The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-08


opened in some cities and towns on
the let of January. and there will be
gradual extension of the benefits OF
the plan to the rest OF the country"
1T Ia gratifying" says the president,
that the reduction In the postal
deficit has been accomplished without
any cartailment of postal facilities.
On the contrary, the service has been
greatly extended during the year in
all its branches"
second.class Mall.
"In my last annual message 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 postotfice 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
magazines. and reply was filed TO
this answer by the postofflce depart
ment. The utter inadequacy OF the
answer considered In the light OF the
reply of the postofilce department, l
think must must appeal to any fair'
minded person Whether the answer
was all that could be said in behalf OF
the magazines is another question.
agree that the question is one of fact !;
but ! insist that II the fact is ms the
experts OF the postofice 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 parcels
post and In reducing the cost of first
class postage 10 one cent. II has beer
said by the postmaster general that
fair adjustment might be made undei
which the advertising part OF the
magazine should be charged for at
different and higher rate from that o
the reading matter This would re
licve many useful magazines that ar
not circulated at a profit, and woul'
! not shut them out from the use OF TIT
mails by Il prohlbitory rate.
IL with respect to the parcels post,
r respectfully recommend its adoption
4 on all rural delivery routes and tina
, II pounds-the international limit-b
i made the limit OF carriage in sue
post"
Abolish Navy Yards.
The president calls attention to ce'
: tain reforms urged by the secretary {
= tho navy which he recommends fo
|, adoption, and continues;
:, The estimates OF the navy depar
= ment ere S5,OOO,O0O less than the a.
= preparations for the same purpose la'
year, and included in this is the bull
:, ing program of the same amount
!. that submitted for your considerable
, last year II is merely carrying OF
, the plan Of building two battleships
., year. with q few needed auxiliary We
sells. | earnestly hope that this pr
- gram will be adopted.
- The secretary Of the navy HI
- given personal examination to eve
navy Yard, and has studied the us
~ OF the navy yards with reference
- the necessities Of our fleet. With
feet considerably less than half q
size of that of the British navy,
have shipyards more than double t
=. number, and there are several OF the
W shipyards extensively equipped wi
% modern machinery, which, after inV'
=. tigation the secretary OF the navy
licyes to be entirely useless for nav
u" purBoses. He asks authority to alb;
~ don certain of them and to move TIT
~ machinery to other places, where
=. can be made of use
- THE complete success of our COT
:, try In arctic exploration should not
o. main unnoticed. The unparallel
, achievement OF Penry in reaching
-. north pole, April G, 1909, approved
nv critical examination OF the most
pert scientists, has added to the
~ tinction of our navy, TO which he
a" longs. and reflects credit upon
hS country. recommend fitting recoG
tIi ton by congress Of the great ACHE
l ia' ment OF Robert Edwin Peary."
e. Conservation.
10 The subject Of the conservation
:, the public domain has commanded
~ attention of the people within the
Tho two or three years
Tho There is no need for radical
700 form In the methods Of disposing
rr, what arc really agricultural lands.
present laws have worked well.
> enlarged homestead law has enct
aoa aged the successful farming of la
inc In the semiarid regions,
,r, Nothing can be more important
bor the matter of conservation than
or,. treatment of our forest lands. 1t
,on probably the ruthless destruction
forests in the older states that
tad called attention to the necessity Il
,,tJ. halt in the waste of our resources
,ed. In tho present forest reserves Il
|, "a are lands which are not properly
cor. est, and which ought to be subjec
homestead entry. This has cal