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Show to the mngr'iJrV lions In rxfNS ,f the e paid An hiikwit hA this by the n plesentatlA magazines, Hnd a reply v. A this answer by the poK'u!:i,k aieiit. The utter Inad "luyVn, atiswer, consider' d In the Unlit oFiTkS tfply of the pohtolllce ilei art ment, I think must must appeal to any ftilr-minded ftilr-minded prison. Whether the answer was all that could be said In Ixbnlf of the mipalnes In another (mention. 1 agree tlint the question Is one of fact; but I Insist that If the fact Is as the experts of the potoliice 1 inrt rront show, that we are furnifl ing to the owners of nmgnzincs a service worth millions more than they pay for It then Justice requires tl.utsthe rnt-should rnt-should be Increased. The Increase In the receipts if the department result Ing from this change niay be devot-d to increasing the usefulness of the cle partment In istahllvhlng parcels post and In reducing the cost of first ch I'DKtaKo to one cent. It has been said by the postmaster general that a fair adjustment might be made under which the advertising part of the magazine should lie charged for at a different and higher rate from that of the natllng matter. This would relieve re-lieve many useful magazines that are not circulated at a profit, and would not shut them out from the use of tho malls by a prohibitory rate. "With respect to the parcels post. I respectfully recommend It adoption on all rural delivery routes, and that 11 pounds the International limit be made the limit of earring In such post." Second Class Mall. "In my last annual message I Invited In-vited the attention of congress to the Inadequacy of the postal rate Imposed upon second class mall matter In so far aa that Includes magazines, and ahowed by figures prepared by experta of the postoffice department that the government waa rendering a service |