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the merchandise goes by the international
parcels post rate at ~ cents pound and
in the other at our domestic rate, whith
Is 1G cents a pound"
What has the rural delivery done for
the press OF the United States?' 1 asked.
1T has increased the circulation Of the
newspapers to an enormous extent 1t
has made the farmer daily subscriber
and has led to the building up of small
daiiies all over the country. The farm
ers are the real thinkers Of the United
States, and since the rural delivery has
been established they have been doing
more thinking than ever. They are more
careful readers than the city people. They
go through the papers column by column.
reading the news articles and not merely
the headlines. They study the editorials,
and the result of their thinking is seen in
the letters which come here to Washing
ton and to Congress. We have had to dis
continue some OF our routes, and in such
cases we find that the most strenuous
protests come from those who are thus
prevented from daily receiving their fa-
vorte newspapers.
Another imrortant thing that the rural
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The Wreck.

KHRS. DONALD II. BARLOW, the
wi eastern golf champion, was talking
at the cape May Golf Club about the
benefits OF sea air.
ITO look at the cottagers. and natives
of Cape May" she said, speaks OF these
benefits more eloquently than I could do
How pale and wan seem city people be-
side these brown, supple. vigorous men
and women.
An excursionist from the city" she re-
sumed. said to fisherman on the bea CHI
the other morning:
DO you have many wrecks here?
The fisherman looked contemptuously
at the city man, who was In bathing
dress. He looked contemptuously al his
hollow chest and white. thin legs and
arms. and then he replied:
You're the first I've saw this sea.
Son."
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Truth Never Popular.

