Arizona republican., 1901-11-08
tends the most cordial welcome. and to our citizens, congratulations.

One-cent postage, to which the coun try has been looking forward for years.
 will not De reached un- POSTAL til the postoffice depart ABUSES. r:ent has been self
 sustaining for some time under tho existing rates; and the annual deficit is not likely to be over come until there iS reform Of the abuses connected with the privilege of second class mail matter. It has been stated by the department that two thirds of the gross weight of all the mail matter carried annually in the United States yields the government but S4,O00.O 900. The other one-third nets S1cS, COG, 900. The thirds com prises the mail matter that is trans Initted at the second-class rate of l cent for each four ounces, and has in cluded, besides newspapers, railroad guides and great many other sorts of publications. To sort this large list and determine which shall continue to have the 1-cent rate and which shall pay the third-class rate of cent for each two ounces is the task which Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden has undertaken. It is within the possibilities that ne may reduce the gross bulk of second-class mail matter 90 per cent, and if so the post office department will become self sustaining. In the last fiscal year the receipts came within s3,OOo,00O of the expenses.
 In the third assistants department there are stacked bales of different publications that have been collected recently. the publishers of which have been notified to show cause why such publications should not be denied sec ond-class rates. Now, while the gem eral rule is that publications that print news or that print miscellaneous lit erature and that are issued at stated intervals, like magazines, are entitled to second-class rates. it isn't broad enough to cover all kinds of publica- tions whose publishers want them to be in the second class. Accordingly each publication is being judged on it's merits and publishers in danger or get ting hit are having lawyers submit Dr1efS n their behalT
 An ingenious brief of twenty-six typewritten pages was submitted by Q lawyer to show that a cook book was news. and therefore entitled to the secoad-class rate, because it contained information of the latest methods of preparing food and drink. not here tofore generally known. A Chicago publisher of railroad guide that is sold all over the United States has submitted a brief that timetables are news. and consequently guides revised monthly have the right Of second-class rates. One other contends in a brief that monthly weather almanac. pub lished in Philadelphia, is likewise news.
 The old rules defining second-class mail matter are full of inconsistencies. bound in paper covers could be sent at second-class rates, while for the same book bound in cloth third-class rates were required. These inconsistencies will be corrected. Not a few publish CTS have made really pathetic pleas that the denial of second-class rates to their publics tions, which clearly come within the tabooed list, means flnan- cial ruin to them, while some others are talking of enjoining the depart ment. It is very likely that all paper covered novels and other books will rates.