The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-12-14
SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER
The National Editorial Association
Resents Madden's Recommends.
tions for Increased Rate.

st. Louis, Mo.-At joint meet
ing OF the transportation and postal
regulation committees OF the Nation
al Editorial association, It was de.
cided to communicate with all OF the
state press associations and have the
various organizations seek aid from
their respective congressman in an
endeayor to defeat the proposed plans
NJ the third assistant postmaster gen
oral TO increase the rate on second
class postal matter. The association
has decided TO hold It's next convcn.
ton at Norfolk, Va, on June /. The
committees spent the greater
part of the day mapping out plans to
head of Assistant Postmaster General
Madden and took n shot at the inter-
state commerce commission for It's
ruling on transportation. Tho debates
which followed the introduction OF .he
two subjects were heated
X. F. Dowdcll, Of Artcsian, S. D.,
moved 10 recommend to President
Roosevelt the dismissal Of this
chuoklc.hoad, Madden, and get some
fellow with noodle who was not
prejudiced against the newspapers 20
succeed him"
Resolutions.
The following resolutions were
adopted;
Whereas, It Is Tor rhn nonon, II FREQ
government that intelligence with regard
to all public affair and all other matters
affecting the welfare Of the people should
De made to penetrate the whole mass OF
the people. and TO reach every individual.
Whereas. This can only be accomplished
through a free and independent news
paper and periodical press. and whereas.
newspapers and periodicals are Of char
acter 10 be handled rather as express than
hrst class matter. and can he so handled
with little added cost in connection with
other postage matter In general, and no
added cost at all on rural routes: and
whereas. The present postal laws and
rates have been entirely satisfactory to
the publishers and to the people served
who as citizens constitute the govern
mcnt; and,
Whereas. There does not now exist any
real deficit IN the United States postal
service. II the departments and officers
OF the government are properly charged
Tor postal service rendered, hut is an nc
tual profit used by tho government in tho
payment Cor tho transportation and tho
handling OF Its own mail matter; there-
fore. be II
Resolved. Tint we ms members Of the
executive committee OF the National Edi-
torlal associate In annual session. rep
resentinE 10000 newspapers and perlOdi-
calls. protest against any change in tho
postal laws Of the United States that will
cause an advance In postal rates or
charges on second class mail matter.
Resolved. That we believe IL has been
FULLY established that cent n pound IL a
full and adequate charge for newspapers
and periodicals.
Resolved. That We deem the present
law entirely clear and forceful, and that
the only trouble has been that OF burden-
Ing the law with rules and regulations
not required In the laws enforcement nor
justified by any fair Interpretation there
OF.
Resolved. Further, That We protest
against the charge that newspapers and
periodicals cause any loss or that they
are subsidized by the payment made by
the government 10 meet deficit that Is
really the result OF the coat Of postal mat
ter carried by the government,
Those Present.
Those present at the meeting were.
John Z. Junkin, Sterling. Kas.:'H. Il.
Warner, Lexington. N C.; WIN II. Mayes.
Ashbrook. Youngstown, o; ]. II. Cockrum.
Oakland city. Ind. II. H. Herbert. Chi
cage, J. Il. Belts. st Louis. r. W
stephens, Columbia, Mo; Walter VIII
liams. Columbia. Mo; J. NJ. Page. Jcr-
SEVILLE, Ill; II. NJ. White, Mexico Mo /:
John w, Jacks. Montgomery City. Mo. !.
J. W. Pepperman, Montgomery, Ala: J.
=. Baumgartner. Pasadena. Cal Carl An
derson, Fort Collins. Colo; George c.
Woodruff. Litchhold Conn; william Cur
tis, kowanae. Ill w. l.. Jones Lebanon
III; A. w. Glcssncr. Galcna, H.: W. f.
Parrot. Waterloo. Ia: G. u. HELEN Web
ster, la Sheridan Plonghe. Hutchinson.
kas George G. Fairbanks. Matte. Mass :
W r. Hodges. Sleepy Eye, MINI: r. II.
Henry. Jackson. Miss. w. r. Painter
Ctrrolton. Mo; J. c. Newhill Springfield
Mo. Ernest II. Pierce, Revere, Mass. c.
r. Douglas Muskogee, !. r; Walter B
Frost. Providence. II. J.: II. F. nowdell
Artoslan. $, d J. r. Ransomc, r., Gle
hurne. Tex. w. S. Copeland. Richmond
Va, and II. ]. Simmons OF Clarence Mo.
who les a candidate for speaker OF tho
Missouri house OF representatives. Miss
woman delegate at the meeting The
present
The two committees TO meet in
Washington are composed OF the fol.
lowing: Transportation--J. f. Jun
kin, W. A. Ashbrook. X. NJ. White, H.
]. Knapp, w. F. Parrot and c. B.
Douglas; postal regulation-B b. Her
bert, A. W Lee, Thomas p Peter. G.
C. Fairbanks. F. NJ Davidson, f. W.
Stephens and p. V. Collins.