The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-09

7 enable the president and the state ae-
partment through friendly negotiation
to secure the elimination from the laws
and the practice under them Of any
foreign country of that which is UNI
duly discriminatory. No one is seek
ing a tariff wal or a condition in which
the spirit Of retaliation shall be
aroused.
Needs Of the Navy.
The return of the battleship feet from
it's voyage around the world. in more
efficient condition than when it started,
was a 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 feet 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:
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 a speedy hearing there
after should be granted"
l recommend that in compliance with
the promise thus mad appropriate legis-
lation be adopted. The ends of justice
will best be met and the chief cause OF
complaint against ill-considered intunc-
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 a reasonable
opportunity to be heard on behalf Of the
parties to be enjoined; unless 1t shall ap-
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 issuanc Of the
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
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 a pound amounts to about
1863, 900, 900 a year. The average cost of the
transportation of this matter is more than
nine cents a pound.
1t appears hat the average distance ov-
er which newspapers are delivered to
their customers is POI miles, while the
average haul of magazines is 1,049, 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 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 second-class mail matter con-
stituted 63.91 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 we'll consider whether radical steps
Shn11I mot hn foLnp fn ral,,an tIn laRalt
in the postoffice department caused by
this discrepancy between the actual cost
Of transportation and the compensation
eXacted therefor.
A great saving might be made, amount
Ing to much more than half of the loss
by imposing upon magazines and peri
odicals a higher rate of postage. They
are much heavier than newspapers and
contain a much higher proportion of ad-
vertising to reading matter, and the aver
age distance of their transportation is
three and a half times as great.
Postal Savings Banks.
The second subject worthy of mention
in the postoffice department is the real
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 in
many parts of the country, / 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.
Favors Ship Subsidy.
Following the course of my distin-
guished predecessor, I 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 as lines from
the west coast OF the United States to
South America. China. japan and tho
Philippines. The profits on foreign mails
are perhaps a sufficient measure of the
expenditures which might first be tenta-
lively applied to this method of inducing
American capital to undertake the estab-
lishment of American lines Of steamships
In those directions in which we now feel
1t most important that we should have
means of transportation controlled in tho
interest Of the expansion of our trade. A
bill Of this character has once passed the
house and more than once passed the
senate, and I hope that at this session a
bill framed on the same lines and with