The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-09

w Nlc 'A''pllHS TO tRtNe CRIMINALS and
~ seriously hampers the government IN
the detection OF crime and the securing
OF justice Moreover, II not only affects
departments outside Of the treasury but
II tends TO hamper the secretary OF the
treasury himself IN the effort 10 utilize
we employees Of his department SO as 10
pest meet the requirements Of the pub
nc service. II bids him from prevent
ing frauds upon the customs service
from invoetgatlng Irregularities IN
pf&hch Tints and assay offices and has
Seriously cr'pped him, IL prevents the
promotion ~ employees In the secret scrv-
loc' ana THIS further dlscourages good
ciloft. In It's present form the restrio-
ton operates only tn the advantage OF
the criminal of tile wrongdoer The
chief arGument In favor of the provision
was that the congressman did not them
selves wish TO be investigated by the
secret service men Very little Of such
investigation has been done In the past.
nut It Is true that the work Of the secret
service agents was partly responsible for
me Indictment and conviction OF sem
ator and congressman for land frauds
~ Oregon. | do not believe that IA ia
In the public interest TO protect criminals
IN any branch Of the public service. ana
exactly as we have again and again dur
ing the past seven years prosecuted and
convicted such criminals who were in
50 IN my belief we should he given ample
means to prosecute them If found in the I
legislative branch But If this il not
considered desirable a special exception /
could be made in the law prohibiting the /
use OF the secret service force in inves-
ugatng members OF the congress. II
would be far better to do this than to do
what actually was done and % strive 10
prevent or at least to hamper effective
aci4on against criminals by the executive
branch of the governmen
Postal Savings Banks.
again renew my accommodation
Tor postal savings banks for deposit
ing savings with the security of the
government behind them. The object
Is to encourage thrift and economy in
tue W3ge-earner and person of mod
crate means In "A states the deposits
n SAYINGS banks az reported TO the
comptroller OF the currency amount to
'@,'So,245.402 or 9S4 per cent OF the
'ntire deposits, while In the remaining .
y states there are only &70.30S.543 or ,
% per cent, showing eunclusiVely that T
here are many localities in the United /
'tat"s where sufficient opportunity is q
rot given 60 the people TO deposit their d
aVines, The result is that money Ia 4
pt In hiding and unemployed IT is
olioyed that in the aggregate vast
Hrs Of money would be brought into
rculation through The nstrumcntailtv ,
{ the postal savings banks While Il
'cre are only li53 savings banks re- y
orttng to the comptroller there are =
Iorc than $1,000 postnf'ces 10000 Of y
hieh are money order onlces. Postal \
wings banks are now In operation ~
practically an the great civilized y"
'nntries with the exception of the
ntcd States.
Parcel Post. y
In my last annual message COM ~
ended the postmastcr-E genera is,t =,
rommeudation for an extension of the y,
reel past on the rural routes Tho y,
adjustment Of a local parcel post on ,,1-
rat routes would he to the mutual m
nniit of the farmer and the country y,
orrkeepcr and II is desirable that thu a. -,
ute~. serving more than r 600 COO -
oplo. should be utilized to the fullest -
a"ticablc extent. IN amendment was
opposed IN the senate at the last 81
ssion "A tho suggestion Of the post- Io
tster- general. providing that for the ~
rpnse Of ascertaning the practlca- ~ ~
lily Of establishing special local ~
reel post system on tho rural routes III
-ouRhout the United States the post ,I''
stgr-general be authorized and df- 80" -
ted 70 experiment and report to tho
gross the result of such experiment -,
lNllshlng n special local parcel -"
a., 4, 49,, 'tt' Wh
it.1 go e. .,. IoIl''es IN Tue the
ss matter originating on rnrai GOV
&C. or at the distributing nastonlc, OF
delivery by rural carriers II womb hno
M only proper that such an axperl the
M should be tried in order 10 dom nat
uate III. practcability OF the prom and
jon especially a. the po,tmast-r- anu
pral estimates that the revenue de- ado
"a from the operation Of such a svs- the
on an the rural routes ,yollld on
,unt So many million dollars WIN
Eduratiop ton
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III. '''.' u lt-htIN deserves and
'I l.'n Ermtht OF our educ com
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