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more capable Postal administration. If any private corporation had Depart ment manager repeatedly making such mistakes, it would not enlarge his au- thority."
 The Committee report says: Final figures from the auditor show deficit in the department for the fiscal year 1911 of $627 ,845. .94 instead of surplus of $2l9, ,119.12." This trifling mistake of $846,964 06 was first pointed out by the Rural Free Delivery News and it was disciplined.
 A railway labor official remarked: If the President of railway corpor- ation were to mention to his directors that the company should carry mer: chandlse with charges regardless of lenght of haul they would suggest mental sanitarium." There is not merchant in Congress to ask for bnsi ness care in dealing with the peoples money against playing politics.
 Eight thousand people gave speaker Clark a birthday ovation here March 2.
 John Patrick, farmer, nearDayton, Washington, says: "I was in favor of Parcels Post but I was induced into a marriage by mail and have concluded this is delusion and snare."
 Some oversure advocates are debat- ing as to whom, if Parcels Post be in- stalled, eggs laid by hen passengers will belong.
 More than 1000 merchants in session at Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 26-28, as the Southern Merchats Association, signed remonstrances against Parcels Post
 The Chicago Daily News of February 29 printed a dispatch from Washing ton, viz: Political significance was at tached today to the series of conferen- ces covering several hours which has been held at the White House between President Taft and Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, one of the most active and one of the largest contributors to the Taft movement. After the call at the Taft headquarters, MT. Rosenwald went to the White House, where he held the first of his conferences with the President.
 One report was that MT. Rosenwald may take charge of the financial end of the Taft campaign. Mr. Rosenwald is President of Sears Roebuck & Co.,, and in former campaigns in which be has been interested, has contributed literally. When the elevation of Char. les Nagel to the Supreme bench was talked of MT. Rosenwald was looked upon as the latter's successor in the cabinet as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Commerce."
 Journals supported by advertising of retail mail-order houses and others who farm the farmers" have urged farmers to write congressman in behalf of Parcels Post March IS. The average advocate begins by repeating John Wanamaker, mail-order magnate, that the only objections to Parcels Post are the four principal express companies. The retail mail-order house lobby would indicate four great arguments in it's favor: Sears Roebuck & O., Mont gomery Ward & Co.,. the combination of twelve big retail mail-order houses of New York represented here; and Larkin X Co., The last-named firm has just sent urgent telegrams to congress men.
 The Reverend Sam Small has been heard from again, and has emerged from his retreat to file charges against Ex-Governor Richard E. Sloan of Ari- zona, who has been appointed .Feder- al Judge in the new State.
 Just now Washington IS the head quarters of nominating managers. The Taft organization occupies sumptuous quarters in one of the big hotels, and is reported to be paying in the neigh borhood of $2,000 a month rent, mere bagatelle as an item of Presidential campaign. The Roosevelt people occupy, equally spacious, though less elegant! quarters, but get rent free. LaFollette's bureau, until recently, ran all over"f a big office building. These bureaus aim to furnish literature, that will aid their candidates, to every person of any political consequence in. the country. There are about 10000 newspaper offices in the United States, and these editors must be told at least once week why Mir. Taft, or Colonel Roose- welt, or Senator LaFollette should be nominated. A small army of clerks are required to handle all this work, and it takes stationery by the ton, and hostage stamps by the yard, to say