Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-12-06
PARCELS POSTS:

PARCELS POSTS.
Extension of This Service Advisable,
Especially In Rural Delivery.
I 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
8S,215 rural routes, serving nearly 49,
100000 people who do not have the
advantages Of the inha bitants of cities
In obtaining their supplies. These rec
concentrations have been drawn up to
benefit the farmer and the country
storekeeper. Otherwise l should not
favor them, for l believe that 1t is
good policy for our government to do
everything 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-
luton in favor Of placing the fourth
class postnlasters 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 parti.
san politics. 1t would be most de-
sirable thing to put the fourth class
postmasters in the classified service
1t is possible that this might be done
without congressional action; but, as
the matter is debatable, l earnestly
recommend that the congress enact Il
law providing that they be included
under the civil service law and put in
the classified service.
Oklahoma. p.
Oklahoma has become a state. stand
ing on full equality with her elder
sisters, and her future is assured by
her great natural resources. The duty
Of the national government to guard
the personal and property rights of the
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Alaska. r.5,
! reiterate my recommendations of
last year as regards Alaska. Some
form of local self government should
be provided, as simple and inexpensive
as possible. 1t is impossible for the
congress to devote the necessary time
to all the little details of necessary
Alaskan legislation. Road building and
railway building should be encouraged.
The governor Of Alaska should be CIV
en- an ample appropriation wherewith
to organize a force to preserve the
public peace. Whisky selling to the
natives should be made felony. The
coal land laws should be changed so
as to meet the peculiar needs of the
territory. This should be attended to
at once, for the present laws permit in
dividuals to locate large areas of the
public domain for speculative pur-
poses and cause an immense amount
Of trouble, fraud and litigation There
should be another judicial division es-
tablished. AS early as possible light;
houses and buoys should be" establish
ed as aids to navigation, especially in
and about Prince William sound, and
the survey of the coast completed
There is need Of liberal appropriations
for lighting and buoying the southern
coast and improving the aids to navf-:
cation in southeastern Alaska. One of
the great industries of Alaska, as of
Puget sound and the Columbia, is
salmon fishing. Gradually, by reason
Of lack of proper laws, this industry
is being ruined. 1t should now be tax
en- in charge and effectively protected
by the United States government.
The courage a2l enterprise of the
citizens Of the far northwest in their:
projected Alaska Yukon Pacific EXPOSE
ton to be held in 1909 should receive
liberal encouragement. This EXPOSE
ton is not sentimental in its concep-
ton, but seeks to exploit the natural;
resources Of Alaska and to promote the
commerce, trade and industry of, the
Pacific states with their neighboriug
states and with our insular possessions;
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Pacific. The exposition ac...s no loan
from the congress. but seeks appropria- =
tons for national exhibits and exhibits
of the western dependencies of the
general government. The state of
Washington ~4and the city Of Seattle
have shown the characteristic western
enterprise in large donations for the
conduct Of the exposition, In which
other states are lending generous as
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"a The unfortunate failure Of the ship
ping bill at the last session OF the last
congress was followed by the taking!
of OF certain Pacific steamships, which
has greatly hampered the moyemento OF
passengers between Hawaii ana the
mainland q Unless the congress 10 pre-
pared BY positive encoura cement to.
secure proper facilities Id the way Of
SHIPPING between Hawaii and the
mainland ~ then the coastwise shipping
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