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On October 13. 1917, a
passed by the Congress and
by the President, providing
progressive increases in se:
mail matter and providing z<
for advertising matter. In I
act we provided for three-cs
postage. J The erasons for it
postal rates were that the
believed that it was an equi
to raise additional revenue
purposes. After the war,
on first-class mail matter, uai
ters, were reduced from thro
cents, but on second-class mat
not changed.
The Sixty-eighth Congress
a bill raising salaries of pi
nlrttrao In ohAlit tho 51 trfrr?"?PTlf 4
lit Ctuwuv -oo- $70,000,000.
Tho President v;
act on the ground that the
postage were not increased i
they should be increased in
pay the increased salaries. Ti
the Congress passed the ac)
ruary 2S, 1925. This act *i
among other things, for an
of one cent on postcards,
rates on second-class matter
tially as fixed by the act of
3, 1917. increased the tax i
lars from one cent to one
half cents and added a servio
of two cents on fourth-class
It was believed by the Admit
and by those who proposed
crease of rates that nearly
additional revenue would b
to pay the increase in salar
the other hand, those who
the increase of rates affirn
there was a normal increase
revenues of the postal def
amounting to 7 per cent, o
$42,000,000 a year, and that
I I" nnlnxina W ClIlM ho !
| c:rt?ast* ill aamnco r vum |
this normal increase in incoi
At the same session of C
the Joint Commission on the
Service, .Consisting of three ?
and three Congressmen, two
cans and one Democratic !
and two Republican Congress!
one Democratic Congressmai
instructed to take proof ui
workings of the new rate am
back to the ensuing Congres
Commission acted as directi
held hearings last summer it
ington. Atlanta, Philadelphi:
York, Boston, Augusta, Buffa
cago, St. Paul and Minneapo
later on held additional hear
Washington all along during
sion until a report was m
May 10, 1926.
These hearings disclosed tl
ing the first six months of tl
ation of the act of February J
the revenue arising from fii
postage was substantially ji
same as the revenue derive
the old rates. In other wo
stead of the increase in rates i
cards increasing the revenue c
class matter, taken as a whol
was such a falling off in fhi
portation of these postcards t
Government lost the normal i!
As to second-class matter, witl
ception, the overwhelming t
the proof shows that the pu
of newspapers and magazine
since the rates of 1920 went
'ect, had been constantly de<
the amount of second-class
transported In the mails, and
verted the same to transports
baggage cars, express truck!
mobiles and other means ol
portation where the rates o:
portation were cheaper tha
rates. They all testified th?
mous quantities of second-cla
ter was no longer tj-ar
through the mails.
The overwhelming body of
timony was that the increas
of one-half cent on circulars h
391,000,000 pieces of mail out
mails, and those who distributt
class matter, many of them, \
lng other means of transpt
In like manner, it was fou
fourth-class matter, especiallj
post, had decreased enormous
matter going Into express o
methods of transportation,
shown by the reports of th
master General that some 721
pieces of mail in all classt
lost to our mails during the
fiscal year.
Under this state of facts
jority of the Commission, c(
of all the members except
recommended that the one-c<
be restored on postcards, tha
vate mailing-card system be
ed, that where individuals
newspapers or other seco
matter^ that the charge should
# cent for every two ounces or
thereof, and that the special 1
charge on baby chicks, foui
matter, be reduced.
The majority of the committ
unwilling to include a return
1920 rates on second-class
They were unwilling to rest
one-cent rate 011 circulars a
were unwilling to take off
cetns service charge on pan
I agreed with the commltte
as they went, but assert that
not go far enough. My prop
eluded in a minority report,
the 1920 rates should be res
second-class mail matter.
