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department that the revenue derived
from mali matter VI une nrsL class -
approximately l y times the cost OF
hanunnS anu Carriage, tI.aL lie re
turns from third ana Iourtn class
matter are slightly IN excess OF their
cOst vi uauuAus anu CaIIIase, anu
Juat, WnIIv se,onu-yIass matter euu-
braces over % per cent Oh the ell
tire ewIght OF all the mail carried.
IL. nevertheless, yleids little more
Lnan per cent OF the postal re,e-
nues.
The postal commission on second
class matter was appointed by Pres
ident TAFT following the controversy
caused by the postmaster generals
original recommendations for the in
crease In rates. The matter was TAX
en- up by magazine publishers before
committees OF congress, and sharp
issue was raised as to the correct
ness of the postoffice department.
figures. Congress finally passed d
joint resolution authorizing the ap-
| pointment OF the commission, which
was made up of Justice Charles K.
/ Hughes of the supreme court, Presi-
dent A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard
University and Harry A. Wheeler,
president of the Chicago Association
of Commerce.
The findings of the commission, 4"
says the president, confirm the view
that the cost of hauling and trans
| porting second-class mail matter is
| greatly in excess of the postage paid,
and that an increase in the rate is
not only justified by the facts, but is
desirable.
The postal service is now, for the
first time in years, operated upon a
self-sustaining basis, and, in my
| judgment, this is wise policy; but
it should not be carried out at the
expense of certain classes of mail
matter that pay revenue largely in
| excess of their cost. 1t is not just
that some classes of mail should be
| eNorbitantly taxed to meet defic-
iency caused by other classes, the
revenue from which is much below
their cost of handling and carriage
Where such inequalities exist, they
should be removed as early as practi.
cable.
THE proposed increase of / cent
a pound in the second-class postage
rates, | believe, to be most reason.
able, and, if sufficient time is allowed
before the change goes into effect, il
should work little serious injury t.
the business of the periodical pub,
fishers, while equalizing, at least il
a measure, the burdens of postal tax
4 alton"
Another suggestion of the com
mission, which was given the presi
dents approval would abolish tbs
cent-a-copy rate for newspapers 9th
er than weeklies when mailed at {
city letter carrier office for local de
livery.
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GO TO H0TCHKISS BY AUTO
ROUTE FOR K. P. CONVENTION

James l. Hamilton. DR., J. E Bill
ings, Ed NJ. Hardy and Charles S
Horahan left this morning at {
O'Clock in the Hamilton and Horahar
cars for Hotchkiss, where they viii
attend the Western Slope convention
of the Knights of Pythias.
They arrived in Hotchkiss shortly
after l O'Clock this afternoon ant
are thoroughly enjoying the outing
Grand Chancellor f. +. Sisson. ac
companied by c. A, Ballreich, boil
of Pueblo, left this morning FOL
Hotchkiss. where they will amend
the convention. Mr.. Ballreich will
deliver the principal address.
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Washington, Feb. 22--President
Taft today approved and forwarded
to congress the report of the COM
mission on second-class mail matter,
recommending that the postal rate
on magazines and newspapers be
raised from l cent to cents a pound
Postmaster General Hitchcock or
iginally recommended a Accent rate,
but later changed this to 2. The
commission finds that the cost of
handling secoud-class matter is
about . Y cents a pound. In approx
ing the 2-cent rate, however, Presi-
dent Taft declares that the business
enterprises of the publishers of peri
odicals have been built up on the
basis of the l-cent rate, and therefore
IL would be manifestly unfair to put
into immediate effect a larger in
crease in postage.
As TO the effect of the proposed in
crease from TO cents pound
President Taft quotes from the re-
port of the postal commission the
following paragraph:
"Such an increase wia not, in the
opinion of the commission, bring dis
tress Epon the publishers of news
papers and periodicals. or seriously
interfere with the dissemination of
useful news or information. A rea-
sonable time should be allowed after
the rate is fixed before ii is put into
effect. While the new rate Will he
very far from compromising the gov
eminent for the carriage and hand
ling of second-claas mHtssr, it will
TO some extent relieve the existing
burden and result in more equit-
sble adjustment OF rates.
That newspapers and magazines
have been potent agencies for the
dissemination of public intelligence.
thy part in the development of the
country, Mr. Taft says, all must ad-
nit
But, he adds, lit is likewise
true that the original purpose of con-
gress in providing for them "A sub
vention by way of nominal postal
charges in consideration of their
value as mediums of public informa
ton ought not to prevent an in
crease, because they are now not
only educational but highly profita-
Bile. There is no warrant for the
great disparity between existing post
age rates ON periodicals and the cost
of the service the government per
forms for them. The aggregate post
al revenues for the fiscal year 1917
ly from the postage collected ON the
four classes of mail matter. Il is
carefully estimated by the postOffice
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TWO MESSAGES FROM
PRESIDENT TAFT

