter IH THKEH PARTS. PART III. BT GEO. A. TBACHGR. . Amended Sections. Section provides that the Mavor or soma officer authorized by the Mayor nd Counoil shall sign contracts author ised by ordinance. Bection 10 eliminates Executive -Board Jn vesting authority. Seotlon 11 names elective omeers Mayor, six Councllmen, City Auditor. City Treasurer, Municipal Judge. City - Attor ney, and says City Engineer shall be appointed by Mayor. Siectlon 12 describes present boundaries. Section 16 says Council may by vote of five. 30 days before-election, provide for annexation of territory. Section 1 changes time from July to December after election when such an nexed territory shall become part of city. Section IT Jias alteration in regard to Council, amending boundaries. Noii-Part isan Elections. Section 19. after giving account of laws governing elections, declares that main ohict is- to abolish choice of municipal officers by political parties and a pro vides that notice of primary eloctlon "Blinll recite that the people of the City or Portland tnot tbe political parties) win choose candidates." etc.; b) oatn as to membership In party is not re quired: (.c) providos for one form of bal lot with names in alphabetical order: (d) says but one form of tally sheet shall be ud: () no political or party name or designation whatever shall appear on bsllot; if) a candidate need not be reg istered as a party' member and may not l-lare advocacy of principles or meas ures. This feature will attract much atten tion, but It Is a part of the. commission system. Tlu nonpartisan Idea decided the two last ejections in Portland. The new Boston charter proposes nonparti san elections. Judge W. J. Gaynor, of New York, who may ba candidate for Mayor. - says: "Neither National nor etate politics should have any-Influence on voters at a city election." The theory Is that the politics of a city ofneer do net and ought not to affect his adminis tration of any department or the passing of ordinances regulating social rights. The Boston Transcript of January 28 says editorially of tha plan "that it Is a courageous experiment." and. "If suc cessful. It would open up a new chapter In municipal government." The attempt, of course, is to make city government a matter of business instead of politics. Do the people of Portland want such a hang? Councilman Cot tell aye no: that tt la politics that makes men work. Nominations for Orrice. Section SO. Candidates for office shall file petttlon announcing fact at least ten ays before firlmary with a petition of at least 100 voters, requesting that his name be placed upon ballot, and In dorsing him for the office. City Auditor shall publish In daily papers three davs the names as they will apear on the bal lots. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be only ones whose names shall be placed on bal lot at general election. Doubl the number at general election. Double the number of Councllmen to be elected shall be placed on ballot at general election, that number of candidates being those who received largest vote at primary. Pe.-tion SI deals with vacancies between primary and general election. Section 21A deals with precincts and also election officers. 9c!on 22 provide for special - elec of Men Now litical stock In trade. Mr. Seltzer beg pardon, Sulzer wants the "Maine" raised and has introduced a bill with that In This is Champ Clark, the Missourian who is nominally at the head of the minority in the House. Mr. Clark used to be the real head of. the minority, but when Uncle Joe Cannon and hiB followers worked up a split among the Democrats, Mr. Clark's authority as leader was diminished considerably. Mr. Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, leader of the Insurgents, speaks for . the Democrats when Speaker' Cannon arranges the pro gramme. . William Nelson Cromwell is the ' most famous lawyer .n the United States today. It was he who negotiated the purchase of the Panama Canal Company for the Unit ed States and Is reputed to have made something like half a million dollars in the negotiations. He is credited with en gineering the revolution which made the canal strip the property of the United States. Of course, much that is said about Mr. Cromwell Is untrue, and all that is said abput him must be taken with a grain of salt. A man engaged in such im portant enterprises who possesses in so tions, which shall not be' less than 30 days after ordinance calling for same and shall specify purpose. . Section 26 concerns notices in . papers of elections. Section 27 says-voters' of Oregon who have been SO days in. precinct and six months in city may vote. - t " Elections at ' Iiarge. Section 28 provides that the Mayor, Auditor, City Attorney, Treasurer, Mu nicipal Judge and Councllmen shall be elected at large. . Section 29 provides generally for a res idence of three years In Portland (in stead of five) as a qualification for of ficeholders. The election at large Is an Innovation, but probably . not a danger ous one. The reason for ward elections ceased when guilds or different classes ceased to segregate themselves. The commission plan provides for elections at large. Los Angeles, on February 2, 19fl9, amended ber charter to permit elec tion of Councllmen at large. Boston's