A 7 the Pen and Pencil Club in Phila-
"A delpha an editor told story about
Mayor Gaynor of New York.
while 1 was working in New York
he said, II had occasion to interview the
mayor about a story l had written-a
story exposing certain municipal defects
In the course of the interview / COM
planned bitterly that the story had made
me very unpopular, though it was true in
every line. and all men admitted it to be
true.
The mayor smiled at my complaint
and told me the anecdote of the one-eyed
cadi.
HE said that one-eyed cadi sat in his
hall Of judgment on a certain day, when
a man entered, made obeisance and be-
gan:
Hail o one-eyed cadi. May your
days. o one-eyed cadi, be blessed. The
fame of the one-eyed cadis nobility OF
character has penetrated even to my OBJ
scurity: yea, the impartial justice meted
out by the one-eyed cadi is knowntof all,
and hence, . one-eyed cadi, | beg
Stop the csdi interrupted. Suppose
I am one-eyed. do l want to be reminded
of 1t every minute? Get out Of my
sight,! -
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levied on the locality. Other states are
considering similar laws, and by these
means material improvements are being
made in the roads Of the country.
AS 1t is now our carriers are going
daily over nearly million miles of road
way, and we have now instructed the
postmasters at the rural delivery offices
to send in detailed reports concerning
these roads. So far we find that only
10000 miles Of them are of macadam, the
remainder being of earth, sand or gravel.
The reports show that since the rural
delivery service was established, more
than S1oO0O,6O has been expended on
the roads traversed by our carriers. and
we are glad to say that the road officials
and people generally are doing much to
put the roads into better shape for the
service. In the past year more work has
been done on such public highways than
in any other year since the rural delivery
was started and our reports indicate that
a general interest in road improvement is
being manifested throughout the coun-
try.
Does not the rural delivery do away
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mented by parcels post delivery at a
Special rate of postage of 5 cents for the
first pound and of , cents for each addi-
tional pound or fraction thereof up to
eleven pounds; provided that the goods
were mailed at the distributing post Of
fee of the rural route upon which the
customers live. 1 have no doubt some
kind Of satisfactory arrangement could
be made which would be of great con-
venience to the people and to the coun-
try merchants
las, it is now. Mr.. De Graw a merchant
living in London or Berlin can send goods
through our mails more cheaply than
though he had a branch office in New
York and sent his goods from there, can
he not?"
That is true was the reply. accord
ing to the present arrangements all
fourth-class matter posted at any one
place in the United States to any other
place therein costs 1 cent an ounce or
is cents a pound and the limit of weight
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publishes all the geographical informa-
ton required by the service including
the plating of existing post Offices and
the mail routes. This information IS en-
bodied In post-route maps and I'm
blue prints. We have 800 such maps in
the department here, and they have 10
be corrected to date every month In ad-
dition We have about twenty-three thou
sand special diagrams. which are in
tended for the railway mail service and
We have to draft maps of the counties
where the complete rural delivery service
has been established. We made 30 new
maps of that kind last year. These maps
are of great value not only to the de-
partment but to outsiders. They are
used by business firms and private ind
viduals and are sold at just 1o per cent
over the cost Of printing, the proceeds
going to making more maps. Indeed ws
have plenty to do
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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as possible what i have described it-a
little post office on Wheels
''What else is your division doing, Mr..
De Graw?"
"As to this DIVISION said the fourth
assistant postmaster general. 'it does
considerable outside the rural delivery
service. We have to do with all the dead
letter mail. which last year amounted to
over thirteen million pieces, of which We
opened and returned to their owners
more than seven million. We have
force of 176 clerks, under Col. James r.
Young, who do nothing but handle dead
letters and packages which have been
too badly addressed to be delivered.
That alone is quite a chore."
But outside that and more directly
connected with the rural delivery service
is the division OF topography. This is
little appreciated except here in the de-
partment, but it is an important cog in
our machinery. 1t collects, complies and
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LOW the System Might
1 4Be Inaugurated-Foreign
Versus Domestic Merchandise
Rates-The Growth of Our
Rural Mail Service - Mr..
De Graw Says the Increased
Wages Are Not High
Working for Road Improve
ment and Making Road Maps
The Passing of the Small
Post Office, and Other Mat
ter About One of the Most
Interesting Undertakings of
Uncle Sam, Patriarch.
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sand in number At that time the mileage
was over eight hundred thousand and the
cost had risen to be more than twenty
sly millions per annum. 1t is now ten
millions more, and the length of the
routes all told is just about one million
miles.
During the past week | have had q long
chat with the fourth assistant postmas-
ter general Mr.. F. V. De Graw, concern
ing the new plans for the extension of the
service. fIe tells me that the apple ations
for new routes have been largely COM
piled with and that within few weeks
the department Will be up to date. The
service has now been extended to every
part OF the United States, although there
are scattering sections where il has not
yet been introduced. Over FIVE hundred
new routes were provided for last year.
During the coming year the new salaries
will come into effect. and from now on
the carriers who have to cover distances
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with many or the smaller post OmceS!
! asked.
"They have been discontinued by the
thousand. There Is no necessity for
many such Offices with an efficient rural
carrier service. The carrier Is not
mere collector and distributor of the
mil. His wagon is a miniature post
Office on wheels. often containing COM
partments for stamps Of the denomina-
tions in general use and stamped en-
velopes and postal cards. He has the
authority to sell these as we'll as to
register letters delivered to him which
may contain money or other valuable
matter. In some places he is authorized
to exchange currency for money orders
sent by the people on his route, and he
delivers registered letters and special
delivery mail to the individuals, taking
their signatures therefor. If farmer
wishes to mail letter and has no
stamps he can leave the amount neces-
sary to prepay the postage with the let
ter IN the box and the carrier must
stamp 1t. In short, the service is as far
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ltT ZEN years ago
when Uncle Sam
was still but little
more than a ma
chine for collecting
taxes and paying
employ es. the man
outside the city got
his letters as he
could once a day,
onCe a week. or,
perhaps, once a
month. To do so
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!11th93&rq1R&>fSZ8qn Z@@ n
Don't Tell L
BY Her
We grade and by their achievements measure
them by their deeds.
We believe what behold-we have scales on which
to weigh Dreams
you're bigger than think you your steady 2routh
will it, you're capable than have judged you
Even the Xray can't tell what's hidden in your head and
heart.
The degree of ambition the po.oer of your
tion forces which only translate by 1uor works.
You be capable Of fulfilling far important duties
than present assignment but can't tell that and won't
listen when tell it. both until Time speaks
The truth.
Ceasar wasn't born the Consushp- didn't spring
from line of kngs-Bonaparte wasn't Graded palace The
blood of gods didn't course in their veins
They fighters of mold dscontented with
less than the most They asked Odds they made them.
Curt and Wright didn't fig shrues and sirks
of their tried until their as high as
their plans.
Nobody unusual seemed extraordinary the ousetno
leader in any field Identification mark at BIRTH
Everybody for advantage special recognition
AM Unrestricted privilege.
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he had 10 ride or walk miles. and his only
source Of sending mail through the
country post office, TO which he must go.
Then began the era of Uncle Sam, Patri-
arch. and the agents of the Post Office
Department commenced To- call daily at
the homes of the farmers This was the
beginning OF the rural free delivery.
which has row spread to every part Of
the country, and which daily serves more
than twenty millions OF people. There are
ALREADY over 10000 rural mail carriers,
who are always en- route. and the miles
they daily travel are more than four times
as great as from here To the moon. In
year OF go working days. they cover a
distance OF about 300.CoOOo0 miles, or over
three times as far from the earth TO
the sun, and the total annual cost of the
service approximates the enormous sum
of S36.0CO.oCo.
Before | tSll you of the new plans
which Uncle Sam has for this branch of
his business-plans which involve the
parcels post and other important addi-
tions-I want TO say a word as to how
the rural free delivery started. X had
been in use in other countries for years
when Uncle Sam took il up. The British
were sending their letters to almost every
home in the United Kingdom, and so
were the Belgians, French, Swiss and
Germans. long before we began to con-
stder the matter. Then about the year
1880 our Postmaster General began to
look into IL. and In 1888 one OF them re-
ported to Congress against IL, saying
that II was inlpracticable, and that il
would cost at least twenty millions per
ax11 l.I.,
year later Congress was willing to test
the matter and made an appropriation of
$4,000 for the purpose, but Postmaster
General Bissell refused TO spend the money
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BV Herbert Kaufman