continued from Page II
because l do not think it in accord
ance with the best public policy thus
greatly to increase the body of pub
lie servants.
"Of course, If it could be shown
that telegraph service could be fur
nished at a less price than il is now
furnished to the public by telegraph
companies, and with equal efficiency,
the argument might be a strong one
in favor of the adoption of the propo-
sition. But l am not satisfied from
any evidence that, if these properties
were taken over by the government,
they could be managed any more eco
nomically or any more efficiently or
that this would enable the govern
ment to furnish service at any small
err rate than the public are now re-
quired to pay by private companies. -
The president found much, he said,
to commend in Mr.. Hitchcock's de-
partment. Il cannot speak with too
great emphasis" he said, "of the i'm
provement in the postoffice depart
ment under the present management"
said the president. He showed that
there was a surplus of S219,11S.12
at the end of the last fiscal year as
compared with deficit of Sl7.479,-
77o.47 two years before. This was
not to be accounted for, the presi-
dent pointed out. by reductions of
force or numbers of postoffices or sal
aries but by scientific economy.
Mr.. Taft approved the adoption of
parcels post, recommended by Mr..
Hitchcock; said that the placing of
assistant postmasters in the civil ser
| vice should be followed by placing
under the classified service of post
masters, and commended the postal
savings system. Preparations arc
being made, he said, to establish this
system at about 10000 fourth class
offices.
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The house at All Rood, belonging
TO Horace T. belong, has been or
dered moved by the treasury depart
ment at Washington in order to clear
-ho GROUND for the proposed fedeal
building. Bids will be advertised in
lay for the construction of the edi
flee
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w. T. Leland of the right-of-
department of the Mountain States
Telephone company, who has been
spending several weeks in the city,
left this morning for Denver He
will later go to the northwest for
The same company as his territory
extends over several states
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Fire originating from an over
heated stove caused 50 damage ear
ly this morning to the home of l..
S. Doutt, 33S Hill avenue. Lee Wat
kins, who resides next to Doutt. had
the fire about out before the depart
ment could arrive. but the boys made
good time, nevertheless and saved
considerable loss.
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DAVIS co. NURSERY has opened
office at SIS Main with the Coe In
vestment Co. We still have a full
line of all nursery stock. w. s. Hat
ten, Salesman; Res. 657 Colo; Phone
Randolph S07.
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All sizes and guases of flume made
on short notice by Jas. H. Lane.
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Back to Telluride.

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Bartels and
children, who have been visiting on
the coast for some weeks past. re-
turned last night and left this morn
ing for their Telluride home.
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This week will abound in shoe
opportunities to buy the most for the
least money. Don't overlook our
big cut in prices. Mcconnell &
Lowe.
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PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS
COLUMN
E. F. ELDRIDGE, NJ. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
All medicines furnished from
nv own laboratory and put up by
myself. thus avoiding mistakes.
offices, SIS Capitol block, Main
street.
DR.. Eldridge's residence, No.
53S Chipeta avenue. Phone juno
ton 107.
office phone, Junction 125.
Office hours from $50 to u
am; from l to 6 pm; from to
s D. m. and from to p. m. Sun
days.
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FOR RENT - Two suits of office
rooms, newly painted, calcimined;
electric lights, gas, well lighted
and convenient. Inquire at The
Sentinel office
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Try Sentinel Want AID
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FOR -Furnace-heated rooms
for light housekeeping; modern;
cook with gas: apply 1871 White
phone Linden 81.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
WANTED.

lawns. Call Randolph 100. l.. j.
Funk
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WANTED - Nursing OF any kind !;
prices reasonable; phone Hickory
1241.
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ED-Experienced man to sell
sewing machines. Apply 1874 Main.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT modern light house
keeping rooms, with bath. 41O
Ouray.
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FOR RENT-5-room house. Call at
$50 Teller. Phone Hickory $50
FOR RENT-Two sleeping rooms:
also one sleeping porch. 1850
Rood.
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FOR RENT-5-room house. Call at
SEQ Teller. Phone Hickory esq.
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WANTED--A school girl to help
with house work Ill South First,
near Main.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
THE POWER OF THE AD.

