The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-08
GENERAL PRESS REVIEW.

We agree with the New York Herald in its
call for reduction of postage, if the govern
ment, indeed, be in condition to warrant
1t, which wo assume Us fact, as Mr.. Blaine,
who recommends it, must DO fully "posted''
on The subject. The Herald says:
If Postmaster General james allows his
administration TO pass away without max
ing an effort TO reduce the rate of postage,
particularly in the great cities, which now
yield the department so large proportion
of its revenue, he will have missed the OPP
porlunity TO link his name with reform
which ia certain to come in the near future.
City letters should be delivered for one
cent, and the rate all oyer the Union should
not be more than two cents. The postage
on books and parcels should also be re-
duced. If these changes are made there
IS reason to believe that, owing TO the in
creased volume of postoffice business, the
department deficit each year would not be
much heavier that it is present. But even
If it were heavier the people would be con.
tent to meet il 1t Is exactly iorty-two years
ago since the Melbourne administration in
England, in presenting tho annual budget,
brought forward the cheap postage scheme
of Rowland Hill. Tho storm of the oppo-
stion it'encountered was terrific. Sir Robert
Peel bitterly fought it it the house of com.
mons, and even SO able a man as Sydney
Smith characterized it as nonsensical. Hardly
II single postotlice official was in favor of it,
and foreign governments looked upon the
idoa as chimerical. The measure was passed,
however, by the help of the free trade party,
and it stands to-day among the greatest and
most memorable of parliamentary achieve.
ments Before Mr.. Blaine became secretary
of state he introduced two cent postage
bill in the senate, 80 that in the pre- posed re-
form Mr. James ought to find in him q
strong and valuable ally.
And now comes the Philadelphia Times,
and in satirical way, very properly gives
the Wisconsin legislature "ffth-ribber,"
on account of its absurd "liquor treating"
law. 1t says:
Like many other lodges of well.meaning
and imprscticsble reformers, this law has
impelioclions enough in it to make il y
nullity. Two mon, let us say, want to drink
together. There always have been such
with such a common want and there always
will be, even until the end Of
time, if there is drop of anything TO
drink. Under the old arrangement.
long sanctioned by custom, one man would
ask the other to take something" and
would pay the bill for both. The noxt
thing in order was for the man who had thus
been indu'g ed to return the compliment and
the hospitality at some convenient season.
This season Of convenience might occur
within five minutes, or not for days. The
Wisconsin law puts a stopper on this kind of
thing and sets the drinker to drinking bv
himself. But there is a THOUSAND ways
OF circumventing such Il lsw,
Two men may agree 10 drink
together to-day and tomorrow. One
OF these men pay to-day, and to morrow it is
the others turn. The drinking is not at the
expense of any other person than the one
who swallows the stimulating beverage.
True, there is an outlay of cash to-day on
the part of tho man who pays for both
drinks. But tho man who drinks to.
day and Tomorrow pays for both drinks
merely borrows tor twenty.four hours the
price Of tho beverage he consumes. That is
not drinking at the expense of anybody
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lawful to say that ono man shall not bestow
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