new ' charter ' has the same provision. Under Portland's present - charter five Councflmen are elected at large. - The Recall. Section no provides for recall of an elective officer upon the filing of a peti tion signed by 26 per cent of the votera demanding, the election of a successor and giving reasons for which removal is ought. Paper shall be filed with Au ditor at least ten days before petition is circulated and restrictions are made as to persons securing signatures. Upon a sufficient petition being filed the Coun cil shall order a special election not less than 30 nor more Ulan 40 days after Clerk's certificate of petition is .dated. The election shall be like any other city election and the officer recalled may not only be a candidate, but his oandldacy hall' ba assumed and bis name shall -be placed upon the ballot without formal nomination nnleaa b requests otherwise In writing. Section 3S discusses vacancies and ap pointments and makes rigid rules for attendance of officials to their duties. Section 43 defines terms of office. The Mayor shall be elected f or . two years and the Councllmen for four (as at pres ent), but at the first election three Coun cllmen shall be elected for two years and three for four years. Section 44 provides . that each ' Council man shall receive a salary of 000 per annum. That, by the way. Is the salary paid to the Commissioners . of Washing ton, D. C. Section 45 provides that ordinances shall require a vote of five to pass, but a vote of four may decide a matter not requiring an ordinance according to charter. Section 4S directs that no money shall be paid except from special assessment funds unless by appropriation made by ordinance and such ordinance shall not contain provision on any other subject. Section 60A provides that "special no tice newspaper'" shall be known as the city official newspaper. It shall be a dally paper and have a paid circulation of at least la.000. Section 67 provides that Council must keep a journal of Its proceedings. Its meetings and those of any committee appointed by It must be public Section 71 provides for election of a President of the Council to. act In May or's absence; (ISA) provides for - a free employment bureau:. (22) provides that $6009 a year may be spent for special purposes: and (So) allows the Mayor 1000 a year for a secret sen-ice fund.- The subdivisions up to (T7 permit va rkras . regulation from prohibiting bill in Public Eye great a degree the gift of reticence, will of necessity be the subject of much wild guessing. ' R. Hinton Perry, the sculptor, is booked for a term in jail. His former wife, Irma Htnton Perry, is sending him there on a claim for unpaid alimony. When they were divorced, the court awarded her ali mony on the theory that Mr. Perry's in come was J10.000 a year. Thl was In 1904. Mr. Perry paid cheerfully till 1906, when he became Interested In Mrs. May Han bury Fisher, of San Diego, and married her. He then refused to pay alimony to his first .wife and she threatened him with Jail. . He announced his determination to accept imprisonment as a martyrdom and gave a tea party at his studio to celebrate his separation from the world. . However, a compromise .was arranged at that time and ' he did not go to Jail. Now his first wife is making trouble for him again, and again he is determined to serve out the six months, which is the limit of time he can be compelled to re main Immured. Mr. Perry's first wife is now on the stage. His second wife lives with him at a hotel On Eleventh street. They have a you baby. Mrs. Perry says It will be a little lonesome for the six months, but she is willing to wait. boards to insisting on car fenders. The sections dealing with public util ities and the issuing of bonds are made somewhat more clear and specific and section 89 provides that bonds shall be redeeemable on any semiannual interest day upon full payment with a 5 per .cent premium on the principal. Section 93 increases the time from five to- ten 3'ears for which public property not needed for public use may be leased, but no public utility Bhall , be sold or leased without a two-thirds ' vote of the electors at a referendum election. Granting Franchises. . Section 94 provides that "no grant of a public utility franchise shall be valid until it shall have been approved by a majority of the electors voting upon that question at a general or special election." The Council has the right to extend ter ritorial rights - of existing franchises, authorize sidetracks of commercial rail roads upon written assent of property owners and agree upon use of streets with commercial railroads desiring to enter the city. , Section 96 provides that no expiring franchise shall be renewed without con sent of the electors. Section 105 gives Council right to en force "common user" privilege of streets for different railway companies.. The present charter limits that enforcement to five blocks. Revenue and Taxation.'