The Bottineau courant., 1907-12-06

Ire existing conditions. check progrcss,
and increase the cost and lengthen the
time of completing the canal.
President Recommends .>...
Postal Savings Banks. ...
Il commend ITO the favorable consid-
Grafton of the congress postal saw
1ngs bank system, as recomm ended by
the postmaster general The primary
object is to encourage among our peo-
pie economy and thrift and by the use
OF postal savings banks to give them
an opportunity Ito husband their re-
sources, particularly those who have
not the facilities at hand for depositing
their money in savings banks Viewed,
however, from the experience of the
past few weeks, it is evident that the
advantages of such an institution are
still more far-reaching. Timid depos-
itors have withdrawn their savings for
the time being from national banks; in
dividuals have boarded their cash and
the workingmen their earnings; all
OF which money has been withdrawn
and kept in hiding or in the safe de-
posit> box to the detriment of pros
perity. Through the agency of the pos
tai savings banks such money would be
restored to the channels of trade. to
the mutual benefit of capital and labor.
the consideration of the postmaster
generals recommendation for an ex-
tension OF the parcel post. especially on
the rural routes. There are now 49,,
215 rural routes, serving nearly 15,00O,-
900 people who do not have the ad
vantages of the inhabitants of cities in
obtaining their supplies. These recon-
mendatiOns have been drawn up to
benefit the farmer and the country
storekeeper; otherwise, I should not
favor them, for believe that it is good
policy for our government to do every
thing possible to aid the small town
and the country district. It is desirable
that the country merchant should not
be crushed out
THE fourth-class postmasters' con-
ventiOn has passed a very strong reso-
luton in favor of placing the fourth
class postmasters under the civil-serv-
ice law. The administration has al
ready put into effect the policy Of re-
fusing to remove any fourth-class post
masters save for reasons connected
with the good of the service: and it is
endeavoring so far as possible to re-
move them from the domain of partisan
politics. It would be a most desirable
thing to put the fourth-class postmas-
ters in the classified service"
He renews his recommendations Of
last year in regard to Alaska; calls at
tention to the admission of Oklahoma
as state; urges the Importance of pro-
viding shipping relief for Hawaii; asks
for citizenship for Porto Ricans, and
promises submission Of Secretary
Taft's report on Philippines when that
official returns.
He asks for the creation of a bureau
of mines; recommends the providing of
funds for preserving The Hermitage,
the home of Andrew Jackson; and the
erection of a naval monument at
Vicksburg.
Corporation Contributions
to COmpaign Expenses.
"Under our form of government voting
is not merely right but duty, and,
moreover, a fundamental and necessary
duty If a man is to be a good citizen.
1t is we'll to provide that corporations
shall not contribute to presidential or
national campaigns, and Furthermore to
provide for the publication of both con-
tributions and expenditures. There is,
however, always danger in laws of this
kind, which from their very nature are
difficult Of enforcement; the danger being
lest they be obeyed only by the honest,
and disobeyed by the INSCRIPTIONS, so
as to act only as a penalty upon honest
men. Moreover, no such law would ham,
per an INSCRIPTIONS man of unlimited
means from buying his own way into Of
fice There is very radical measure
which would, I believe, work a substan-
tial Improvement in our system of con-
Quoting campaign, although I am well
aware that it will take some time for
people to so familiarize themselves with
such a proposal as to be willing to con-
slider it's adoption. The need for collect
ing large campaign funds would vanish il
congress provided an appropriation fol-
the proper and. legitimate expenses OF
ooh of ha inc
preparation ample enough to meet the
necessity for thorough organization and
machinery, which requires a large eX-
penditure of money. Then the stipula.
ton should be made that no party re-
ceiving campaign funds from the treasury
should accept more than a fixed amount
from any Individual subscriber or donor
and the necessary publicity for receipts
and expenditures could without difficulty
be provided
Wants Improvement In the
Ocean Mail Service.
IT call your especial attention to the un
satisfactory condition of our foreign mai
service, which, because of the lack o.
American steamship lines is now largely
done through foreign lines, and which
particularly so far as South and Contra
America are concerned, is done in a man
ner which constitutes a serious barrie
to the extensions of our commerce.
1.-THE time has come, in my judgment
to set to work seriously to make ou
ocean mail service correspond NOR
closely with our recent commercial ant
political development. A beginning wa
made by the ocean mail act of March 3
1884, but even at that time the act wa
known to be inadequate in various par
ticulars. Since that time events hav
moved rapidly in our history. We hav
acquired Hawaii, the Philippines, an
lesser islands in the Pacific. We ar
steadily prosecuting the great work o
uniting at the Isthmus the waters Of tn
Atlantic and the Pacific. To a create
extent than seemed probably even
dozen years ago we may look to a.
American future on the sea worthy o
the tradition of our past. AS the frs
step in that direction, and the step mos
feasible at the present time, I recommen
the extension of the ocean mail act o
1891. That act has stood for some year
free from successful criticism of it's prin
ciple and purpose 1t was based on theo
ries of the obligations of a great mari
time nation, undisputed in our own Ian
and followed by other nations since tn
beginning Of steam navigation. Brief
those theories are, that it is the duty o
a first-class power so far as practicabl
to carry it's ocean mails under it's ow
flag; that the fast ocean steamships an
their crews, required for such mail serv