The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-16

| record in favor Of q yearly appropria-
ton for waterways, the talk of a bond
issue has died out, but should congress
refuse to pass a yearly bill 1t is be-
lieved that the agitation for bond is
sue would be resumed, and those who
| heard President Taft in his last ad-
dress to the Rivers and Harbors con-
gress believe he would sign a bill au-
thorizing such a bond issue provided
that the projects to be improved had
the approval Of the board of engineers
Of the army and a square toed decla-
ration made that wildcat" or unmeri-
| torious projects would receive no
consideration at the hands of the COM
mittees Of congress having such ap-
preparation bills in enlarge.
The National Rivers and Harbors
congress believes In a broad and COM
prehensive policy OF waterway devel-
opment to the end that the rivers may
be made to work, the canals brought
to connect important bodies Of water
and the harbors placed in first class
condition to receive the freight that is
waiting to be transported by water
carriers.
Banks Want Deposits,
The number Of banks making appli-
cation to the postoffice department to
be designated as repositories of postal
saving continues far in excess of the
number Of postoffices seeking to be
made recipients of deposits of their
patrons. During the past week the
banks applying out numbered the post
offices more than three to one.
l.
masters who are taking an interest In
the new law, and who appear to treat
ii with intelligent appreciation, have
been writing to the department urging.
that the system be put into operation
as expeditiously as possible. They say
their readiest future customers will be
foreign element of the population. The
foreign born patron Of the postoffice
FASTENED as a rule to deposit his saw
ings as soon as he learned of the pas
sage by congress of the postal savings
bank bill. There was much disappoint-
ment among the foreigners that they
would have to wait until some indefin-
lite date before their money would be
received by the postoffice. Some Of
them bought money orders with the in
tention Of holding them until the saw
ings department Of the postoffice be-
gan business. Others bought money
orders to send to their native coun-
tries there to be deposited in institu-
tons paying interest. On the Pacific
coast more than 100000 in this class
Of money orders have been sold by
cities.
United States Consul Albert Hal
stead, at Birmingham. Eng, reports
that the British postoffice department
has decided to try the experiment of
providing home-boxes for postal saw
ing patrons. The boxes are to be furn-
ished to the homes of those desiring
them, so that pennies and half pennies
may be saved until the box contains
the necessary amount for deposit-a
shilling, or "a cents. The patron is
supplied with the box while the post
office keeps the key.
No More Franks,
Robert C. Clowry, president OF the
Western Union Telegraph Co., and
Clarence D. Mackay,. president of the
Postal Telegraph Co., are out in a cir
cular letter to all holders of telegraph
messages Of a social or personal char
acter, advising them that on and after
Aug. IT, such franks cannot be &C
cepted legally by their companies.
For many years 1t has been the Gus
tom of these telegraph companies to
issue books containing stamps some
what similar in appearance to a post
age stamp, each OF these stamps en-
titling the holder to send a telegram
containing not more than twenty
words.
The recall of these telegraph franks
has been made imperative upon all
telegraph companies by the passage of
the bill amending the Hepburn act
signed by President Taft June Is,
and effective sixty days thereafter.
These telegraph franks have been is
sued by the telegraph companies in
former years practically to three
classes of men, the politicians, that is
to say the members OF the National |
congress. and grading down through |
the lesser lights to state legislators, |
then of course the newspaper men OF |