The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-05-04

"rth4inatc couarty taxes altopet
man nan .nent Carlton wants Oh,
not given to pract,,.. .---.-..,.
look on this congressman Il. r ~
OF his class-as good as the averag
ana quite as intelligent, sympathetl
ana possessing an acute hearing whe
bis ear is to the ground" that cal
not be surpassed, He and others lik
him will hear only when convince,
by their constituents that certain an
pcndages on either side of the hea,
were given for hearing.
We have inserted certain number.
10 more clearly mark the three state.
ments made in this letter that we
may better refer to them. The letter
follows:
Farm and Ranch:
Your recent favor requesting me
10 advise you whether or not | favor
the extension of the parcels post
privilege in the United States, and if
so to what extent, and if not, why
not, was duly received. have not
the data at hand to go into a detailed
argument in reference to this matter,
but roughly stated l am opposed to
it, because, O. its establishment would
directly benefit the department stores
and other establishments in the cities,
especially in the cities of the North
and East, to the detriment of our
local merchants and people. (2y Il
am opposed to it because the govern
ment could not carry the matter at .
the rate proposed, except at very
great loss which would have to be
made good by the entire body of the
people / believe the Post ONCE De.
partment ought to be made self-sup-
porting, rs nearly as possible, and that
postage on letter mail should be re-
duced if there is to be a reduction
anywhere along the line. As | under
stand it, the advocates of the parcels ,
post desire the government to carry |
parcels at the rate of eight cents per I
pound, while letter mail is now car !
lied at the rate of thirty-two cents [
Der pound. The cost to the govern. r
nent for the transportation of these I
wO classes of mail would be the 5
anne. (3) The Inauguration of the y
ystem would certainly mean very a
realty increased deficit in the re- II
eipts as compared with the eXpendi- I,
ures, and | think this should be n
voided when it is possible to do so. n
have heard of many other argu- le
rents against this proposition, but II
resent substantial reasons why this c,
two that have briefly mentioned lc
stem should not be adopted in the
nifed States at this time" ca
(Slgned) oil
~ If the parcels post benefits the pc
eople down in the country, what tn
oes il matter if, as he says, Its es- OF
blishment would dlrec ly benefit the pc
,partment stores and other estab- Al
shments in the cities, ETC." The &c
lrcels post should be inaugurated be- WI
use II is made for the people at mi
rye. Incidentally it may hurt some tn
ecial interests, but this should not
allowed to block such potent and eel
Ogresslve movement 1t will Incl OPP
ntally hurt the express companies. pc,
not this a stronger reason for de- sol
ting in our efforts to establish thl
eral parcels post than the one as
med that the department stores mo
,uld be helped in addition to help she
: the farmer? We see no reason but
" two classes should not be helped sto
once by the operation of this most Tn
pful measure. 1t will not hurt the cor
al merchant or the small town. rat
1 change is fast coming over the pei
nmercial methods we have so long the
ked upon as unalterable. The peo- rem
In the country know it. 1t has /
ched them. 1t has not yet affect Rui
the congressman or the man whose to
ONE is $4,000 a year or more.
n men are careless of the little hav
Monies which the people must and find
pra ctice These well-to-do and ops thei
ut citizens will be the last to viii. feel