The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-03-07
POSTAL
RATE IS PUSHED
Strong Efforts to Lower Letter
Postage.
WOULD RAISE SECOND CLASS
Old Fight to Boost Newspapers and
Periodicals. Receives New Impetus
From Contest For Reduction OF First
Glass Matter Latter Would Only
Aid Bio Business Enterprises.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Aid Big 6uSineSo enterprises.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, March 7.-[Special.] J.
Strong efforts are to be made during
the coming term Of congress to secure
one cent letter postage. Considerable
progress was made in the direction of
agitating the reduction Of letter post
age during the session of congress just
closed, but the advocates did not seri-
ously attempt to pass any such law.
Coupled with the proposition for the
reduction of the postage is the pro-
posed increase of the second class rate.
In fact, many of the advocates OF the
one cent rate assert that all that stands
In the way of the lower rate is the fact
that second class matter is now car
ried at one cent per pound.
An Old Contest.
The contest for increasing the rate
on newspapers and periodicals is near
y as old as the date when the present
rate was fixed. Subordinate persons
In the postoffice department keep ever
lastingly hammering at the question
and insist that the postof1ce depart
ment must be made self sustaining. If
not money making department.
They are insisting that the newspa-
pers and magazines should pay high
er rate in order to increase the rev.
enues of the postoffice. Now comes
the further suggestion that one cent
rate will result from increasing the
second class postage. There will be
vigorous fight against the one cent
rate proposition when it aligns itself
with the increase Of rates to newspa-
pers and periodicals.
Benefit to Big Business.
It has already been pointed out that
the beneHciaries Of a reduction in first
class postage will be the big business
concerns. banks. corporations, manu-
facturers, large commercial enterpris-
es and, in fact. all of the business ele-
ments of the community, while the
common people, for whom so many
men. labor SO industriously, will gain
but little advantage from reduction
Of the present rate on letter postage.
Bristows Reputation.
Senator Bristow of Kansas has the
reputation of Directing to many things
which other senator's want to get
through. One day in the senate Brad
; ley Of Kentucky was pushing a pub
he building bill and said that the Kan
sas senator had once consented to the
I btll. Bristow Immediately corrected
him. Il voted twice against it." he
sid
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The New York senator was lookinp
at the matter from the army stand
point, where all experts agree that
drills In large bodies are most impor-
FAINT
interesting to the asst.
Uncle Joe Cannon was interostinp nm
Ia the very LAST of his service IN tho
hou.o nc hod MANY ,norrn o,;,s 70
ofrer IN debate and would occasiona,lv
hroat forth in a fow words of old Inc
Repubiican fax telling the democrats
what they might expect under the new.
administration. And there was real
sorrow over his final departure from