The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-06
President Rcr0nsln- e n ds
Postal Savings banks.

President RcrOMm-n nds
Postal Savings hanks.
Il commend to the favorable consih-
GRAFTON of the congress postal saw
iugs 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. it is evident that the
advantages of such an Institution are
still more far-reachinE. Timid dcpos-
itors have withdrawn their savings for
the time being from Hational banks: in
dlvldnalS have boarded their cash and
the workingmcn their earnings. all
of which money has been withdrawn
and kept in hiding or in the safe de-
post box TO the dctriment 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,
Il further commend to the congress
the consideration OF the postmaster
generals recommendation for an cx-
tension OF the parcel post. especially on
the rural routes. There are now 3S.-
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
storckecper; otherwise. | 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. 1t is desirable
that the country merchant should not
be crushed out
THE fourth class postmastcrs con
vention has passed a very strong reso-
luton i'll favor of placing the fourth
class postmastcrs under the civil-serv-
ice law. The administration has al
ready put into effect the policy OF re.
iusing to remove any th-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. 1t would be Il most dcsira BILE
thing to put the fourth-class postmas-
ters in the classified service"
He rcncws his recommendations of
last year in regard to Alaska: calls at
tcntion to the admission of Oklahom
as Il state; urges the Importance of pro-
viding shipping relief for Hawaii. asks
for citizenship for Porto Ricans. and
promises submission of Secretary
official returns.
IIc asks for the creation of a bureau
of mines, recommends the providing of
funds for preserving The Hermitage
tn" home of Andrew Jackson: and the
erection Of naval monument at
NickSburg.
Corporation Contributions
I" C"mpniEn Expenses.
Under our fern of government voting
iS mot Ia.
moreover, IL fundamental and necessary
duty if II man is to be "a good citizen
Ii Is well TO provide that corporations
shall not contribute to presidential or
national campaigns. and furthermore to
provide for the publication of both con-
tributi"ns 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 diSohcycd by the INSCRIPTIONS. so
as to act only as penalty upon honest
men. Moreover, no such law would ham
per an unscrupulous man of unlimited
means from buying his own way into Of
ficc. There Is very radical measure
which would, / believe work n substan-
tial Improvement in our system of con
ductinS campaign. although | am well
aware that it VIII take some time for
people to so familiariZe themselves with
such a 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 ap-
preparation aInpl" enough to meet the
necessity for thorough organization and
machinery, which requires Il large cX-
pcnditure Of money. Then the stipula-
tiou should be made that no party re-
FpiNintr c1IupIj:,p funds frnr
should accept more than 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 Mall Service.
II call your especial attention to the un-
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. beginning was
made by the ocean mail act OF March J.
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, l recommend
the extension of the ocean mail act of
1891. That act has stood for some years
free from suct essful criticism of its prin-
c!ple and purpose. 1t was based on theo-
ries of the obligations of a great mari
time nation. undisputcd in our own land
and followed by other nations since the
beginning of steam navigation. Briefly
those theories are. that It IS the duty of
a frst-class power so far as practicable
to carry its ocean mails under its own
flag that the fast ocean steamships and
their crcSs. required for such mail scrv-
ice, are valuable auxiiarics to the sea
power of nation. Furthermore. the
construction of such steamships insures
the maintenance in an efficient condition