don't fulfill the specifications their conce and since Fate
doesn't brand the competent self defense must skeptca
until we possess the evidence of superiority
reaches years beyond ours don't be dis
couraeed with us-ere blame because we're
shortsighted.
Most of us bigoed and nyopc-we lack Imagination
we less understand few things beyond
specaies and therefore agree only we see
From the beginning of 7 the has opposed the ADLER
minority We all base conclusions individual reflections
we can't idea reject it until grasp
reality.
Ndpoeons schoomates would have his claim to
the throne of France just Justify your boys py-feous
would laugh at his sell: election to the Presidency
Bells friends doubted his sanity when he per-
fecton of telephone
Ten would have given odds of that
generation would sou the problem of flight
Don't mind what anybody else says think yourself or
you'll never stand a show to think for the earth.
If you're vrong, all the wod shouting cheer
you into
you're right the of the hole doom yor
ofaLme.
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Copyright. 1911, Ly Frank G. cnrpcnter1
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lNvlEk

with many of the smaller post offices?'
! asked
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16

io BY forbidding the employment
OF chi.drta under sixteen years OF
te) BY forbiding the inte-sta,a
transportation of the products of cbI,a
iaoor, OF convict labor and of an ~,
inspected factories. ut'-
" BY abo.ishing official charity
anu substituting in it's pIace comn,,i-
s SGT insurance against employment
and death. oiu age
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
o. Ire extension of Inheritance
Eats graduated in proportion to tho
nearness CT kin. '.'e
y. graduated income tax.
~. Unrestricted and equal suffra~.
Tor men and women. and we nIadsa
ourselves 10 engage in an active cam
paisa in ti.ct direction.
II INC initiative and referendum
proportional representation and the
right of recall
IL. The abolition of the senate
IL The abolition OF the mower
usurped by the supreme court of the
ohlted States to pass upcn the consti-
nationality of legislation enacted by
congress. National laws to be re-
peaied or abrogate only by act of CON
sress or ty referendum Of the whole
people.
IA. That the Constitution be mad
| ameEdable by majority rot..
Ia rne enactment of further meas
ures Tor general education and for the
or education to be made department.
Inc creation of department. of
health
To- The separation of the present
bureau OF labor from the department;
o. commerce and labor, and the estaL
iisnnent CT department of labor
H. That al! judges be elected by
the People for short terms, and thai
the pow err to issue injunctions shall be
curbed by immediate legislation.
The free administration Of Justice
Such measures of relief as we may
be able to force from capitalism are
but a preparation CT the workers to
| seize the whole powers Of government
| in order that they may thereby lay
hold of the whole system of industry
and thus come to thei. rishtful inherit
ance.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16
Platform of the Socialist
Party of the United States

