The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-05
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of the parcels post system exhaustive
ly. and showed the immense expansion
of trade and revival of industry tina
follows In the wake of a good parcel
post system which relieves the coun
try from the throttling grip of exor
bitant express companies
He showed the advantages that for
eign countries are deriving from thu
parcels post system and the immens'
advantages they are having over Vi
right here in our own country, through
the ability to mail their packages
right here in America, where we can
not
! S. E. Vincent asked Mr.. Cowles {
number of questions. Mr.. Vincen
was particularly interested in Mr.
| Cowles' theory that the cost Of trans
| portation is not dependant on the dis.
lance traversed. He asked how it is
possible to inaugurate a European
system Of parcels post in this coun-
| try, with its immense spaces. He
| then went into the question Of the
postal deficit. Mr. Cowles says thai
! the post office department doesn't
know the cause of it's deficit,-thai
4 it's all guess work.
But it's guess work that every man
| woman and child in the United States
| has to pay for said Mr.. Vincent.
Horace Jackson made a ringing
| speech in behalf of the parcels post
He told of his own experience In deal
ing with foreign countries and show
ed the immense ADVANTAGES Of the
parcels post abroad. He warned his
hearers Of the rapidly growing su-
premacy Of Germany and paid great
tribute to the Intelligence and pro-
gress Of that wonderful nation.
"I tell you," he said, ''that Germany
is the one progressive commercial
ha
grown up within an immense bubble
of egotism and the bubble is just
about ripe to be pricked Germany
Is today the country of applied intel
ligence. Last year the United States
published 10000 books, most of them
fiction. And what fiction! The rot
tenest, trashiest sort of stuff. And
lished 41,000 books, four times as many
as we-and the great majority OF them
devoted to science, the arts, intelligent
and progressive thought"
Mr.. Jackson told his hearers to send
for. the consular reports and read for
themselves of Germany's immense
commercial strides Today they buy
the great city of Buenos Ayres. To-
morrow they capture 100000 con-
tract for the building of an immense
gas plant at Manila. Not day but
hey make vast commercial inroads
m Americas own territory. But for
the protective tariff, Germany would
humble America on it's own ground.
Mr.. Jackson scoffed at the idea that
parcels post would hurt the bus1-
ness of Bridgeport merchants
AZ welcome the day when my busi-
ness will fail through the parcels
post. he declared.
Taking up the question OF govern
nent ownership of railroads, he de-
clared that it Is bound to come sooner
up their hands in horror at the Idea
and declare that it's Socialism.
.sIt isn't Socialism. but common
sense and a vital necessity" said Mr..
Jackson, ''and If it doesn't come one
way it will come in another"
Mr.. Jackson concluded by reiterat-
ing his faith in the parcels post and
moved that the association go on rec
ord as favoring the parcels post. I.
E. L. Graves asked Mr.. Cowles If
The government ownership of railroads
L n Germany doesn't make the parcels
post system possible there.
Mr.. Cowles replied that government
ownership Of railroads undoubtedly y
desirable He has introduced, through
Congressman Reilly of Mer1den, Dill
10 accomplish it here.
"But isn't 1t true that there's no
nance for such a thing in the pres
snt state of public opinion, at least
not until the far future?" questioned
Mr. Graves.
sIt's coming right now declared
Mr.. Cowles; they are preparing for
| L in Washington this very day. ASK
Mr. Lane of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. He will tell you that
t's got to come, and that the COM
mission is getting ready for it, is NOV
ng toward 1t every day.
Wallace Taylor asked Mr.. Cowles II
he believes in the governments fur
fishing service at less than cost to
INV Individual or set Of individuals.
'HThe government is furnishing us
he army and navy with no return at
Ill for it, said Mr.. Cowles.
SHOULD the government furnish SER
vice to one class at a lower rate than
mother" asked Mr.. Taylor.
Decidedly not" said Mr.. Cowles.
Mr.. Taylor then took up the Ques-
ion of second class postage which is
allowed to go through the mails more
eheaply than other postage, furnishing
fact a subsidy to the publishers.
He declared that this creates de-
fcit and that the people as whole
Day for it.
energy that is being expended on this
parcels post idea were given to secur-
ng reduction of rates from the, ex-
press companies. something definite
md useful might be accomplished"
said Mr.. Taylor.
He declared that he believed that no
one in the room would oppose par
cells post, run. on Self-SuStainfng
basis.
THAT is my proposition, exactly"
said Mr.. Cowles. eff the express COM
panies can take contracts to deliver
parcels at cents a pound and less,
-egardless of distance, and make a
profit on it, can't the government do
TT"
Mr.. Taylor said that experience had
shown that the express companies
night do it. but that the government
generally isn't so successful
Are we then a pack Of FOOLS" ask
ID Mr. Cowles, ''to send men to Con-
gress who will permit of such a thing ?
Are you gentlemen going to allow
yourselves to go on record as believ-
ing that you are incapable of manag-
'ng your own affairs? That you are
afraid to use your own express COM
pany-the postal service-but must
turn it over to private hands?''
Frederick Beach, publisher of the
Scientific American, made a brief adj
dress on the parcels post. Mr. Beach
is president of the Postal Progress
league.
At the conclusion of the meeting a
rising vote of thanks was given to Mr.
Cowles. Mr. Jackson's motion to go
On record as favoring parcels post
was not seconded, and the meeting
adjourned without taking any action.