. Section 113 prescribes that the fiscal year shall begin December I, Instead of January 1. as at present. That permits the annual tax levy to be made a month earlier, see Section 114. The lew is lim ited to 6 mills, exclusive of tax for bond ed debt, sinking fund levy and levy for bridges. The lighting fund levy is changed from 1H mills to of a mill. In cas assessment is less than 2176,000,000, lervy may be increased to produce 21, 060,000. Council is also authorized to l"yy a special tax of not exceeding one mill for bridges elsewhere than across tha Willamette. Section 118. with subdivisions. ' pro vides for issues of bonds. The million from park and boulevard bonds is to be expended by Council upon recommenda tions of Park Board. The half million from dock bonds Is to be expended by Council upon recommendation of Coun cilman whose bureau controls the docks. The- 2450.000 from bridge bonds is to ba expended by Council In constructing the Madison bridge. Specific details are given as to procedure, especially in the use of bridge by street railways. The 2275,000 from flreboat bonds is to be expended by the Council for the purposes designated. Kxecutive Powers. Section 120 provides that the executive power of tbe city shall be vested In a Mayor and six Councllmen elected at large. The business of the city shall be dis tributed among six bureaus (l) Bureau of Public Affairs. (2) Bureau of Accounts and Finances. (3) Bureau of Public Safety. (4) Bureau of Streets and Public Improvements. (6) Bureau of Parks and Public Property. () Bureau of Water Supply. "The Council may from time to time apportion the work of the city among the various bureaus as may seem best to it, Ths Mayor shall appoint ono Councilman as the bead of each bureau, and may change such appointments from time to time at bis pleasure." Section 144 fixes the salary of the Mayor at S6K0 per annum. , Section 145 permits the Mayor to ap point a secretary at . 21800 per annum. Under the present charter the Mayor's salary is 24S0O and his secretary's 2900. DUTIES OF MAYOR Section. 147 directs that "the Mayor shall exercise a careful supervision over the general affairs of the city and its subordinate offices." It is his duty to make recommendations to the Council from time to time. Once a year he must submit a general statement of conditions and the budget of current ex penses. Section 148. The Mayor shall preside at sessions of the Council and direct the order of business and shall vote on meas- 1 ures. . I Section 149. The Mayor may call upon heads of bureaus for such reports as he may desire concerning their departments, and It shall be their duty to respond at once. Section 154. The Mayor may call extra j sessions of the Council. Section 169. The Mayor may remove any offioer appointed by him. Sections 151. 152, 153. 155. 150, 157. 152, which outline the duties of the Mayor in the present charter remain in force. They constitute him the general execu tive offioer of tbe city, with power to institute proceedings to annul fran chises, to investigate exact conditions of all franchises; and the City Attorney is bound to aot on his direction. He may suspend any officer, except a Councilman, may use and command the police to pre serve order, and shall see that contracts are faithfully kept. Council Buys Supplies. Sec. 164. The Council shall purchase all supplies required by all officers and all departments; shall approve all bills for materials bought, all claims of contract ors, all payrolls of city employes. It shall make no purchase in excess of 2250 without advertising for bids in city offi cial paper. Sec 164A directs that Council shall print each month an Itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures and a summary of its proceedings, and shall furnish copies . to the daily papers, the public library and to persons who shall apply for same at the auditor's office. At least' once a year the Council shall cause a complete examination of city's accounts by competent public accountants and shall publish results - in the same manner as the monthly statements. Fire Department. Sec' 16. It is the duty of the Council to organize, govern and conduct the fire department. The Councilman at tbe head of the bureau "may appoint a chief engi neer and such other officers and em ployes' as the Council shall provide." The Council shall make all necessary regulations and hear complaints, but the civil service rules shall apply to every onicer in the department. The Council man at the head of the bureau shall have the custody of the public property, including the fire alarm telegraph, and shall purchase all necessary apparatus subject to limitations of appropriations made by the Council. Police Department. See 179. The Councilman in charge mimi canco tne neaa or the Police Department, and may. subject to ordi nance, make all necessary rules for the conduct of the police force, for the man agement of the city prison, and the hear ing of complaints and the suspension of members of the force. Generally the appointment, discipline and government are vested in him. Sec. 183A. The head of the Police De partment shall appoint the Women's Aux iliary. Sec 293. He shall fill vacancies on the force from the civil service list of elig lbles. Sec. 196. The head of the Police De partment is made the head of the Police and Fire Department. relief fund. Sec. 198A provides a pension to family of one-third of pay of any officer on the police force who loses his life in the performance of his duty. The Coun cil directs the payment - under certain restrictions. - Control