Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-09


the parcel post condition-but We
feel that the con tention of the print
ers of the land is that after such
printing is done that the govern
ment should not give Free distrl
button from the center where such
work is done through the mails, OF
such work. i. e. free transportation
which we are not able to command
as is powerful government. Act
ing on such suggestion for telling
action along this line from the Mag
nolia state we appointed along IN
March a Special Committee on
Government Envelope Printing No
ncpoly which promptly got in
touch with the national editorial as
soclation committee for pressing
this matter before congress for some
relief and such committee has indi-
Gated its purpose to read an lllumi-
batting report at this convention of
the progress made and promise en-
tertained in this movement for re-
gress. Tie matter of securing a re.
peal of that clause of the Hepburn
Act of the federal congress, prohib-
iting
INTERsTATE TRANSPORTATION
in exchange for newspaper advertis-
ing is now hanging fire" in both
houses of congress, Senator Culber
son of Texas having recently in tro-
duced bill to repeal such clause to
regulate" instead of prohibit which
is the proper course as we see it.
Then the Adamson bill is still pend
ing IN the lower house of congress.
This information comes to us in the
form of committee" letter from
the National Editorial Association
stating the above facts with the ad-
ditional information that its presl-
dent who is from Texas was shortly
going TO the Capitol to personally
press this matter and funds were
needed to take care of the necessary
expense of such work | did not
bring this before the Mississippi
Press Association before this sine
as our finances were low and hardly
saw fit to do moro than report in
this manner and leave it up to the
individual publisher to take ID up
with his congressman and send his
donation if so moved to the proper
person whose name can be had upon
application. In this connection |
will state that | have recent letter
from one of our U. S. Senators in
which he tells me that he will look
INTO this piece of legislation to which
he sees no particular objection but
that there is considerable opposition
to it at Washington so it can be
seen that there is need for influence
being brought to bear with our Mis-
sissippi delegation in congress to
make double sure if the newspaper
publishers in small towns and cities
are to secure railroad business that
will be of character to permit trav-
ell from state to state to overcome
provinciallsm; that bane OF any coun-
try and profession. The English
seEt their sons TO the continent of
Europe to round out their education
and found place under the SUM-
for centuries without the immense
standing army with which Germany
has sought as bid for such world
position. Why not the country
newspaper men have his knowledge
seasoned with frst-hand observation
of what our American world is doing
by suitable travel which can be paid
for in the goods be has to seli-his
advertising space-iust the same as
the farmer his eggs to the country
merchant in barter or trade?
The country IS liable to suffer much
more from the lack of such informa-
tion at the hands of its publishers
through a failure to open the way
for such relations of business with
railroads for interstate business
than it would from the dangers of
'obse quiousness" by the press to-
wards the railroads which grant
such. The legislation can head off
the "obseduiousness charge by
proper regulation Of the contracts,
the 'revocabe at the