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The Washington herald., 1908-04-14
PhiInnthronv nnd nirihenaa

z. r. L. Gould, in Charities and the Commons.
Years ago it was thought that It was
impossible 70 unite business and philan-
thropy In a large way. The years. how
ever, have demonstrated the absurditv OF
the contention. since the City and Sub
urban Homes Company, New York. es-
tablished commercially and run with the
idea OF affording a reasonable dividend
70 the capital invested and giving to ten
ants the highest advantages of santa
ton and comfort compatible with reason
able rates of rent, has been so successful
that the companys investments now
reach S5,j00.000. and its dividend disburse-
ments are AZ per cent a year. l can best
measure for you the appreciation Of its
1000 tenants by reference TO the fact that
during the last five years. while the
amounts collected as rents from the ten
ants of its various estates were S9l7. $40. .75,
the losses during the same period from
bad debts We're $1.456S9. or tie wholly in
significant proportion Of fourteen one
hundredths of l per cent.
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RoosereIt and a Renomination.

A rumor, incredible on its face, IS cir
.culating hereabout TO the effect that
President Roosevelt has In mind issuing
another statement which viii be intended
20 put himself out OF consideration finally
and forever in connection with a renomi-
nation
Surely the President eontemplates moth
ing OF the sort. 1t is inconceivable that
he should feel called upon to make
third remuneration. The country under
stands his position perfectly.
The rumor, no doubt is merely another
case of the wish father to the thought.
prompted by the fear Of what is likely to
happen at Chicago If the conviction con
tinues TO grow that he is the one man
who can insure Republican victory in
November.
Everybody knows that Roosevelt Is not
a candidate; everybody has known 1t all
along. Why reiteration? His announce
ment in December last, as this paper re-
marked at the time, did not change the
situation in the slightest degree.
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, jr., who, with
countless other Republicans, holds that
the President is helpless In the hands Of
the people and must, If lt be their will,
respond, Ike a soldier. TO the call FOR fur
ther public duty, puts the case pointedly
when he says in an interview:
Il know Mr. Roosevelt is sincere in everything he
has said and thar the members Of his family want
him to leave the Presidency for good at the end Of
his tam ban neither his own personal programme
nor the demand of his family is Of any weight what
ever"
The call may not come II viii not
come, If the President can prevent it,
AssUredly it would not come if he were
to-day inviting 1t. But If the masses Of
the people really want a continuation Of
his policies, II they insist upon his fin
ishing the work he set out to do,
rather than allowing him to assign
! it unfinished 10 another. even Of his
own ehoiee-if this wish should be made
manifest at Chicago as an honest express
sion from the country, and not as the re-
suit OF political Vaccinations. he might
refuse 70 run, but we do not believe it.
And If he should make the race under
such circumstances, the anu-thlrd-term
sentiment, in our opinion. would cut no
appreciable figure at the polls. however
much might be made Of It In the cam
paign.
As we said at the start, we do not
credit the Tumor that a third White
House announcement on this subject is
impending II may be SO. But it seems
altogether unlikely, to say the least.
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OUR NEW NAVAL POLICY.
Taking over the old World Doctrine
of Military Power.

AaAAAB UheF the Ol0 World Doctrine
Of Military Power.
From the Boston Herald
The burden Of militarism borne by the
nations of Europe was for many years al
warning 20 the American people. Taxa
tion for military purposes. and conscrip-
ton for military service. have been re-
ferred to as the blight upon national and
individual prosperity from which men
sought refuge in this country. Taxation
for military purposes in the United States
is fast approaching the burdensome rate
OF European nations Conscrlption has
not as yet been attempted. but the con-
templated increase of the standing army
is long step toward the requisitlon of
compulsory enlistment It is matter for
serious consideration that, coineident with
becoming a world power" the United
States has accepted as binding upon fl
the doctrine of military power as the
prime International force. For years the
isolation Of this country made peace pos
sibIe with the other nations of the world.
This was the national boast. Has the
breaking OF that isolation necessitated the
abandonment Of the peace policy which
was matter OF principle as well as Of
pride? Must the new world power. by
its national policy. its official declaration.
and It's public sentiment. give approval
to the Old World doctrine OF military
power? Or shall the United states AZ
least keep step with the advancing thought
which is manifesting itself among the
Older nations and seek TO discourage re-
sort 10 the arts of war for the arbitra-
ment Of International dl1erences2
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Instant Tariff Revision.

