The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-04
THE POSTAL CONVENTION AND ITS
RESULTS.

The recent Postal Convention at Old
Point Comfort promises results Of great
Importance to this section OF the coun-
try In the realization Of which our peo-
pie are all deeply concerned, and which
they can materially aid In bringing
about. The inelflciency Of the postal
service In the South has been source
OF universal complaint ever since the
war, but we question IL there were
many men who were cognizant of the
immense advantages enjoyed by the
people OK the Northern and Eastern
States over those Of the South in
this respect, until they were told OF 1t
in the address OF Mr.. Hubbard, the
chairman Of the Postal Commission, to
the Postal Convention that has just ad-
journed. We cannot better convey an
idea or the relative disadvantages under
which we OF the South have labored, as
compared with tho mail facilities af
forded other sections OF the country,
than by quoting the following state
ment from letter, written by the edi-
tor Of this paper, who was one of the
delegates to the convention, that was
published in our Fridays paper:
During the last few years the postal service
in the North has been constantly improved,
auickened and extended and while the mail
facilities Of the whole country have been in
creased upward OF 30 per cent in fourteen
years, those OF the South have been actually
decreased nearly 20 per cent. For the star
service that IL all mail transportation except
on railroads. the total expenditure in the
South Is, ut this time much less than 1t was in
1861, while for the whole country 1t Is 80 per
cent more.
The Administration Is evidently
earnest m its determination to amend
this wrong, and to afford the South the
came rapid, complete and efficient
postal service that is enjoyed by other
sections Of the country, and 1t was to
advance this object that this convention
was called. 1t was thought that the
government could proceed more intelli-
gently In the accomplishment Of this
purpose after hearing the views and
suggestions Of intelligent men OF the
South, as to how the present miserably
inefficient system could be corrected
and better facilities supplied.
The convention was very largely at
tended, and was composed Of full dele
cations from all the Southern cities,
and we doubt not that the Postal Com
mission was given all necessary infor-
nation in relation to the wants of the
whole country. Before adjourning a
memorial to Congress was adopted. in
which more effeotual and extended mail
facilities throughout the whole South
we're demanded, and also the establish.
ment or mail lines on some substantial
basis by steam vessels between the
South and Central American States and
Southern ports. This seems to compre,
bend the whole subject. Yet In these
two propositions are involved results
whose magnitude and beneficence to
the South can scarcely be computed.
The importance to this city Of better
postal communication with the interior
cannot be over-estimated. Under the
existing regulations st. Louis has regu-
lar and rapid communication with
Northern Texas and Northwestern Lou
siana, which gives her an immense ad-