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Show CURBING A NUISANCE , . For several years numerous individ indlId individ- indl\ indl individuals individuals \ Id- Id Iduals - uals and firms flnns have greatly annoyed annoyedI annoyedcItizens annoyedcitizens annoyedcitizens I cItizens throughout the country by bysendmg bysending bysending sendmg sending them articles of merchandise merchandisewhich byI , , I which had not been ordeied ordered ordel ed , , by mall marl mallI mail"on mailon I , "on on 'Ion Ion ' " apprO\ apprO approval apprOI approvlal ' \ I " packIages Recipients of these unsolIcItedpackI unsolicited -pack-I pack I - Trackages Track pack- pack packages - ages of meichandise melchandlse merchandise , , usually hosiery hosieryneckties , , ' necktIes and other article arUcle articles ; ) of no great greatI greatvalue greatvalue I , value , have appalently apparently appal ently accepted the thestuff thestuff thestuff stuff and paid for it ina in a laige lalge large percentage per- per percentage per percentage - centage of cages ca < es s , thus encouraging encouragmg the thespread thespread thespread spread of the practIceSenders practiceSenders practice practiceSenders Senders of these goods have at- at atI at-i at i attempted at attempted - atitempted I tempted- tempted temptedto . - to secure payment from un- un unwilling unwilling un unwilling - willing customers by means of tracerssent tracers tracersI tracerssent tracerssent I sent through regular postal channels channelsthus , thus apparently making the Post Office OfficeDepal OfficeDepaitment Department Depal tment a party to the scheme schemeThIs schemeThis schemeThis ThIs hJls hfigs has been bee.n . resented by the Depart Depart- Department Department Department - ment , . which v.hich vhich now proposes legIslation legislationmaking makmg making these annoying ' practices 'PI'actlces PIactlces an anoffense anoffense anof offense tense against againsL tne the postal laws , a ameasure ameasure ameasure measure which will w11l doubtless meet meetv meetvith v \ ' Ith general approval on the part ofthe of ofthe ofthe the publ1cUntil publicUntil public publ1c publicUntil Until this nuisance shall be curbedby curbed curbedby curbedby by official action , , intended vIctims vIctimsmight victimsmight victimsmight might adopt m measures maisures sures of their ownsimilar own own"inular owninular inu1ar similar " to that employed by a certain certainphysician certainphysician certainphysician physician , , who received a $2 2 $ package packageof of socks which had not been orderedInstead orderedInstead ordered orderedInstead Instead of sending sendmg the money , he hewrote hewrote hewrote wrote a lett letter r enclosing a prescription prescriptionwmch prescriptionwhich prescriptionwhich wmch which he ! assured ussured the sender of the themerchandise themerchandise I Imerchandise merchandise to be worth $2 2 $ and asked ' askedthat that the account be balanced The Themail Themail Themail mail order man evidently possessed a asense asense i iSense sense of humor-at humor at humor - at any rate he ISC accepted ac- ac - . cepted the prescription and let It go at goat that |