The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-12-15

enable the president ana the state de-
partment through friendly negotiation
to secure the elimination from the laws
and the practice under them of any
foreign country Of that which IL un-
duly discriminatory. No one Is seek
the spirit OF retaliation shall be
aroused.
Needs Of tho Navy.
The return of the battleship fleet from
its voyage around the world, in more
efficient condition than when 1t started,
was noteworthy event of interest alike
to our citizens and the naval authorities
of the work.. 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.
lnjunctions Without Notice.
The platform Of the successful party in
the last election contained the following:
1.-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"
hof in, Ia xw1fh
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-considered injunc-
tions 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 a reasonable
opportunity to be heard on behalf of the
parties to be enjoined; unless it 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 innm ediate
| and irreparable injury is likely to ensue
| to the complainant, and shall define the
| injury, state why it is irreparable and
| date and the hour of the issuance Of the
| order. Moreover. every such injunction
| or restraining order issued without pre-
vous 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
of or 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 class mail matter
| at one cent pound amounts to about
| $G3, 900 year. The average cost Of the
| transportation of this matter is more than
| nine cents a pound.
1t appears that the average distance ov.
| err which newspapers are delivered tt
their customers is POI miles, while the
| average haul of magazines is 1,049 anG
of miscellaneous periodicals 1928 miles
Thus, the average haul of the magazine
Is three and one-half times and that Of
the miscellaneous periodical nearly foul
| LlUleS IIIo HAUL Cl IllO udlly ICWSpdpCI, We
all of them pay the same postage rate OF
one cent pound. The statistics of 190
show that second-class mail matter con-
stituted 62.91 per cent. of the weight OF
all the mail, and yielded only SIG per cent
of the revenue.
The figures given are startling, and
show the payment by the government OF
an enormous subsidy to the newspapers
magazines and periodicals., and congress
may well consider whether radical steps
should not be taken to reduce the defci
in the postoffice department caused by
this discrepancy between the actual cos
Of transportation and the compensation
exacted therefor.
| great saving might be made amount
ing to much more than half Of the los:
by imposing upon magazines and peri
odicals a higher rate of postage. They
are much heavier than newspapers ant
contain a much higher proportion of ad
vertisng to reading matter, and the aver
age distance of their transportation il
three and half times as great.
Postal Savings Banks.
The second subject worthy of mention
in the postof1ice department Is the rea
| necessity and entire practicability of es
tablishing postal savings banks. The sue
cessful party at the last election declared
in favor of postal savings banks, and al
| though the proposition finds opponents il
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WINGED 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.
Favors Ship Subsidy.
Following the course of my distin
guished predecessor, I earnestly recon
mend to congress the consideration an
passage of a ship subsidy BILL looking t
the establishment of lines between on
Atlantic seaboard and the eastern coas
Of South America, as we'll as lines frol
the west coast OF the United States t
South America. China, Japan and tn
Philippines. The profits on foreign mail
are perhaps sufficient measure OF tn
expenditures which might first be tenta
lively applied to this method of inducn
American capital to undertake the estat
lishment of American lines of steamship
in those directions in which we now fee
1t most important that we should hav
means of transportation controlled in tn
interest of the expansion of our trade.
bill of this character has once passed til
| house and more than once passed tn
senate, and hope that at this session