The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-12-16

enable tho 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 Is un-
duly discriminatory. No one is seek
ing tarin war or a condition in which
the spirit of retaliation shall h1
aroused.
Needs of the Navy.
The return of tho battleship fleet from
Its voyage around the world. in more
| s1acient condition- AAan when It started.
WIS +, noteworthy event OF interest alike
to our citixena apd the naval authorities
of the world. Besides the beneficial and
far-reaohing effect on our speIponal and
eAkp1aDakia relstionas-- In . iee'-e6untS1eo
which the feet visited. the marked sue.
cess OF the ships in steaming around thA /
world In all .weatbers In schedule ~
has Increased respect for our navy And
has added to our national prestige.
81 s.,fnjsns4ions- Without NotIeS.s
Tho 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 THAI their powers to enforce
their process &nd protect life. liberty
and property shall be preserved inviolAte.
We believe. however. that the rules of
procedures 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 b
issued without notice, except where ir-
reparabls injury would result from delay.
in which case q speedy hearing there
after should be granted" =. Il
I recommend that-in compliance with
the promise thus made appropriate legis-
lation be adopted. The ends OF 5ustice
will best be met and the chief cause of
complaint against ill-considered in1unc-
tions without notice will be removed by
the enactment OF a statute fo.bidding
hereafter the issuing OF any Injunction
or restraining order. whether temporary
or permanent, by any federal court.
without previous notice and a reaapnabls
opportunity TO be heard on behalf OF the
parties to bo- entoined: unless II 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
y written finding. which shall be spread
upon the court minutes. that immediate
and irreparable injury Is likely to -ensus
TO the complainant. and shall definD the
injury. state why II Is irreparable and
shall also indorse on the order issued the
date and the hour of the issuance OF the
order. Moreover. every such injunction
or restraining order issued without. pro-
vious notice and opportunity by the de-
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.
riod. which the court may nx. sunless
within the Injunction or order is ex-
= tended r=renew-d. after previous notice
and opportunity to be heard.
. seeond.ciass Mail Matter.
The deficit every year In tho post
ONCE department is largely caused BY tho
low rate OF postage OF one cent u pound
charged on sccond-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-clnss mail matter
at one. cent pound amounts to about
-. co. co a year. Tho average cost of the
transportation of this matter is more than
nine cents pound.
II appears that the average distance ov-
cr which newspapers delivered to
their customers Is 81 miles. while the
average haul of mn Eaxincs Is fo+9. and
of miscellaneous periodicals i.in miles.
Thus. the average haul of the magazine
1. three and one-hsif times and that of
the miscellaneous periodical nearly four
time. the haul of the daily Newspaper. yet
all OF them pay the same postage rate of
one cent n pound. The statistics Of 1907
show that second d-class mail matter con-
stituted SJ9i per cent. of the weight of
all the mail. and yielded only 5.iS per cent.
of the revenue.
&
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 postofYicc department caused by
this discrepancy between the actual cost
of transportation and tho compensation
cSactcd therefor.
A great saving might be made. amount
ing to much more than half of the loss
hy hmm
odicalr n higher rate of postage. They
are much heavier than newspapers and
contain n much higher proportion of ad-
vcrtising to reading matter. and the aver
age distance of their transportation II
three and n half times great.
Postal Savings Banks.
Tho second subject worthy of mention
in the postofiice department is the real
necessity and entire practicability of es-
tablishing postal savings banks. The sue
rcssful 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. I am con-
WINGED that the people desire such banks.
and am sure that when the banks are fur
ni,hcd they will be productive of the ut
most good.
Favors Ship Subsidy.
Following the course of my distin-
guishcd predecessor. I earnestly recon-
mend to congress the consideration and
passAEc nI n SNIP SUBSIDY ioohihk "
the establishment of lines between our
Atlantic senboard and the eastern coast
of South America. well as 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
| II most important that we should have
| means 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 Mt this session .
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