Another recruit 10 the growing number
of Republican tariff revision sooners! The
American Economist has outdone them
all. even surprising Mr. Tafts "as soon
as possible or Mr.. Fairbanks speedy"
revision, by coming out for revision in-
stanter;
while not admitting the need Of tariff revision
lexeeut urWard) now, mex year. CT the next year
EtsT that. and while firm in the belief that It viii
Prove to be bad politics and bad policy for the Re
publican party 70 supermpose tariff disturbance
upon already dem5ralized business situation the
American Economist favOTs the least Of two evils
and that taEa revision Ey the shortest route and
in the shortest time. Il would prefer If revision Is
unavoidable that il should come even sooner
than Vice President Fairbanks proposes It would
prefer that The lightning change artists show the
courage Of theiE convictions and take the rsspon-
sihility Of revising the tariff az the current session
Of Congress before The national conventions assem-
bic, aad than 60 before the country for approval
og condemnation at the polls on the 81 Of November
This is the l5th day Of April The Chicago
convention assemblies June 16 There are sixty
seven DAYS in which the tariff may be revised by
Republican Congress. Why not revise the tariff
noE!'
Yet we fear our staudpat contemporary
is rot altogether in earnest in its well-
ass lmed eagerness for instant tariff re-
vision. It dares the revisionists to come
on with their plans for tarif-rlpping
with entirely too much lght-heartedness
TO be convincing, But il is quite true that
there is time TO do considerable tariff
revising before June. And il is also true
that the Republican party viii have TO
confront the country on its tariff record
during the present session. No Repubii-
can spellbinder viii have the face to
claim that the majority did not have
ample opportunity 10 show its sincerity
in the matter of revision by taking up
and altering one or two schedules. as #
could easily do without any serious dam
age TO the sacred structure. Yet the Re
publican leaders think it better politics
10 go before the country on vague prom
ises unbacked hy performance. They
would rather revise their platforms than
revise the smallest tariff schedule
'Yon YonsOn is not actively seeking the
nomination notes the Knoxville Sentl-
mel 1t must be confessed. too that the
T0u0fnqffru ferff ...s=~--f.-
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Not a Measure of Great Consequence

From The Springfield Republican
The employers liability bill as passed
by Congress is merely q tub thrown to
the labor whale on the eve Of a Presi-
dental election. It is not measure Of
the first order Of importance This is true
whether 1t stands a further test In the
way Of constitudonality or not. The field
Of Federal effort in this direction is
necessarily narrow and limited. even IN
der the most liberal constitutional con-
struetion. The main purpose Of such an
enactment for interstate railroads must
be to afford TO the States an influential
example of the need Of moving forward
In State legislation from the common
law doctrine Of fellow-servant and I'm
modification of the common-law doctrine
of eontributory negligence.
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Extraordinary.

why do you say that Mrs. Green is an
extraordinary WOman2'
Because she admits that Merry
Widow hat doesn't look well on her. and
for that reason won't buy one.
THAT doesn't prove anything except
that her husband won't give her the
money to buy r."
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Is going on, and as
he is a member Of
the Appropriations
Committee, just now
while the appropria-
ton bills are being
considered he keeps
his chair warm, ex-
cept when on his
feet talking, which
is quite often.
He is a native Of
Chicago. and re-
eeived his education
In the public schools
and business col
leges Of that city.
He isn't a lawyer.
but he has just as
much to say as II he
We're, and what he
does say is said
with force and CON
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senatorlnI Concurrence-

From the Boston Globe
Senator Crane came to Boston and
quietly expressed his opposition to tying
the Massachusetts delegates up for Taft
by resolution. Senator Lodge also came
to Boston, saw, and c0ncurred.
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VInHETs

Flowers. Whene er I fiad ye
In the woodland shades.
You do most remind me
Of our Quaker maids.
Qusiniest Of the treasures
known as W0manhood.
Fragrant with the pleasures
OF the pure and good.
Knowing not, nor caring,
Why the rose is sought.
Happy in Just sharing
WHAT the day hath brought
All. II we might win as
Half Vour visdm-then.
Then the God within Us
Night arse again.
&C G. Bisnden, n Chicago Post.
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And the World Is lis oyster

From the Detroit Free Press.
A State Supreme Court has decided that
''clams are not wild animals" but the
on Company is still an octopus.
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BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.

Fum the Detroit Free Press.
APRIL.
Saucy. jaunty. tickle April
First q smile ard then a frOwn,
First a burst Of b0nny sunshine.
Then q rainstorm pouring down.
First kiss. perhaps 10 WOO US,
Then a bitter. freezing blow:
Saucy. Jaunty. tickle April
Like a little girl I know.
Romping, madcaD. laughing April.
COurtlug love. then causing hate;
One day throwing kisses at us,
Next day stern. severe sedate.
One day winning as with laughter.
And the next 20 chill us so,
Romping. madcapl laughing April.
Like a little girl ] know.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Down in Georgia the partisans of Mr.
Hoke Smith refer rather contemptuously
to his opponent for the governorship as
Little Joe" Brown From what we hear,
he may be little" but he must be
loud along with it!
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A member Of the New York legislature
says 1880 a year is poor compensation
for a member Of this body Perhaps It
is. Certainly It is a small fraction Of the
total sum some Of the members manage
to get in one way or another.
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"Keep up the fight for pure milk, and
when it is won start a battle Tor pure
water" advises the Baltimore American.
Is our esteemed neighbor trying 10 start
something in the prohibition lire over in
BaltimOre2
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Differing views of Bpvsr

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Populists decline to consider Mr.
Bryan as anything but Democrat. Gu
rious! Many Democrats decline to think
of him as anything but a POpulist
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- q 49, pIank.

From the indianapolis News
That wise revision of tine tariff which
the Massachusetts, Republicans favor
would seem to include possibilities enough
to suit almost anybody.
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This years June bride crop bids fair TO
be merely normal; which shows there's
nothing in that old leap year supersu-
tion, just as we have contended all
alongI
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(nMnrn.

rs he a brave man.?
"Oh, I guess not. I notice that his
wife always has to ask the landlord to
have the house repapered aad the kitchen
floor painted"
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Freshly Defined

From the Brooklyn Standard Union
a college freshman is person who
must on no account infringe on the ex-
elusive right Of the other undergraduates
10 be fresh
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BY and by it may dawn upon a number
of rich papas and mammas in this land
that the way 20 keep their daughters
I ON marrying titled manikins is to insist
s,renuously that they do marry them.
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TnIIfnninnfinr &C

From the Louisville Collrier-Jeur1ial
It is apparent that the only cheap
Illuminating gas Washington will ever en-
Joy viii be the kind that is q great deal
cheaper than Illuminating.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE IAnY nRuarMER.


Mistress April has samples Of weather TO
show;
Sunshine bright,
Stylish quite.
And the prices are low.
or perhaps you will order some rainfall
to-day,
Don't refuse;
You can use
Quite shipment in May.
A consignment Of zephyrs you'll possibly
buy
Mild. indeed;
Guaranteed
To most pleasingly sigh.
How about some nice snow. or some
genuine slest?
Real stuff.
You've enough?
Well, ouF-sioek is complete
Mistress April has samples of weather
galore
Such a line,
We opine.
Ne'er was offered before.
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Exneditionslr Dong.

From the New York Press
1t took the Republican party half CEN
tury to smash the solid South: it took the
Federal machine ten minutes TO patch it
up again.
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CAPITOL GOSSIP.

II there is one member of the House Of
Representatives strictly on his job, that's
one is Representative Martin B. Madden.
Of Chicago. He doesn't miss much that
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Mere Blum.

We've heard a lot Of women brag about
being able TO bait fish hook themselves.
but we've yet to see one go fishing and
insist upon doing it,
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somewhat sleek and shiny dome Of
thought know it was no maiden's EFFORT
however.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

A number of esteemed eontemporaries
persist in referring 10 Capt. Hobson's re-
cent speech in the House of Represent
atives as his maiden effort Parties
who sat in the galleries and watched the
Alabamian mop the perspiration from his
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

The Presidents last message contained
only l65 words. IF Congress should re-
main n session until midsummer. doubt
less the Presidential vocabulary would be
reduced 90 zero
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And then, too, if Mr.. Tom Watson
should turn around and run the other
way at the last minute, he might meet
either Mr. Bryan or Mr.. Taft coming
down the home stretch
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14
To the Point.

