Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-30

.eal.ses ira; without any addiuonsl
,se,slssso. :; - within the power o.
Csele san 70 salarge The parcel post
e1eatso.s 20 a almost unlinsted ex
tee. uneer the asshorisy which the
lav rres 20 tie postmaster general
sef.-e VIII tAe tnsersta:s commerce.
cozztsssoe
sresceek Noo the eeWsr.
Tie Inv provides that II the pres
ec: sys.ez does not work well AND
ecceozsc.Ily and II notifications or
exseos,o- .. the soce system and OF
s<Aer ,-cvisioes ~ the parcel post
lsv k-s recessasy. the postmaster gen
e-1l. Are: CONSULTATION with the In
sesS.a;e commerce commission. and
O. iis approval can make such
eaasee ~ executive order as be sees
q,
I; n h,ovr that M Hitchcock 10
extremely Aevaaeed 10 his ideas OF
VIA; tie sos; once department should
have within ,ts .1risdiction- II 10
ea,e lie holds that the express com
pan;es .o- years have been infringing
upoc TIE 1A;ural rishis OF the postal
service l-t that therefore the TAX
t,e ere, c, the business OF the com
par.es osEat 10 soilor In order that.
t-or ihe Hitchcock point O. view. the
sove-l-s-. should have q monopoly
II posto1ce business Of all kinds
vhic. hs thinks belong to IL
A b.i already has been prepared
and irt-ptucet into congress By Rep
resentstive Lewis Of Maryland and
Representative Cooke o. Ohio looking
70 ;As ultimate taking over OF the ex-
press companies BY the United States
government Now II would be per
:ectly possible for the government. un-
der the clause In the Law which al
ready has been quoted. gradually to
extend the parcel post until the field
Of the express companies had been so
intruded upon that they might be
forced oct Of business without any re-
conpense- II seems. therefore. to be
the intention OF the proponents OF
governuent ownership. TO take anoth-
press conpanies' business be taken
over. and that ther be paid fair
sun fo- What they give up. and that
| the stockholders shall be reimbursed
for their Investments
/; seems likely that. II congress
sh-n listen attentively TO tn, propos-
al for the taking over Of the express
companies business. dollar for dollar
will bs paid for all the valuable rights
and properties that are received after
q properly constituted board has de-
eided the matter. II may be. and per
haps will be. that years will elapse be-
fore the sentiment Of congress will
allow the government 70 enter into the
| express business Wholesale. Perhaps
the day Of such . proceeding never
will come. bet the plans are laid 10
make the attempt and the proposal
| has perhaps a. many friends a. p
ponents in the two houses OF con-
eress - they are at present consti'
tuted
Useless Tariff, Hearings.
Representative Oscar W. Under
wood and his Democratic colleagues
forming a majority Of the ways
and means committee already have
heard the pleas and the protests
on chemicals, on earthenware. glass
ware. metals and a host Of other
things and they will 60 on hearing
the fors" and "the againsts" on other
imports until the last day Of this
month and then they will prepare tar
IN revision measures in virtually the
same form 40 those made ready al
the last session.
II IL probably true that the repre-
sentatives OF high protection who are
now In Washington to be heard BY
the ways and means committee fully
realize that their pleas will be Of nc
service. for they made the same pleas
at the last session and then the com
mittee went ahead and wrote such
bills az seemed right from the Demo
cratic standpoint and this Ia exactly
what IL going to be done at the extra
session. The hearings have been
granted for the purpose Of giving ev
erybody a chance to say what he
chooses and to allow no opportunity
for anyone to complain, when the bills
are presented. that only one side oi
the case was heard
No "cut to the Bone"
A has been said before. "the Demo
Gratis are not going to cut the tariif "a
the bone" This much Ia assured and
no one here seems to be particularly
scared over the result to business
when the new laws shall come into
force. The high protectionists through
their representatives predict disaster
but few OF the members Of congress
seemingly believe the predictions. A,