Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-02-22
PRESIDENT coNcURs IN RECON-
MENDATIoN REGARDING sEc-
oNDlcLAss MAIL
SENDS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS


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panied by special message from the
president For the first time In the
history Of the department profit Il
shown for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1911. So 81 y
Accompanying the document way
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.
The report Of the; commission on
second-class mail matter makes the
following recomm tons e
1. Tho rate Of cents q pound on
copies mailed BY publishers to sub
Bcribers, to news agents, and as sam
pie copies, and by news agents to their
Subscribers OF toyother news agents. ~
2. The rate of 4 cent for each
ounces for copies mailed BY other
than publishers and news agents; that
is, the present transient rate. 7s iss
3. The present freeinscounty priv
ilege retained, but not sextended
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 2 ounces In
weight, when mailed at a city letter
carrier Office for local delivery, be
abolished. iii 4 {. " Is
AS to the effect and adequacy OF the
proposed increase of 1 cent pound
in postage the commission says:
Such an increase will not, In the
nrl1ion 9of the commission, bring dis
tress upon the publishers of neWspa-
rer; and periodicals. or seriously In
t#rfare with the dissemin alton Of use
It'll news or information. A reasonable
time should be allowed, after the rate
Is fixed. before 1t is put into effect,
While the new rate will be very far
from compensating the government
fer the carriage and handling OF sec
5cnd-class matter, 1T will to some ex-
tent relieve the existing burden and
result IN a more equitable adjustment
of rates. sss
il Hoth the president and the postmass-
Ter seneral concur inthe recommends .
tens. 5'
2. esident Taft again concurs in the
recommendation OF the Postmaster
General for the ABORTION of a parcel
most system, suggesting the Inaugural
ton of such a service on rural routes
and in the city delivery service first.
hitchcock's recommendation fer
govern ment ownership of the tele,
graph lines under the supervision OF
tie postal service is not approved OF
b. the PRESIDENT. Regarding this he
sa5ss:
i.s ore is only one recommendation
& in " h4ch I can not asree-that is one
v.:!ch recommends that the telegraph
#i.acs n re JTTasfea States should be-
ace a. Part of the postal system and
O. aestad in coniGi}c ton with the mail
#ss stem. This rressnts question OF
g3gernme NJ @ M II LID of pubic utsli-
ties which are nosp eng conducted by
private en- terprfse Under franchises
ff4a1 the gov eminent. believe that
lae true princiT,e hat private en-
stesSsrise should be mitted to carry
I e, ueh public utilities unde Cue resg slll-s
Il n IS II as to rate q BIZ I. Fcnet, authori "
Il 4ssiasl That TIE government
ii #!!ii ar,s 4 ,Est til EN- f5s M NJ
be * Go 10 III srls itsa
III V cord nsta w Il II be F1
i'l5s5' hrs elea ~ to ssle ssss, he isss,gs.
s{ :3.l'nIli 81 sesv y ss
q 81 exc ~ 5tls.Ss G ems
dis Il $ Of cs
B e "a /: Oh nj meth OF $ q til
pos sc vice med &. ace he Il l5
lsiass I. refsert a ia Of te Ttatiye drafts q
4f 4. 81 ;if7 d certain
Mendaticss of the Gela-tmeIlt# which
sree d le8gg. slation to carry Fem OFT. Az
a go calls attention to the fact that
the revenues + or the 4 seal 81 ear enc d
f,June 80, III. amounted to s237, 879 ,-a
5823.60 and that the expe nditus:es
N ounted to So 66D, 7O5 48, making 4
surplus of 80 19. AZ a 2. sss
] The report shows that the postal
ssayings system was begun experiment
/ tally In January, 1911, and that 1t has
NOW been extended so as to include
\ 800 preside ntials post offices, which
/ includes practically all OF the post
Offices Of thatsclas Preparations are
( also being mad est to lish the sys-
| tenn at about 40, 900 fourth class ofIic
/ The deposits in 81 months have reach.
ed q total 81 $11, 900 600 distributed
| among 2. ne fnational ana state banks
Wonderful IL xperiences.
When i was out ia the country last
summer, said ! The beautiful II chorus
E girl ST MIXED . COW
oh. you haven Al any things on me-
replied sths artAst model 81 visited1
q aunt q mine the country lasts
fall 4, n and pne evening I helped ~
wash the dishes 81 ssS's sSIs 81