The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

me low rate Of postage Of / cent =
pound charged on second class mail
matter. which includes not only news
papers, but magazines and miseella-
neous periodicals. The actual loss grow
inS out Of the transmission Of this.
second class mail matter at cent q:
pound amounts 10 about Se30oO.oo0
year. The average cost Of the Trans
portation Of this matter IS more than.
0 cents pound. The statistics Of 1907
show that second class mail matter
constituted 6S.91 per cent Of the
weight Of all the mail and yielded
only 5.19 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 peril
odicals higher rate Of postage.
Postal Swings Banks.
I believe postal savings banks to 30
necessary in order to offer a proper
inducement to thrift and saving 70 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 win 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 1t. 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 distin>
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 cleo
ton in its national platform declared
in favor Of the admission as separate
states os New Mexico and Arizona,
and l recommend that legislation ap-
propriate to this end be adopted
Alaska.
4 With respect to the territory Of Alas.
ka. recommend legislation which
shall provide for the appointment by
the president Of a 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.
l strongly deprecate legislation looking
to the election Of territorial legiSla-
ture In that vast district
Conservation of Natural Resources.
In several departments there Is pre-,
sented 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 4 more detailed and extended
discussion than can be entered upon
in this communication. For that rea-
son shall take an early opportunity
to send special message to congress
The White Slave Trade.
There is urgent necessity for add
tional legislation and greater executive
activity to suppress the recruiting Of
the ranks Of prostitutes from the
streams OF immigration into this coun-
try-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
fthe 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 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 a state
ment Of the contributions received and
Of the expenditures incurred In. the
campaign for such elections and that
! similar leriSIo+ion ba arooto5 4,