Professor Warren NJ Beidler OF Bethel
Penn. last month declared In an eloquent
and witty commencement address 'h"'
Americans were money mad.
We're money mad" he reiterated the
other day. Art. inventions, dying
things are considered by us wholly from
the financial point Of view
II recently heard OF novelist who de-
clared that his last novel had failed for
lack Of artistic skill.
This amazed and pleased me. An
American novelist to talk about art II
was unique. But then | heard the rest OF
the sentence.
Eyes, the novelist continued bitterly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
TAKING or THE DAsTlLLt

would not be genius II It could see things
IN n normal fashion. Rousseau could see
only a dcfenceess girl in need of pro-
tector. and he exaggerated both her need
aud the extent TO which he should sacrifice
, himself TO aid her. II did not occur TO nm
tb,t she could escape the whole situation
eirnulv bv seeking service elsewhere. Anu
,r he erred in his later conduct to"aFu
,.r me should he judged with some ne
orec Of lcniency. for 1t had sprung orig
tnoIIy. at least in part, from his ideaiiSm
and his chivaliF.
nuro ua9yetC of EOuss an in wiring 81
,rrore.a would bc funny had his words not
( ,,oen so ritifully true. Says he: she was
=, woman simple and free from ulck'
r,r., ne adds that she was woman OF
aan.iblIitv." il is really humorous. But he
,ras a. happy with her aS man % MS
! ,o,,,,cr..ment could have been win any
oman aud perhaps harpie. lhaH ne r'u!u
80, ,,ocu with one OF finer sensibili'Ies
..g,. r,c side of people We love he says
.',i,jpc Of her. sentiment nourIsh's me .E'-
meme ~ well a. the heart ana we nave
| w,,Ic - casion to seek Ideas 'Ise"H'''
A, ms ,i,ns Ae Vas about Unity 'eai'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

crowds OF vivid ideas thronged into my
mind with n force and confusion that threw
me into unspeakable agitation; | felt my
head whlrling I'm a giddness like that OF
lntoxlcation. All, IL ] could have
written the quarter OF what I saw and felt
under that tree with what simplicity
should have demonstrated that man Is
good naturally, and that b. institutions is
he made bad.
one may disagree with Rousscaus con-
clusiOn, but one cannot get away from tile
force Of his passionate cloquence. Seven
teen years later. fifty-siX men in Congress
assembled, declaring the American colonies
free and Independent, wrote: I'VE hold that
all men are created equal" Forty years
later the cry OF Liberty! Equality! Frater-
nifty! was ringing through the streets OF
Paris 1t is small wonder that the stald
Acadeu,c!ans Of Dion did not give this
political innovatoc the prize. The wonder
would he II they had. Three Centuries be-
fore % peasant girl Of Domrtmy suffered
martyr9om for a vision OF a new France
n vas still TO he a dozen wears however.
before IN Amsterdam printer would give 10
the world ths book which should be d nov
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
Ago Gave World Rousseau FEATHER Revolutions

