Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-06

ana recommends breaking TIP the tribal
FUNDS, putting a stop to the indiscrminate
ments and stopping the ration system. He
recommends also the establishment of an
inndustrial educational system, and an en-
deayor to encourage the Indians to become
cattle raisers rather than agriculturists
"hsre their lands are unsuited to the latter
~. He recommends liberal appropriations for
the Louisiana Purchase exposition and an
appropriation covering expenses incurred
oy the charleston exposition in removing
government exhibits from the Buffalo exc
position to that at Charleston.
Another of his recommendations is fer
permanent census bureau. as it would in.
sure better, cheaper and more satisfactory
economic and social science.
The Postal Service.
He calls attention to the growth of the
postal system and to the fact that the am
saal deficit In this department Of the goy-
small sum Of ss.s2s7 IN This. he says .V could t
further be Increased and possibly a slrpIus
shown but for the fact that many publl-
as second-class mail matter which are not
entitled to the same under the law OF
this ne says:
THE full measure of postal progress
which might be realized has long been
hamperea. and obstructed by the heavy
burden imposed on the government
stood abuses which have grown In con-
nection with second-class mail matter.
The. extent of this burden appears when II
ter makes nearly .three-hfths Of the weight
OF all the mail. It paid for the last fiscal
year only s4.29!,4!5 Of the aggregate postal
OF postage, which produces the large loss
thus entailed and which was fixed by the
congress with the purpose, Of encouraging
were limited to the legitimate newspapers
and periodicals actually contemplated by
the law, ne just exception could be taken.
n yNtt1I la \, ,s1<,l \
accepted cost Of a liberal public policy de-
liberately adopted for justifiable end.
But much of ths matter which enjoys the
intent of the law and has secured admis-
sion only through an evasion Of its re-
guirements or through lax construction.
matter is estimated by postal experts to
be ene-half of the whole volume of second
class mall; II it be only one,thfrd or one
apparent. The post office department has
now undertaken to remove the abuses so
far as possible, by stricter application
Of the law, and it should be sustained in
Its effort"
The Chinese Difficulties.
He calls attention to the satisfactory
settlement of the Chinese difficulties Of
last year, and this nations part in the
been made for insurng the future safety
of the foreign representatives. OF tho
promises made by China he says;
H6 SHlHcSo BOVSTilHSnl Jldb ASre9Q 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 international conservaney board, in
! which the Chinese government is largely
| represented, has been provided for tho
improvement of the Shanghai river and
| the control of its navigation. In the same
I, line of commercial advantages a revision
Of the present tariff on imports has been
| assented to for the purpose of substitute
| Ing specific for ad valorem duties and an
expert has been sent abroad on the part
of the United States to assist In this
| work. A list of articles to remain free Of
duty, including -four, cereals and rice,
! gold and silver coin ard bullion, has also
In cenclusion, he mentions the Pan
! American congress. now in session at tho
| City of Mexico, and refers to the death Of
1 Queen Victoria and the dowager empress
Of Germany. which aroused the genuine
sympathy of the people of this country,
| which sympathy was fully reciprocated
by the people of both these nations upon
the assassination of President Mckinley,
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