Weekly journal-miner., 1910-12-07

ed. Yet we doubt not British jus. | iiee has been satisfied by which we mean that toe sense Of justice among the masses of the Kings realm i- entirely satisfied with the result.
 How much that may have been affected by the publicity given the ease, we can only guess at. There are charges, now snd then, in this eountry, that the newspapers con. yiet. Ip recent popular play the theory of suggestion by which the popular sentiment finally become re- flected in the verdict of the jury, is given such prominence that h at least challenges ones wonder, if not his ersdulity. But regardless of such suggestions, the fact remains that in . ease of such celebrity in America, the defendant would be far this side the shadow of the gallows, while in England, it has already fell upon nim.
 A PARCELS POST EXPERIMENT. If st the coming session Of Con. Eress proper authority and support sbsll he granted the postmaster gen ssal. he win undertake to establish, tentatively at least, a parcels post system on the rural routes of tae eouasry. and in this connection he states that if the experiment shall prove successful 1t win in all prob ability lead to the general adoption sf the system as soon ss the postal sssisgs hsnk. serviee shall have 1,ssn perfected. It is safe to say, how. ever. that it the psfee,s po-s5 system shall be successfully operated on the rural routes. and there Is not the slightest reases for doobting that it will be, it's general and pcrms uent establishment kiii net wait long apon the postal savings banks or upon any. ,thins elr. fisl si
 The postmaster general announces that he wiD recommend In Ais re. port to the President the suthorira. ton by Congress of what will prae
 tieslly amount to M extension or .ths present international parcels pos, service to the rural districts of tsis !eountry. This would permit the de. livery of packages of the maximum weight of eleven pounds. iensts oi
 ihsse feet sis inches and greatest Issash sad Hirth combined of si, feet, as the rate of IA cents peu pound apd fraction thereof. Within ! the li'sisstions given farmers would bs able to order fov mail delivery numerous articles and supplies which sAey esn obtain now osiy by driv
 Ina tc ssd from tAe nearest rail
 sssd station. express office or store
 if the rate seems high, it must bs sensidered that the postage even os To pssei of maximum weisat is con
 sidsrsbly less thsa the cost of | team and driver for sn average iowf "trip
 | Postmaster General Hitchcock he
 iisves that the rural delivery par
 cells post system ean be conducted
 with very little issress< ia the es Ipsnss now attending the delivery oi 'ordinary matter. it win not call. ir
 his opinion. for su increase tn tb, 'samher of carriers. because shose al
 ready employed have the neee-ssr, equipment in the way of horse. nas wagons The ordinary mail |. raisi, of sufficient volume to exhaust th, esrseisy ef the vehicles.
 Tn. Repsblieaa party during th, short sessi.s will have an oppar
 tunir of doing is this psrtieuis
 what the Democratic party sntiei
 psies doing ai the regular session While there is objection in st leas , oss quarter ts the parcels post .y. { tem. it is plain that not only th, , farming community as . whole, bu
 the residents of villages, towns an,
 cities ere strongly In favor of ns in
 srodneiics. Legislation along th,
 line which the post master general
 and. presumably. the President. shai recommend, will be popular.
 q h is quite proper that careful in ! iqairy should be made in advance witl regard to the trafsie likely 10 fAn iI
 the sovsrsnsst's way h ssss tA, paresls poet sAosld bs p~s fists ful Iepcfstiea, but hers every facility |