The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-27
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CHICAGO LETTER

Chicago Dec. 27.-The erection of
postoiIice buildings throughout the
country in towns which have only
rented quarters and branch postof-
fees in cites where more sub-sta-
tons are badly needed has been pro-
posed as an investment of postal
savings bank funds that would save
Uncle Sam millions of dollars every
year, would add handsome structures
in thousands of communities and
would give employment to hundreds
of thousands of men, the sponsor for
the idea being Former United States
Senator William II. Mason, of Chi
cago, who has knowledge of the facts
as he was chairman of the postoffice
committee i'm the United States sem
ate. "In Chicago. for instance" said
Senator Mason in letter &c Chair
man Geo. II. Curriar or the Postal
Savings Bank League, which is urg-
ing the enactment Of a postal saw
ings bill during this session of Cong
ress, "the government would be able
to save not less than hundred thou
sand dollars a year by employing
funds deposited in constructing the
the branch postofIice buildings which
are needed. The investment of say
$6,000,000 would cost in interest, at
the 2 per cent paid postal depositors,
fully 100000 less than the rentals
now paid. Moreover 1t would give
employment to thousands of men and
put the money into circulation. There
would be similar economies in other
cities and towns" The problem of
the investment of deposits which the
hostile banking interests have held
up as a bug-aboo against the postal
bank plan was one which President
Taft in his message to Congress
dealt with decisively, saying: IL be-
lieve postal savings banks to be nec-
essary in order to offer the proper
inducement to thrift and saving to
great many people of small means
who do not now have banking fa-
cilitles and to whom such a system
would offer an opportunity for the
accumulation of capital. - The
question of how the money deposited
in postal savings banks shall be in
vested is not free from difficulty, but
| believe that satisfactory provi-
sion for this purpose was inserted as
an amendment to the bill considered
by the senate at its last session" In
a bulletin issued by the rostal Bank
League IL Is said: "All mmbers OF
this League and all those who favor
postal banks are urged without delay
| to make II their bushes 10 write to
the members of the house sub-com.
mittee on postofiices and postroads
urging that he postal bank bill as
| now perfected to be reported for
| action I'm Congress without delay. The
members are. Representative Card
ner, of New Jersey. Huff, of Penn
sylvania, Fassett and Durey OF New
York and two Democrats, Represen-
| tatives Moon of Tennessee and Small
Of North Carolina.
A national organization 10 systcma-
tically war against the white slave
traffic has been practically completed
and the announcement soon will be
| made that II be known as the Amer
icaE Alliance, with headquarters in
Chicago. State and local federations
OF women's clubs, vigilance and pro-
tectiye organizations and bar associ-
ations, commercial bodies and tho
churches will be asked TO affiliate or
cooperate with this Alnance for n
united, well defined plan, Active aid
will be given by this body to the
Mann bill in Congress for the new
federal statute To which President
Taft referred in his message to Con-
gress. saying: II greatly regret TO
have to say that the Investigations
made In the bureau or immigration
and other sources or information
lead to the view that here is urgent
a1I IAt
trd Jr AR executive activity to
suppress the recruiting OF the ranks
of prostitutes from the streams of inn
migration into this country-an evil
which, for want of a better name,
has been called the white slave
trade believe Il TO be constitu-
tional to forbid, under penalty, the
transportation of persons for pur-
poses of prostitution across national
and state lines. and by appropriat.
ing fund of $4,000 to be used by
the secretary of commerce and la
Dor for the employment of special
inspectors. 1t will be possible to
bring those responsible for this trade
to Indictment and conviction under
federal law" Efforts Will be
made to secure the enactment of
new state laws by such legislatures
as convene this winter in states
where II is needed, as shown by the
Investigation made by Assistant Unit
ed States District Attorney Harry A.
Parkin during the summer. A digest
of the state laws of the country on
this subject has just been issued by
the Currier Publishing company I'm a
book, "War on the White Slave
Trade" which was the final work OF
the Woman's Worlds committee, the
nucleus Of the new national organi-