The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-05
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He recommends liberal appropriations for
the Louisiana Purchase exposition and an
appropriation covering expenses Incurred
government exhibits from the Bufsio ea.
position to that At Charleston.
Another of his recomme End ations IN for
| Q permanent census bureau, as II would in
sure better, cheaper and more satisfactory
work In the interest Of business. statistics,
economic and social science.
The Postal Service.
He calls attention to the growth Of the
postal system and to the fact that the an
nual deficit in this department Of the gov
ssryse y, s,s Be-. =, been reduced to tn:
further be increased and possibly surplus
shown but for the fact that many pubii-
cations are now securing the pound rate
entitled TO the same under the law. OF
this he says:
The full measure of postal progress
hampered and obstructed by the heavy
burden imposed on the government
through the intrenched and wsli.under-
nection with second-class mail matter.
The extent of this burden appears when It
Is stated tat that, while s the second class mat.
Of all the mail. i paid for the last fiscal
year only S4,294, AS Of the aggregate postal
revenue OF Sill l.6sl,lsS. II the pound rate
thus entailed and which was fixed by the
congress with the purpose of encouraging
the dissemination Of public information,
were limited to the legitimate newspapers
and periodicals actually contemplated by
the law, no just exception could be taken.
That expense would be the recognized and
accepted cost of a liberal public policy de-
liberately adopted for justifiable end
But much of the matter which enjoys the
privileged rate is wholly outside, Of the
Intent of the law and has secured admis-
sion only through an evasion of its re-
lmirements or through lax construction.
matter Is estimated by postal experts to
be one half of the whole volume of second
class mail: II 1t be only one-third or one
quarter, the magnitude of the burden Is
now undertaken to remove the abuses so
far as possible, by a stricter application
Of the law. and it should be sustained in
is effort"
The Chinese Difficulties.
He calls attention to the satisfactory
settlement OF the Chinese difficulties of
last year, and this nations part In the
,ettems1t and says provisions have
If the foreign representatives or the
promises made by China he says:
The Chinese government has agreed to
participate financially in the work of bet
tering the water approaches to Shanghai
and to Tientsn, the centers of foreign
trade in central and northern China and
an interna tional conservancy board, in
which the Chinese government Is largely
represented, has been provided for the
Improvement Of the Shanghai river and
the control OF Its avgation. In the same
line of commercial advantages a revision
Of the present tariff on imports has been
,ssented to for the purpose Of substitut-
ng specific for ad valorem duties, and aL
expert has been sent abroad on the part
)f the United States to assist in this
work A list of articles to remain free OF
iuty including -four cereals and rice,
yold and silver coin and bullion has also
been agreed upon in the settlement"
In conclusion, he mentions the PAN
AmHrIrAn In
City of Mexico, and refers to the death OF
Queen Victoria and the dowager empress
ympathy of the people OF this country
Thich sympathy was fully reciprocated
~ the people of both these nations upon
he assassination Of President Mckinley.