Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 20

g __THE EVE STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926. - PUBLISHERS URGE LOWERPOSTALRATE Reduction in Transportation . Cost Sought as Amend- ment to Pending Bill. A reduction in rates on the trans- Portation of daily newspapers by mail will be sought by the American News- paper Publishers’ Association in the form of a Senate amendment to the *2l which the House passed Monday to restore the l-cent rate on postal cards. According to the newspaper pub- lishers, there is overwhelming evi- dence that the decrease in volume of second class mail subject to the zone rates is due to existing prohibitive rates. Figures Are Quoted. The publishers call attention to he following figures: In 1920, the Post Office Department carried 1,147,725,218 pouynds of puh- lications subject to zone rates, where- as in 1825 it carried but 1,126,566,777 pounds, or 21,158,441 pounds less than in 1920. Over this same period of six « Years, the size of newspapers and magazines throughout the United States increased more than 83 1-3- per cent, so that if the Post Office Depart- ment had maintained its volume in pleces as carried in 1920, it weuld have increased its revenues with but slight additional cost for transporta- tion and none for handling, by ap- proximately $7,000,000. Additional Statements. Publishers of newspapers point out that the present prohibitive rates ‘were enacted as part of the war rev- enue act of October 3, 1917, and that with the exception of the surcharge on Pullman service, newspaper mail- ing rates today r‘lprelent the only war taxes which haVe not been either n part or wholly removed by the overnment. Since 1920 newspapers have left the malls to such g t extent that prac- tically every ly newspaper in the United States today is shipping either less or na more coglal af its pub- lications than in 1920, while distribu- tion through all other agencies has in- creaged enormously since that time. HITS ESTATE TAX CREDIT. Green Don‘ndg Bepeal of Clause in Interest of Florida. A demand for the repeal of the 80 Pper cent @state tax credit clause of the Tevenue law was made in the House g:terdny by Representative Green, "'l";clmlt' ;110:-‘1?:“' fighi This is Florida's t," he assert: ed. ' “This provisl 1‘! to stop the migration of people and the wealth to Florida. It has failed.” Green pointed out that Fiorida, by a vote of 4 to 1, adopted a constitu- tional amendment prohibiting the State from levying an inheritance or income tax. = BACKS LUCY STONERS. Bloom Bill Would Allow Women to Use Own Names in Copyrights. 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