The daily sentinel., 1914-03-05
PARCELS POST AMENDMENT WORTH FIFTY
MILLIONS TO THE EXPRESS COMPANIES

Denver to Glenwood Springs as from
Glenwood Springs to New Castle.
Are you going to stand for that?"
he shouted. A senator suggested that
the postoffice department for a num-
Der of years had been carrying let
ter from New York to San Francisco
for the same price charged for car
rying similar letter from New York
to Hoboken, and yet the heavens had
not caved in. But Bristow refused
to be satisfied with anything less
than the hearts blood of the post
master general.
or course, no one will pretend that
there are no imperfections in the ex-
isting parcel post system. 1t is only
little over a year old and while the
men who are managing 1t for the
government are earnest and capable
they have undoubtedly made some
mistakes. But those mistakes are
comparatively unimportant and are
being remedied as rapidly as dis
covered
The great big important fact is
that Uncle Sam has demonstrated his
ability to handle the express business
of this country more efficiently and
for less cost than the old plunder-
ing express companies could do the
work. OF course, his activities have
been limited to radius of three hun
dred miles from given point. but
that has been, sufficient to enable
( him to demonstrate his superiority
| When Senator owens amendment
becomes the law of the land and the
railroads are no longer permitted to
favor the express companies, the ef-
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management Will be still further en-
! phasized.
One Year of Wilson.
This is the 52nd weekly report
have been enabled to place before
my constituents through the courte-
sy of the editors OF the democratic
press of Colorado. For a year the
7 party of Wilson and Bryan has been
in control of all branches of the ma
tional government. The record of
that twelye-months is written large
on the statute books OF the nation
where il may be known of all men.
1t stands without parallel in the leg
islatiye history of our country.
For the first time in more than
fifty years the tariff has been re-
vised in the interests of all the peo-
pie instead of the privileged few.
A currency law has been enacted
which places the control OF our
money system in the hands of the
people and takes it out of the hands
CT the Morgans and the Rockefellers.
Antitrust legislation with real
teeth in 1t has been framed under
the direction OF the president and
will be passed before this session of
congress adjourns.
rural credits system designed to
give the farmer cheaper money is be-
ing whipped into shape and will
soon be placed before the senate and
house where its success is already
assured
Dollar Diplomacy" has been kick
ed out of the state department and
Uncle Sam has declined to be either
drummer or a collector for big
business. The Immediate result is
that American credit was never be-
fcre so firmly established in the eau
itals of the world.
These are a few of tho big things
accomplished by the Wilson admin
istration. That the people approve
of the policies advocated by the pres
ident and those of us who have been
privileged to serve with him is amply
proven by recent election returns.
While Massachusetts,, Iowa and New
Jersey, continue to roll up demoera-
tic ma1orities the standpatter" must
be content to gnaw the bare bone of
despair.