of Streets. The street-cleaning and sprinkling De partment agencies shall he appointed and organized by the Councilman In charge. He shall be guided by the civil service rules and shall have custody of the prop, erty of the department. Sec. 202. The Council shall have the exclusive management of all public and local Improvements, from grading and paving to the erection of poles and the stringing of wires. Sec 204. The head of the department shall have power to make ordinary re pairs to streets. The Lighting Department. Sec. 208. If the Council decides to make a contract for lighting the city it shall by ordinance djrect the head of the de partment to make such a contract for the term mentioned in the ordinance, which may not exceed five years. Contract shall be made after advertising for bids for at least 60 days. Sec. 211. The head of the bureau may, subject to civil service rules, employ a city electrician and other subordinates and the Council may regulate and de fine their duties and prescribe their com pensation. Sec 214. The head of the department shall have supervision of all electrio lighting lines of wires subject to ordi nance. The Harbor. Sec. 216. ' The wharves, waterfront and harbor shall be under the control of the Councilman to whose department they shall be assigned. Such Councilman shall appoint a harbormaster, subject to civil service rules, and his salary shall be fixed by the Council. . Water Department Sec. 258. The Councilman in charge shall be known as the head of the Bu reau of Water Supply, and shall, sub ject to ordinance, manage aifd conduct the same. Sec. 231. The Auditor shall be the cler ical officer of the Bureau of Water Sup ply and shall keep minutes of Its doings, countersign orders, attest contracts and keep the books. Sec 234. The bureau has power to hire and discharge employes, subject to civil service, rules, but- the engineer and su perintendent shall not be subject to dvil service rules. Sec. 235. The bureau shall estimate ex penses and fix rates for the considera tion of the Council, but the Council may not lower such rates. Sec. 237a. The Council may appoint a committee of which the head of the bureau shall be chairman, to be called the "Water Supply Construction Com mittee." The Council may. In its dis cretion, delegate power to said com mittee to nua all contracts and pur chases in the construction of new pipe lines and reservoirs. Board or Health. Sec 238. The Councilman in charge of the Health Department shall appoint four physicians (who shall receive no compensation Sec 239). who shall act with him in matters pertaining to the sanitary condition of the city and its public institutions. -.f60-J41 The board shall appoint a City Physician, also a Health Offlc Sec. 242. The Council shall fix sala ries of such officers. Sec 243a. The Council shall provide for a thorough Inspection of milk o" fered for sale in Portland. Sec 259. Four members shall be ap pointed by the Councilman 4n charge of park affairs, and he shall be chairman of board and have the power of re moval. Sec 260. The appointive members hall have no pay. Sec 266. ah employes shall be sub ject to civil service rules, except the superintendent of parks, and shall be employed and discharged by the board Sec. 2S7s There shall be an Art Com mission, consisting of a Councilman ai.d five members appointed by him. one iruiu ncu iisi or tnree submitted by Art Association, Library Association. Architectural Club, Woman's Club and Taxpayers' League. Sec-267c No work of art shall be ac cepted by city without approval of com mission. Sec. 27f. Selection of architect for municipal buildings shall be approved by Art Commission. Auditor. Sec. 270. The salary of Auditor. h.ll bo 23600 per annum. Salary under present charter Is $3000. Sec 285. The various deDartmenta shall submit estimates to the Auditor Dy vctooer 1 or each year for the ex penses of the coming year, and from them the Mayor shall prepare his bud get and submit to the Council, and the Council shall levy the necessary tax. wnrcn snait De cerunea uy the Auditor to the County Clerk of Multnomah County. Treasurer. " Sec. 289. The Treasurer shall receive "000 per annum. His present salary is S2400. Sec 292a. Ths Treasurer, when di rected by the Council may purchase bonded warrants of the City of Portland at not more than face -value with Idle funds. Sec 293. Aany bank with 250.000 paid up capital (it is 2250.000 under present charter) may file application with Treasurer for city funds. Ths Council shall select the banks to receive city funds, and they shall deposit with Treasurer bonds of City of Portland or Port of Portland, or School District No. 1, or bonds of any city, county or school district in Oregon, or well-recognlzed railroad or street railway bonds. The amount of bonds shall equal amounts of deposits, - except in certain ; Instances they shall be one and one-quarter times me deposits. - " City Engineer. Sec. 303. The City Kngtneer shall Teeeive a salary of 24800 per annum, and shall not engage in any other busi ness. ' The present salary is 22400 CItII Service. : , Sec. 307. The Mayor shall appoint three commissioners of the civil service for terms of six years, but they, shall receive no salary. No employe shall be discharged