Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-10
TRIP ABOARD MAYFLOWER
Cruise With Senatorial Party Ex-
tended to Cape Hatteras.
VISITORS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
President Invited to Louisiana Fair,
Government Aid Solicited for :.
Storm Sufferers.

President Taft and his party of eight
senators got back to Washington at Z
O'Clock this morning from their trip on
the Mayfiower. They left Philadelphia
after midnight Friday and were three
nights and two days on the water, going
south as far as Cape Hatteras. The Pres
ident was in the executive Offices early
this morning conducting his correspond
ence. Later he received a large number
of visitors.
Senators Foster and Thornton and
Representatives Wickliffe and Watkins
of Louisiana called on the President to
invite him to attend the Louisiana state
fair, to be held at Shreveport beginning
october 81. The President said he would
like to accept the invitation, but he has
SO many engagements in September and
October he does not see how he can go to
Shreveport He WILL however hold the
invitation for future consideration.
Representative c. c. Carlin conferred
with the President about the trip he will
make to the battlefield of Manassas July
u.
Relief for Storm Sufferers.
Representatives Adamson and Clayton
SAA
for distribution of army rations among
storm sufferers in Lee county, Alabama,
and Harris county, Georgia. These two
counties were swept by a terrific storm
July 4 all crops being destroyed. The
people are in need. Help is going to them
out it cannot be dispatched as quickly
as could be done by the army. The Presl-
dent said ne would take up the request
at once and give orders for aid.
The President today sent to the Senate
the nomination of Samuel w. Backus as
commissioner of immigration at San
Francisco, In place OF Hart H. North,
resigned.
Receives Expression of Thanks.
President Taft has received the fol-
lowing letter from Rev. Samuel II.
Bishop of New York, secretary of the
American Church Institute for Negroes:
Il want from the bottom of my heart
to thank you for the great deed I think
you have wrought In your advocacy of
reciprocity with Canada and arbltra-
tion with England, France and Germany.
1t seems to me that II there have been
any acts in the entire history of our
country which more than others en-
title man to the gratitude of posterity
as we'll as of his own generation and
confer upon him the distinction OF
greatness, they are these acts OF yours.
Lewis Discusses Express Business.
REPRESENTATIVE Lewis Of Maryland
talked with the President today about
his bill to have the government nation
alize the express business of the coun-
try. Mr. Lewis introduced his bill more
than month ago, and it has attracted
attention everywhere, especially among
farmers
The idea of the government going into
the express service has found many ad-
yocates Speaking Of his bill, Mr.. Lewis
said:
There are two main reasons for this
bill. First, the express rates are pro-
hibitively high-about three times as high
as they normally should be. This Is
proved III a very direct way by comparl-
son with the freight rates. Second, the
express companies render no service at all
to the country merchant and the farmer.
nearly half our population. so that there
is no articulation OF the country with the
railways.
The postal system has now in opera
ton an agency that can be made to
bring the express and fast freight serv-
ice to almost every country door. 1t Is
the rural free delivery system, equipped
and paid for, and actually waiting with
empty wagons to carry the traffic to the
country merchant and the farmer, and to
return to the towns with neceSsarles or
life at living prices.
II have completed an economic study
of this subject, and it appears that the
express rates can be reduced by two
thirds on packages up to forty pounds.
and about one-third on large weights"