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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 8. 1008. I view of its island possessions; so that at all future congresses onr country will be entitled to two votes, ns against one vote each cast by every other na tion In tbe world. ' Practical Made Possible by Recent Robust, Constructive Republican Policy. Convention Between America and England in Effect Oct. 1—Its Blessings to Foreign Born Citizens. ORDER NO. 1007. The Postal Administration of Great Britain having concurred therein : It Is hereby ordered. That, commenc ing on the 1st day of October, 1908, the f staz'e rate applicable to letters mailed In United States, addressed for delivery at any place In tbe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be two (2) cents an ounce or frac- tl >n of an ounce. letters unpaid or short paid shall be dispatched to destination, but double the deficient postage, calculated at said rate, shall be collectible of the ad dressees upon the delivery of the un paid or short paid letters. G. V. L. MEYER, Postmaster General. Behind this simple statement is • vast amount of Republican construc tive legislation which resulted In the significant accomplishment, set forth by tbe Postmaster General. It Is elo quently prophetic of a world wide pen ny postage, for which the credit will be due to a Republican administration. Sixth Unlverral Postal Consresa. Benefit* to th« People, No doubt the Democrats may inquire as to what all this has to do with the welfare of American citizens. For the r enlightenment and information It may be stated that, according to tbe United States census of 1900. the for eign born population In the United States at that time was 10,460.085. The population, born of foreign parentage (one or both parents having been born In foreign countries) was 26,198,939, cr a to"al foreign population of 36,- 659,024 The report of the Immigra tion Commiss'oner by years since then shows that 6,668.656 have since come to America, thus eking out the total foreign population at the present time to 46,327,680. This does not take any note of Increase since 19C0 in Ameri can born children, one or both of whose parents are of foreign blood. Estimat ing that only one-half of this number— 21,863.840--write one letter to foreign countries every two weeks, or 26 weeks each year, we have 120.983.040 letters written annually, which, at the present rate of 5 cents postage each, amounts to an expenditure of »6,499,152 annu- ally. Under the present postal law foreign correspondents may 6end let- ters to the United States "collect,” but when they reach their destination the recipient must pay double postage. Fig uring the double postage on the same basis, the foreign population of the United States pays during each year, for postage under the present system, $19,497,456. Under the new and cheaper postal charges advocated by the Republican party, should the 2-cent rate become universal, the foreign population In the United States, to their direct cor respondents. would only pay $3,249.576 annually for direct postage and $9,748,- 728. for letters sent to them from for eign countries “collect.” In other words, this Republican measure will Bave the highly esteemed adopted dti- *en* of our country, and those born here of foreign parentage $12,998.254 i annually. In the necessary correspond ence with their loved ones abroad. But perhaps the Democrats do not think this is worth while. The Sixth Universal Postal Congress convened In the city of Rome. Italy, April 7 and continued until May 26, llioo. sixty-five countries. Including the United States, were represented. Tbe assembly was for the purpose of dis cussing the postal systems of all nation, and. if possible, agreeing upon measures for the Improvement in all practical ways, of the regulations governing in ternational intercourse through the malls. The first congress of this kind met in Berne. Switzerland, In 1874. Tbe United States Postoffice Depart ment was represented in this World Postal Congress by two delegates—-the Superintendent of Division of Foreign 'Malls, as in previous postal congresses, and the Hon. Edward Rosewater of the Omaha Bee. who had also served In the preceding postal congress. | Some Glaring Inconsistency rs. At present an American can send a letter 5,000 miles by land—say from Mexico to Alaska—for 2 cents, but must pay 5 cents for a letter of half the weight sent 3,100 miles to England. An Englishman pays 5 cents on a let ter crossing the Atlantic, 3.100 miles, and 2 cents on one crossing the Indian and South Pacific Oceans, 16.000 nwles, Alov« for I ill vernal Penny Pontage. to New Zealand. All this Is to be rem At this Universal Postal Congress edied on October the first next, thanks representatives of the United State» to in enlightened Republican adminis proposed a universal two-cent postage tration. World Is Ready far Redaction. to all nations Tbe Hon. J. Henniker Heaton. M. P.. who Is the father of the It will probably be but a short time two-cent Idea in England, speaking of after thr convention between this coun America’s action at the Rome conven try and England goes into effect, until tion. in standing out for a universal the dream of a universal 2 cent letter two-cent postal rate, said: postage, championed by the Republican ‘The British members stood coldly party, will be realized. Australia, New by. They did not recognize that this Zeuland and Egypt have already called was a great historic occasion, a worthy for the 2-ceut rate. Tbe Emperor of parallel of that solemn scene on July Germany has said that If England es 4. 