The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1880-04-24
Postal Lac.

that Wells, Fargo G. Co., wer,
violating the Postal Laws, tn
Post Master General appointed
commission 10 inquire into the
case, ard this commission afteI
taking testimony made their re-
port recommending that w, +.
& Co. be prohibited from carry
ing letters by express. This un
friendly action OF The commission
has called fourth universal pro
test from the people and. their
representatives, in Congress, an"
have thus Influenced the P. NJ
General so ar, dis To reserve his
fin Il decision until the first L
May, which will give ~, F. 6
Co time to present their siie Of
the case in much more favOra
Bile light than it Was possible for
them to do before a commission
naturally predjudiced against an!
better system of carrying letters,
than that supervised by them
selves.
The many strong points
brought 10y W., F. & Co.. in thei,
favor, are too numerous to men
ton but some of them are, tina
they Increase the revenue of thu
Government, by purchasiu;
thousands of dollars worth o
stamped envelopes. and thus pa
the Government for service no
performed by it, that The oh
jectiUns come in great part, from
local p. NJ. who thus lose a Ger,
tain amount of commission from
the sale of stamps thai the EX
press Company transports letter
on horse back, and by men oI
snow shoes, where no mail i,
carried by the Govern ment
that it has afforded most desira
BILE facilities to the people of tn
Pacific Coast, who, for year
have been willing to add the tx
press charges to the postage, fOl
its increased security, and bea
the burden cheersGlly and hav,
never asked prohibition from tb,
Government; that it would be
calamity to the peopl4 if the
facilities were now cut off for
sending letters by express, es,
periaIlv among the mining
camps, is this service special, and
peculiar that the GJvrrnnen,
has heen slow to let contracts for |
carrying mails sixty or a hun
dred miles from beaten thor.
oughfares in the mountains. in
order to reach mining camp
that the Government gels its full
revenue on every letter carried
by express, and should be salts
fed, inasmuch as the people are
to pay more for these great fac.
lltIes that the Government
tax IS no account of these peru-
liar exigencies of this part of the
country, and ignores altogether
the real services performed that
1t VIII he time enough to heed
the suggestions of The Postal
Commission when the people
have offered complaints, that
this " Letter Expires, ltu,inrs, -
Is "A bar to their prosperity that
the best proof of its efficiency and
appreciation is its patronage bv
the people. the system would
die a natural death, if ii was not
boon to them, and would not
Wait for a violent death by the
hands of a Postal Commission.
For these and numerous other
reasons the people have protest
ed and continue to protest {; @ ,iu,t
the back ward, and uncal!eu for
movement in this prohibition of
THIS letter express business"
The strongest point raised by The
Postal Officials is, thrt the ex-
press business is against the dig
nifty and Interests Of the Postal
Department." If increased fac
llties for mail service hurt the .
of the Postal Department a