The Holly chieftain., 1901-12-06

fepabiic n IT, pafpn4 tns Susv'vors 20
ono DECD which II M uodone- would have
meant thet ali else in our history went for
nothing. Bus' for thsir eeea6Ins. prov ~ IN
annals would be meaningless and our great
experiment In popular freedom and self-gov
sss|y sson bus tssy
sishty sssds 81 .siei DO pation was kept
united; We ars NO. indsed one nation. one
in our devotion TO- the 2as which is the sym.
bel Of all national greatness and unity; and
the ysr @ & seuuls ansn ,e s,
North and the sons Of the South In the
times that tried meme souls.
Merit systsn ENDORSED.
'.The merit system Of making appointments
n In its essence ~ dsuocratic and American
az the common schools system itself, II sim
ply means that in clerical and other positions
all applicants should have 2 fair neld and
NO favor. each standing on his merits as he
II able to show them BY practical test. Writ
ten competitive examinations offer the only
available means in many cases for applying
this system. In other cases as where la
borers are employed. aystem of registra-
| There are. OF course. places where the writ
ten competitive examination cannot be ap-
piled. and others where IL offers by no means
an IDEAL solution. but where under existing
| political conditions 1t is, though an imperfect
means, !, yet the best present means OF get
| ting satisfactory results
'.t Is important to have this system oo
| tain at home. but It 10 oven more Important
to have it applied rigidly In our insu'ar pos
sessions The administration OF these islands
| Of partisan politics as the administration of
the army and navy, All thGt We ask from
the public servant In the fnippines or Porto
| by the way in which he makes that coun-
| try's rule benent to the peoples who have
| ask and we cannot afford TO be content with
| less"
| Treatment Of In,ian.
The message points ont the defects in our
present consular service. and recommends the
passage OF bills now besore Congress that
will Increase Its eficiency. OF the Indian
I'm my Judgment the time has arrived
when We should definitely make W our minds
to recognize the Indian az an Individual and
not as member Of q tribe. The General
Allotment Act is mighty pulger!zng eng:ne
to break up the tribal mass |, acts direct
| ly upon the family of the Individual. Under
| its provisions some sixty thousand Indians
have already become leitizens Of the unitoa
| funds, doing for them what allotment does
| for the tribal lands; that is, they should be
divided into Individual 'hold!nss stop
| should be put upon the indscriminnte per-
mission to Indians TO lease their allctmenls,
| The effort should be steadily TO make the
indian work IKE any other r man , on mis- cwn
l
should be made the sofne as those OF the
| whites ESQ
| .In dealing with the aboriginal races few
| things are more Important thun 10 preseryc
| them from the terrible physical and mora.
| degradation resulting from the lGucr traf
| Hc. We are doing all We can to save our own
| Indian tribes from this evil, Wherever by
| International agreement this same end can be
attained as regards races where we do not
\ possess exclusive control. every effort should
| be made to bring 1t about
| For the sake OF good administration. sound
| economy, and the advancement OF science. the
| Census Ofice rs now constituied should be
made permanent government bureau. This
! would insure better. cheaper and mere sat-
sfactory work. in the Interest not only OF
| our business but OF statistic, economic and
social science. ~ 81
1.-THE remarkable growth of the postal SER
vice is shown in the fact that Its revenues
ly doubled within twelve years. Its progress
stvs, development con,pes constantly increas-
Ing outlay. but In this period of business en-
ergy and prosperity its receipts grow so mucf
hcit has been steadily reduced from I'll. 411. ).
postal ss ai - advances the success Of rural fres
| delivery wherever established has been 50
marked, and actual sIperience has made ita
| BENEFITS SO plain, that the demand for its eI-
tension 10 generAl and urgent. 4n4 F..
Growth of Postal service.
l"It is Just that the great Agricultural popu-
| lation should share In the Improvement OF ths
service. The number Of rural routes now in
4
within three years. and there are 5000 appli-
| cations awaiting action. II ID expected that
the number in operation at the close OF the
current fiscal year will reach 5000. The mail
i will then be daily carried y the doors Of
5.70o 900 Of our people who have hsretofors
| been dependent upon distant od1ces, and one
third of all that portion Of the country which
Y adapted to It will be covered by this kind
Of service.
second Class Mall Matter.
The full measure of postal proxress which
| might be realized has long been hampersd
and obstructed by the heavy burden imposed
| on the government through the intrenched
and we'll -understood abuses which have
mail matter. The extent Of this burden ap-
pears when II Is stated that willis the sec
ond- class matter makes nearly three -nfths Of
the weight of all the mail II paid for tbs
gate postal revenue of s11l. .ss1.1ss. II ths
pound rate of postage, which produces ths
large loss thus entailed, and which was hxsd
by the Congress with the purpose Of encour-
tion. were limited to the legitimAts news
papers and periodicals actually Contemplated
BY the law. no Just exception could be taken:
That expense would be the recognised and
liberately adopted for tuitihabis end. But
much Of the matter which enjoys the privi-
legged rate 10 wholly outside Of the intent Of
the law. and has secured admission only
4 through an evasion of its requirements oJ
/ through lax construction. Ths proportion OF
Il such wrongly included matter 10 estimated
by postal experts to be ons-half Of the whols
volume OF second-class mail. II II be only
| ona-thir or one-quarter. the magnitude sf
thS burden IL apparent. The Psstof,cs De-
partment has now undertakes to remove the
abuses 20 far as is possibls BY q strietsr av-
plteation Of the law; and It should be sus-
1--WE view With lively intArest and keen
hopes Of beneficial results the procedingB Of