without cause, and if it shall appear that ths discharge was made for pollltcal or religious reasons, he shall be reinstated: but "the burden of proof shall be upon the discharged employe. Police Judge. Seo. 330. Ths Municipal Judge shall do aa elector or -the city and state, for five years previous to hlsi elec tion, and an attorney of the Supreme Court of Oregon. His salary shall be $2000 per annum. Present salary is flew. City Attorney. Section 33Q Tia rttv A . i . . v , . . .7 i. n 1 1 1 r- la re quired to have the same qualifications as ", municipal judge. He is an elective officer; his term is two yeaars, like that of the Municipal Judge, and his salary is 24S00. Present salary is 22400. In succeeding sections the details for bonding for street Improvements are given, the vacation of streets, assess ments general and special, repairs to sidewalks, etc. Section 227 deals with the 23,000,000 ap propriation for building a pipeline from Bull Run River to the City of Portland. The proposition is submitted in two forms and the voters must choose between the two. The rst form provides that "the said bonds and interest are to be paid from taxes to be assessed, levied and collected upon all real and personal prop erty in the city of Portland not exempt from taxation." ' It also provides that "all 'water mains laid or constructed in the City of Port land shall be laid, constructed, assessed and paid for in the manner herein pro vided for the laying, construction, assess ment and payment for sewers and drains." The second and alternative form pro vides that "the said bonds and interest are to be paid from the water rates In the same manner as was provided in the charter of the City of Portland prior to the amendment adopted June 3, 1907." It also provides that "all water mains, including laterals and mains for reinforce ment hereafter paid or constructed, shall be paid for out of the water rates and not otherwise. Do the People Want It? Do the people of Portland want a busi ness board to administer the affairs of the city? The proposed Council Is a strong body close to the voters and the beads of the departments are not only personally responsible, but anyone can be removed through the recall. I fancy it all hinges on wncther the recall will be accepted as a direct and sufficient check by the people upon the Council. It looks like an efficient cluo. and has been adopted In various cities besides those governed by commissions. To put the question in another way, "Are the people of Portland interested, really and vitally interested in their city government?" If they are not, these amendments ought to be defeated. There is much curious comment afloat. Councilman Beldlng Is reported to have used, such adjectives -as silly, absurd tainted, putrid and rotten In describing the amendments. Councilman Vauehn says: "The argument that the city will have to pay out 230.000 yearly In Increased salaries is easily disposed of. If by doing this the municipality can secure capable and honest service and an ef ficient business administration it will profit by hundreds of thousands of dol lars in the long run. Whether we have six Councllmen or 15 does not matter, so that we get value received." "Will you tell me how we can save any money by raising salaries?" inter rupted Mr. Beldlng. "Tes. I will." replied Mr. Vaughn . for one thing, we will secure competi tion in paving, and that alone will save the city many times the Increase in sti pends of -municipal officials. The sal ary provisions go with the rest of ths charter, and if the whole thing is adopt ed economy will be effected In many di rections. To secure efficient adminis tration it is necessary to give adequate compensation.- Tou can't get good men to devote their every energy to the wel fare of the city unless they are paid for their work. I think this charter is a good thing, but no matter what I think, the people should have a chance to vote on it." Councilman Cottel is credited with say ing that the new charter takes a man's politics away from him ' and that you can't take a man's politics away any more than you can his religion. All of which suggests interesting possibilities in the way of discussion In official circles as well as outside of them. GEORGE A. THACHBR. GERMAN SHIP SUBSIDY It Only Exists for Certain Trading Lines and Mall Transport. PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Edi tor.) The German government has al ways been guided by the conviction that shipbuilding and navigation can not, through ths artificial measure of applying public means, be called Into life or promoted to any extent much exceeding the natural conditions of ex istence and development. Proceeding from this viewpoint, the German erovernmpnt in ni t r , v. i islattve example of other nations and of i no penis to me uermao nag which from time to tfme ha-ra n riwn V. . ... v. . i - i, tl ir. stimulation of foreign competition, has cubes SM FvrlnnrTi,!6663 its .Mcc"y nourishment from theJhlood. tvery pore is kept open and every gland kept healthy by continually SKSr- -"h humoTnufes is diminished, and it becomes a sharp, acrid fluid which diseases instead of preserves the natural health and texture of the skin. Lying just beneath the outer covering or tissue-skin