THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1919
WAR AS AN EDUCATOR
Whatever may have been the evil
effects of the war, it can not be de
nied that it has been the greatest edu
cative influence of modern times.
People of all countries have become
better acquainted with the citizens of
others, and have a larger understand
ing of the national aspirations of
neighboring states. In our own coun
try attention has been directed as
never before to world problems. By
constant reading of the war news the
average citizen of the United States
is quite familiar with the geography
of Europe and Asia, the struggles for
independence of their races, and the
present economic condition of the
states involved in the war, and is
possessed of a general comprehension
of foreign questions about which he
understood practically nothing five
years ago.
The same effect is noticeable with
respect to similar matters in our own
country. The composition of the gov
ernment at Washington, the power
which federal authority holds over the
people, the relation to each other of
the legislative, executive and judicial
branches, the power of the President
under the constitution, the question of
government control of public utilities,
methods of raising revenue and ap
propriating it for the expenses of the
government, the conduct of our foreign
affairs—all these subjects and many
others are matters of daily comment
in the press and have been so inti
mately connected with the waging of
the war that the reading of war news
has carried with it a general study of
our government in its varied aspects.
Particularly has this influence of
education been felt in the training
camps for our soldiers here and
abroad. Men have been taken from
all levels of society by the draft and
blended together on terms of practi
cal equality in the army. Men of
high social standing and education
have come to know of the hundreds
of thousands of poor people from the
sparsely-settled regions of the coun
try where practically all opportuni
ties for self-improvement have been
denied. On the other hand, the boys
from those sections have received a
liberal education in economics, history
and government that they never
would have acquired had it not been
for the war. To the men who have
been sent overseas the opportunities,
of course, have been still greater.
“Some will come back,” says General
Cartere, “maimed and sorely wounded,
but the greater body of them will
come home improved mentally, mor
ally and physically by their service.”
COSTLY BLUNDERS
One of the questions which will
come before congress this session will
be the readjustment of the pay of all
employes of the postal service, includ
ing first, second, third and fourth-class
postmasters, clerks and employes of
the railway mail service. Althiugh
those members of congress who are
interested in postal legislation are
largely of the opinion that readjust
ment must be made, involving in
creases which, , in the aggregate,
would amount to a great figure, they
are greatly at variance in their plans
for bringing this about without creat
ing a deficit in the operation of the
postoffice department.
However, it is probable that the
initial steps toward securing additional
postal revenues to defray the expenses
of increasel salaries will lead the pos
tal committees of congress to a scru
tiny of many of the regulations prom
ulgated by Postmaster General Burle
son which, it is claimed, have resulted
in great monetary loss to the govern
ment. One of these regulations is
that which covered books and cata
logues into the parcels post classi
fication, which has resulted in stu
pendous profit to certain large mail
order houses and a correspond^
loss of revenue to the government.
This regulation made it possible for
the mail order houses, by sending
their catalogues to postal centers by
freight and then distributing them by
mail, to reduce their postage bill from
8 cents a pound to less than 2 cents
per pound. This profit of one concern
in this manner amounted to $1,500,000
in one year, which, it is claimed, was
distributed to stockholders as interest
on $20,000,000 worth of new stock cre
ated to take care of this additional
profit.
Chairman Steenerson of the house
committee on postoffices and post
roads is firm in his contention that
the postmaster general did some des
perate figuring to bring about an al
leged profit of $44,000,000 in the opera
tion of the postoffice department. He
believes that Mr. Burleson made a
marked underestimate of the addi
tional revenue accruing to the war
fund through 3-cent postage, thus
showing a larger general surplus, and
it is probable that some very interest
ing facts will be produced in this con
nection when the time comes to con
sider increased pay for the postal em
ployes.
MEXICAN PETROLEUM TO
BE SHIPPED TO ARGENTINA
MEXICO CITY, July 7 (by mail).—
The government of the Argentine Re
public has arranged for continuous
shipments of petroleum to that coun
try from Mexico, the first contract call
ing for the delivery of 300,000 barrels
of fuel oil which is to be used in va
rious Argentine industries and on its
ships.
Try the Club Billiard Hall for
golden, silver and royal fizzes. 23-tf
We always have a supply of
pasteurized sweet milk and cream on
hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian
buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 187.
Job printing at Daily Times office.
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