political gospel for mankind. But in Rous-
seau's mind the ideals which were to be set
forth in THE Social Contract were begin
ming to take final shape. Rousseau was as
destitute as ever. and as his former bene-
factreSs, Nine. de Warens, had died in pow
crty, he hardly knew where to get bread.
But In France in the eighteenth century
1t was still the fashion. as IT had been the
fashion in England in EIzabeth's time, for
men and women OF wealth to become the
patrons" Of impecunious artists and men
of letters. one Nine. dEpinay came TO
the rescue of Jean Jacques. and lie once
more had food to eat. In addition. she pro-
vided him with a tiny lodge in the woods
Of Montmorency and there Rousseau lived
I'm scclusiOn for time. away from world
that wore harshly on his sensitive nature.
Rousseau liked to think that as a hermit
he had returned ITO the state of nature
lie spoke Of himself as a savage" In Il
postscript letter i'm the first edition Of The
Contract" addressed to his only f"i"n'.
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table with the hostess and her guests, who
made her the butt Of every coarse and RI
bald Jest. The girl, who from all accounts
was hardly more than half-witted, was
incapable either of parryng their thrusts
or of returning them in kind. Rousseau,
who saw how she suffered under their al
tack, came TO her rescue. The poor girl
who could neither read nor write, and
was too stupid not only 10 master the
multiplication table but even to learn to
tell time by the clock, flung herself at her
protectors feet Rousseau took her for
better or for worse.
There is a certain class OF writer's who
like to devote their talents to the afiinities
OF genius. And as there is always a pub
lie eager to hang upon their words Just
there Is always a public that hastens to
the scene of a street accident, attractions
like this of Rousseau for Theresa, or of
Keats for Fanny" Bowen, have been more
than abundantly exploited. As a matter Of
fact, the explanation is obvious: Genius
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

he says that man is an oHrang -outanE.
and says Of himself ,hat ne lives in
tree" This was. of course, largely pose,
but It shows the trend Of his thought-he
wanted to get away from artinclalties, 10
return TO first principles.
In 1862 the Contract" was published. 1t
had been necessary 10 smugSle the manu-
script to Amsterdam. as no French pub
Usher dared bring out book when
taught that king was no better than
anybody else, that he ruled only by SUI
ferance and that he was subject to the
will of the people. But IL not published in
Paris. the little volume-it contained about
a third as many pages as modern novel
vas eagerly read there. 1t IS not recorded
that Louis XVI perused the work; he and
Marie Antoinette were too busy playing at
shepherd and shepherdess I'm the park at
Versailles to think OF the expressions under
which real shepherds and shcpherdesses
were being borne down. By 1893 they prob
ably regretted the oversight.
II is not to be supposed, however, that
every one embraced Rousseau's doctrines
az once. The contract" was publicly
burned In Geneva. and Rousseau would
possibly have shared almost as hafsh IL
fate had lac ventured back to his birth
place. Even in Paris he was stoned In the
streets.
Rousseau did not live to see the Reyolu-
ton actually under way. In l71S he died
suddenly. either Of apopleXy or by his own
Land: il has never been established beyond
- doubt that he did not commit suicide
10 Rad been in great want for wears lie
vas buried I'm a village about twenty miles
from Paris: but some sixty years later the
.Icdv was eNhumed, and conveyed with
great ponp Ia the Pantheon. to rest among
the .reat VI France
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

secretary TO the ambassador TO venice
been procured for him.
He did not held this position very ioHs'
for the wanderlust was too strong FOR MN.
Rut as a result OF his observations u
corruption I'm the Venetian government III
proiected a book on politics. TINS po'N
was rcyer actually written. but the ius'
or II was the first step toward his ia'e'
and cpoch-makng work. Strangely enough
many Of Rousscau's proposed musical re-
forms are commonly taught to-day, th.us f"
the name Of their inventor IS pr"baOi'
,,ntnovn to those who teach them. WHAT
ovor this extraordinary man turned h'
o,,oution TO he rcvolutiCnizod.
Fran Venice Rousseau finally retuIhe
.oain 10 Paris. richer in wisdom for MS
I,oI,on Journey, but as poor as ever ~
o,o,ytblpg else. Lodgings at cheap ana
d,r,, Inn near the Sorbonne were all his
slender purse would allow; and az l'i'
,nn bc mot with tho "tranScsi d1' NOS
raj. NJ all the strange ad,cntrr a. hs
tragic life.
=, ,t,e Kitchen e. tic M WIS cmploEcd u
n "a - twenty years o. 30. enc Thele-a
- yoescar. AZ meal times che sat az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23

old ard had he died then no ono to-
day would even know that any such person
had ever lived. lie had. perhaps made him
self infamous, but not famous Ten years
later he was on the way to becoming the
most noted man in French history. The
change came about in this wise
In l7i9 the Academy" at Dion offered a
prize for the best essay on the question:
What Is the Origin Of the inequality
Among Mankind; and Whether Such In
equality is Authorized by the Law OF
Nature" 1t was just such question as
village lyceums PROFOUND to-day Rousseau
did not win the prize. but ne startled the
world.
He had read the question In newspaper
as he walked along the road to Dion. and
the answer had come to him as in a vision.
IF ever anything resemblcd "A sudden IN
spiration." he wrote aftcrward In a letter,
1t was the movement which began in me
as | read this 1.-THE question:. All at once /
felt dazzed by a thousand sparkling lights;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
EASY TO SQUElCH. ,

