The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-12-13

The municipal elections last week in
Massachusetts were not important po-
litically, but showed an increase in the
no license vote.
No more free transportation of State
officials by railroads is the report OF the
Joint special legislature committee.
The day of the pass is passing, if not
already past, and this is as 1t should be-
The Atchison Globe calls attention
to the fact that after the 4th of March
next every northern State will be
represented in the national senate by
Republicans and every southern State
by Democrats, with the exception OF
Missouri, which will be represented by
one Democrat and one Republican.
The Metropolis reports that Jack
sonville (Florida) is enjoying unprece-
denied prosperity and that the coming
holiday trade will be record breaker.
Although Belfast is not SO closely con-
nected with Jacksonville as in days
mast when fine fleet of Belfast built
schooners piled between the two ports,
many here will be glad to know OF the
prosperity of this Florida city.
short weight pound balls OF butter
are doing harm to the business writes a
valued correspondent, who has for the
second time called our attention to this
matter. He says that pound balls mar
keted by farmers, and by some cream
cries, have fallen short from one to
two ounces and that people are Obliged
10 weigh the butter when they buy 1T
to avoid being cheated. We have heard
no complaints of this kind here, and on
enquring at one of our grocery stores
which handles large quantities OF both
dairy and creamery butter they said
that they had had no trouble on this
score. There is a growing demand,
with advancing prices, for Maine dairy
products, and any deterioration in quail
ity or shortage in quantity must neces-
sarily hurt the business.
Kansas also is having resubmlsslon
agitation; or rather, an attempt has
been made to secure the adoption OF an
amendment to the constitution giving
cities or counties the right to legaliZe
the sale of liquor by a majority vote,
through the payment OF Incense OF
not less than 81, 600 year. A resolution
TO that effect was introduced in the Re
publican State convention only to be
nromptly tabled. The movement is,
how ever, receiving some support from
the newspapers. The Atchison Globe
Says:
There is a sense of fairness about the
CLalIiss amendment that must be rec
ognzed in time The experiences of
quarter of century entitle the voters
of Kansas to another expression on this
subject of prohibition, and it can be
best reached by a proposition that Will
preserve prohibition for the sections
that want it, and give localities where
its enforcement results in vastly worse
conditions, the right to regulate the
trdf1lc SO DIS W OUCCtill Vic UCot lCoulVo.
A persistent effort is being made by
postal officials at Washington to make
up the yearly deficit in the post office
department by increasing the rate on
second class matter from one to four
cents per pound. This would bear hard
" OH the publishers of country newspa-
pers and many have testified that it
would put them out of business. There
are other ways of meeting this deficit.
For example, the railroads are receiv-
ing $50, 600, 900 annually for doing what
under private contract would be done
for SIS. 100000. Then if not the use, at
least the abuse. of TIE franking privi-
leges Canada with as lar a territory,
and a much smaller population, carries
second class matter at lower rates and
has no deficit i'll her post office depart
ment. FoI'example:
In the Dominion of Canada neWspa-
pers ard periodicals are designated as
second class matter as with US, and
second class matter clrculateS every
where throughout that sparsely settled
country at a half a cent pound, ex-
cept that within a circuit of 300 miles
it is quarter of cent, and most of it
is at the quarter of cent rate. Not
only may Cadadian newspapers and
periodicals, including sample copies,
circulate at this rate in the Dominion
of Canada, but they are sent at the
same rate all over the United Kingdom
of Great Britain, all over the United
States of America to Mexico and to
every part of that country. Nor is this
all, for they may go at the same rate to
Borneo, Ceylon, Hongkong, New Tea
land, Sierra Leone, Transvaal, ZanZi-
bar and anywhere else in the wide
world they are wanted. This is ideal.
Y ct in Canada not word is said about
the press being subsidized or abont sec
ond class matter creating deficit, for
the very good reason that there is
none, but a surplus OF $500, s44. s9-Wil-
mpr 4 Atkinson