Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-13
p0STALSAVlNGS
BANKS SUCCESS.
Senator Carrier Is Proud of
Work He Did for Them.
by ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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Washington; Jan. 1S. = [Special.l l.
The apparent success of the postal
savings banks, which at present are
only In an experimental stage, is very
gratifying to Senator Carter of Mon
tana- Looking back over a public
carees beginning more than twenty
years ago. said the senator, 81 think
that the greatest achievement Of my
career II the postal savings bank law.
/ believe 1t win result In more public
good than anything else that 1 have
accomplished.
During several years when Senator
Carter was pushing his postal savings
banks bill he was the subject OF much
| derisive comment. Then he went to
the Chicago convention and had a
postal savings banks plank put in the
platform. But even then he had to
make a hard fight to get the bill
through the senate, for there was a
| great deal of opposition, and 1t was
difficult to pass a measure that would
satisfy all.
Power Going to Waste.
Conservation agttators have said SO
much about the waste of power In this
country that 1t is interesting to read
In one of the consular reports that
Canada has water power representing
$500 900 horsepower. The consul has
| figured out that If that power were
produced by coal 1t would require &c.,
100000 tons per annum.
So 1t appears when the coal supply
Is exhausted, some 5000 or 10000
years hence, there will be water power
In Canada which our descendants can
use, At present the Canadian water
power is largely going to waste.
He Might Go After Pinohot.
Although Clifford Pinchot has won
many Of his warmly contested fights
with congress, he has a number Of bit
ter enemies In the national legislature.
IF President Taft were like Roose-
velt," said one of these, che would go
after Pinchot In a way that would
keep the ex-forester busy for q long
time to come. Pinchot spent public
money In many ways that are open to
criticism, and IL the president should
use the machinery Of the government
to call him to account for SO doing he
could make 1t very uncomfortable
But Pinchot was q subordinate all
the time he was In Office, and 1t is
doubtful whether any charge of misap-
| preparation OF forest funds could be
made effective. 1t would turn out that
the expenditure was a matter Of dis
erection, and the ex-oficial would not
be subject to more than criticism.
IF Roosevelt were going after an
enemy he would not need any better
material than Taft has against Pin
chot,' concluded the senator
Hill National Chairman.
Men who write politics frequently
| speak OF Postmaster General Hitchcock
is Chairman OF the Republican national
committee. Hitchcock was chairman
during the campaign but resigned
when he became postmaster general.
Talk about his preparing to relinquish
the craftsmanship is absurd. He could
not be chairman again unless the COM
mittee met and elected him.
Ex-Governor Hill of Maine Is acting
chairman of the national committee at
present.
Raising Game Animals.
Our agricultural department lis
branching out into almost everything.
Recently a bulletin was issued on the
subject Of raising deer and other large
game animals in the United States.
One might doubt whether that is d
part of our agricultural development,
but evidently it is SO regarded by de-
partment officials.
The bulletin points out that game
animals are rapidly diminishing In
this country and says that as deer aud
elk can be partially domesticated and
bred efforts to that end should be
made. In many parts of the country
there are large tracts of land of no
value for any other purpose which
could be p%rofitably used for raising
these wild game animals.
The Artistic p. M. G.
did you ever notice the decorations
Of the rooms Of the postmaster gen
eralan asked a man who had been to
the department. IF SO you no doubt
observed the delicate gold shading
which just matches the hair of the
head of the department"
And it SO impresses one after atten-
ion is called to 1t. Mr.. Hitchcock has
often been called the 'fair haired son
OF destiny" but that was a sportive
expression. His light golden hair is
really an ornament, and whether or
not he Is responsible for the same
golden tinge In the Office decorations
1t is certain that the effect is artistic.
Frank Lcwdsn, Farmer.
At least oDce a year Frank Lowden
reminds his friends that he is one of
the real farmers in congress. He
sends AROUND a calendar about the
first of ths year from his Sinnissippi
farm near Oregon, Ill, with a photo
graph of some Of his prize stock as an
attractive feature. Lowden has re-
Gently purchased a large agricultural
TRACT In