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DISCRIMINATING AGAINST OUR OWN PEOPLE 



I clip the following from the Ohio Farmer 

 for March 2: 



WANTED— A REAL PARCELS POST 



As you know, reader, from previovis articles that 

 have appeared in The Ohio Farmer, In carrying 

 packages by mail, our government actually dis- 

 criminates against its own people, in favor of other 

 nations. Our postoffice department at Washing- 

 ton has " conventions.'' or agreements, with 29 oth- 

 er nations, by which it carries packages weighing 

 up to 11 pounds from any postofHce in this country 

 to any postofflce in those countries, for 12 cents per 

 pound. For 12 cents per poiind you can mail from 

 your postoffice packages weighing up to 11 pounds, 

 to London, P.erlin, Vienna, Stockholm, Rio Janei- 

 ro. Valparaiso, Jerusalem, IMelbourne, Tokio, Pe- 

 king, Mukden, and to more than 10,000 other foreign 

 postofflces scattered over the globe. But a package 

 mailed to the next town, in the United States, must 

 not exceed 4 pounds in weight, and the carrying 

 charge is 16 cents for each pound. 



And as though those discriminations were not 

 enough, our postmaster-general has made arrange- 

 ment with British po.stofflce authorities recently, 

 whereby mail packages up to 11 pounds are carried 

 from any postofHce in Kngland. Scotland. Ireland, 

 or Wales, to any postoffice in the United States, for 

 the following charge: Up to 3 lbs., 30 cents: up to 7 

 lbs., 55 cents: up to 11 lbs., 79 cents. By this agree- 

 ment a British subject can send 11 pounds in one 

 package from his postofHce to your postofHce for 79 

 cents: while you wishing to mail matter weighing 

 11 pounds to your nearest postofHce in this country, 

 must break it up into three packages of not over 4 

 pounds each, and pay 81.76 postage— a discrimina- 

 tion of 100 per cent against you. 



As allowed by law, the postmaster-general is 

 steadily extending these special postal privileges 

 to foreign nations. This is right, and best for all 

 concerned. On the other hand, the only change 

 congress has made in carrying parcels for our own 

 people, during the last fifty years, was In 1875 when 

 it raised the postage on parcels from 8 to 16 cents 

 per pound— double the cost. 



Well, after you have read the above twice 

 over (or more) read this, from another part 

 of the same issue. 



EXPRESS CO. INVESTIGATION 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has found 

 in its investigation of the express companies that 

 they have made charges above their published 

 rates, and now hold in their treasuries ¥81,957.893, a 

 large proportion of which is excessive charges 

 wrongfully obtained. Criminal proceedings have 

 been ordered and an indictment has been returned 

 against the Adams Co. The following are the com- 

 panies and the amount in each treasury: American, 

 S3.3.635,603: Adams, 824.133.486; United States. 810.737,- 

 518: Wells-Fargo, 87,9:36.:^77: Southern, 83,902,853: 

 Northern, 8999,551; Globe, 8386,856; Western, 882,787; 

 National, 82350. 



Where is the man or woman who has not 

 contributed (under protest) , more or less, to 

 this fund of over eUfhty 'millions ? And how 

 long is our postal department going to con- 

 tinue to carry and deliver stuff for foreign 

 nations at a lower price than she does to our 

 own people? What is the matter of usf 

 How about "By the people, for the people, 

 and of the people " ? 



PUTNAM CO., FLA., AND ITS ARTESIAN WELLS. 



riLEANiNGS IN BEE CULTURE says that In Put- 

 nam County, Florida "they do not have artesian 

 wells," italicizing the " not." Has friend Root, who 

 says that he owns land in that county, never ob- 

 served the six-inch pipe at the back of the Putnam 

 House, in Palatka, conveying the water from a 

 flowing well at its base to the third story? The 

 pressure on that pipe is so great that the writer re- 

 members one day when the pipe gave way and all 

 the gutters of the little city ran deep In sulphur 

 water for days, blackening all the white-lead paint 

 on the houses and the silver doorplates as well. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



That is only one of the numerous wells, some flow- 

 ing, in Putnam County. — Jacksonville Times Union. 



We cheerfully give place to the above and 

 humbly beg pardon for not being better post- 

 ed. I had in mind, when making the 

 statement, that there was no artesian well 

 in the locality around and about Hunting- 

 ton, where my property is located. If I am 

 mistaken in this I should be very glad to be 

 corrected. A. I. R. 



Kind Words from Our Customers. 



MILES APART ON EARTH, BUT CLOSE NEIGHBORS IN 

 HEAVEN. 



Dear Friend and Brother in Christ Jesus: — We are 

 a good many -miles apart here on earth; but when 

 I read your writings In the Home department it Is 

 an inspiration. It seems to set the "joy bells" 

 ringing, and makes us close neighbors In heaven. 

 May the Lord bless you, and give you health and 

 strength for years to come to help convert this 

 country to Jesus. The old saloon serpent is dying 

 a mighty hard death in Oklahoma, but the tem- 

 perance people are on top, praise the Lord. Law 

 and order, and love for God and home predominate 

 in Oklahoma. 



Perkins, Okla., July 28. Z. S. Hosselton. 



HOW GLEANINGS IN ITS MISSION ALL OVER THE 

 WORLD HELPS PEOPLE. 



In reading Gleanings for three years I noticed 

 you had an agent in Dunedin. New Zealand. I had 

 a sister who went to New Zealand In an early day, 

 and her address I did not know and she did not 

 know mine. The thought struck me if I could get 

 an advertisement in some prominent paper in the 

 island T might find her. So I asked the Box Co. in 

 Dunedin to put in an advertisement I sent to them, 

 and I would stand all expense. So in time I got a 

 copy of the Otago Daily Times, with my advertise- 

 ment in it, and a letter from my sister, one from 

 her son, and one from the Alliance Box Co., tell- 

 ing me what they had done for me. and how much 

 they were out of pocket, and said If I would hand 

 it to you folks it would be all the same to them. 



Pipestone, Minn. Fraser Mackay. 



FOLKS WHO LIVE IN " GLASS HOUSES." 



Fie on you, Bro. Root, after your scolding screed 

 of a short time ago, on the carelessness of us poor 

 chicken "journalists." to allow The A. I. Root 

 Company (p. 8) to print the Almighty with a small 

 g ! (p. 94, Feb. 1). What will the Lord think of lt7 

 and from Gleanings! 



Henville. I. Ketchem. 



[Friend K., I " own up " and thank you for your 

 very kind reproof. I want to say, however, that 

 there is no difflculty in understanding what our 

 good friend wanted to say, even if he did use a 

 small G, whereas if a line is misplaced or omitted 

 entirely It makes the whole sentence unintelligible. 

 Our old and faithful proofreader, "W. P.," writes 

 me he marked the above for correction ; but our 

 people, being behind hand, and rushed with the 

 February issue, it got off without the correction 

 being made. If the A. I. R. Co. lets this thing go 

 on they will have to " take their medicine " like all 

 the rest of us poor blundering mortals]. 



Convention Notices. 



The North Texas Beekeepers' Association will 

 hold Its 31st meeting at Greenville. Texas, on the 

 first Wednesday and Thursday in April. 1912. All 

 beekeepers are cordiall.v invited to attend. We are 

 expecting to have a great meeting. 



Greenville. Texas. • W. H. White, Sec. 



The annual nieeting of the Connecticut Beekeep- 

 ers" Association will be held Saturday. April 13. 

 1912, at Y. M. C. a. building. Ciood speaking. The 

 matter of forming a branch of the National Asso- 

 ciation will be considered. 



Hartford. James A, Smith, Sec. 



