Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-12-09
has Increased respect for cur navy and
mas -dd-d to our national prestige
tnlurctions Without Noslcs.

hrs increased respect for our rswy ara
nas -dd-d to our national prestige
inIunetions Without Notice.
The platform OF the successful party In
the last election contained IN. roliowinsi
The Republican party will uphold Al
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 ufe. liberty
and property shall be preserved iuviolste
We believe. however. that the rules OF
Procedure IN the federal courts With rs-
spect 10 the Issuance % the writ % In
junction sssuid he NOR. accurately de-
nned by statute and that no Injunction
or temporary restraining order should he
Issued without notice. except where ir-
repersbfe injury would result from delay.
IN which case speedy hearing there
after should be granted"
! recommend that In compliance with
tho promise thus made appropriate iexis-
lation be adopted. The ends OF Justice
Will best be met and the chief cause OF
complaint against nl-considered tnjune-
tons without notice wili b. removed By
the enactment Of statute fsrbfddlna
hereafter the issuing Of any injunction
or restraining order. whether temporary
3r r~rmsnent BY any federal court.
without previous notice and a reasonable
opportunity TO be heard on behalf OF the
u
pear TO the satisfaction Of the court that
the delay necessary to give such notice
ant hearing would result In irr~parable
| tn3Ary 20 the complainant and unless also
the court shall from the evidence make
= written finding. which shall Be spread
upon the court minutes. that immediat.
and irr-parahie injury is likely 10 .n-,,s
70 the complainant and shall define the
injury. state why Il 10 irreparsbis and
snail also tndor-e on the order issued the
date and the hour Of the issuance OF tn.
order Moreover. every such Injunction
or restraining order issued without pre-
vious notice and opportunity by the de-
PENDANT TO be heard should by force Of
the statute to expire and BE- of no effect
after seven days from the issuance there
ot or within any time less than that De-
riod which the court may m. unI-S.
within the Injunction or order il ex-
tended or renewed after previous notice
and opportunity to be heard.
Second-Cisss Mail Matter.
The defcit every year IN the post
ONCE department IL largely caused BY the
low rate of postage OF one cent a pound
charged on sccond-ciass mail matter.
| which includes not only newspapers but
magazines and miscellaneous periodicals.
| The actual loss growing out Of the trans
mission OF this second-clzss mail matter
I
s1eo.eo year. The average cost OF tn.
transportation Of this matter Is more than
| nine cents a pound
IL appears that the average distance ov-
| er which newspapers are delivered to
their customers Is ri miles. while the
average haul OF magazines Is i.o.s. and
| uf miscellaneous periodicals LIS miles
Thus. the average haul OF the magazine
is three and one-half times and that Of
the miscellaneous periodical nearly four
times the haul of the daily newspaper. yet
all OF them pay the same postage rate Of
one cent a pound The statistics Of 1907
show that seeond-ciass mail matter con-
stituted S,9t per cent. OF the weight of
/ all the mail. and yielded only Sfs per cent
Of the revenue.
The figures given are startling. ana
show the payment by the government OF
an enormous subsidy TO the newspapers.
magazines and periodicals. and congress
may well consider whether radical step-
should not be taken to reduce the dencit
IN the postoffice department caused by
this discrepancy between the actual cos,
| OF transportation and the compensation
exacted therefor.
great saving might b. made amount
ing to much more than half Of the loss
| by imposing upon magazines and peri
odicais a higher rate OF postage They
are much heavier than newspapers and
contain n much higher proportion OF ad-
vertising 20 reading matter. and the aver
axe distance OF their transportation is
three and a half times as great.
Postal Savings Banks.
The second subject worthy Of mention
in the postofice department is the real
necessity and entire practicability OF e--
tablishing postal savings banks. The sue
! eessfui party at the last election declared
in favor Of postal savings banks. and al
though the proposition finds opponents in
| many parts Of the country. I am con-
vinced that the people desire such banks
| and am sure that when the banks are fur
nished they will be productive OF the ut
most good.
Fsvors Ship Subsidy.
Following the course of my distin-
guished predecessor. earnestly recon-
mend to congress the consideration and
passage Of a ship subsidy bill. looking to
the establishment of lines between our
Atlantic seaboard and the eastern coast
OF South America. as well lines from
| the west coast Of the United States to
South America China. Japan and the
] Philippines The profits on foreign mails
ars perhaps a suficient measure Of ths
expenditures which might nrst be tenta-
| lively applied to this method OF inducing
American capital 90 undertake. the estab-
lishment ot American lines Of steamships
In those directions In which we now feel
II most important that We should have
means Of transportation controlled in the
interest Of the expansion OF our trade A
btu Of this character has once passed the
house and more than once passed the
senate. and I hope that at this session .
bill framed on the same lines and with
the same purposes may become a law
Conserving National Resources.
In several departments there is present.
ed the necessity for legislation looking TO
the further conservation OF our national
resources. and the subject is one Of such
Importance as 10 require a more detailed
and extended discussion than can be en-
tered upon In this communication. For
that reason 7 shall take an early oppor-
tunify TO send a special message to con
gress on the subject OF the Improvement
of our waterways. upon the reclamation
and irrigation OF arid. semi-arid. an.
swamp lands upon the preservation Of
our forests and the reforestinx Of suit
able areas: upon the reclassincation Of
the public domain with . view Of sep
Arating from agricultural settlement min
erai. coal and phosphate lands and sates
belonging TO the government bordering on
streams suitable for the utilization OF
water power
Political Contribution.
I urgently recommend TO congress that
. law be passed requiring that candi-
dates in elections OF members of the
house Of representatives and committees
In charge OF their candidacy and cam
paign fiie In . proper ONCE of the United
states government statement of the
contributions received and Of the expen-
ditures incurred In the campaign for such
elections and that similar legislation be
enacted in respect to all other elections
which are constitutionally within the con-
troll Of congress.
inventor Of Planning Machine.