1776. when the Declaration of Inde tablishes a 2-cent postage rate with pendence was adopted; for if the the United States, he will have Ger Americans are willing to adopt a penny many do the same. France. Italy postage to all parts of the world. It fol South Africa. Japan, Belgium, Hol lows that they are willing to establish land. Denmark and Sweden would n»«. It to the British Empire and form with little more than an Invitation to fol us a ‘Restrictive Postal Union.’ ” low suit. A 2 cent postal rate would bind nil The Hon. Whitelaw Reid. America's Republican minister to the Court of St. the South American republics and the James, praised the work of the Ameri United States still more closely togeth can delegation and solicited the friendly er into a peaceful. reciprocal, progres co-operation of the British government sive. civilization, which would mean a at a Fourth of July banquet speech In more rapid development of both Ameri can continents and a new application London in 1906. Mr. Reid said : With these “The American people hoped for of the Monroe doctrine closer and cheaper communications countries agreed, on the object desired, with all other nations as the best means the continent of Europe alone would of promoting better acquaintance and then be wholly outside this compre perpetuating friendship. They were hensive pcstal union, and then the gratified to find that tbe British apostle continental powers would uot long of penny postage (Mr. Heaton) at tbis stand aloof from it. It has remained for the Uulted moment focusing his efforts on what ought to be the easy task of persuad I States to take the initiative In a move ing the authorities on both side* of the to reap the great glory of being the Atlantic, that It was as cheap to carry I ioneera of a world wide 2-cent post a letter from London to New York as age Mlll'i nr of our citizens wil’ feel from London to Calcutta; or from New almost as grateful for this beneficent York to Manila and quite as useful." i net as mill; •i s of slaves did. when the ! IS-pi’blicnn party broke the shackle* American Hrpnbllren. I.Md ths Way | tlml Island them to perpetual physical So It has come to pass thst the Unit services. ed State*, under Its Republican admin istration. has finally succeeded In en- teitng Into a »invention with Great EliYAN S POLICIES DESTRUCTIVE Britain whereby after the 1st of Octo ber this year, a two cent postage rate Mr Taft Compares Republican and will obtain between this country and Democratic Platforms. England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales. (From Mr. Taft'» Speech of Accep- We already have such an arrangement * tance.) with Canada. Mexico, Cuba, Panama The chief difference between tbe Re and our colonial possessions. This great accomplishment Is unlvsrsslly recog publican and the Democratic platforms nixed a* the proper beginning which Is la the difference which has heretofore to result In a universal two-cent postage been seen between tbe policies of Mr Roosevelt and those which have been rate around the world. advocated by the Democratic candidate, Im.sr'a.t Thlncs Aer.m.tt.b.* Mr Bryan Mr. Roosevelt'« policies Two ether Important things that ths have been progressive and regulative: Republican administration accomplish Mr Bryan's deatructlve. Mr. Roose rd at the Rome Universal Postal Co* velt has favored regulation of tbe busl gross through It* representative, must neaa In which .Vila have grown up so not be lost sight of. One wa* the adop as to stamp out the evils and permit tion of a universal return coupon the btislues. to continue. Tbe tendency stamp, tn exchange for which, upon It* of Mr Rryan's proposals has generally presentation at a poatoffic* In another been de«tructlve of the business with re country. tbe person presenting It ahall spect to which he is demanding reform. receive a postage stamp of the value of Mr Roosevelt would compel the trust* B mtx, good in any country of th* to conduct their buslnens In a lawful world, thus enabling people her* to manner and secure tbe benefits of their prepay postage at regular rate« upon operation and th. maintenance of th* reply letter* prosperity of the country of which they The 'ther significant concejelon wu are an Important part; while Mr that In *11 World Postal Congresse* to Bryan would eitlrpate and destroy th* be helA In tbs future, th. United State« entir* buslueee in order to »tamp ont Is t<y< be granted an additional vote, in the .viia which they have practiced. LABOR LEGISLATION Republican States Have Been Lib' eral in Legislation for Labor. Electric Lights. Centrally Located Free Batb. nrstCtaij THE LARSEN HOl' Machinery of Congress Tillamook, Oregon. Already Started for Postal Savings Bank Law. Under new manage II Traveline Men’s Hume. Popular Prices. Democratic States Have Done Little to Make Labor Conditions Better Within Their Bounds. It Is a fact that every Important step tor the benefit of American