Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-09

obstacle presents itself. the canal
will be completed well within the
time fixed by Colonel Cocktails, to-
wit, January /, 1915, and within the
estimate of cost. 1915. 100000.
Department Of Justice.
Discussing the affairs Of the de-
partment OF justice, the president
says:
II invite especial attention to the
prosecutions under the federal law
OF the so-called bucket Shops and
Of those schemes to defraud in which
the use Of the mail is an essential
part OF the fraudulent conspiracy.
prosecutions which have saved ig-
norant and weak members of the pub
lie and are saving them hundreds of
millions of dollars. The violations Of
the antitrust law present perhaps the
most important litigation before the
department, and the number Of cases
fled shows the activity Of the govern
ment in enforcing that statute.
The president recommends an in
crease in the salaries OF federal
judges.
Postal Savings Banks.
AT It's last session congress made
p revision for the establishment of
savings banks by the postoff1ce de-
partment of this government by which
under general control of trustees. con-
sisting Of the postmaster general, the
secretary Of the treasury and the at
torney general, the system could be
begun in a few cities and towns, and
enlarged to cover within its opera
lions as many cities and towns and as
large a part Of the country as seemed
wise. The initiation and establish
ment Of such a system has required a
great deal of study on the part of
the experts in the postoff1ce and treas
ury departments. but system has
now been devised which is believed to
be more economical and simpler in its
operation than any similar system
abroad. Arrangements have been per-
fected so that savings banks will be
opened in some cities and towns on
the 1st OF January, and there will be
gradual extension Of the benefits of
the plan to the rest Of the country"
'Tt is gratifying" says the president,
chat the reduction in the postal
deficit has been accomplished without
any curtailment of postal facilities.
On the contrary, the service has been
greatly extended during the year in
all it's branches"
Second-CIass Mail.
I'm my last annual message I IN
yited the attention Of congress to the
inadequacy of the postal rate imposed
upon second-class mail matter in so
far as that includes magazines. and
showed by figures prepared by experts
of the postoffice department that the
government was rendering a service
to the magazines, costing many mil
lions in excess Of the compensation
paid. An answer was attempted to
this by the representatives of the
this answer by the postof11ce depart
ment. The utter inadequacy of the
answer, considered in the light of the
reply of the postoffice department, l
think must must appeal to any fair
Ninded person. Whether the answer
was all that could be said in behalf of
the magazines ia another question. I
agree that the question is one OF fact;
but I insist that If the fact is as the
experts Of the postoffice department
show, that we are furnishing to the
owners Of magazines a service worth
millions more than they pay for it,
then justice requires that the rate
should be increased. The increase in
the receipts Of the department result
ing from this change may be devoted
to increasing the usefulness Of the de-
partment in establishing a parcels
post and in reducing the cost of first
class postage to one cent. 1t has been
raid by the postmaster general that a
fair adjustment might be made under
which the advertising part Of the
magazine should be charged for at a
different and higher rate from that of
the reading matter. This would re-
lieve many useful magazines that are
not circulated at a profit, and would
not shut them out from the use of the
mails by a prohibitory rate.
With respect to the parcels post,
respectfully recommend it's adoption
on all rural delivery routes, and that
II pounds-the international limit-be
made the limit of carriage in such
post"
Abolish Navy Yards.
The president calls attention to Ger
tain reforms urged by the secretary of
the navy which he recommends for
adoption,
Conservation.
THE subject Of the conservation OF
the public domain has commanded the
attention of the people within the last
two or three years.
There is no need for radical re-
form in the methods Of disposing OF
what are really agricultural lands. The
present laws have worked well. The
enlarged homestead law has encour.
aged the successful farming Of lands
In the semi-arid regions.
Nothing can be more important in
the matter of conservation than the