The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-06

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"a IN the most sproere I've 81 our bus =
ness ctn tshments have been intro
Aneed in the postal service. ana uoth
ing has so impeded the departmentR
plans in this regard as the impossible
fly OF determining with any exactness
how far the various expenses Of the
postal service are Increased by the
present unrestricted use of the frank
ing privilege It Is believed that the
ABORTION of q more exact method OF
dealing with this problem MS proposed
will prove to be Of tremendous adj
vantage in the work Sef placing the
postal service on a strictly business
like basis.
second Glass Mail Matter
In my last annual message invited
the attention of congress to the mad
cquacy 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
postohdce department. that the govern
ment was rendering a service to the
magazines costing many millions In
excess of the compensation paid
An answer was attempted to this by
the representatives of the magazines.
and a reply was fled 10 this answer
by the postofdce department. The ut
ter nadequacy OF the answer, consid-
cred in the light OF the reply of the
postofhce department, 1 think 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 If the fact Is
as the experts of the postofiice depart
ment show, that we are furnishing to
the owners of magazines a service
worth millions more than they pay for
1t, then justice requires that tie 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 to cent
1t has been said by the postmaster
general that a fair adjustment might
be made under which the advertising
part of the magazine should be charged
for at different and higher rate from
that of the reading matter. This would
relieve many useful magazines that are
not circulated at profit and would
:lOE ShG1E them out IEOu Tue use OL lAS
malls by prohibitory rate.
Parcels Post.
With respect to the parcels post I
respectfully recommend its adoption
on all rural delivery routes and that
eleven pounds, the international limit.
he made the limit OF carriage in such
post The same argument is made
against the parcels post that was made
against the postal savings bank-that
it is introducing the government into
u business which ought to be conduct
ed by private persons and is paternal-
Ism.
The postoRce department has n great
plant and n great organization. reach
ing into the most remote hamlet of the
United states, and with this machinery
it is able to do great many things
economically that IL n new orSanizn-
ton were necessary it would be i'm
possible to do without extravaSant ex-
penditure. That is the reason why the
postal savings bank can be carried on
ut a small additional cost and why it
is possible to incorporate at n very
irconsiderable expense n parcels post
in the rural delivery system.