Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-13
PARCELS post
PLAN ADOPTED
BY The SENATE
Bourne-B Bristow Measure,
Fixing Rates at 5 to II
Cents a Pound, Substi-
tuted for House Bill.

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out debate, the senate today adopted
the Bourne-Bristow parcels post plan
as substitute for the house parcels
post provision in the postoffice appro-
priation bill.
The Bourne -Bristow plan would di-
vide the country into eight zones.
Within fifty mile radius the rate
would be fixed at five cents for the
first pound and three cents for each
additional pound. Of fourth class mat
ter. A graduated rate to cover the
other zones would increase to twelve
cents pound in the eighth zone, COW
ering points more than 1900 miles
apart
"A provision fixing the maximum
salary OF rural free delivery mail car
riers at 31.200 year was incorporated.
The senate placed in the bill pro
vision 10 compel publishers Of news
papers using the mails to file with the
postmaster general twice a year the
names and addresses of editors, pub
fishers and owners of the paper. The
statement would include the names OF
the stockholders If the paper is run
by corporation and the names OF
bond and mortgage holders. The pro.
vision would compel newspapers to
mark all reading matter published for
pay as advertisement
OH and Tobacco Prosecutions.
The senate judiciary committee to-
day refused to make report on Sena-
tor Pom erenes resolution to instruct
Attorney General Wickersham to
bring criminal prosecutions against
officers Of the Standard Oil and Ameri-
can Tobacco companies.
Senator Pomerene will again ask
the senate to discharge the commit
tee from considering the resolution
further, and the majority Of the COM
mittee will not oppose that action.
Motions to report the resolutions
favorably and to indefinitely postpone
It both failed to receive majority In
the com mittee today and 1t was de-
termined to let Senator Pomerene pro-
ceed on the floor of the senate without
opposition.
~ 1T is hard to explain why the attor-
ney general refuses to enforce the
criminal provision OF the antitrust
law against these men," said Senator
Pomerene to the committee when he
does enforce 1t against the minor
offenders"
He declared the criminal as we'll as
the civil provisions Of the law had
been broken and that the attorney
general should be forced to bring
criminal action against the heads Of
the corporations.
LaFollette Claims Mall Is Rifled.
Senator LaFollette today charged
officials of the postoffice department
with rlfling his mail in an attempt to
learn the results Of an investigation
he was making into conditions sof the
postal department. He showed the
senate a bundle of letters which he de-
clered had been opened before he re-
ceised them.
"My mail was subjected to an
espionage almost Russian In char
acter," declared Senator LaFollette.
tI have here bundle of letters show
ing that my mail was opened in vio-
lation Of the law and rified by someone
hostile to the purpose had in making
the Investigation
The charge was made in connection
with the provision Of the postoffice
appropriation which would permit
employees to join associations and petit
ton congress for redress or griev-
ances.
Senator LaFollette said he had sent
out $4,000 letters to postal employees
asking for the exact condition in the
service.