Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The magazino postage proposition caus causes auses 1 a general shakeup among news- news papers ape rs New York Times It ll i la IR er very ery evident that hat the schedule of postal char charges e stands elands In n serious need of readjustment If Ie publications pub- pub carried as is second class cIas matter were vero mado made to pa pay their due share sharo of the cost ost of the service the tho first class letter rate ato could bo ho reduced UK as Mr Hitchcock has pointed out to 1 cent per ounce That would be bc a n public benefit we e Ima Im- Im a that would moro more than thun compensate for or an any Inconvenience Incon or extra cost that would r result from the Increase of second i class lass rates Toledo o Blade Blado The Tho magazines In the thelast thelast last ast few years have havo undertaken to write till this ho definition of rl righteousness ht and to Inform inform In- In form orm the tho country upon the real duties of patriotism meaning that they alone knew I these heso things and the they alone alono were competent com corn pct nt to Impart Imparl information It was noticeable that when the postal reforms i cero first suggested and were then to Include newspaper mall mail the newspapers lad hart little to say 51 In objection though the charges would have fallen alien heavily hea upon them hem and ml might hl have crushed many mant pub- pub It was the magazines s which lid did tho the howling Boston Tran Transcript In Its Us relations to the he public the tho po postoffice department comes coma closer to them than any other branch of government They have dally daily all dealings with It Jt and these are constantly on the Increase But there thero aro some things that the tho public might deplore more than han a yearly carl deficit of a tow fow millions and an infringement of ot vested rl rights would be one of ot them That Thal the postmaster post- post m master stel generals general's plan would havo have that effect Is a R question not nol ito to be settled d b by flat lat or violent assertion Boston Globe Instead ad of ot attempting to o settle Kettle arbitrarily which publications publications' should hould pay more moN a reasonable way of ad- ad the tho difference should ho he found Inthe In Inthe the he application of ot some somo scientific method i It t Is a subject t of ot too great importance ance to I ho tho publishers and the people alike to bo disposed of In Ina a a summary way Let there thero i ibe bo be a fair hearing of ot all sides s and a full till i discussion of the tho merits of the ques- ques lon t 5 1 New York World World- orld The Tho proprietors differ dif dlf- dlf- dlf fer fel er with the postmaster general on the tho question of magazine earnings But accepting accepting accepting ac ac- ac- ac his conclusions as true It appears that thata a a new crop of ot millionaires has hasliP liP sprung rung up tip r It Is edifying to learn Jeam that hat muckraking like steel makingS making has Become a plutocratic pur pursuit and has Leon been joon added to the national Industries from which great wealth is derived Washington Po Post t There is no excuse for tor or fUrth further r toleration of this fraud The senate committee e on postoffice and post roads is entitled to public thanks for or the mOVe it Il It has made mado toward forcing the thema ma magazines to pa pay an honest rate rale for or postal service The proposed amendment should be bo adopted by con congress ress notwithstanding notwithstanding stand standing Ins the howl of tho the beneficiaries of special privilege New Orleans Times Democrat When the postmaster general first broached the plan It was pointed out that the tho operating expense of ot his department might be greatly reduced b by adoption of ot businesslike business business- like Iko methods and Insistence upon economy econ om omy Acting upon that thal hint he demon demon- stinted Its Ita value b by materially cutting cl tho lie deficit It is hard to believe bellevo that ho he hohas has exhausted the tho possibilities of that suggestion It Is evident that thal he prefers rather to go after the magazines Baltimore Sun It Is well enough to Withhold final jud Judgment ment as to the tho Justice of f the tho proposed Increase until the matter has JOB been thoroughly thorough thrashed out If It the magazines are paying too little the they should be bo r required d to pay more But Bul there thero Is is no r reason ason whatever to impose a very largo large Increase so o suddenly that thal it will re result re- re suit sult In the ruin of ot their business Cleveland Cle Plain D Dealer aler J La Folletto Follette Is Isas isas as 13 much a muckraker as aH ho Is a senator Ills heart may bleed for the downtrodden mall mail clerks but It aches still moro more over the prospect that thal free speech Is to bo ho hobbled lobbied In the name namo of or mere mero deficit So tho po postoffice department must face ace the tho music It has Invited tho the storm lot us see uce how It t weathers the storm |