The Winslow mail., 1912-03-09

road at low rates and it might be said
all the people could use that road, but
that, in fact, ali citizens except those
who lived near it would receive but lit
tie benefit. #
Mr.. I. j Brooks. of Tennessee, legis-
lative agent of the Farmers Education
al Cooperative Union, stated that a
zone system would be much fairer than
system of charges regardless of dis
tance. He said the limit now proposed
for government carriage of merchandise
by mail was to low to be of practical
benefit in carriage of farm products
and that it could not be expected that
Parcels Post rates could be made suffi-
ciently low tc. compete with freight
rates.
The riport of the remarks of Charles
s. Hernly Of New Castle, Ind, before
the Senate Postottice Committee where
in he showed that Parcels Post would
blight the efforts of commercial clubs
to locate factories has caused him to
receive a multitude of approving letters
from offices of such organizations in
all parts of the country. The CONNER
cial clubs of Missouri in state conven-
tion passed resolutions condemning the
proposed Parcels Post as hostile to de-
velopment of local industries.
G. S. Hernly said to Senator Bourne,
Chairman of the Senate Postoffice Com
mittee in the hearings: "Your manu-
featuring interests are all in Massachu-
Esetts, are they not? You have no facto-
ries in Oregon, have you? No wonder
you want the Government to haul your
goods to the Pacific coast. If I owned
knitting mills way down east and want
ed to get the goods away out west, I
would try to get the government to go
into the delivery wagon business and
handle my manufactured product at a
Hat rate at nominal price. Parcels
Post will not help the farmers market
their products. The farmers cannot use
the mails for shipping their products
and Parcels Post will not build up
home market for him. It only enables
him to buy, but not to sell. 1t tquadruples
the force of the al1uring catalog to exite
his family to buy this or that article
whether needed or not, destroys his
country town and trading point, leaves
an empty store room and Deserted
Village, and lures his boys and girls
to the over-crowded cities.
The prospectus of Minneapolis mali
order house received here recites that,
''just as soon as the Parcels Post legis-
lation is enacted, it (the mail order
business) will increase to fifty times
its present enormous volume.
Following charges that advertise
ments OF mail order houses appear in
post offices, also placards announcing
international rates, made not by Con-
gress but by the Postal Department
and thought to be illegal, and that some
rural carriers solicit for mail order
houses, Julius Rosenwa1d, president of
Sears Roebuck& & Co., has been mention
ed in Washington newspapers as the
probable new Secretary of the Depart.
ment of Commerce and Labor, provided
Secretary Nagel should be appointed
to the Supreme bench. Samuel Com
pers Of the Federation OF Labor has
been too busy LII Judge Wriknt's con-
tempt proceedings u have puplicIy eX
pressed an opinion about Lne appoint
menL. IL is believed Jnat Mr.. noseu-
valid would agree with Lne order OF the
PRESIDENT to keep unlouIsm Out OF All
the departments. should the Govern
meut operate aIl the express BUSINESS
and other Transportation, any UrganIzeu
effort for relief from conditions uf for
mer union laborers converted into Gov
ernmenL employ eos might be treated do
treason.
Some representatives yet want to Ill
crease the fiat rate for carriage OF mer-
chandise without having taken the
trouble 10 learn that i'll the Senate hear
Ings this proposition has been torn TO
snreus. The Senate may report UIli
for a ZOne-rate system Or all eXEefl-
mental test or even rural route system
bill, but there is no likelihood that il
will report an extension of the presen
lat rate. Many feel that the carriage
of merchandise at rates regardless ot
distance has already done too much to
discriminate against local industries i'll
favor of distant ones and in favor OF
retail mai order concerns against local
dealers.
Mr.. Charles G. Craddock, a shoe
manufacturer of Lynchburg, Va, told
the Senate Post Office committee that