But in abolishing the present sys-
TEN. the workingmen will free NOT
only their own class, bu. a,so ali,
other classes of modern soc,a,y III.
small farmer. who is today exploite5
ny iarse capital more indirectly bu.
iess enectlVe!y than is the wage
.aoorer' Tic small manufacturer anu
VINO Is engaged in desperate
anu losing struggle for economic IN
snuehce IN the face of The Az
capltai; and even the capitalize HIM
self. who is the slave of his we ,,t,,
rather than his master Tho s.rrp-
gle of the working clas. a..I,st ,ha
CAPITALIST class, while it Ia c1,ss
struggle for the abolition Of all oI,s
CONSERVATISM of health. The buro,,,
ses and class privileges.
The Rock OF Class Rule.
me private ownership OF tho I,,J
anu means OF production used for .x
| pioltatlon Is the rock urc.l which class
.ie IS Quit; political government is
| us indispensable instrument. Tho
! "aHe-wr.kers cannot be freed from,
expectation without con.;ucrfns the
political power md substituting cot
icctlve for private ownership of the
| lana ana means. of ploductir+. used FOR
exploitation.
The basis for such ra=slnrmatioa
IS rapidly developing within present
CAPITALIST society. The factory system,
WIN its complex machinery and
minute division of labor. is rarjalv de-.
sIroyfns all vestiges of Individual!
prouctirn in manufacture. Modern
production Ms already very largely q
collective and social process. The
Sreot trusts and monopolies which
nave sprung up in recent years have
ORGANIZED the work and MANAGEMENT
CT the principal industries on a ma
tlonai scale. and have fitted them for
corrective use and operation
Land and Public Welfare.
mere can be no absolute private
! title to land. All private titles
| whether called fee simple mr. other.
wise, are and must be subordinate To
the public title. The Socialist Party
strives to prevent land from being
USED Tor the purpose of exploitation
and speculation. It demands the col
tectlVe possession. control or manage
inent OF land 10 whatever extent may
be necessary to attain that end. 1t is
not opposed to the occupation and pos
session OF land by those using it in a
>'-'>
exploitation.
The Socialist Party is primarily an
economic and political movement. 1t
Is not concerned with matters of re-
ligious belief
LabCr's Interests Identical.
IL! the struggle for freedom the in
tereA.s of all modern: workers are
identical. The struggle is not only
national. but International It EN-
braces the world and will be carried
to ultimate victory by the unite work
erS of the world
To unite the workers of The nation
and their lilies and ympathizers OF
all other classes 20 this end is the mis-
sion OF the Socialist Party. In this
battle for freedom the Socialist Party
does not strive to substitute working
class rule for capitalist class rule.
but by working class victory to free
all humanity from c:ass rule and to
realize the International brotherhood
|of man.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16
GENERAL DEMANDS

l. The immediate government re-
llel Tor the unemployed workers by
building schools. by rcforestilg of cut
over and waste lands. by reclamation
OF '-rid tracts, and the building of
canals, and by extending all other
useful pubic works. All persons
employed on such work shall be en-
ployed directly by the government I'M
der an eight hour work day and at the
prevailing union wages. The govern
ment shall also loan money 10 states
ana municipalities, withor, Interest.
for the purpose of carryirrc on public
works. 1t shall contribute to the
funds of labor organization for the
purpose Of assisting their plnyeti
members. ard shall take yr"h other
measures within its po..., rs will
lessen the widespread m!=.,, of the
workers caused by the m'eIl,ic OF the
capitalist class.
me collective ownership of rail
! roads telegraphs. tel phones. steam
ooat INES ar'l all other means of 90
clal transportation and co,umunico-
ton.
- The collective ownership OF all
industries which are organized on n
national scale AID in which comre-
thica has virtually ceased TO exist.
.. Inc extension of the public do
main to include mines. 1uarrics. oil
wells forests ana water power
>. The scientific reforestation of
TIMBER lands. and the reclamation OF
swamp LANDS. The land so reforcsted
or reclaimed to be permanently re-
tained at as a part OF the public do
main.
6. The absolute freedom Of press.
speech and assemblagc.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
a. The improvement Of the indus
trial condition OF the workers
'a) BY shortening the workday in
Keeping with the increased Droduc-
ivcneSs Aof machinery
tb)> BY securing to every worker a
rest period OF not less than day ani
a half in each week
tc4 Bv securing more effective
inspection of workshops and factories.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16
PROGRAM.

