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Show Magazines And Postal Rates. Tho magazine!! havo been protesting protest-ing bitterly nt Washington aga u . tho proposed Increase of post.. . their Issues that nro shipped in i than 300 miles. They argue that two cent stamp carries a lotlu'ij.i Malno to California, nnd they c i . tholr publications should go ... v-whero v-whero on thd samo b.ils. . t, parcel post has been ostnbllkhed o-i a Eono basis, the rate being di-p. ne-ent ne-ent on tho distance a package w.t carried. No ono has claimed th . this was unjust. Tho magazines aro exceedingly bulky. The labor handling them must bo very large, and It Is greatly multiplied by tho distances covered. Tho magazines reply that the advertising ad-vertising in tholr colums originates a great deal or mall business that tends to Increase postal revenues. Hut Inasmurh as bo much mall business busi-ness Is done at loss, there la a question ques-tion ir theso publications aro entitled entitl-ed to any epeclal favors on this ground. It Is hard for tho avorago man to soo just why the magazines aro entitled en-titled to nny special favors. If a prlvato corporation wero running th post offices, tho cost of carting those great bundles all ovor the country would very soon pay a charge proportionate pro-portionate to Its value. It Is necessary for tho commercial unity of tho nation thnt letter pot-ago pot-ago rates bo low all ovor tho country. coun-try. High rates for long distances would Impede, business. Hut a low rato of magazines is no such necessity. neces-sity. Tho standard magazines would bo widely taken nnywny, oven If tho readers did have to pay a bit' moro for postage And tlioro Is a raft of trashy publications that would bo put out of business, with no ono tho loser. |