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...2??¢ Stamps...
...annual deficit, which must be met out of general taxation, Postmaster General Brown began last year a survey of the postal business to find ways & means of increasing postal revenue (TIME, Dec. 9). Last week "General" Brown concluded that only by upping the first class postage rate from 2?? per oz. to 2??¢ could his department be put on a paying basis. Not since 1919 when the 3¢ war rate was abolished have U. S. citizens paid more than 2?? per letter. The Postmaster General prepared to recommend to Congress legislation for this rate increase...
...average cost of foreign beef delivered in the Hawaiian Islands is 2?? to 4¢ per Ib. cheaper than the U. S. product delivered in the U. S. Any change in the law to require the American product would, of course, require a considerable increase in the appropriation for the sub- sistence of the Army...
...this all. In addition the Prime Minister proposed, with every prospect that they will be carried, a schedule of internal taxes under which the Treasury would receive 2??% of the sales price of everything bought in Australia other than certain selected commodities. Conservative opponents of Laborite Scullin figured out hastily and announced with vociferous shouts: "Such tariffs and taxes will increase the cost of living £i a head [$4.86] a week! Shame...
...Ridders opened with a circulation war, cut the Press-Guardian from 3¢ to 2??, announced a home delivery for 12¢ a week instead of 20¢. Newsdealers protested. The Evening News fought, was supported by its morning neighbor, the Call. The News printed a story stating that Newsdealers Protective Association had met to protest against the Ridders' business methods. The Ridders sued Publisher Haines for libel, asked...