Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-12-10

the low rate of postage of ! cent g
pound charged on second class maus
matter, which includes not only news
papers, but magazines and mtscelia-f
neous periodicals. The actual loss STOW
Ing out Of the transmission Of thteI
second class mail matter at cent .!
pound. amounts to about sea, O00, 600 o.
year. The average cost Of the trans
portation Of this matter Is more than
. cents pound. The statistics Of 1907
show that second class mail matter
constituted 1891 per cent Of tho
weight Of all the mail and yielded
only SIC per cent Of the revenue.
The figures given are startling and
show the payment by the government
Of an enormous subsidy to the news
papers, magazines and periodicals. a
great saving might be made, amount-
ing to much more than half Of the loss,'
by imposing upon magazines and peri
odicals higher rate Of postage. ::
Postal Savings Banks.
I believe postal savings banks to be-
necessary in order to offer proper
inducement to thrift and saving to a.
great many people of small means who
do not now have banking facilities and
to whom such system would offer an
opportunity for the accumulation OF
capital. They will furnish satisfactory
substitute, based on sound principle
and actual successful trial in nearly
all the countries of the world, for the
system of government guaranty Of
deposits now being adopted in several
western states which, with Difference
to those who advocate it, seems to me-
to have in it the seeds of demoraliza-
ton to conservative banking and GER
tain financial disaster.
Ship Subsidy.
Following the course Of my distfn"
guished predecessor, earnestly rec
ommend to congress the consideration
and passage of a ship subsidy bill.
interior Department-Nsw Mexico and;
Arizona.
The successful party in the last elec-'
ton In it's national platform declared
,, in favor Of the admission as separate
states of New Mexico and Arizona.
and I recommend that legislation ap-
propriate to this end be adopted.
Alaska. :
With respect to the territory Of Alas.
Ia, recommend legislation which
shall provide for the appointment by
the president Of governor and also
Of an executive council, the members
Of which shall during their term Of
Office reside in the territory and which
shall have legislative powers sufficient
to enable it to give to the territory To-
cal laws adapted to it's present growth.
strongly deprecate legislation looking:
, to the election Of territorial legisla-
ture in that vast district.
J Conservation Of Natural Resources.
In several departments there is pre-
scented the necessity for legislation
; looking to the further conservation Of
our national resources, and the sub
ject is one Of such Importance as to-
require a more detailed and extended
discussion than can be entered upon:
in this communication. For that rea--
son shall take an early opportunity
: to send a special message to congress-
The White Slave Trade.
There is urgent necessity for addi-
donal legislation and greater executive
activity to suppress the recruiting Of
the ranks of prostitutes from the
: streams of immigration into this coun-
: t1y-an evil which, for want of bet
ter name, has been called ''the white
slave trade.'' ~,
Bureau Of Health. |
There seems to be no reason why all
the bureaus and Offices in the general
government which have to do with
: the public health or subjects akin:
thereto should not be united in a bu--
reau to be called the bureau of pub
lie health"
| Political Contributions.
I urgently recommend to congress.
that a law be- passed requiring that
candidates in elections Of members Of
the house of representatives and COM
mittees in charge of their candidacy
and campaign file in proper Office Of
the United States government state
ment of the contributions received and,
Of the expenditures incurred in the
campaign for such elections and that
similar legislation be enacted in re-
spect to all other elections which are
constitutionally within the control Of
congress. ]:
Conclusion. :
Speaking generally, the country is
In high state Of prosperity. There is
every reason to believe that we are on
the eve of substantial business ex-
pansion, and we have just garnered q
harvest unexampled in the market val,
ne Of our agricultural products. The: