Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-06

general law providing for the incor-
poration of industrial and other COM
banies engaged in interstate COM
merce, and / now renew my recon-
mendation in that behalf.
The president discussed the need
of cheapening the cost of litigation by
simplifying judicial proceshure and
expediting final judgement recon-
mending the bills framed by. the de-
partment.
He also renews the recommends
.tion made in his last annual message
of law regulating the Issuing of in
functions in equity without notice, in
accordance wit the best practice now
in vogue.
Postoffice Department.
Discussing postal savings banks,
the president says:
Arrangements have been perfected
so that savings banks will be opened
in some cities and towrs on the first
of January. and there will be a grad
ual extension of the benefits Of the
plan to the rest of the country.
The acknowledgement has been
able to. make his estimate of expenses
for the present year so low as to keep
within the amount the postal service
/ ia expected to earn.
Upon the recommendation Of the
ostmaster-genral I have included
in the classified service all resistant
postmasters. l think It would be
wise to put in the classified service
the first, second and third-class post
masters.
In my last annual message | invit-
ed the attention of the congress to
the inadequacy Of the postal rate i'm
posed upon second-class mafl matter,
in so far as that includes magazines,
and showed by figures prepared by
experts of the postofIice department
that the government was rendering a
service to the magazines, costing
many millions in excess of the COM
pensation' paid. An answer was at
tempted to this by the representatives
of the magazines. / agree that the
question is one of fact; but / insist
that, If the fact is as the experts of
the postoffce department show that
we are furnishing to the owners of
magazines a service worth millions
more than they pay for than justice
requires.
with respect TO the parcels post,
| recommend its adoption on all rural
delivery routes, and that IL pounds
the international limit-be made
the limit of carriage in such post.
Naval Department.
or the naval program, the presi-
dent says;
The estimates of the navy depart
mept are $5,00O.O00 less than the
appropriations for the same period
last year, and included in this, is the
building program of the same amount
as that submitted for your consider
alton last year. II is merely carrying
out the plan of building two battle
ships a year, with a few needed auxil-
iaries. / earnestly hope this program
will be adopted.
The president recommends that the
secretary of the navy be authorized to
make the necessary expenditure TO
create at Guantanamo a naval station
of sufficie,. size to serve as an emer-
gency naval base.
The president calls attention to
Peary's disc cry of the north pole,
and adds:
| recommend fitting recognition by
congress .. the great achievement of
Robert Edwin Peary.
Conservation.
Discussing conservation, the presi-
dent sees no need for radical reform
in the methods of disposing OF what
are really agricultural lands, adding;
In September last, conservation
congress was held at st. Paul, at
which / delivered an address on tn
subject of conservation, so far as II
was within the jurisdiction and pos
sible action of the federal govern
ment.
recommended. That the limita-
tion now imposed upon the executive
which forbids his roserving more for
est lands in Oregon, Washington. Ida
no, Montana Colorado and wyom'
ing, be repealed,
That the coal deposits of the gov
ernment be leased after advertise
ment inviting competitive bids. foi
terms nc. exceeding so years, with
conditions as to maintenance which
will prevnnt combinations to monop'
olize cor troll of the coal in any one
district ,I market
That iltter power sitefI be directl,
leased by the federal government
; after advertisement and bidding, fol
not exceeding so years. upon a propel
rental, and with condition hxinl
a rates charged 10 the public for units
A OF electric power. with suitable pro
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