The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-09

and the practice under them of any
foreign country of that which is un-
duly discriminatory. No one is seek
ing a tariff war or condition in which
the spirit of retaliation shall be
aroused.
Needs Of the Navy.
The return OF the battleship fleet from
it's voyage around the world in more
efficient condition than when It started.
was noteworthy event OF interest alike
to our citizens and the naval authorities
of the world. Besides the beneficial and
far-reaching effect on our personal and
diplomatic relations In the countries
which the fleet visited, the marked sue
cess OF the ships In steaming around the
world In all weathers in schedule time
has Increased respect for our navy and
has added to our national prestige.
Injunctions Without Notice.
The platform of the successful party in
the last election contained the following:
THE Republican party will uphold at
all times the authority and integrity of
the courts, state and federal and will
ever insist that their powers to enforce
their process and protect life, liberty
and property shall be preserved inviolate.
We believe, however, that the rules of
procedure in the federal courts with re-
spect to the issuance of the writ of in
junction should be more accurately de-
fined by statute and that no Injunction
or temporary restraining order should be
issued without notice, except where ir-
reparable injury would result from delay,
in which case speedy hearing there
after should be granted"
| recommend that in compliance with
the promise thus made appropriate legis-
lation be adopted. The ends of justice
will best be met and the chief cause of
complaint against ill-consdered injunc-
tons without notice will be removed by
the enactment of a statute forbidding
hereafter the Issuing of any injunction
or restraining order, whether temporary
or permanent, by any federal court,
without previous notice and reasonable
opportunity to be heard on behalf of the
parties to be enjoned; unless II shall APP
pear to the satisfaction of the court that
| the delay necessary to give such notice
| and hearing would result In irreparable
| injury to the complainant and unless also
| the court shall from the evidence make
| a written finding. which shall be spread
upon the court minutes, that Immediate
! and irreparable injury is likely to ensue
| to the complainant, and shall define the
| injury, state why 1t Is irreparable and
| shall also indorse on the order Issued the
date and the hour of the issuance of the
| order. Moreover, every such injunction
| or restraining order issued without pre-
vious notice and opportunity by the de-
| fendnnt ~ be heard should by force of
| the at to expire and be of no effect
after days from the issuance there
| of OF within any time less than that pc
| Rod which the court may fix, unless
| within the injunction or order is ex-
| tended or renewed after previous notice
and opportunity to be heard.
Second-cIass Mail Matter.
The deficit every year In the post
Office department is largely caused by the
low rate of postage of one cent a pound
| charged on second-class mail matter,
| which includes not only newspapers but
| magazines and miscellaneous periodicals.
The actual loss growing out of the trans
mission of this second-clas mail matter
at one cent pound amounts to about
s63 900, 900 year. The average cost of the
transportation OF this matter is more than
nine cents pound
1t appears that the average distance ov-
err which newspapers are delivered ia
their customers is POI miles while the
average haul of magazines Is 1,O49 and
of miscellaneous periodicals lips miles
Thus, the average haul Of the magazine
| Is three and one-half times and that Of
the miscellaneous periodical nearly foul
times the haul of the daily newspaper, ye
all of them pay the same postage rate OF
lone cent a pound. The statistics of 100
show that second-class mail matter con
| sttuted 639l per cent. of the weight Of
all the mail, and yielded only 5.19 per cent
of the revenue.
The ngureS given are startling, anC
show the payment by the government o.
an enormous subsidy to the newspapers
magazines and periodicals, and congress
may well consider whether radical step!
should not be taken to reduce the defci
in the postoffice department caused b,
this discrepancy between the actual cos
of transportation and the compensation
eXacted therefor.
A great saving might be made, amount
ing to much more than half of the los
by imposing upon magazines and peri
odicals higher rate of postage. The.
are much heavier than newspapers an,
contain a much higher proportion of ad
vertising to reading matter, and the aver
age distance of their transportation 4
three and half times as great.
Postal Savings Banks.
The second subject worthy of mention
In the postoffice department Is the rea
} necessity and entire practicability of es
: tablishing postal savings banks. The sue
cessful party at the last election declare
in favor of postal savings banks. and al
though the proposition finds opponents 4
, many parts of the country. / am con
| WINGED that the people desire such banks
J and am sure that when the banks are fur
nshed they will be productive of the vi
most good.
= Favors Ship Subsidy.
Following the course of my distir
| pTtutctssoT, earnestly
mend to congress the consideration an
passage of ship subsidy bill. looking
the establishment of lines between GU
Atlantic seaboard and the eastern coas
of South America, well as lines froi
the west coast of the United States
South America. China, japan and tn
Philippines. The profits on foreign mai
, are perhaps a sufficient measure OF I'll
expenditures which might first be tentt
lively applied to this method of inducin
American capital to undertake the estal
lishment of American lines of steamship
i in those directions in which we now fe
1t most important that we should hay
means of transportation controlled In ii
interest of the e q lnsion of our trade
bill of this character has once passed II
I house and more than once passed II
g senate, and / hope that at this session
a bill framed on the same lines and wit
Y the same purposes may become "A law.
5 Conserving National Resources.
4 In several departments there is presen
e ed the necessity for legislation looking