The Yale expositor., 1907-12-06

Grafton of the congress postal saw
ings bank system, as recommended 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 to 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. 1t 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itors have withdrawn their savings for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of which money has been withdrawn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.
II further commend to the congress
the consideration OF the postmaster
generals recommendation for an eX-
tension OF the parcel post, especially on
the rural routes. There are now 49,
Zl5 rural routes. serving nearly 10000
900 people who do not have the adj
vantages of the inhabitants Of cities in
obtaining their supplies. These recon-
mendations have been drawn up to
benefit the former and the country
sSrekeeper; otherwise. 1 should not
favor them, for believe that IL is good
policy for our government to do every
thing possible to aid the small town
and the country district. 1t is desirable
that the country merchant should not
be crushed out.
The fourth-class postmasters con-
vention has passed very strong reso-
In I'm Of nla h.
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 1t is
endeavoring so far as possible to re-
move them from the domain of partisan
politics. 1t would be a most desirable
thing to put the fourth-class postmas-
terS in the classified service"
lie renews his recommendations of
last year in regard to Alaska; calls at
teution 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
Tafts 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 naval monument at
Vicksburg.
Corporation Contributions
to Compaign Expenses.
Under our form OF government voting
is not merely right but duty, and,
moreover. fundamental and necessary
duty II man is to be a good citizen.
II 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 penalty upon honest
men. Moreover, no such law would ham,
| per an INSCRIPTIONS man OF unlimited
means from buying his own way into Of
| flee. There is a very radical measure
which would. l believe, work a substan-
| tial improvement in our system OF con-
| Quoting a campaign, although l am well
aware that il will take some time for
| people TO so familarize themselves with
| such n proposal as TO be willing to con-
| slider its adoption. The need for collect
| ing large campaign funds would vanish IL
| congress provided an appropriation for
| the proper and legitimate expenses Of
| each Of the great national parties, an APP
preparation ample enough to meet the
| necessity for thorough organization and
machinery. which requires a large ex-
| penditure OF money. Then the stpula-
| ton should be made that no party re-
| ceiving campaign funds from the treasury
| should accept more than fixed amount
from any individual subscriber or donor:
! and the necessary publicity for receipts
and with Il Hon Ifxy
| be provided"
Wants Improvement In the
Ocean Mail Service.
81 call your especial attention 10 the I'M
! satisfactory condition of our foreign mail
| service, which, because OF the lack OF
| American steamship lines, is now largely
| done through foreign lines, and which,
particularly so far as South and Central
! America are concerned, is done in a man
ner which constitutes serious barrier
| to the extensions of our commerce.
THE time has come. in my judgment,
! to set to work seriously to make our
ocean mall service correspond more
| closely with our recent commercial and
| political development A beginning was
made by the ocean mail act of March ),
| 1891. but even at that time the act was
known to be inadequate in various par
ticulars. Since that time events have
| moved rapidly in our history. We have
acquired Hawaii, the Philippines, and
| lesser islands in the Pacific. We are
| steadily prosecuting the great work of
| uniting at the Isthmus the waters of the
| Atlantic and the Pacific. To a greater
| extent than seemed probably even a
| dozen years ago we may look to an
| American future on the sea worthy of
| the tradition of our past. AS the first
step in that direction. and the step most
feasible at the present time. recommend
| the extension of the ocean mail act OF
1891. That act has stood for some years
free from successful criticism of it's prin-
| ciple and purpose. II was based on theo-
ries of the obligations of a great mari
time nation, undisputed lin our own land
and followed by other nations since the
| beginning OF steam navigation. Briefly
l. those theories are, that IL is the duty of
| a first-class power so far as practicable
to carry its ocean mails under its own
! flag: that the fast ocean steamships and
their crews, required for such mail serv-
ice, are valuable auxiliaries to the sea
power OF a nation. Furthermore, the
construction OF such steamships insures
the maintenance in an efficient condition
| OF the shpyards in which our battleships
| must be built.
THE expenditure OF public money for
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