Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-18

this purpose at per cent At present,
in many instances, it is paying 10 per |
cent rental for buildings used as
postoffices. Another desirable feature
of this plan which l advocate is the
saving of time to congress. Under the
present system each bill must be
passed on separately and with consid- |
cradle loss of costly time.
One Cent Letter Postage.
favor an increased rate of postage
on advertising periodicals, pamphlets.
catalogues, etc, which class of matter
the government is now carrying at IL
loss. Through such an increase I be-
lieye that a one-cent letter postage
would soon justify itself, based on the
reductions in the past, which have
brought us down to the two cent rate
l am of the opinion that with an in
crease in the department referred to Il
: one cent rate would soon be made
self-sustaining
The rural mail service is one of the
greatest and most profitable invest
ments ever made by the government.
: l favor all such legislation as has for
its object the Strengthening of this
arm of our postal department. l be-
: lieve that the highest efficiency should
be the aim; and that, as a means to
+. obtain it, increased compensation for
: the carriers, together with improve
ment of public highways, will be most
effectual.
l am in favor of a general parcels
] post, but with this restriction: that It
4 be operated by well defined zone sys-
r tenn. It's object should be to help the
= local merchant and farmer. l would
e oppose a measure that would give un-
due advantage to the big merchant at
s a distance and to the far-away mail
order houses.
Regulate Corporations.
I favor government regulation of
corporations. No thinking citizen can
say that corporations when operated
according to the law are an evil. They
are necessary to the economic and in
dustrial growth of the country. Prop
erly maintained and legally conducted
than otherwise. But the tendency of
so many of these heavily capitalized
concerns has been to operate solely
for their own ends, and in their own
interest rather than with due regard
for the public good and forthe laws Of
the land, that the Intervention of the
government has been necessary in
many cases. l believe that the gov
eminent, having taken the very wise
step of establishing a Court of Com
merce, should not relax it's vigilance
but should see to it that there is a rib
id enforcement of the laws.
am opposed to the dominance of our
legislative bodies by the special in
terests." When we consider that in u
great majority of cases these special
interests are engaged in the utilization
of public or natural resources for pri-
vate gain, that they are suppressors of
fair competition that they pay unfair
ly small wages to the workers who
are in truth the producers of their
wealth while they themselves are pill
ling upon enormous and swollen for
tunes, We realize that the menace from
the special interests" is great. That
they should maintain Hobbies and seek
I to control the law-making bodies OF
l the country is a peril that should be
Il handled with severity and dispatch.
D Dangers of Intemperance.
=, l am in favor of all laws that tend
D to suppress and restrict intemperance
2 in the use of alcohol liquors and del
l eterious narcotics. Just how to han
die the problem so as to secure the
: desired results is a matter for the Sc
rious consideration of all good citiz-
' ems. l am we'll aware that in many
cases a strict legal prohibition of the
sale of spirituous liquors has the effect
of adding to the evils which it was de-
signed to remove. Whatever will teach
2 the dangers of intemperance and
l whatever will impress upon commun-
tiles the immense Importance of reg
t ulating the traffic and holding it in
l stern check ought to be made a part
of our code. l am in favor of having
, the truth concerning the dangers of
= alcoholism and other intemperance
impressed upon the youth of our land,
and l believe that our schools should
: teach as far as possible what these
dangers are and what they mean to
{ the future of the race l favor the
= legislation already enacted looking to
the safeguarding of the shipment of
liquors from other states into Drohibi-