Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-12-13
CLASS NAIL NATTER


St Louis, Mo.-At q joint meet
ing Of the transportation and postal
regulation committees Of the Nation
al Editorial association, II 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
endeavor to defeat the proposed plans
OF the third assistant postmaster gen.
eral to increase the rate on second
class postal matter. The association
has decided to hold its next conven-
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 a shot at the inter-
state commerce commission for It's
ruling on transportation. The debates
which followed the introduction of the
two subjects were heated.
r. F. Dowde1l, of Artesian. s. D..
moved to recommend to President
Roosevelt the dismissal. OF this
chuckle-head, Madden. and get some
fellow with a noodle who was not
prejudiced against the newspapers 20
succeed him."
The following resolutions were
adopted:
whereas. It IL for the beneft Of free
ROVernm ont that
TO all public affairs and all other matters
aHecting the welfare Of the people Should
pc made to penetrate the whole mass Of
ane people, and to reach every Individual,
Whereas, This can only be accomplished
tnrough q free n independent news
paper n periodical press. and whereas .
~wspape and periodicals are ofsa char
ac.er 70 be handled rather as express than
nTst class matter, and can be@so handled
WIN little added cost in connection with
olner postage matter in general, and no
aoaed cost at all on rural routes; and,
nereas, n present postal laws and
me publishers and to the people served
ment; and, S
res Whereas rsa,, There does not now exist any
If the departments and ofyicsrs
81 the government are properly charged
LOT postal service rendered. but Ia an sc-
ludi pront used by the government in the
payment for the transportation and the
fore, be Ii - ~ Neio
Resolved, That we as member OF the
xecutive committee of the National Edi-
roriai association. In annual session, rep
cals. protest against any change in The
postal laws Of the United States that viii
cause an advance in postal rates or
charges on second-class mail matter.
fully established that / cent a Mound Is !
uii and adequate charge for newspapers
and periodicals.
Resolved, That we deem the present
th entireiy clear n forceful, and that
the law with rules and regulations
not required In the laws enforcement nor
.1stiled by any fair Interpretation there-
Resolved, Further, That we protast
against the charge that newspapers and
periodicals. cause any loss or that they
ire subsidized by the payment made by
ne government to meet a deficit that IL
'eally the result Of the cost OF postal mat
.er carried by the government.
Those Present.
: IThose present at the meeting were:
John z. Junkin, Sterling, Kas.; H.. B.
.arner, Lexington, N. c.; VIII II. Mayes.
Tex; Congressman w. A.
IS hIao9 ,ci;oh nstewn; OF j.. IT.. cockrum,
ago; ]. r. Bettis ST I.ouia. H. w "
stephens, Columbia, Mo-; Walter vii.
lams,, Columbia, Mo-; j. M. Page, Jer-
eyville, III; r. N. White, Mexico, Mo-;
!, w. Pepperman, Montgomery, Ala; j.
:. Baumgartner. Pasadena, Cal; Carl An.
!erson. Fort Collins, Colo. George q.
Litchfeld, Conn. William Cur
Kewanee, H.. w. L. Jones, Lebanon.
H.; A. w. G%lessner, Galena, ill.,; W r.
,,arrott, Waterloo, Ia; C. d. HELEN, Web
ter, Ia; Sheridan Plonghe, Hutchinson.
las:: George c, Fairbanks, Matte, Mass:
y. II. Hodges, Sleepy Eye, Mimi: r. H.
ienry. Jackson, Mig. w. r. Painter.
,arrollton, Mo-; j. G. NeWbill. Springfeid
TO-; Ernest II. Pierce, Revere, Mass; O.
Douglas, Muskogee. /. T.; Walter B..
Providence, r.. L.; R. E.. DowdeIl.
Artesian, s.. D.; j. r. Ransome, jr., Gle
urne, Tex; w. s. Copeland, Richmond.
a., and HI. ]. Simmons of Clarence, Mo-,
Tho les a candidate for speaker of the
lissouri house of representatives. Miss
lose L. Colby Of Chicago was the only
delegate at the meeting. The
ives of several editors, however, were
resent.
The two committees to meet in
Washington are composed of the fol-
owing: Transportation. E. Jun
in, W. A. Ashbrook, R. M. White, Fl.
Knapp, w. F. PARROT and c.. r.
douglas; postal regulation-B. B. Her.
ert, A. W. Lee, Thomas P. Peter, G.
J. Fairbanks, f. M. Davidson. e. w.