The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-20
CONGRESS MAY PASS LAWS
Report os Postmaster Shows That Earn
ings of Postofice Department Will
Permit the Reduction of the Letter
Postage Within the Next Few Months

chambers of commerce, boards of
trades and national associations, as
well as thousands Of business houses
have endorsed the campaign for one
cent letter postage. A bill providing
for the lower rate has been introduc-
ed in congress and is being supported
by the National One Cent Letter Post
age Association, which has its head
quarters at Cleveland, o.
Several score of chambers of com
merce and boards of trade have come
out in favor of the movement.
Not only the commercial bodies of
the United States. but many of the
big national associations of business
men have gone on record endorsing the
lower rate. Among these important
organizations are The National Hard
ware Association, The National Supply
Ia Machinery Dealer Association,
The National Dry Goods Association,
The National Wholesale Lumber Deal
ers Association, The National Groc-
Iers Association, The National Shoe
Wholesalers Association and The
State Grocers Associations of Illinois
and Ohio and large number of other
organizations.
The hardware dealers of the country
have expressed themselves particular
ly strong on the Subject, every state
and retail hardware association
throughout the United States, as we'll
as the national, retail hardware asso-
Citations and the national hardware
jobbersS association having gone on
record for cheaper postage.
In addition to the campaign being
Endorsed by every bank in ethe city
of Cleveland, the headquarters Of the
association and those of the large cit
les, the Illinois, North Carolina, Wis
consin Bankers and many other SINH
lar associations have come out favor
ing one cent letter postage.
Scores OF other miscellaneous bust
ness organizations in every state in
the union have had the matter present
led to them and have passed favorably
upon it. In addition to this, several
hundred business men are conducting
campaigns on their own stationery,
urging their friends to support this
movement for one cent letter postage.
The association, while seeking one
cent rate is also strongly in favor of
better compensation for postofice en-
ployees, the establishment of a retire
ment fund for aged employees both of
which reforms would result in better
service for the department..
Many prominent fnanciers and poll
ticlans, as well as government offic-
ials are backing the movement for one
cent letter postage. These include
President Taft, Postmaster General
Hitchcock and his various assistants,
Senator Theodore E. Burton and Rep
resentative John w. Weeks, who intro
duced the bill for one cent postage in
congress. Vigorous efforts are to be
made to have the bill passed upon at
as early a date as possible.
Hundreds of newspapers, magazines,
trade periodicals and house organs To-
Gated in almost every county of every
state in the union have given loyal
support to the movement for lower
postage by publishing articles con-
corning the progress Of the work.
Many of these publications have come
out editorially in favor of the move
ment and it is believed that the time
IS almost ripe for the lower postage
rate.
James j. Britt, Third Assistant
Postmaster General who is in charge
Of first class mail matter carried by
the department throughout the United
States, strongly favors the lower rate.
8 In my judgment, = says Mr.. Britt
"a re-adjustment of postal rates, so
that each class Of mail matter shall
pay cost of service, will make posi-
bic, not only one cent letter postage,
but also many improvements in the
postal service.,'