The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-01-02
News of Interest Gath
cred Here and There
Many Resolutions. Concerning Diff
ferent Matters Being Introduced
Government Enforcing Pure
Food Law-Senator Works Still
Fighting.
MCDOWELL TINES BrREAul

(McDowxLL TINES BrREAul
Washington. ID. q. Dec. 2s.-It
will he remembered that few years ago
the banking interests of the country were
In feverish excitement over the propos.i
postal sayings banks. Nov that this
system II in operstion. IL ~ found that il
has not been a snccess AMI has Lost pra--
ticslly nne million dollars to the govern
| ment since it Was installed. The princi-
pal rrasons as~igned are asciibed To the
liinit Of 500 which any individual may
deposit. The Po~tofiice department. 10
getting all the ANAL change while the
larger accounts still ~ to private bank
ing interests.
STARTLING REVENUE FACTS
One of the new inventions that came
along just ahead Il the automobile and
tile moving picture and "a few other COM
non necsssities of the time was the ciga-
rette. From government statistics it ap-
pears that over fourtacn billions ciyar,t..-
were consumed in the Iaited States dur
ing the last fiscal year By the same H.
Rurr~ Il appears that the u-r Of whiskey
has doubled in the last fifteen years The
revenue tax on cigarettes H. considerably
Dver million dollars a year
GOVERNMENT CONTROL or
HIGHWAYS
Representative Moss, OF West Virginia.
hss bili before q C,ngress proposing
that all highways thspashout tbs Vnisei /,
seases that are now usri in Transporting
rural mail lie declared post roads and
placed under fesieral authority. His sug-
gestion embraces a Buresn Of Public
Post Roalis, to he maintained from Wash
ington.
PROHIBITING CONVICT LABOR
step toward shutting out convict
labor IL contained In a hill by Repres-n-
tative buchanan OF Illinois, prohibiting
the importation Of goods In which foreign
convict labor Was employed.
WIRE TALKERs IN RETREAT
The American Telephone and Telegraph
Company has not been slow in making
haste " get under cover. and shield IL
self from the prosecution instituted by
by the Attorney General of the United
stst-. The action Of this telephone
10 viewed in Washington a. an
attempt % forestall government OWNER
ship, hut it - sale ~ -ay that the ..nti-
ment that has been created by Postms.-
Ter Generals and other public officials has
i-en advanced by the retreat of the wirs
feop'"
WORKS Is STILL FIGHTING
Senator Works Of California, l. among
that cia-- of statesman who never know
that u y too late ~ do anything, and To
emphasize that fact he ha- introduced
. measure in the senate that wonld undo
the great victory Of the champions Of the
Hetch Hetchy measure, who finally 90.
cured their legislation after years of -trux
gle in Congres.
GOVERNMENT SEXES
SHIPMENTS
In emphasing the determination of the
fesiersl government b. enforce the foo-I
and drugs act, resent large shipments II
tomato pulp from baltimore h. Galveston
Texas, have ieen destroyed. IL i- claim
ed that IL u q common thing among
shippers 10 can filthy, decomIo-ei, and
pDtrid vegetable matter.
Il IOLYGAhY SPREADING7
IL appears that there l. q su-picion in
New England that poIygaSny exists even
Outside Of Utah, and senator Weeks Of
Ms~.cheu-etts haz ir,troInc,~l r.-c.l.-