Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-02-22
RAISE POSTAL RATES
PRESIDENT coNCURs IN RECON-
MENDATIoN REGARDING Gee
oNDcLAss MAIL.
SENDS MESSAGE 10 CONGRESS
Transmits Postmaster Generals Re-
port Which Shows Profit in Postal
Department for First Time in HE
tory Parcel Post Il Urged.

IEE w dSu1uSOOu, + GU. ia RAISE In
the rate on second-class mail matter
Is recommended In the annual report
Of the postmaster general which was
transmitted to congress today, accom-
panied by a special message from the
president. For the first time In the
history Of the department a profit is q
shown for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1911. aa
Accompanying the document way3
the report of the commission on sec
ond class mail matter appointed by
joint resolution of congress on March
4 Of last year and q brief message Of
the president, In which he called at
tention to the principal features Of the
two reports. al
The report Of the commission on
second class mail matter makes the
following recomm dations:
I. The rate Of cents a pound on
copies mailed BY publishers to sub
scribers, to news agents, and as sam
pie copies, and by news agents to their
subscribers or to, other news, agents. =
2. The rate of ! cent for each 1
ounces for copies mailed by other
than publishers and news agents; that
is, the present transient rate. l.2
a 8. The present free-in-county priv,
ilege retained but not extended.
3 The commission: also recommended
that the cent-a-copy rate for neWspa-
pers other than weeklies and for Pc
riodicals not exceeding ounces In
weight, and the 2-cent-a-copy rate for
periodicals exceeding ounces in
weight, when mailed at city letter
carrier Office for local delivery, be
abolished
AS to the effect and adequacy of the
proposed increase of l cent pound
in postage the commission says:
Such an increase will not, in the
crl1ion of the commission, bring dis
trecs upon the publishers of newspa-
re"3 and periodicals., or seriously In
t~rfare with the dissemination of use
III news or information. A reasonable
time should be allowed, after the rate
Is fixed. before it is put into effect
While the new rate will be very far
fer the carriage and handling of sec
cnd-class matter, it will to some ex-
tent relieve the existing burden and
result in more equitable adjustment
of rates"
10th the president and the postmas-7
t~r general concur in the recommends
TINS.
2. estdent Taft again concurs in the
recommendation CT the Postmaster
Ger eral for the ABORTION of a parcel
lost system, suggesting the Inaugural
ton of such a service on rural routes
and in the city delivery service first.
hitchcock's recommendation for
governmen ownership Of the tele,
graph lines under the supervision OF
tie postal service is not approved OF
b. the president. Regarding this he
sovs:
ii tore is only one recommendation
il Which l can not agree-that is one
NEtch recommends that the telegraph
i:aoz II &c Ul,tsed states shonld be
II a;,e a part OF the postal system and
& Grated n conjunction with the mail
s stem. This press nts question Of
government own reslGp of Public ut:li-
ties which are nov eng conducted by
private en-, errrfse under franch ses
lr~S3 the government. ] believe that
4 true pGincilsle IS that private en-
tc">rise should be mitted to carry
~ such public utilities under Cue regu-
, & l.. , II
TN as 10 rates b. rroner authori Y
i tr +1l2a that tie government
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