From the Pittsburg Press
The next message TO Congress may
again be q message at Congress.
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The ReaI Thinr.

First Millionaire-Ny daughter married
q count
Second Millionaire-Thats nothing My
girl Is going 70 marry a man with q Job.
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"Optimists see a brighter day." says
the Philadelphia Record: while pessimists
are able te see only Chancellor Day.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Eddie Foy. In announcing that he Will
not play Hamlet hopes his friends
viii not be disappointed" HIS real
friends won't: they viii be delighted
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With last years straw,
And last years suit,
And last years shoes.
Won't we look cute?
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The Words 60 Innocent.

Dear. am the only woman you have
ever loyed?"
Yes or ever viii"
And II must have been the way he
said it that made her mad.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Another Russian governor has been
bombed into a happier land. We forget
his name; an easy thing to do. for va
rious reasons.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

The fat-frytng season is at hand. The
only thing missing seems to be the fat
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

A man claiming TO be an actor has been
discharged from a Kansas City court be-
cause there was no evidence on which
to hold him What was the man
charged with-beiug an actor?
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

"A New York bgamist has been or
dered TO support both families" says the
Chicago Post Doubtless the courts will
find this unconstitutional. under the
''cruel and inhuman punishment" clause
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Strange.

Cold cash. Fl man
Can set enough,
VIII make him think
That he's hot stun. -
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A Poor Young Man.

40 girl ever threw herself at my
head"
How do you account for that?'
II presume it's pretty well known that
am far from being q good catch"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Mrs. Howard Gould's alleged daily con-
sumption Of fTewater is enough to make
old Jack Reeves. Of the Hardeman Free
Press. feel like a mere piker
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where Jen Davis Is Appreciated

From the Kansas City Journal
The Hon. JEFF Davis may be a source
of merriment in Washington, but in
Arkansas they take him seriously and
punch his head.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

WAS yours a case of love at first
sight?"
Hardly. The first time I met my wife.
she had on automobile goggles"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

It is hard to understand why the peach
crop wasn't a failure this year. So far
as getting money for the crop Is con-
eerned. nothing succeeds like failure.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

'Yon Yonson is not actively seeking the
nomination notes the Knoxville Senti-
mel 1t must be confessed, too. that the
nomination isn't actively seeking Yon.
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Nothing.

We think the shad
Is not so had.
And to the oafodil
We foBdiy cling.
But what is spring
Without the quininc pill?
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a member Of the Birmingham baseball
team IS named RobatilL We suppose ne
is a crack player
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Whg is Castro, anyhow?
A member Of the Birmingham baseball
team IS named Robatill. We suppose ne
is crack player.
A man claiming TO be an actor has been
discharged from a Kansas City court be-
cause there was mo evidence on which
TO hold him What was the man
charged with-being an actor?
"A New York blgamist has been or
dered 10 support both families" says the
Chicago Post Doubtless the courts will
find this unconstitutional under the
/ ''cruel and inhuman punishment" clause
Mrs. Howard Gould's alleged daily con-
sumption Of hreWater is enough TO make
old Jack Reeves. Of the Hardeman Free
Press. feel like a mere piker.
It is hard to understand why the peach
crop wasn't failure this year. So far
as getting money for the crop Is con-
cerned, nothing succeeds like failure.
Banana skins are now used for making
soap, says the Jacksonville Times Union.
This We would say, may be truly called
pretty slick skin game.
William Allen White says Cannon is
/ a vile stupid, arrogant old m0ssback.
lt takes some people a long time to find
out things, remarks tie Rochester Her
aid. That doesn't prove 81. however Per-
haps Mr.. White found it out long ago.
and only recently made up his mind to
say it,
prince HeHe de sagan is not hand
some. says the Baltimore Sun. Certainly
/ not according TO the rule that handsome
! is as handsome does.
Married men who live in fats have the
laugh ca their wives this spring. II the
/ dear creatures buy those Merry Widow
hats, they can't get indoors with them
/ The Houston Post seems unable to un-
derstand how a girl could fall In love
with a man named Bugg. Wen. he might
/ be one Of those kissing Bugs. you
know!
The Republican party is the party of
/ promise and hope. says an Indiana gem
/ tleman We think some good Democrat
might move TO amend by substituting
dope for hope
4 Eighteen thousand phonograph records
I were smashed to powder i'm q Massachu-
sets railroad wreck recently. We should
+ like 90 see one of those railroad-baiting
/ politicians start anything in that State.
The only hope for a man with but one
/ idea is a new head says the Wilacoo-
/ chez (Ga) Sun. But it is so hard for
such a man TO get ahead.
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Simple

