Show m MINEO IN ED TO Tn END MAIL FRAUD Department Says Bluff Trains Will Get No More Contracts HOW joW THE GAME IS WORKED J aft n 1 l on h Pnat Fn t Trains and andi i Knee Culled Cullell Them Oft Off 0 It department Is t to The tt Jt p the aid d ot of Congress Congre to prevent prevell t till tho railrOads from putting Into serICo waff t trains with a view to capturing tonnage and later abandoning a thin L This fact has ha been teon disclosed IT Chicago In tho the Ih rt or Vt the department regarding ot the tho malls maila for tor the tho Tho report states that it tnt ent it year will bo be aked to pass an anto r to tW the th Jaw ht as a follows e alter after U It t weighing ot of the tho Bills lS tor Or the Purpose l ot of readjusting te he compensation atlon for lor their I L nn tm on a route mulls are arc r at dl ts tho the postmaster gen Ren genIn geneil eil mar In lit his discretion ascertain I IIi Ii effect of ot such diversion dv relon by a n abing tt bing SiB of ot such malls tot for such num nuin jr of or c successive working days as is he ho determine and have havo the weights 1 stated and verified to him as ns In Other eMt and readjust the compensation cron the routes affected accordingly REMOVES A TEMPTATION H It Ills la i naively stated in the report that Ann SC an amendment Ilme would wOUd remove a 11 aSit Sit temptation from tram the thO railroads a 0 Salon which It Is intimated has tes n active U it Ills 13 is alleged that prior to 10 the be periods which de do determine termine lne the routes and nIH compensation tour four years yean It has been the ha cus of railroads to put on ou new nOI OW WI fLit trains th a alow low to capturing it mulls mails Having been successful wh ah a road a under the tho present law mt ve pay for that ib succeeding four t ur year yeats whether wh ther It es to carry It or not Accord Ac ord ff so of t tho the railroads have been to 10 take off ort their b blurt luff tales soon after the thi allow lie t he the th mulls malls to bo be diverted to another road nad but continuing to receive pay for tor ling them until the next rc ro period d whim when n the trick Is re rd r TONNAGE IS FAWN FALLING l ALL Nd OFF managers In Chicago are aro worried over oVel the tho rapid de do creole cr ase In la tonnage It Is stated that the tho ge failing ort oft in revenue r freight tonnage for tho the Chicago roads for tor the month noath of December will be bo fully 20 cent as all compared with the tho tonnage of 01 December last year Heavy losses me b n sustained In merchandise Iron Jr n steel vehicles and furniture Flour Floar and grain shipments are the tho on I iy jone one ones a which are ore growing Provisions Ml WI oft ott tons last week There Thero Is Ltd Cd to bo be less actual tonnage on ou hand handal among al the th western roads dads r ads than In years seasOn n anti ana new business Is III not developing One Ono result of the tho falling i ct c In business sf is better service and ami plenty pent of ot cars CLOSE TELEGRAPH OFFICES Owing to the tho fact tact that the Wiscon it day for telegraph operators t cot iee s Into effect tomorrow tho the railroads c of 01 that state aro are preparing to clOSe clOSeman many man small stations ns as telegraph t olTi offices ces as Where It Ills Is necessary to keep l night tight or day man n a 1 telephone will be Hailed Many of ot the tho largo large systems ir Ire are preparing to close hundreds of ot oil KI c s when the now new n w 91 ur day law p raISed se 3 by Congress goes Into effect A proposition for fOI a iI reduction red of ot the tho theIa t tir Ia r diem charge hf tit 60 ro cents for tor the tho use ot ti freight ears Is being considered by bythe the Ibe American Railway association h iM I due to the trouble with the tho Ke ew York New Haven flaven and Hartford ui ond also to the tho fact tact that the tho falling tailing tit ctt of or business has resulted In a n plea plen plentiful supply of ot cars carlt |