The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-12-08

Styin8 te6d IN the unitet
States d cheapenins the cost of litl
cation BY simplifying judicial proceed
ure and expeditins dnal Judgment Il
pointed out and action looking to cor
rsctisn OF these evils IL urged.
The president recommends an In
crease IN the salaries OF fedora
Judges.
Postal Savings Banks.
"At its last session congress made
, revision for the Establishment o.
savings banks BY the p~ostofice de
partment Of this government by which
under general control Of trustees. con
sisting Of the psstmastsr general. the
secretary Of the treasury and the 1t
torney general. the system could be
begun in . few cities and towns, and
enlarged to cover within its opera.
! lions a. many cities and towns and %
large q part Of the country % seemed
Wise. Tho initiation and establish.
mont Of such q system has required q
great deal Of study on the part Of
the experts In the %postohice and treas
ury departments. but q system has
now been devised which 10 believed to
be more economical and simpler in its
operation than any similar system
abroad. Arrangements have been per
fccted 30 that savings banks will be
opened In some cities and towns on
the LIST Of January, and there will be Q
Gradual extension Of the benefits Of
the plan to the rest Of the country"
at 10 gratifying" says the president,
that tho reduction in the postal
Aehcit has been accomplished without
any curtailment Of postal facilities.
On the contrary, the service has been
greatly extended during the year in
all its branches"
second.class Mail.
sIn my last annual message I in.
vited the attention Of congress to the
~inadequacy Of the postal rate imposed
upon second-class mail matter in 10
far as that includes magazines, and
showed by figures prepared by experts
of the postofnce department that the
government was rendering a service
% the magazines costing many nh.
Hons In excess Of the Compensation
paid. An answer was attempted to
this By tho Representatives Of the
magazines. and . reply was fled to
this answer BY the postofaco depart
ment. The utter inadequacy Of the
answer, considered in the light Of the
reply Of the postofnce department, I
think must must appeal to any fair
minded person. Whether the answer
was all that could be said in behalf Of
the magazines 10 another question. I
agree that the question IL one Of fact;
but I insist that II the fact 10 a. the
experts Of the postof1ce department
show. that We are furnishing to the
owners Of magazines . service worth
millions moro than they pay for It.
then Justice requires tina. the rate
should be increased. Tho increase IN
the receipts Of the department result.
ing from this change may be devoted
to Increasing the usefulness Of the do
partment In establishing Q parcels
post and In reducing tho cost Of frst.
class postage to M cent. It has been
said by the postmaster general that Q
fair adjustment might be made under
which the advertising part Of the
should be charged for at .
different and higher rate from that Of
the reading matter. This would re-
lieve many useful magazines that are
not circulated Ut q profit, and would
not shut them out from the use Of tho
mails by q prohibitory rate.
with respect to the parcels post, I
respectfully recommend its adoption
on all rural delivery routes. and that
II pounds-the international limit-be
made the limit Of carriage in such
post"
Abolish Navy Yards.
Tho president calls attention to Ger.
tain reforms urged by the secretary Of
tho navy which he recommends for
adoption. and continues:
THE estimates of the navy depart
WeAs 0Ao $o,VVVSVVV AeSS Iudu lA0 0p.
preparations 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
last year. It Is merely carrying out
the plan Of building two battleships q
year, with . few needed auxiliary yes
sells. I earnestly hope that this pro-
gram will be adopted.
The secretary Of the navy has
given personal examination to every
navy yard, and has studied the uses
Of the navy yards with reference to
the necessities OF our feet. With q
feet considerably less than half the
size Of that Of the British navy, We
have shipyards more than double the
number, and there are several Of these
extensively equipped with
modern machinery. which, after inves-
tigation the secretary Of the navy be-
llevss to be entirely useless for naval
purposes. He asks authority to aban-
don certain Of them and to move their
to other places, where It
can be made Of use."
The complete success Of our coun-