Our committee heard rp(
tives from all the newspaper
tlons, magazine associations
dividual publishers of magaz
newspapers throughout the
Every single witness testified
der these rates the publisher
resort to sending their put
by freight, by baggage, by t
h-;
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bill was express, and the adoption of manj
approved other kinds of transportation in ordei
for four to avoid the high postage. Withoui
onddass exception, they all testified they woult
)ne rates prefer to use the mailh, even at t
the same slightly higher rate than they coulc
mt letter others, but they could not stand th<
Jcreaslng postal rates imposed. They were
Congress unanimous in the assertion that !i
able way the Government would restore the
[lor war 1920 rates tnat ti wouia onus w
ho rates inous quantities of publications back
holy, let- into the Postoffice Department, and
p to two in their djugnient it would mean treIter
were mondously increased revenues to the
Government on the classes of publlj
passed cations which the Government can
istal em- now handle at a profit under the
; sum ot 1920 rates.
itoed the In this opinion I concur. I believe
rates of if the 1920 rates were restored, the
and that revenues of the Government would be
order to greatly increased, and at the same
tereupon time the senders of second-class matof
Feb- tor and the public generally would be
provided, greatly advanced. I believe that the
increase higher rate imposed under the act
left the of October 3, 1917, was more than
substan- the traffic would bear, and that It haa
October shut out an enormous amount of mall
n circu- that could be transported by the Postand
a oil ice Department at a profit.
3 charge It is quite significant that the mamatter.
jority of the committee hold that the
istratton increase of rates on postcards from
the tn- one to two cents caused a loss in
enough revenue, because it kept postcards
> raised out of the mail, and yet, at the same
|?s. On time, they hold that the last increase
Opposed of rates on second-class matter,
qd that though they were higher than tne
in the traffic would bear and resulted tn
artment keeping this matter out to the malls,
r about yet the Government was not a loser
the in- thereby. It is a reasoning in which
met by I cannot concur,
le. The actual facts as to a decrease
Ongress in mails are shown in page 1426 of
Postal the hearings, wherein, in a memoranenators
dum submitted by thy Postoffice Delepubll
partment, it is pointed out that on the
Senator, advertising sections of second-class
len and publications subject to the zone rate,
uj were the Department carried in 1902, I,on
the 147.725.21S pounds, whereas in 1925 it
i report carried 1,126,566,770 pounds, or 21,:
. The 158,441 pounds sels in 1925 than it
Ed, and carried in 1920, notwithstanding a
i Wash- 33 1-3 per cent increase in newspaper
i, New size in that period of five years.
1 o, Cht- Second-class mail subject to tne
lis, and zone rates is the only branch of the
ings In | mail service which over a period of
tie ses- years has shown a decrease in volade
ob'ume. The evidence is overwhelming
that this decrease in -volume is due
tat dur-; entirely to the present rates. Had
it oper-.J second-class mail grown in volume
IS. 1925, [from 1920 to 1925 in proportion to
rtt-class other classes of mail, and had the
ist the! 1920 rates been maintained in effect,
d from it is safe to say that the revenue
r Is. In- ifrom this class of mail in 1925, under
o i post- the 1920 rates, would have been
>ii first- ! greater than actually produced by the
e, there i higher rates.
; trans-1 The newspaper publishers cited
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iiai iiit; i very sirmiug uAttinpico as iu mu?
aprease. j drowal of their publications from the
lbut ex-! mails in order to obtain cheaper serv>ody
or : ice outside of the mails. My substfblishers
| tute proposes to get these publicas,
everjtions back into the mails, first, by a
nto ef-; reduction in the general rate of news:
teasing j paper distribution to the June 30,
matter 1920, basis, and, second, by the creahad
di- tion of a bundle rate where the only
ition by service performed by the Postofflce
!,{ auto- Department is that of transportation.