AS measures calculated to strength
en- the working class in it's fight for
the realization Of this ultimat. ain,
and to increase it's power of resist
ance against capitalist OPPRESSION we
advocate and pledge ourselves and our
elected officers to tie following pro-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16

Continued on page four,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16
Power of Corruption.
The Vital Issue

ne struggle between wage work
eFS ana capitalists grows ever fer
ana aas now become the only
Ts"ai issue before the Ame-icla peg
pie. The waSe-workins class thar..
tore. has The 1ost direct interest t.
@eoiisei INC tar capitalists syster.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-16
SPECIAL CoUNTY DEBT FUND. >
Kecepts and Disbursments year ending Iu

To Balance due Fund
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-08
REV.. T. ]. GOODWIN
STARTS SERIES Of
TOPICAL MEETINGS
New Form of Mid-Week
Services lnaugurated In
Mt. Pleasant Church.

new method Of conducting mid week
meetings at the Mt. PleaSant Congrega-
tionsl Church was inaugurated last
night by the Rev. Frank J. Goodwin.
pastor. For eight months Of the year.
excluding June. July, August, and Sep
TENDER. this plan will be operative.
There will be four kinds Of meetings
each month. Each class win be in
charge Of special committee RESPONSE
BILE for, eight meetings. The pastor will
be In charge OF each.
"A topical meeting" with q few So
lected speakers to conduct the services,
was the character Of last nights gath
ering What 10 Prayer Meeting?" els
the World Growing Better" Can the
AppliedT' and What Is the Worid's
the subjects discussed last night. Mis-
The committee In charge Of last
nights program. and which will have
charge Of the arrangement Of the future
H. Barton. DR.. Edwin NJ. Bliss, and
Thomas @. Shearman.
On December u q question box by
the pastor will be opened. At other
times, besides the bi-monthly prepare
tory lectures, there will be Bible read
ings. meetings led by the Young Peo-
pies or Women's soctetiess special re-
hgtous or Biblical addresses and pa
pers by members. The committee m
charge Of these meetings will consist
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-08
DRUMMERS MEET
AND MAKE MERRY,
INITIATING CLASS
Entertainment Ist Given BY
Flag Council, CONNER
cial Travellers.

More than two hundred travelling men
last night attended the entertainment
given by Flagg Council. United Com
mercial Travellers, In the Chamber Of
Commerce rooms, in honor OF the Wis
iting travellers In the city, who are dele
gates to the River aud Harbors Con-
gress.
w. H. Hammond, Of Chesapeake Coun-
Gil. No. "a. Baltimore, delivered the
Ray of Hope lecture in a manner
which greatly pleased his hearers.
A small class Of candidates were ini-
tiated. this being done as special form
of amusement for the visitors.
One of the events Of the entertain
ment was the presentation Of large
cake to Past Councillor w. w. Mansfield,
In honor Of his sixty-first birthday. The
cake was surmounted with flowers, each
flower representing year.
The address of welcome to the visitors
was delivered by J. w. Hunt. Others
speaking were Congressman James A.
Hughes, Of Huntington. w. Va; 6u-
preme Secretary G.. c.. Daniels. Of st.
Paul. MINI; r. #. Semerville. Dayton.
Ohio; w. D. Mowry,( ansas City. Kan. |;
w. A. Ford. Mansfield, Ohio; w. g.
Shepherd, Richmond. Va; q. M. Plat.
sance. Birmingham. Ala; NJ. w.
PEBBLES, Green Bay, Wis; r. =. Hard
wicks, Huntington. w. Va; Col ID. e.
Abbott, Huntington, w. Va; Nat Miser.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-08
0iri Throws Gifts Into
Face of Her Sutton

! $50IADTLPHLA, Dec. a-Persons In
Aoista&s Hughes office hcre werc
'Sstnssoes Of the remarkable result Of
u lovers quarrel. when Miss Anna
Boenson Indignantly flung more than
q thousand dollars worth Of jewelry
that hnd been given her as betrothal
presents Into tho face Of Nathan Cooper,
= wealthy fur dealer.
the young woman's aTc<t. following the
breaking Of their engagement. in an
effort to force her to return his
presents.
As the betrothel gifts were flung in
lace few wild, and booked itself firmly
over the magistrates ear. Prosecution
IVES withdrawn after the disappointed
sutton got his gifts back.