labor has been taken either by a Republican Congress ard administration, or by the Legislature of a Republican State, of course with the consent, and sometimes by the advice, of the State executive. Democratic Congresses have been no tably negligent in this respect, an 1 Democratic States have eith r done nothing to make labor conditions b t- ter within their bounds. or have slowiy and reluctantly followed at a distance in the trail of Republican re. mine. Sint« Ledri«lation. The States bave control of labor islation within their respective bounds, iederal authority being confined, so rar as labor is concerned, to the District: of Columbia and the territories, federal eservatlouB and federal public works, rhe story of labor legislatiou shows that nearly all labor reforms originated in Republican States, and at the pres ent day the Republicans are far alien J >f the Denim rats in the enactment and enforcement of laws for tiie welfare of men and women and children who work for a living. Twenty-six out of thirty Republican States have labor bureaus, and only seven out ol sixteen Democratic States have similar bu reaus, without which labor laws are often dead letters. Twenty-three tte- publican States bave factory inspectors to see to the enforcement of the factor ■ laws. Only six Democratic States have factory inspection services. Fifteen States—thirteen Republican and two Democratic—have free employment agencies. Eighteen States have laws on their statute books prohibiting labor on government works or public con tracts for more than eight hours a day. Of these States sixteen are Republican and two Democratic. Four Republican States and one Democratic State have I laws declaring eight hours to be a legal working day In the absence of a con tract. Twenty-seven States prohibit the employment of children under four teen years of age in factories Of these twenty-three are Republican and four are Democratic States. Laws limiting the hours of the employment of chil dren in factories or stores have been en acted tn twenty-four Republican and thirteen Democratic States. Eighteen Republican and ten Democratic States prohibit night work by children. Twelve Republican and three Democratic States prohibit the employment of chil dren in operating dangerous machinery or cleaning machinery in motion. Flf teen Republican and six Democratic States limit the hours of labor of wom en. It should be noted that twelve of the Republican States which limit women's hours of labor have factory Inspectors to see that the law Is obeyed, while only three of the Democratic States make such provision In twenty- tbree Republican and ten Democratic States employers are required by law to provide seats for female workers Twelve States have enacted legisla tion intended |,o effect the extinction of the sweatshop system, with its degrad ing and revolting accessories. Of these twelve States ten are Repu' Bean and two Democratic. Seventeen Republican and five Democratic States have laws requiring the payment of wages weekly or fortnightly, or. In some Instances, prohibiting a longer period than oue month between pay days. Trad» I nion Label«. Fourteen Republican States and only one Democratic State—Nevada—have laws In force prohibiting employers from discharging persons on account of membership in labor organizations, or from compelling persons to agree not to become members of labor organiza tions as a condition of securing erfiploy- ment or continuing In their employ. Forty States have passed laws allowing trade uulous to adopt labels or trade marks to be used to designate products of the labor of their members, and pro hibiting the counterfeiting of the use of such labels or trade marks by un authorized persons. Of these States twenty-eight are Republican and twelve are Democratic. The foregoing presents for considera tion by Intelligent, patriotic labor sub stantial facts and figures taken from the statute books of tbe several States. No platitude can upset them. They prove the records of the Republican party and of the Democracy on the 1* bor Issue, «nd they must convince ev ery reasonable reader that tbe Republi can party has not only brought Ameri can labor up to Its present honorable standard, but that labor can look only to the Republican party for assurance of protection and prosperity In the future. Would Restrain I nluTvfnt Tr«at*. Mr Bryan asks me what I would do with the trust*. I answer that I would restrain unlawful trusts with all th* efficiency of Injunctive process and would punish with all the severity of criminal prosecution every attempt on the part of aggregated capital to sup press competition —Hon Wm. H. Taft, at Oolumbns, Ohio. • will p|nar, louristi' H»¿ A Cafe and Cane Plan for the Con F. RAMSEY, Proprietor. J. venience of the People and the Encouragement of Thrift. to» “Wo favor the establishment of » postal savings bank system for tbe con venience of tbe people and the encour age!’