Evening star., 1936-11-25

that revival of the old rate would un-
quest1onably encourage business and
very probably increase postal revenue.
Mr.. Rosewater considers that the letter
rate increase to cents was in the
nature OF tax which, like any similar
tax, cut both ways. reducing the volume
OF Post Office business and thus curtail-
ing its effectiveness as a producer of
Federal revenue. Approaching return
OF normal business conditions, he thinks,
entities the country to postage break :"
1t isn't often that Uncle Sam has re-
sorted to putting up the shutters on one
OF MS embassies or legations abroad as
has just been done at Madrid-at least
in the case of countries with which the
United States is at peace. The most
notable case on record was the closing
of the embassy in Petrograd in 1917,
after the Soviets seized control of the
Russian government from the Kerensky
regime. Three years previous-in 1914
when we were having trouble on the
other side of the Rio Grande, the en-
bassy in Mexico City was left with only
a skeleton staff of employees, but not
officially closed.
-
Mahlon Fay Perkins, American Consul
General at Barcelona. newest storm CEN
ter in the Spanish crisis, was classmate
of President Roosevelt at Harvard, hav-
ing been graduated with him in 1904
Mr.. Perkins. career member of the
foreign service, entered it as a student
interpreter at Peking in 1909 He spent
the ensuing l3 years at consular posts
in China and then joined the Far East
ern division of the State Department.
Later, following transfer to the diplo-
matte branch. he had a. tour of duty as
secretary and Charge dAffaires at
Peking Mr.. Perkins ranks as one of
our outstanding authorities on Asiatic
affairs.
Recovery and prosperity are apparently
epidemic in North America. Canada's
minister of national revenue has Just
announced that the Dominion's income
for 1896 will reach $4,000, 600, 900, repre-
senting an increase of $500, ,0OO. 900 over
1885. The Ottawa government closely
associates the country's improved finan-
cial status with the recent revival of
export trade, thanks largely to the work
ings of the Canadian-American re-
ciprocal tariff agreement. Canada's 1896
sales abroad will probably pass the ST.
600, 900 900 mark, or. roundly, $500 900 900
more than last year. If this rate of
progress continues, the Canadians expect
that, together with q governmental re-
trenchment program, it will soon take
Canada out of the red and restore the
era of balanced budgets. Canada now
has an per cent sales tax. There are
strong elements within the Mackenzie
King government which favor q reduc-
ton of the tax as one of the early fruits
of governmental economy.
Representative Hamilton Fish, jr Re
publican, who represents President
Roosevelt's home district of Hyde Park In
Congress, embarks tonight upon series
of two Nationwide broadcasts dealing
with 1.-The Future of the Republican
Party" Long before the nomination Of
Gov Landon last Summer, the New
Yorker was militant advocate of
liberalization of the G. o. p, which he
thought could be most effectively ac-
complished by selecting Senator Borah
as national standard bearer for 1886.
Mr.. Fish Is expected to be in the fore
front of those Republican leaders who'll
attempt to reconstruct from the ruins
and wreckage Of the party an organiza-
ton that takes full cognizance OF pres
ent-day political requirements. especially
In the social and economic fields, as re-
fiected BY recent results at the polls.
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