Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-12-07


uuuans" OF o." policy %, n0or,Ius 'ry
practical ENCOURAGEMENT possible to this i'm
portant auxiliary of our military establish
ment
Tho condition of the Apache Indians
held as prisoners hy the Government for
eight years at cost OF halt million dol.
lars, has been changed during the year from
captivity to one which gives them an oppor-
tunity to demonstrate their capacity for solf-
support and at least partial civilization.
Legislation enacted Mt the late session OF
Congress gave the War Department au-
thorlty to transfer the survivors.
numbering 9iG, from Mount Vernon
Barracks, in Alabr mn, to any suitable roser-
walton. The department selected rs their
future home the military lands near Fort
Sill Indian Territory, where, under military
surveillance tho former prisoners have been
established In agriculture un Ter conditions
favorable to their Advancement.
In recognition OF the long and distiu-
| guished military services and faithful dis
| charge OF delicate and responsible civil
| duties by Major John NJ. schonrld,
now the General commanding the Army, II
| Is suggested to Congress that the temporary
, revival OF the grade OF Lieutcnant-General
| in his behalf would be a Just and gracious
act, and would permit his retirement, now
near at hand. with rank betitting his merits.
DEFICIENCY IN THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The transactions ofthe postal service indi-
! cate with barometic certainty the fluctuations
! in the business OF the country Inasmuch,
! therefore, as business complications con-
tinued to exist throughout the last yoar to nm
unforeseen extent II Is not surprising that the
deficiency OF revenue to meet the expen IL
lures OF the Postoffice Department, which
| was estimated IL advance at about eight
million dollars, should DO exceeded by
nearly ono and quarter million dollars.
| The ascertained revenues OF the last year.
which were the basis OF calculation for the
current year, being less than estimated, tho
deficiency for the current year will be cor
respondingly greater, though the Postmas-
ter-General states that the latest indications
are so favorable that he conndentially pre-
diets an increase of at least eight per cent
In tho revenues OF the current year over
those OF the last year.
The expenditures increase steadily ani
necessarily with the growth and needs OF the
country, so that the deficiency is greater or
less in any year depending upon the volume
OF receipts.
The Postmaster-G General says that this
deficiency Is unnecessary and might be
obviated at once II the law regulating rates
upon mail matter OF the second-class was
modified. The rate received for the trans
! mission Of this second-class matter is one
cent per pound, while the cost OF such trans
mission to tho Government is eight times
that amount In tho general terms OF ths
law this rate covers newspapers and
periodicals. The extensions OF the mean
ing OF these terms from time to time
have admitted to the privileges intended for
legitimate newspapers and periodicals sur
prising range OF publications and created
abuses the cost OF which amount in tho ag.
gregate to the total deficiency OF tho Post
Office Department. Pretended new papers
are started by business houses for the mere
purpose of advertising gools. complying
with the law In form only and discount
ing the publications as soon as tho period
OF advertising Is over. "Sampls copies" o
pretended newspapers are issued In great
numbers for Ike purpose only. The
result Is a great loss OF revenue to the
Government, besides its humiliating use
as an agency to aid In carrying out the
schome Of business house to advertise Its
goods by means Of q trlcS upon both It's
rival houses and the regular and Legitimate
newspapers. Paper-cov4red literature, con.
sisting mainly Of trashy novels, to the ex
tent OF many thousand tons Is sent through
the mails at one cent per pounl while the
publishers OF standard works ara required
to pay eight times that amount in ssndinl
publications. Another abuse consists II