is a sen sitive membranous flesh which surrounds and protects the tiny veins, pores and glands. It is here the impurities of the blood are deposited, and the acrid matter causes irritation and in flammation which splits or breaks the thin, tissue-like cuti jle, and the result is outwardly man ifested in Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, or some other disfigur ing or annoying eruptive disease. It can readily be seen that since Skin Diseases are the re sult of bad blood, there can be but one way to cure them purify the blood. Salves, washes, lotions, etc., are not able to do so, because they do not reach the blood. Such treatment is of no value except for its ability to temporarily relieve itching and assist in keep ing the skin clean. S. S. S. cures Skin Diseases of every kind by neutralizing the acids and removing all humors from the blood. S. S. S. cools the acid-heated circulation, builds it up to its normal strength and thickness, multiplies its rich, nu tritious corpuscles, and adds to its puritv in everv wav. Thpn h. skin, instead of being irritated and liuiamcu Dy sour impurities, IS nourished, soothed and softened by this cooling, healthy stream of blood. t- !ireatestot?llbloodPurifiers' and therein lies its ability to cure skin diseases. The trouble cannot remain when the cause has been removed, and S. S. S. will certainly remove the cause. It cures Eczema, Acne, Tetter, Salt Rheum, pimples, boils,, blackheads etc and all eruptions of the skin. Book on Skin Diseases and any medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,; ATLANTA GA. never allowed itself to be induced to ex pend public means for that purpose upon Its own merchant marine. It has herein found Itself in accord with leading domes tic shipping circles, which, relying on their own resources, have always de clared themselves against the granting of state subsidies, and have resolutely de sired to retain the freedom and independ ence of their business, which otherwise must have been more or less curtailed. Accordingly, building and outfitting premiums, passage premiums (mileage), premiums granted to the merchant marine for possible services In the In terest of the navy, and premiums and subsidies of other kinds, " have never gained any introduction in Germany. Only for the sake of the establishment of trade communications on certain lines and mail transport, has the Imperial gov ernment entered into contracts with ship ping concerns on the basis of which the latter receive public moneys. But even these agreements evidence no departure from the basic principle above enunciated. For, in all cases in return for the public remuneration, definite counter-considerations are required of the shipping con cerns dealt with. In accord herewith, based upon special legal authority, contracts have been con cluded by the government with the North German Lloyd for the purpose of main taining regular mail steamship connec tions with East Asia, the colonies of New Guinea and Australia, and with the German East Africa line for the purpose of instituting a regular service to East Africa and the colonies there. The first mentioned company receives now a com pensation of 5.S20.000 marks, the latter, of 1,350.000 marks. In return, the marine companies are bound to opeTate the lines covered by the contracts, at prescribed Intervals, according to officially fixed timetables, to furnish the highest class of ships of specified tonnage, speed and fitness, to transport mail and Its convoy free of charge, and public shipments and official persona at reduced rates, to un dertake the transport of prisoners In ac cordance with particular rules governing precautions for safety and in general to abide by officially approved passenger and freight rates. On tbe other hand, the ships of such lines are subject to certain restrictions in regard to the material employed in their construction, provision and .coaling, the personnel of their employes, etc Through these contracts, such burdens are im posed upon the shipping concerns in the operation of the said shipping connections that the lines would not be able to cover the expense of operation without a cor responding compensation, much less to pay the profits which would be required to meet the usual business return upon the capital Invested in the lines. It is only for the purpose at making possible the operation at a profit of such regular lines, in view of the designated increase in the burdens of operation and their Institution and maintenance, that the government grants these allowances to mail steamers. These do not accrue to the benefit of the general business of the shipping companies. For, the con tractors are bound in accordance with fixed rules of the contract to render a separate reckoning for the lines in ques tion, and when upon such a settlement a greater profit than 6 to S per cent upon the book valuation of the ships appears, either Increased services niay be de manded from the navigation company or Its compensation may be proportionately reduced. Hence It follows that the allowances are in no way Intended .as a financial promotion of the shipping companies un dertaking the business, or even of Ger man shipping in general. The reason why the government expends