[ trans- One illustration given in the hear!
trans- jngs as to the difference in the cost
2 mail to the Postoffice Department for han*
it enor- dling bundles, shows the need for
is mat- such a rate. It was pointed out that
uporred one publication, if it used the mails,
would pay to the Government $252.90
I he tes- per week, whereas the only cost to
ed rate the Government for carrying that pub4d
kept liication would be $15.75 per week, or
of the a difference of $217.15. This publi;i
I1 third- cation has diverted its distribution of
vjre us- more than 30,000 copies per week
}i Ration, from the mails to truck service, which
nl that it obtains at $10 a day, or $70 per
' parcel week, thus making a saving In dlslj|,
such tribution of $153.90 per week. Under
r | other the rates proposed in my substitute,
1 j was the Postoffice Department would carle
Post- ry this publication at $52.50 per week,
I,C 00,000 if train service were available, and
;s were make a profit of $36.75 and still cut
c irrent under the truck rate of $70 per week.
The evidence is overwhelming that
th i ma- me newspapers and the magazines
)m posed every month are diverting more and
n yself, more of their tonnage from the malls
;nt rate to cheaper agencies of transportation
t fi pri- and distribution. Many of these
institut- agencies have sprung up because of
njialled the development of hard roads
ndj-class throughout the country providing new
I be one aud cheaper forms of transportation
frfJptlnn mora ovnllnhlp nrinr to 1920.
...w>vu t II ci 11 ncio r. ?
landling it is most important to know that at
rthjplass the present time there are 500,000
miles of hard roads available for
eejwere transportation and distribution of pubi
tjf> the licatlons, as against 250,000 miles of
matter, roalrpads. At the rate road building
:ori the is proceeding in the United States,
nd they tpera will be 1,000,000 miles of hard
thd two roadf'Mh use within the next ten
selj post, years.
e as far '
they did
osil, in- Changed Him Mtnd
IS that Tk? manager of u large warehouse
tored on Qla?K?w who WQS much disliked,
received an offer from an IDngllsh firm
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ana naa mil uotiueu (AS n*c uy nm
sresenta- Qia8gow job. His fellow employees
assocla- thereupon collected a purse of money
ai d in- and presented It to him as a thank
ines and offering on the occasion of his deparcojintry.
ture. "Weel, weel," said Scottle 11
that un- be t00* 1116 purse. '1 never thocbt ye
s 1 ad to lIke4 Bae w**1' >0* 000 tlmt *
ilicitions ?e're Me vexe<5 at m* ?"B' aw*1, J
ruck, by **lnk ^ fnEI1, but ,tot
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New Pastor at Green's Creek.
Rev. H. G. Melton, newly elected i
pastor of the Green's Creek Baptist '?
Church, comes to us very highly rec- 1
onunended. \
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Jaka Schaafcr Executing a Maaee '
Shot.
tlnct corner fame, and was a hrll- |'
ll&nt three-cushion player. No doubt, j '.
young Jake would do any of them as j "j
well If he had to. j J
inere we nv casus w a von iuh
art tin# a\glft to such a narked e*- !j
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Bombay boasts of a fine new bora* I i
radna track with a stand seating |"
30,000. 1
Jim Klley, hard-hitting first baaa- jj
man of the Mobile club of the Sontb- i <j
am league, baa been aold to Dallas of ;
the Teaas league.
Atlanta of the Southern league an
noun cod the trading of Pitcher Cy !
Wannoth to the New Orleans club for H
Oat fielder Sumpter Clark. !
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- President WUltam H. McCarthy of h
th? new Mnh la San Francisco, an- '
ao^pbag the taam will officially be
known aa the Mission Bears.
WaHy Marks, next year's football
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CBplilD Bi UM um I ii?fc/ VI vun-aftu,
has bsen selected by coeds as "handsomest
man" on the campus.
The Near York public is hoi dlag a
voting contest to select the "worst
book.* One suggestion U the winter
book oa the Kentucky derby.
One of the old-time football sdHes
will not be renewed next fall as Williams
college will meet University of
Pennsylvania Instead of Columbia.
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Stanley Ketchel was one boxer who
often found It difficult to get bouts, as
promoters and managers feared he
would kill opponents In the ring.
Manager Wade Klllefer of Seattle,
announces the signing of Ole (Swede)
Johnson, former Hollywood high
school pitcher, to an Indian contract
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Blnghamton of the Mew York-PennI
syivanla league, has traded Pitcher SSII
msv Dill 1a Vnsliwllla /># BnnHiMn
? 4A^ii WW iinaiioiiv ww mo uvwwwwau
league for John New til, also a pitcher.
