Just why a weekly magazine should be carried by the United States Mail for a less rate of postage than a monthly, is not clear. It seems like one of those unjust regulations that are the more reprehensible for being thoughtlessly made.

If the excuse be offered that the United States could not afford to reduce both classes at once, the monthlies should have had precedence of the weeklies, it seems to us. They need more " protection," as the weeklies have the inside track where matters of news are concerned.