The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07

! Increased, ard IS Jurisdiction exssaaei % ma..efs
heretofore confined 20 State legislation or private
enterprise. The Injurious tendency OF sncu 'es'''
la:ioE cannot we'll be overestllAatea'
CONTROL wITHIN II STATES.
A.. N ,alegraphtc service wholly within the sew
| ayaI States, unless the power TO establish pUStonices
and poslroads be successfully invoked Ine eA',l,"~
rates are beyond government controi. Inc op'"'o"
has baan advanced, that inasmuCA as congress mas
| authority TO take charge Of the telegraph MS a par
Of the postal system, It may do nothing IN mat a.
r.rtion and vet prohibit citizens ana private NoL-
nanies from engaging n the business unioSs INV
c|mHIv win prescribed terms aud conditions, IL
il. sid that the yreater power necessarily inc'uues
the less. or, in other words, that the aOsoIule poNe'
TO prohibits includes ne Hlul'eo power 10 L'S"I.' =,
TLis doctrine mas evidently no appuCdton' - -
only Nv exercising its power IN some OF tue MoutS
,'ready discussed, or in some other apHF'pLIa'e
way, that the government can pteScI'oe 'eI'hs 80"
which competition will be permitted, or pFoLlo' 4"
,lt0refhpr. When a line IS neither oWneu' Cou-
rolled or opera ed Ly tho g~oyernment' nor III "S
behalf. a telegraph company. Ia the ttauSaC'Ion Oh
e, ,nucu Of it's business az IS confined WITHIN tue
Gr,ifs y, a State, j., bevond the reach OF congress
have eudeayOred to maintain the authority OF
congress TO assume CoutrOi ot the tele2Eaph O9-
cause it Las been, and still i, seriously ulsDuje3.
Tue existing companies operate their Ilnes SoIeY
for the pYrpose Of making money, AMI while II IS
doubtless tue that their rates, a. 4 whole are Nn-
reasonable, vet in view OF what has already been
laid. 90 not think the evils complained or are 50
gr,eyous as TO call for congressional intervention.
LOTTERIES.
The lottery embrogljo is dealt with at leOgth,
and tna pu,7age Of an act IS recommended iru'.u-
ing that very newspaper which contains au aGyrr-
nsemrn, OF A lottery, or any ageDCy thereof, sla"
be- excluded from the mails, and rendering toe per
SON who deposits II tor sending by mail IaDte 10
the penalties which, under existing laws, he Incurs
for 20 depositing = !aUcr or circular toncarnlng
lotteries.
INSECT ANEOUS.
The suits against the private pOsto.hteS were
discontinued owing to pleas Of ignorance OF the
,aw. =.
The reduction Of drop-lettey postage 70 one cent
is deprecated in view OF the experiment OF two
cent postage on mail letters
A. increased Appropriation Tor foreign mali ser
vice ; advised.
The United States territorial transit charges on
the British aud Australian closed mails forwarded
across our continent during The ca.eadar year lSS@
amounted 70 $ll3,12L0O.
OF correspondence exchanged with foreign
Quantities lASt year 50 per cent OF the letters, 80
Der cent Of the postal cards, AID 90 per ceut Of
9frer mail matter was dispatched from the Uatted
The number Of registered letters aud parcels sent
as. year Was IO,59t, 7I6, OF which 7,Sl9,S21
w.rc don. este letters; ltl, 799 letters to forelGa
committees ;.94S,O75 were domestic parcel; @2.SOC
we.e parcels to foreign countries; ana l,6-9,2l%
v,re tsi.e.S AMI parcel, Ut official matter for The
The amount II registry fees collected
va SH2G.5i9 %, an Increase Of $500 80.
or letters AMI parcels opened during the year L
reNoge them 10 the writers, l5,3Oi c0ntaineC
money, amounting to S32,Gi7.23; 5000 con-
tA.ued drafts. Checks. m0aer orders, etc, represent
ing : ,%Sl, 99l.lT; 96,SpS contained mercha@dlse
books, etc. 81, l31 contained post 90
Stamps. IO,2I5 contained receipts, paid notes, can
.r..I drafts, insurance papers, etc 30.Ibp COl'
t,,gal Photographs. From letters for which the
17,7S2lG was separated AMI deposited in tie
[ Llel Safes treasury.