these sums is found much rather in the necessity that the public mail, passenger and freight traffic with certain regions beyond the seas shall have at its service regular ship connections, which cannot be in stituted by the private navigation com panies without public aid, since they are not in a situation to cover the expense of operation. -Besides the above mentioned contracts, as with most countries participating In sea commerce, there are also in Ger many, contracts of the postal department tr.SXf'f 7kVn XS2Z 1 P'thoipslly on the shins. The iii loli appear in the form of tm"iiZellow bllt-r. characterised ir,I?T-"?,ver" Iteming, eto. I tried ap,rllla' so-called blood puri fier. alve. ointments, lotions and n?thn.tnnder Physician, but nothing did me any good. Becomina discouraged I left off all thi. treat" ment. and just about this time I saw to Hh?itl,eH-1 Pn day I decided to give this medicine a. trial, and after using It for a short wllile I began to improve. Of course (con tinued S. S. 6. and It cured ma com pletely. Quite a while has elapsed 1"'?8 Jwa cured and there has never been ths slightest indication of the return of the trouble. Q4 S-reedom St.. Alliance Ohio?- - . ,? h,d .bad case of Eczema, it heing especially severe on my right van2', w" """y able to use my S,a.n,Lin. m3r Tork' -Z trlsd great many things in an effort to get relief, of 8. 8.8. and determined to give it a remedy and it cured the trouble en lJii S'S-8. put my blood in fins condition and 1-ft my skin soft and smooth. Though this was some time ago tnere has been no return of ths rols. CJH AS. J. WOLF. JB.. 804 S. Second St., St. Louis, ilo?- '-J?11' T1"1 wffersd ssrsrely ?4tl5. '.P"1 Kcsema. located, chiefly on the hands, both inside and out, and extended as far up as the "t"- I was under treatment moat uuum g-ei no roller, one or two of my physicians said it - - umo vi juczema as tbey ever saw. I lost my finger nails once !liTj.CB4?V?- 'ult of the disease, ana ths Itching, burning and pain 1 experienced I cannot express toyou "j.i.-kepi n-y hands bandaged all the while, but with only little relief. As I said, becoming discour aged, I gave up aU treatment I was taking, and seeing S. S. S. advertised began it as a last resort. A few bot tles convinced me that It was doing me good and I oontinued it, and In a short while I was entirely cured. MRS. CLARA HAMBRI9HT. - -. 1811 Psnn St., aaxrisbnrg. Pa. with all of the more important steamship lines available for mall traffic In respect to the forwarding of public -shipments. These contracts are of two kinds, distinct in this that the compensation for trans porting the mall is either a fixed sum by the year, or in accordance with the vol ume of mail- actually forwarded. The first method is chosen for the ship ping connections for 9ydnev-Jaluit-Hong-kong, Shanghal-Tslngtau Tientsin, Kiel Korsor - Warnemunde - Gedser. Sa.ssnitz -Trelleborg and Kapstadt-Swakopmund. For these lines, a fixed schedule and a definite speed for the voyage are pre scribed wnich must be adhered to un conditionally without respect to the pos sible interests of the lines In reference to freight and passenger transport. Besides, there were paid for- the for warding of letter mail -until the' end of 1907, to the companies involved.- the sea transportation allowances prescribed by the Washington world's postal agree ment. From 1908 on. the following rates of compensation governed therefor: To the North German-Lloyd of Bremen and the Hamburg-America line of Hamburg, were paid for the lines to New-York for German letter carriage, for one kilogram of letters and postcards 5 francs; for one kilogram of other matter 50 centimes-.-and for foreign letter carriage, the sea trans port fees fixed in the world's postal agreement of Rome. . The remaining companies; so far x as new contracts have been closed with them, receive the sea transport fees fixed in the world's postal agreement of Rome. For the packet post transport, the compensation 1e still paid according to the packet post agreement of Wash ington. Since, accordingly, public money is in no case paid to German navigation com panies without counter consideration, a subsidizing of German shipping cannot be said to exist in any true 'sense!'.' The total sum paid by the German Em pire to navigation companies as compen sation, amounting in round numbers to 9.600.000 marks, must, even if the condi tions under which tho payment takes place in Germany are entirely disregarded, be considered as insignificant In compari son, for example, with the contributions of Great Britain and France from the government to navigation interests. So far as is here known, during the -past year there were appropriated . to - the British merchant marine over Zt,000,om marks, and to the French over G6.750.40O marks as subsidies out of the public treasuries. Nevertheless, the German "government has reaehed the conviction, from, the suc cess which the wharves and -sMp-bulld-lng. the shipping concerns and -the navi gation of Germany have attained In tho last decades, that the policy- heretofore pursued by it truly Interprets the in terests of the national flag. . O. 'WHAN. CCeeWo THE CHINESE DOCTOS This great -Chines doctor la well. 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