An Indiana paper says that an a
bad road the moat necessagy spare
part to aarry la a good temper. StUl
Ldoesn't always get the car out of
i ditch.
Perhaps the moat coveted trophy
that accrnee to the winner of the
1 woman's tennis championship la ths
! unofficial bat autocratic privilege of
setting _tbe styles la woman's sport
garments
the polk county news
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iwr. Aiouoii is now?p.ev in?m?.Jdiiuj
Springs, Green River and Shiloh, belides
some other work nearer his
mine in Roiling Springs, N. C. He
vill take up his work here soon, and
VARIED PROFESSIONS '
There are but few trudes or profi
women working In or at tW?in. The 1
operated by women. Edith Croguale,
mother, operates the "Garden <Jus Stat
Teed and Highland avenue, Osslning,
roaof lady w Lille at work.
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Office in Polk
Columbus, No
The Mountain City wit*
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says he "will be able to conduct the
revival services the third week in
August.
We extend to him and his family
a cordial welcome in our community.
THAT WOMEN CHOOSE
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latest Is the gasoline filling stationtwenty,
of j Osslnlng, N. Y., with her
Ion," which! is situated at Albany Poet
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Charm Plays Important | f* ' JljH
Par/ m Real Estate it " ; ft
In nothing outside of art does the j I i.
Intangible element known as charm 1//^ "
play so important 8 part as In real es \ ^
tate. The home-buyer is usually a sgV ^
very undecided and bewildered sort of ifr&
person. He has a vague idea of what I ?fti|&F If fH|
he wants, but can't quite find it. He fnfip ';f I
is shown dozens of houses for sale. ;>
The price counts within his range, j
That is, say ne Will pa/ uvui vv,w? g-.
to $8,000 for a five-room bouse. In- Py sljE
side of that range the one thing that 1 I Jk ?PK^H
counts most with him is not the cost J
of the house, but whether or not he , |t f?| 4'fli.
Now that is where charm Comes It | MflEy jf.' .1 mJB
If the outlook Is pleasant, the house I W
convenient, and it has some beauty If jg
that makes him want it?the sale Is M ,y^j }5f |jf|B
made en your terms. If he does not , W,AJ*' *'WJM
quite want it, the price must be cut i v ,
five hundred or a thousand dollars, to ? ''
make the cheapness overcome his re- j
It is surprising how few builders | hands the fr.'i*^
realize the great commercial value of i Building v,,..
beauty and good taste. I can take j ternation..; |;
two houses exactly alike, side by side, i quickly t,lr;
The least expensive thing about a slm- She direct..pie
little house Is tinting the walls. It i the small ~B
costs perhaps, for five rooms, less than I great st.u-r. .' U-^B
$75. I can tint the rooms In one of j her share-to . ; i ( .' rs!^B
these houses a drab, depressing color; of the lr.Otl.
the other a bright, pleasant shade. The tag of the clara: vj' t^B
bright one will sell for $500 more than <uce a succe-*. " ^B
the other?and sell months sooner.
Almost the entire secret in investing : 90 ft j - ti jn,
In city property is: Select a location | '- ILi;it?L
that Is growing better, and buy some- | THROUGH CA^fi1*
thing that has charm.?William H. V
Waraby, In Hearst's International-Cos- .. .
mopolitan. National, ..tate and
Money to Aid. ]
Not All Workers Want gMtfI(i v , I
, Homes Near Factory posed :c-ri:!>
There la no demand from modern road t untie, .,9
worklngmen to have their homes mount; ns 1 - ,-r. stAtriaH
within sound of the factory's whistle the state ,.f v. . :
and wlthla sight of Its smokestacks, tnlttee a t! : !.r >
according to the executives of the ture w"' " l- rt .'>s:
Home Bulldeks' and Subdlvlders' dlvl- feaslblll'y nf t.?- [ilnn.
