The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-10
FAD IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS

of certain alleged abuses in the in-
proper issuing of inJunctions witho 1t
notice of any real ground for further
amendment and will take away all
semblance of support for the extremely
radical legislation they propose, which
viii be most pernieious if adopted, wil
sap the foundations Of judicial power,
and legalize that cruel social instru-
ment, the secondary o, yeott.
Postonice Department.
At it's last session congress made
provision for the establishment of saw
ings banks by the Postofice depart
ment of this government, by which, III
der the general control of trustees, con-
sisting of the postmaster general, the
secretary of the treasury and the at
torney general, the system could be be-.
gun in a few cities and towns, and en-.
larged to cover within its operations as
many cities and towns and as large a
part of the country as seemed WISE.
Arrangements have been perfected o
that savings banks will be opened in
some cities and towns on the first .:
January, and there will be a gradual
extension of the benefits of the plan to
the rest of the country.
wiping Out Postal Deficit.
AS l have said, the postofice depart
ment is a great business department,
and / am glad to note the fact that uh
der its present management principles
of business economy and efficiency are
being applied. For many years there
has been a deficit in the operations of
the postoffice department which has
been met by appropriation from the
treasury. The appropriation estimated
for last year from the treasury over
and above the receipts of the depart
ment was ST., o00,00 / am glad to
record the fact that of that ST. $780,
600 estimated for, $11, 100000 were
saved and returned to the treasury.
The personal efforts of the postmaster
general secured the effective co-opera-
ton Of the thousands of postmasters
and other postal officers throughout the
country in carrying out his plan of re-
organization and retrenchment. Thus
the postmaster general has been able TO
make his estimate of expenses for the
present year so low as t okeep with
in the amount
Parcels Post.
With respect to the parcels post, 1
respectfully recommend it's adoption on
all rural delivery routes, and that
pounds-the international limit
be made the limit of carriage in such
post, and this with a view to it's gen
eral extension when the income of the
postoffice will permit it and the postal
bank shall have been fully es-
tablished. The same argument IS
made against the parcels post that was
made against the postal savings bank
that it is introducing the government
into a business which ought to be con-
by private persons, and is pa
ternalism. The postofice department
has a great plant and a great organiza-
ton, reaching into the most remote
hamlet in the United States, and with
this machinery it is able to a great
things economically that if a
new organization were necessary IT
would be impossible to do without ex-
travagant expenditure. That is the
reason why the postal savings bank
can be carried on at a small additional
cost. and why it is possible to incorpo-
rate at a very in~considerable expense
a parcels post in the rural delivery
A general parcels post will
a much greater outlay.
Conservation.
/ make the following recommend
First, that the limitation now impos-
ed upon the executive which forbits
his reservlng more forest lands in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Col
orado and Wyoming, be repealed.
Second, that the coal deposits of thu
government be leased after advertise
ment inviting competitive bids, for
terms not exceeding fifty years, with a
minimum rental and royalties upoo
these coal mines, to be readjusted ev-
cry ten or twelve years, and with con-
ditions as to the maintenance which
will secure proper mining aud as to as
signment which viii prevent combina-
lions to ~monopolize a control OF the
coal in any one district or market.
Third. that the law should provide
+bo game separation IN respect to gov