Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-30
ACTIVITIES Of
our LAW MAKERS
At WASHINGTON
Crank Bills in Plenty Will BE
Presented When Congress Re-
rOnvenes--.Measure for Penny
Postage on the Way-Demand
for characterization of the
Army and Navy-Some "Mor-
al Measures"

Washington. Dec. 2S-The nIcs Of
every Congress co,rprlsc n larse cate
cory Of crank bills and also a large
ateSory OF what might DC called re-
FORM bills Most Of the crank bills pro-
pose radical ycforms some Of tie re
form bills plainly belong to tho crank
class but by no means all of them
Some OF both Kinds of measures eman-
a;e from the brains Of senators and
representatives, while others OF them
are urged by outsiders eager for con-
grcssiono champions and generally very
grateful for such help
Now and then n good idea. or the
germ of one. is embodied even IN bills
Tint are So radical as to ice Introduced
by request" The gain OF some IN
fa\or can hc noted session by session
There was the postal savings uank idea
for example. For Years and NoliS post
tal savings bank bills werc introduced
In Senate and loUa.. h"fore the pres
ont system was finally sanctioned oy a
republican administration And after
few years Of trying out. not entirely
free Of encouragement. the European
war has brought an impetus to that
Kind Of banking here and postoffce off
cials are ready Ia say the system is
proving a great success
There arc now 80, 900 depositors ma
iortv of them wagc-earners of foreign
birth, with S3,0D,Goo to their credit.
This is more than twice the aggregate
of dorosit. whom Wilson bocamo nresi-
dent Il is officially conceded that if
tho monthly limit of 800 per deposit or
were removed tn" postal savings deposits
now would b" over Slo'"S,wo This has
developed without injury to other banks,
because, to quote Ex-Governor RockerN,
IN" tnird assistant postmaSter-general,
the postal savings system has invaded
the domain of hidden moneN-has brought
money from stockings. tin cans and other
hiding places. Furthermore, the sys-
tenn has paid expenses and yielded net
profit to the federal treasury to date
OF almost Sl,1oo,oo'.
PENNY POSTAGE
ponry nos,arc which means ono cont
nnst.c. ro, rr.t.,I.,s- n,,u is , f,vor-
ITO reform, topj. Al , rocont count
there voro oo.odd Of these hills in tho
ltouse aud t,o,. CARRIED MANY varieties
of nrono.als The host authorities seem
hC!t1Np government
afford vct tn uut,orivo a rcdur,ion in
the rate ON trst-class mail but that
does not check the nonular demand
,.ousoorIontIv senator's and representa-
tivcs are willing ia captalizc this in
their nolittcaI business OF course
many of them are sincere advocates of
tho reform
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