.ent of thrift." This Is the declaration of the Repub- ly 11 an national platform, and postal sav ings banks will without doubt be au thorized by law and established as a Prepares young people for bookkeepers, sténographe part of our financial system by the pondents and general office work. The development of; nctb n of Congress at Its coming ses west will afford openings for thousands iu the ne«' sion. whl h w,ll be convened In Decem Prepare now. Send for catalogue. ber. indeed. much baB already been - - W. I. STALEY, | ncc mp'lshc-d towards the enactment of SALEM, OREGON this law. At the last session of Con gress a bill was carefully prepared whl h met with the approval of the Bos no s.er General. and was reported upon favorably by the Senate Commit tee on I’- st Ollii-es and Post Roads. This bill is now on the Senate calendar and can be acted upon as soon as Con gress is convened. The scope of the proposed law Is set Ted McKinley. IF. II forth in the committee report, which is In part as follows: 7) Now is the time to invest in Tillamook f. Values will double in a few yean Coinluittee Report. The purpose of this bill is to place at tbe disposal of people of small me ins the machinery of tbe Poatoffice Department to aid and encourage them to save their earnings. The subject of pcstal savings banks or depositories is not new in this country and It may be truly said to be quite familiar to the people of Europe and the British colon ies. The propriety of establishing postal savings banks became the sub- j • t of discussion In England as early as 1807. Every objection to such use of tbe postoftiee facilities urged in this country was vigorously pressed in the long-continued discussion of the subject in England. For over fifty years private savings Institution« waged bitter opposition to the growing sentiment in favor of postal savings banks, but notwithstanding such opposition In 1861 an act of Par liament was passed entitled “An act to grant additional facilities for de porting small savings with the security of the government for the due repay ment thereof.” That the alarm of pri vate Institutions was 111 founded 1« amply proven by the recorded fact that the private savings banks increased their capital by more than ten trillions of dollars in the first fifteen years fol lowing the establishment of postal sav ings institutions. That tbe postal savings institutions proved successful is satisfactorily at tested by the fact that no backward step has ever been taken in England on this subject and by the further fact that in rapid succession the lead of England was taken by other countries The primary purpose of these insti tutions is to encourage thrift and a saving disposition among tbe people of small means by placing at their dis posal in every part of the country ready facilities for the depositing of small sums with absolute assurance of repayment on demand with a low rat* of interest on a limited aggregate amount. I’owtal Snvlnss Banka NeedeS. Ill certain parts of our country aav- lngs institutions are sufficiently numer ous to accommodate the people, but such areas are quite limited, being con fined to New England and New York, it is alleged that by reason of the num ber and location of savings banka there is one savings account to every two of the population of New England, where as iu all the country outside New En gland and New York the average is only one savings sceount to every 157 of the population. Taking such figures to be approximately correct and recog nizing the fact that the people of all sections of this country are pretty much the same in habits, Inclinations, and purposes, it must be obvious to the most casual observer thst the people of the South, the Middle West, and the West do not save their earning« aa do those of New England from the mere want of secure places In which deposit* may be made. To those who feel Inclined to believe that the establishment of postal sav ings depositories will Involve sn ele ment of paternalism it seems quite suf ficient to suggest that the machinery of the Postoffice Department is now In ex Istence and will continue to exist with out diminution of expense whether such depositories are created or not and that the establishment of these depositories for the benefit of the pe<p!e will not Involve one farthing of loss to the Post Office Department. but will probably, on the contrary, prose more than self sustaining. Very slight computation will elearly demonstrate that the postal saving* depositors ran not burden tbe Poet OOc* Department with any additional deficiency. F If I am elected President I shall urge upon Congress, with *v*ry hop* of success. thst a law be passed raqulr- Ing s filing in s Federal office of a statement of the contributions received by committee* and candidate* in «lec tion* for member* of Congress and in •uch other elections as are eonstltu- tlonally within the control of Congress. -rFrom Hon. Wm H Taft'a speech ac cepting Presidential Boalnatloa. M c K inley & catte Real Estate Agents, Main Street, Tillamook City, op. Larsen FOR ARGAINS SAPPINGTON & THE GROCER Buy Your Feed from the HAY COM? FEED Stone in the Tyler Buildii Splendid Quality of Barley, Oats and Rolled Star Brand Barley. WlLtlalflM CURTISS, A. K. CASE, PROPRIETOR Tillamook Iron W General Machinists « Blacks Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and He»’J Fine Machine Work a SpccifiHJ TILLAMOOK, The Best Hotel. , THE ALLEN HOU J. P. AUliBN, Propri«W• I Headquarters for Travelling Special Attention paid to 1our^ J A First Class Table. 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