'Tll give you a dime II you will tell
me frankly why you don't work"
You have supplied de answer" re-
sponded Tired Tifins as he pocketed
the coin
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Banana skins are now used for making
soap. says the Jacksonville Times-Uni
This, We would say, may be truly called
a pretty slick skin game
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Not Attractive.

Gould have foreseen these 1908 spring
hats, I'd have let that apple alone.
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The Republican party is the party of
promise and hope. says an Indiana gem
tleman. We think some good Democrat
might move TO amend By substituting
dope" for hope"
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SIMMER Resort Literature.

There's a man who makes literature
pay"
Actually makes money out Of books?"
NO booklets
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prince HeHe de Sagan is not hand
some, says the Baltimore sun. Certainly
not according to the rule that handsome
is as handsome does.
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The Houston Post seems unable TO un-
derstand how girl could fall In love
with a man named Bugg, Wen. he might
be one Of those kissing Buggs. you
know
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Married men who live in fats have the
laugh ca their wives this spring II the
dear creatures buy those Merry Widow"
hats, they can't get indoors with them.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Eighteen thousand phonograph records
were smashed to powder i'm a Massachu-
setts railroad wreck recently. We should
Ike 90 see one Of those railroad-baiting
politicians start anything in that State.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-14

Why is Castro. anyhow?
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The only hope for a man with but one
idea is a new head" says the Wulacoo-
chez (Ga.) Sun. But it is so hard for
such a man 10 get ahead.
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what she brought ON Is.

say Adam" exclaimed Mother Eve.
"WeU2"
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1T is hard to conceive what the civil
lied world will do when its supply OF tim
Der Is practically exhausted" said Ernest
O. Kastner. Of Milwaukee, Wis. a luna-
herman of that region, at the Cochran
last night. Even those trees which grow
most rapidly mature slowly. and the
most valuable of our other trees are not
the ones that reach maturity quickly. The
problem OF obtaining a permanent supply
OF wood pulp, and therefore, of pulp
wood. has been pressing itself on the
public attention for years. but almost IN
vain. Within the last few months a
startling change has come over the situ-
ation and there is no longer anv need
to convince intelligent observers about
the necessity of finding a solution in A
matter OF extreme urgency. One cause
Of the change mentioned is the rapid in
crease in the amount OF pulpwood CON
sumed by the newspaper press. Imports
of puipwood in the United States from
foreign countries is growing every
month"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-17
A BLOW Al Public ownershlp.

No heavier blow was ever struck at
government ownership and operation
In this country than the report OF the
Joint congressional committee to In
vestlgate the workings OF the postof'
fee department. After describing the
unbusinessIlke, crude and wasteful
methods that have grown up the re-
port says, with admirable directness:
Under guch a system a large rail-
road, commercial or Industrial busl'
ness would inevitably 90 into bank
ruptcy, and the postoffice department
has averted this fate only because the
United States treasury has been availa'
BILE to meet deficiencies"
For years there has been q large
deficit, always made up by dip into
the treasury. 1t is true that 1t has
been held that II the service that the
department extends free to the govern
ment and to congressman under the
franking act were properly charged
up the deficiency would disappear
that 1t Is merely a bookkeeping one
The fact remains nevertheless that the
department always runs behind, requir
ing from $10,OOO,O00 to s14,000,0O0 tC
pay its debts at the end Of the year
Saginaw Cdlch.) Courier-Herald.