The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1909-12-10

| to secure the elimination from the law1
| and the practice under them of any
foreign country of that which is IN
duly discriminatory. No one Is seek
ing a tarifr war or Il condition in which
the spirit of retaliation shall be
aroused
Needs Of the Navy.
The return of the battleship fleet from
Its voyage around the world. in more
efficient condition than when 1t 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 fleet visited. the marked sue.
cess of the ships in steaming around tho
world in all weathers In schedule time
has increased respect for our navy and
has added to our national prestige.
lnjunetions 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 aha that no injunction
or temporary restraining order should be
issued without notice. except where ir-
reparable injury you'd result from delay.
in which case a Speedy hearing there
after should be granted"
l 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-consldered 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 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
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 tho
| 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 he of no effect
after seven days from the issuance there
| of or within any time less than that Pc
riod which the court may fix, unless
within the injunction order is
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 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
| $63. 900. 900 n year. The average cost of the
transportation of this matter is more than
nine cents a pound.
1t appears that the average distance ov-
| er which newspapers are delivered to
their customers is 291 miles while tho
average haul of magazines is 1913. and
| of miscellaneous periodicals l.12S 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 5.l9 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 deficit
In the postoflice 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
| odcnls n higher rate of postage. They
| are much heavier than newspapers and
| contain much higher proportion of adj
| vcrtisng to reading matter. and the aver
| age distance of their transportation is
three and half times as great.
Postal Savings Banks.
The second subject worthy of mention
in the postofIlce department is the real
necessity and entire practcability of
tablishins 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, 1 am con-
| 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 d!stln-
guished predecessor. I earnestly recon-
mend to congress the consideration and
passage of ship subsidy bill. looking to
the establishment of lines between our
Atlantic scnboard and the eastern coast
of South America, well lines from
the west coast of the United States to
South America. China. Japan and the
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
rSeans of transportation controlled In the
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 hope that at this session a
bill framed on the same lines and with
the same purposes may become 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 OF such
Importance to require n more detailed
and extended discussion than can be en-
tered upon in this communication. For
that reason I shall take an early oppor-
tunity to send a special MESA ge to con-
sress on the subject of the improvement
of our waterways. upon the reclamation
and irrigation of arid. semi-arid. and
swamp lands; upon the preservation of
our forests and the reforesting of suit
able areas; upon the Redistribution of
the public domain with view of sep
aratin- from AGRICULTURAL settlement min