Mrs. Susan Wissler the new Mayor OF
DAYTON. Wyo. was squelching an anti-sui-
frage argument.
But. indeed" she ended. these anti
suffrage arguments are easy To squelch
They are all on par. They have about
as much real truth in them as the argu-
ment of the old fellow who, to prove man
superiority. said:
MANS badness is another proof. Man
goes bald because his brain is allus work
In. Whereas woman-she don't never go
bald
"He took out plug of tobacco. waved II
scornfully in the air. bit off large chow
and said:
"'Aso. gents, by follern' up the same
line OF argument we see that the reason
why woman can't raise whiskers Is be-
cause her jaw Is allus worktn'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
AN ABLE MANAGER.

Senator Finn at a luncheon In Chicago
told story about an able campaign
manager.
He is a remarkably economical chap"
said the Senator He can make a dollar
go further in a campaign than any man
| know. They tell a story about him-A
story that shows what manager he Is.
1T seems he went into cigar store
one day to get light. Well, as he was
lighting up. man entered and bought
three iive-cent cigars. AS soon as the
man left our friend said quickly:
Those cigars are six for quarter.
amt they
YES, SIR said the salesman.
"Our friend laid down dime.
Gimme he said. the other three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
BOUNDlESS FAITH.

Chairman II. :. New, or the sub-corns
mittee on arrangements, SAID at dinner
at the Auditorium. In Chicago, apropos OK
state that had evinced great faith IN
Colonel Roosevelt:
Their boundless faith reminds me OF .
little boy whose father showed him. through
fragment OF smoked glass, an eclipse OF
the sun.
when the eclipse was over. the youngetsr
said eagerly:
"'po IL aden, daddyl DO It adam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
BY +. \. HUtChison.

~HE River Rhonc. after tumbling. leap
ing and roaring down the valley
Il from the glacier where it has its
source. suddenly finds itself in a basin OF
the hills. spreads out and forms the most
beautiful of the Swiss lakes-Geneva. At
the lower end this basin narrows rapidly.
And It is here, where the lake becomes
again river. and a more decorous river
that the city stands. At the point of ei'u-
ence. about equally distant from either
bank, with which it is connected by chain
bridge. is a tiny bit of land. protected by
walls Of rock from the currents that
threaten 10 carry it away \ glance at
Baedeker informs the traveller that this
hit Of land is the Isle de Rousseau or Eous-
seau's Island
In the centre Of tho island is a statue. the
bronze figure OF man seated I'm chair OF
bronze, atop high pedestal OF stone. II is
the statue erected by the Cencycsc to Jean
jacques Rousseau, the Father of the
French Revolution and. perhaps, II the
American Revolution as well.
Not that the Gcnevcsc had been especially
proud of Jean Jacques during his brief stay
among them Probably few OF Thorn were
evaro on June %. 17l?, that any sHrn per
ron had heon born. and perhaps even fewer
- .ivtao, ,.e.rs later. that he had run
-. cr-,-, che civ of his rirtb And those
,.n. a., ro+ Gro Xo, were tboy
VIC. -. -, ,,,o ..ra,,o doc,r,po NJ his
o'e' I''.-'D', ~. ,t..oa :, r,ra,,,o From
'e'sr He'iS "i 49,. 80 r,.,..,.d
time 70 'ifne CUp'eS W. 80. 49,. ,,1
.ihem "ot '''FE u,'''V' 49, ~. ..,ro,r.
NOT fea' men, Nv ,-l,,,o. =, IL. .,.,i,7
.diha'E nlilu' u'0 p~ ,-.,,or- lie
'hid not interest," 'hsSe '''iiu '1' -, ..,,
did not even amuse 'he'n' l",l
10 see humoT Ill IN" sPec''C's " '.'.,
preaching that women sn'ulo rear ,''''-
dDleS jneluSsiNt~' lN'N l''I '''''''