The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

and economic cramp in every de-
partment of the national life. | be-
lieve that we should devote special
thought and study to the betterment
of conditions for the agricultural
classes, and that we should enact
Legislation that will not only be
beneficent but stimulating in it's eff
fects.
l am in favor of laws that will
prohibit gambling in farm products,
an evil that is unquestiOnably re-
sponsible for the depression of prices
and consequent injustice to the farm
er. | am, as before stated, strongly
on the side of good roads, believing
that they are absolutely essential to
the general Improvement of rural
conditions.
PostOfIice Buildings For Towns.
| favor such legislation as would
automatically provide postofice
buildings for all towns, based on
their gross receipts from one thous-
and to Thirty thousand dollars. 1t
should net be necessary for q special
bill to be introduced for each town
when a postoffice building is needed.
A general bill, such as | favor, would
automatically authorize a building
to cost the amount justified by the
gross receipts of the office at that
point. The demand for labor and
material thus created would give rise
to very desirable industrial activi-
ty In case of necessity the govern
ment could float bonds for this pur-
pose at 2 per cent. At present, in
many instances, it is paying 10 per
cent rental for buildings used as
postoffices. Another desirable feat
ure of this plan which | advocate is
the saving of time to congress. I'm
der the present system each bill must
be passed on separately and with
considerable loss of costly time.
One-Cent Letter Postage.
l favor an increased rate Of post
age on advertising periodicals, pam
phlets, catalogs, etc, which class of
matter the government is now car
rying at loss. Through such an in
crease | believe that a one-cent let
ter postage would soon justify itself.
Based on the reductions in the past,
which have brought us down to the
tWo-cent rate, | am of the opinion
that with an increase III the depart
ment referred to One-cent rate
cOud soon be made self-sustaining.
The rural mail service is one Of
the greatest and most profitable in
vestments ever made by the govern
ment. | favor all such legislation as
has for its object the strengthening
of this arm of our postal department
| believe that the highest efficiency
should be the aim; and that, as q
means to obtain it, increased com
pensation for the carriers, togethe;
with improvement Of public high
ways, will be most effectual.
am in favor of a general parcel:
post, but with this restriction: tina
1t be operated by well-defned zone
system. It's object should be to hell
the local merchant and farmer.
would oppose measure that would
give undue advantage to the bis
merchant at a distance and to thu
far-away mail order houses.
Regulate Corporations.
favor government regulation O
corporations. No thinking either
can say that corporations when op
Grated according to the law are al
evil. They are necessary to tn
economic and industrial growth o
the country. Properly maintained
and legally conducted they are
beneficent agency rather than other
wise. But the tendency of so man,
of these heavily capitalized concern
has been to operate solely for thei
own ends, and in their own interests
rather than with due regard for tn
public good and for the laws OF tn
land, that the intervention of tn
government has been necessary il
many cases. believe that the gov
eminent, having taken the very wis
step Of establishing a Court of Com