Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-03-01
TAFT ASKS RAISE
IN POSTAL M1['
Urges Adoption Of Comm,
sion's Recommended N
Second Class Mail.
PROFIT N POSTAL stRvb|

For s"e' ~" ''me IN History N
Department Msde Money-Ass.
Ito" Of Parcel Post System
Again 10 Urged.
Washington, Feb. 7z.-Accord,n.
the annual report Of POSTMASTER ~
eral Hitchcock transmitted to ~
gress today the postonlce departms,,
for the first time IN history, shor,
profit for the fiscal year ending Inn.
30, 1911.
Accompanying the documen. -,
the report Of the commission on s..
ond-class mail matter appointed i,
Joint resolution of congress on Mars
4 Of last year and . brief message 4
the president, In which he Jailed a:
tention to the principal feats "a Of Ii,
two reports
Would Increase seeond-cIas Rate.
The report OF the commission on
second-class mail matter makes th
following recommendations:
/. 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 thei,
subscribers or to other news agents.
2. The rate Of 1 cent for each 4
ounces for copies mailed by other
than publishers and news agents; that
is, the present transient rate.
9. The present free-in-county priv
ilege retained, but not extended.
The commission also recommends
that the cent-a-copy rate for newspa
pers other than veeklies and for pc
riodicals not exceeding ounces 10
weight, and the 2-cent-a-copy rate fol-
periodicals exceeding ounces in
weight, when mailed at city letter
carrier ONCE for local delivery. be
abolished.
AS to the effect and adequacy Of thu
proposed increase of 1 cent pound
in postage the commission says;
Such an increase viii not, in tn
opinion of the commission. bring dis
tress upon the publishers Of newspa
pers and periodicals, or seriously In
terfere with the dissemination OF use
sul news or information A reasonabl
time should be allowed. after the rat
is fixed. before il ID put into enec
While the new rate viii be yey ia
from compromising the gove Rmer
for the carriage and handling OF SCI
ond-class matter, it Will to some e
tent relieve the existing burden a
result in a more equitable ad1ustmel
Of rates"
Both the president and the postma
ter general concur in the recommend
tons.
President Taft again concurs in II
recommendation of the Postmast'
General for the adoption of pare
post system. suggesting the inaugur
tion of such q service on rural rou'
and in the city delivery service nfst'
Ownership Of Telegraph Opposed
Hitchcock's Recommendation I
government ownership OF the te
graph lines under the supervision
the postal service is not approved
by the president Regarding this
says:
There is only one recommendatl
In which l can not agree-that IS o
which recommends that the telegra
lines in the United States should
made q part OF the postal system a
operated in conjunction with the III
system. This presents q question
government ownership of public Ut
ties which are now being conducted
private enterprise under francnl'
from the government / believe u
the true principle is that private
terprise should be permitted to ca
on such public utilities under due re
lation as to rates by proper author
rather than that the governm
should itself conduct them This
ciple l favor because l do not thin
In accordance with the best pubic
Icy thus greatly to increase the D.
OF public servants"
The report Of the Postmaster y
eral Is full of statements OF cnan
In the organization and methods OF
postal service made since the last
nnal report. and Of tentative drafts
legislation embodyinS certain rec
mendations Of the department We
need legislation to carry them out
also calls attention to the fact
tho revenues for the fiscal year en-
June so. 1911, amounted to $685.
SaS,6o and that the expenditi
amounted to $ss,.eeo. 7e5,4S, maxim
surplus ~ $sls.iiSls.
The report shows that the 20
savings system was begun experin
tally In January. 1911. and that II
now been extended so as TO inci
1000 presidential post onaces. vi
Includes practically all Of the
offices ot that class. Preparations
nlhn heinz mazda IL, aSts hliSh the