The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-07-29
LETTER

Washington, July 28-"No decision
has been reached" with regard to
postal legislation at the next regular
session of Congress which open on
the first Monday in December, we
were informed this week at the Post
Office Department.
Some department officials frankly
admitted they favor the "try-out per-
iod" for the prevailing make-shift
second class rates being extended to
three years at least from the time
the existing "stop-gap" postal law
Became effective on April Is, 1925.
Among close observers Of the pos
tai situation at Washington the opin-
ion is becoming general that unless
the publishing interests exert strong
er pressure upon the joint Congress
sional postal committee, which is DOM
mated by Senator George II. Moses,
Of New Hampshire, chairman of the
Senate Post Office Committee, and
Congressman William w. Griest,
chairman Of the House Post Office
Committee, any move for a reduction
in second class rates at the "short
session." lasting from December un-
during the late session.
The privately circulated Kiplinger
Washington letter carried this signi.
ficant statement this week:
"Groups wanting postal rate re-
duction are being given official as
surance that "a postal bill will be
brought up next session. and (sic)
they are accepting this as promise
that it will be passed. The feeling
Of those who pretend to know the
postal situation here is that the ses-
sion will be too short and the diff
ference of aim of the various groups
too divergent, to make possible any
effective general rate reduction. The
private comment emanating from the
Post Office Department. is to the eff
feet that the present rates will have
to be retained for two years yet"
All of our information from other
reliable Washington channels is
along the same line. Without wish
ing to appear to attach too much i'm
portance to the continued opposi-
ton of the Post Office Department to
olwering of second class rate, we
desire to emphasize again the mad
visibility of senators and congress-
men being permitted to forget, es-
pecially in the midst of the present
Congressional campaign, the just de-
mand for the enactment of legislation
in which the publishing interests are
vitality interested. The fate of those
demands at the last session need only
be recalled to visualize what may
happen if the Post Office Department,
as well as the joint Congressional
committee, is permitted to ride
rough shod over them again at the
next session. Even during these hot
summer days the publishing interests
should, in our Judgment, remain alive
to the possibilities of the situation
created by the ''do-nothing" policy
adopted by Mr.. Moses and Mr.. Griest
with respect to postal legislation.
Fresh emphasis upon the continua-
ton of the Post Office Department in
the envelope printing business was
provided this week by the following
statement issued by the Postmaster
General with reference to the cen
velope factory in. Dayton, Ohio"
seeming to us to be especially inter-
esting:
POSTMASTER General New to-day
announced the prospective issuance
of a new 2-cent embossed stamped
envelope to commemorate the Ses-
quicentennial anniversary of Amer
lean Independence. The envelope is
being issued in connection with the
Sesquicentennial Exposition in Phil
adelphia, Pa, the stamp being print
ed in red on quality paper.
The stamp on the envelope is an
upright rectangle in shape, about
1-8 by 1915 inches in size. The
central design is an embossed Lib
erty Bell partly surrounded by a i
wreath with the figures "1776" and
1926" on either side. Above the
central design appear the words |
"United States Postage" and directly
below are the words "Sesquicenten-
NAL Exposition" The mineral "2"
appear in both lower corners, with
the words Scents" between.
The new envelope in No. size will |
be manufactured on the machine |
which has been installed as part of
the Departments exhibit at the Elk
position, the first sale Ito be made at |
The Model Post Office in the EXPOSE
ton grounds on July 27. The SEES
quicentennial envelope in sizes No. S,
8 and Is will be placed on sale at |
other post offices throughout the
country as soon as sufficient supplies |
can be manufactured at the envelope |
factory in Dayton, Ohio"
The "drive" by Commissioner Will |
liam E. Humphrey to have the Fed
eral Trade Commission seek to place
the responsibility for fraudulent or
misleading advertising upon those
who accept it as we'll as upon those |
who place it narrowed down this week |
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