slon. And It la by no means necessary The tunnel amitd h*
or advisable to preempt for working- national, state an.; ,-a. sj
men's homes areas that because of The siinplnti tu:.n<-; dir. .? *
trackage facilities or other reasons for trains only. r/.v. >
are going some day to be needed by with a length . f 1. 3 tntles ivM
the city for Industrial sites. fat tunnel In t'elerado
"Where his wife's card club Is lo- ^er f',p tnaln r; : t. ofti
cated Is a great deal more Important divide Is six ;or|
to a foundryman or machinist than used by l.eth tra.r.- anf
where his work happens to be," the an^ alK" 's de.slgnn] fur ff.-r-B
home building specialists agree. ter from tl,p
Action of the regional planning com- P'?PP "f t,1P Hr"'k
mission of Los Angeles Is cited by the | <'e"- " f'LIttet. >: -committee
as a typical Instance of a j here ln 1!'17- conceived :!*!!??
city's recognition of the advisability 32-mile Cusrarte [ rcrfc-e! ;?
In some eaBes of giving an industrial originator, ton. of the lift. '-H
use precedence over use for housing. sh,r canal "'h!,'h 1)1 r
The commission is now excluding Union, within Sea the. aid L-t<H
homes from certain districts ln the Ington, <>n the city's :ct:
city, because trackage facilities there with PuPPt 8"'i !ir 4
need to be conserved for future in- ocean
dost rial development The Great Northern rthw'tiB
Is start ft.e an elrht- !.'' t^^|
? througii the tVradc-e to
Crte* Zoning Benefits Krnd(; difficulties, cut opvrjf^H
Zoning is reflected in reasonable and reduce ..jem:;:.f riC-8?
phone rates, gas and electric prices several hours,
and ln street car fares, Chairman 5TS&?;*r??
Z Z T?mb ?f ?*
Baltimore real estate board. Died in 1236 l?
Mr. Marshall explained that th New York ? Newf *
number of houses In new develop here of the discovery i:
ments and the price of their con- the intact tomb of Sir Phlli;
atruction regulates the nnmber of in- who at to Jerusalem ?i- ' *
habitants and enables public servlcs Crusade and cjie<! there-1: ' $ J
corporations to forecast In " advance Sir Pbllin d'Aulcny n-M
Improvements they mast supply tn the of Henry III of Englst'
section concerned montirih's Infancy Hf r"The.,
ability of the public service In f" rk 01
corporations to give service without sade under the ! 'j1 <H
large emergency expenses will result man Knipeno Fre.f
In lower costs to the consumer," Mr. Christians had heor:
Marshall said. "We In Baltimore adln In 1187. hut in should
be allowed to pass legislation obtained possession
that will protect the public from a treaty with Sultan Rat
smell minority." was In the hands oft e ^
1236, when d'Auheny
- . , r . burled there, ft Wiis 1
Good Work Encouraged {he Mosll.ms eight years *
The committee on craftsmanship Thls hlstorh al fact of t-"'
awards of the Philadelphia Building g|r Philip d'Auheny
congress has awarded certificates to served and It was "'s(;f',*iB
IS gulldsmen, 8 craftsmen and 7 bsrild- eighty years aim. when a > ' H
ere and subcontractors. covered in the court _ H
The object of the Philadelphia Build- Church of the Sepnl<^ ^__
tog congress Is to encourage and pre- epitaph of Fir I'hii'p. ?
serve In Philadelphia and its metro- and the d'Auheny :irTr'
polltan area the spirit of eraftsipan- it has always heen
ship and to give recognition to those until a few week- .;H
whose skill, patience and toU have had been removed fr?B. . . <cfl
bnllt well In the community, the Crusader and had " ;
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EVERYTHING I
: To Make The Home Pleasant For I
Summer J
Swings, Porch Chairs, Rocker*. ^Ke* I
frigerators, Ice Boxes, Old HicW I
Furniture, & Cool Summer Rug*
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