The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-13

licly, accepted the teachings of social
ism, for the governments entrance in
TO ownership ana operation Of the tele-
graph systems; and, if into these. why
not into all others?
The first would entail, they say, an
additional army of employees, federal
control of all highways wherever oper-
ated, innumerable drays, wagons, au-
tomobiles and warehouses and the en-
largement and rebuilding of postotiices
necessary to carry "the billions of
parcels" predicted by the postmaster
general The condemnation and talk
ing of the property of the express COM
panies, they say, would almost in
levitably result in the government
Ownership and operation of railroads,
something which the Postal Progress
League" which has engineered the
campaign for parcels post openly ad-
vocates with lowest possible rates
re gardless of distance as they ex-
press it. Reilly bill II. r. introduced
Hast session provides for this
AS American postal employees are
paid about twice the salaries of EN-
ployes of the express companies, twice
the salaries of postal employees in
England and three times as much as in
some countries, and as the average
haul would be at least ten times as
long as in England, it is estimated
THAT the deficit from parcels post
would amount to at least $150,000 900
yearly. Such corporations at Mont
gomery Ward & Co., and others have
had their Representatives in behalf of
this legislation before the senate post
once committee This is causing
some of those who want to avoid the
impending deficit again to point to
what it said in the democratic plat
form about "favor-seeking corporp-
tions.'
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
already recommended government
ownership and operation of the tele-
graph systems These would cost
about $3.50 100000 and add about lO0,-
900 employees under direction of the
postmaster general The New York
Times says that the English govern
ment's operation of telegraphs is los
ling the English government much
money. A business may be operated
as private enterprise, successfully
. land yet be a grtat loser through more
) extravagant government operation
. lAdherents of Senator La Toilette and
I admirers of ex-President Roosevelt
> now say that if the president did not
have the pull of the officeholders he
o could not be renominated. That the
president is not emphatically averse
! to this extension of federal authority
| is indicated by the report that he is
2 now considering having Postmaster
+ General Hitchcock, who SO successful
: Ily handled the "road-roller" four years
ago, again manage his campaign.
!. Southern democratic leaders, aside
i. from their historic antiiathy to exten
sion of federal power and consequent
4 loss of Importance to selfgoyernmen'
y and of the rights of states, have an
n other reason for aversion to this so
4 Icialistic and paternalistic program:
i This is a reason which made Mr.
s Bryan's winking at government owner
d ship and operation of railroads de
v tract from his popularity in the souti
Z. lust after his triumphal tour abroad
> in his speech upon landing: Govern
e ment operation of these utilities means
# obliteration of the color line. TIL
4 Jim Grow" car system in vogue upoi
q adj southern railroads would have Il
!. be discontinued and whites and black
n would ride in catches together. South
/ ern senators and representatives ar
& beginning to realize that the operation
of an express-carrying business by tn
s federal government means that con
It troll of highways by counties and state
e will pass to a Nation with swollel
3 IN"
q In northern as well as in southern
e states, the provision of the constitu
r ito nthat powers not delegated to tn
Il United States by the constitution, no
prohibited by it to the states, are re
D served to the states respectively, or T.
d the people, rs universally accepted a
h one of good sense. The independence
c of the people north, as well as south
+ causes the majority look with alarm
II upon the entrance of the federal gov
It ernment upon program Of socialism
d The failures of the Oneida community
ic that of Upton Sinclair and Of Ne'
IS Harmony are not forgotten
IS They remember also that in sue
v communities loose notions of religio
d. and Of family ties have usually pre-
e. vailed. This is a reason why churche
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