The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-12-09

operation than any similar system
abroad. Arrangements have been per-
fected SO that savings banks will be
opened in some cities and towns on
the LIST Of January. and there will be a
gradual extension of the benefits Of
the plan to the rest Of the country"
ut is gratifying" says the president.
that the reduction in the postal
deficit has beer accomplished without
any curtailment Of postal facilities.
On the contrary. the service has been
greatly extended during the year in
all It's branches"
secord-CIass Mail.
IN my last annual message I in
vited tho attention of congress to the
~inadequacy of the postal rate imposed
upon ~second-class nail matter in so
far as that includes magazines, and
showed by figures prepared by experts
| of the ~postofice department that the
| government was rendering a service
to the magazines, costing many mil
lions In excess Of the compensation
paid. An answer was attempted to
this by the representatives Of the
magazines, and a 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 p~ostofice 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. I
agree that the question is one Of fact;
but I insist that II the fact is as the
experts of the p~ostofice department
show, that we are furnishing to the
owners Of magazines a service worth
millions more than they pay for it,
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 a
fair adjustment might be made under
: which the advertising part Of the
magazine should be charged for at a
; different and higher rate from that OF
I the reading matter. This would re
lieve many useful magazines that are
not circulated at a profit. and would
q not shut them out from the use Of thu
mails by a ~prohibitory rate.
|. with respect to the parcels post,
r respectfully recommend its adoption
n on all rural delivery routes, and tina
II pounds-the international limit-b'
d made the limit of carriage in sucl
post"
Abolish Navy Yards.
n The president calls attention to Gel
q tain reforms urged by the secretary c
h the navy which he recommends fo
t. adoption. and continues:
ID The estimates of the navy depar
ment are $4,000, 900 less than the a
10 propriations for the same purpose La
,e year, and included in this is the bull
ing program of the same amount {
g. that submitted for your considerable
n. last year. 1t is merely carrying OF
n the plan of building W. battleships
IT year, with a few needed auxiliary We
sells. earnestly hope that this pr
ne gram will be adopted.
ct THE secretary of the nav h;
given personal examination to eve,
be navy yard, and has studied the us
al of the navy yards with reference
to the necessities of our feet. With
feet considerably less than half Il
to size of that Of the British navy, '
a have shipyards more than double t
tie number, and there are several of the
ny shipyards extensively equipped wi
I'M modern machinery, which, after invt
ed tigation the secretary Of the navy
ma neves to be entirely useless for nav
on purposes. He asks authority to aba
lie don certain of them and to move the
of machinery to other places, where
he can be made Of use."
CHI The complete success Of our col
try in arctic exploration should not
main unnoticed. The unparallel
10. achievement of Peary in reaching t
MT north pole, April 6, 1909, approved
critical examination of the most
be pert scientists, has added to the d
avn tinction of our navy, to which he
nd longs, and reflects credit upon
oh country. recommend fitting recog
ia, ton by congress Of the great ACHE
ment Of Robert Edwin Peary."
ig- Conservation.
lb- The subject of the conservation
OF the public domain has commanded
of attention of the people within the Il
he two or three years.
he There is no need for radical
ses form in the methods of ~disposing
m what are really agricultural lands. I
present avs have worked well. I
l enlarged homestead aw has enco
ess aged the successful farming of lal
ing in the semi-arid regions.
IN Nothing can be more important
ner the matter OF conservation than
m treatment of our forest lands. 1t v
en- probably the ruthless destruction
forests in the older states that e
ted called attention to the necessity TO
It'll halt in the waste of our resources.
in the present forest reserves tn
Is are lands which are not properly
est, and which ought to be subject