The Ordway new era., 1910-12-09

hons 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 postoffice 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.
minded person. Whether the answer
was all that could be said In behalf OF
the magazines is another question. l
agree that the question Is one Of fact:
but insist that II the fact Is as the
experts Of the postoffice department
show, that we are furnishing to the
owners OF magazines q service worth
millions more than they pay for 1t.
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
said by the postmaster general that q
fair adjustment might be made under
magazine should be charged for at
different and higher rate from that Of
the reading matter. This would re-
lieve many useful magazines that arc
not circulated at a profit. and would
not shut them out from the use Of the
mails by prohibitory rate.
With respect to the parcels post.
respectfully recommend Its adoption
OIL all rural delivery routes. and that
l. pounds-the International limit-be
made the limit Of carriage in such
pos,
Abolish Navy Yards.
The president calls attention to GER
tain reforms urged by the secretary OF
tn. navy which he recommends for
adoption. and continues:
Tho estimates OF the navy depart
men, are $6.000.0OO less than the ap.
propriations for the same purpose last
year and included In this Is the build
Ing program OF the same amount as
that submitted for your consideration
las; year It is merely carrying out
the plan OF building two battleships q
year. with a few needed auxiliary yes.
s.ls earnestly hope that this pro.
gram will be adopted.
rh. secretary OF the navy has
Lgi,.n personal examination to every
| navy yard. and has studied the uses
OF the navy yards with reference to
| IL" necessities OF our fleet. With u
Fife considerably less than half the
| sil.. Of that OF the British navy. we
i~hss- shipyards more than double the
f'n;!nhcr. and there are several OF these
shlryards expensively equipped with
| modern machinery. which. after inves.
litigation the secretary OF the navy be.
Ef YES to be entirely useless for naval
| purposes. He asks authority to aban.
don cettain OF them and to move their
arhipsry to other places. where 1t
gar besAade u use
/ ThH Complete success OF our coun.
aSAArctic = fploration should not re.
pnnofiSed. The unparalleled
4Sed EAeme ut<W Peary In reaching the
north pole. ADfil s. 1903. approved by
critical examiration OF the most ex-
l;nert scientists. has added TO the dis.
rH9S,ion of our navy. TO which he be.
bArs,I ,I"aRG, reflects credit upon bis
raeGdhtry. +Frecommend fitting recogni.
~efon b, congress of the great achieve
ment ot Robcr, Edwin Peary."
20 censervation.
|. '"The subject of the conservation OF
hes publicsdoma has commanded the
attention of the people within the last
awo. or three years.
\ ,r"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
treatment of our forest lands. 1t was
probably the ruthless destruction OF
forests in the older states that first
called attention to the necessity for Il
halt in the waste OF our resources.
in the present forest reserves there
are lands which are not properly for.
est and which ought to be subject to
homestead entry. This has caused
some local irritation We are care
fully eliminating such lands from for.
est reserves or where their elimina
tion is not practical listing them for
entry under the forest homestead act.
Congress ought to trust the execu'
tive to use the power Of reservation
only with respect to land most valu,
able for forest purposes. During the
present administration, 62,25O,00
acres of land largely non-timbered.
serves, and 100000 acres of land
principally valued for forest purposes
have been included in forest reserves,
making a reduction In forest reserves
of non-timbered land amounting to
2,75O.000 acres"
Coal Lands,