Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-10-02
From the Post and Tribune.

From the Post and Tribune. 4al i
Perhaps the most purely business and
wholly nOn-pOlitical department of the
government is the postoffice department
In Its relations with the people political
differences are unknown. 1t is used alike
by all parties, and the people of ali sec.
tons share its benefits. As long ago as
1893, the then pOstmaster-general, in his
annual report, near the close of lone
series OF years of Democratic admins,
tratiOn, said:
The pOstofice department, in its cease
less lab0rs, pervades every channel of
commerce, and every theater of hnman
enterprise, and while visiting. as II does
kindly, every Preside, mingles with the
throbbings of almost every heart in the
land. In the amplitude of its benefi.
cence, 1T ministers to all claims and
creeds and pursuits with the same eao-
er readiness, and with equal fuIIness IF
fidelity. 1t is the delicate ear-trnmn
through which alike nations and tamil
les and isolated individuals whisner
their joys and their sorrows. their eon-
ylctlOns and their sympathies. to all
who listen for their coming. Naturally
enough, such an institution has ever
been, and still is, cherished fayorite
with the American people. The cOnntrv
has constantly manifested the most in.
tense sOlicitude for the preservation of
Its purity and the prosperity of its adj
ministratiOn, and it cannot nom he dis
guised that the guilty abuse of its minis
traftons, and the reckless auaste of its
nara earned revenues. connected ,pifh fine
hunaitiatiOns to achich it has AN CON CO.
quence been exposed, have deeply and sad
ly impressed the public mind.
Here was confession, made ONLY he
cause the exposures of Democratic cor
ruptl0n, extravaganza. defalcatiOn. and
other crimes in the postal management
were open and shameless, and cOnld
neither be concealed nor denied. The
postoffice department, being a nurelv
businessia and n0n-pOliticaI department.
affords perhaps the best test of the com,
paratlye honesty, economy, and eficien-
cy OF the Democratic and RepubIican1
parties. The following facts from the
official records show such comparison.
= From 1910 to 186O-twenty wears of
Democratic administration.the in
crease ID postal receipts was 81 Der cent:
while the increase in postal exnensas
was 215 per cent! l1 : =
From 1850 to 1S8O-twenty wears Of
Republican administration-fh in
crease in postal receipts was 2I9 ner
cent; while the increase in postal ex-
penses was only 142 per cent. -
Under twenty years of Democratic
rule the expenses increased more than
twice as fast as the receipts. Under
twenty years of Republican rnIe tho ra-
celpts increased more than twice as fast
as the expenses. n .II7 :, - -''''
From 1858 to 1861, under the DEM
0eratlc administrations of Pierce and |
Buchanan. 39.1 per cent. of the postal ex-
penses had to be paid out of the general
treasury by taxing the people. From
1861 to 1880, under Republican rule.
only l5.4 per cent. had been paid from
the general treasury. From 1858 to 1851 |
the last three years Of Buchanan's |
Democratic administrati0n-43.9 per
cent. OF the postal expenses were defic-
lency tax on the general treasury. From |
1871 10 1850, three years under HAYES.
republican, only 10.6 per cent. of the
postal expenses had to be paid out from
inc general treasury. During the wear
ending June 80, 1860, under buchanan.
i2.7 per cent. of the postal expenses
we're deficiency, paid from the general
treasury. During the year ending June
81, 1880, under Hayes, the deficiency was
'nly 40 per cent. In 1860, it cost 81 for
very 57.3 cents received. In 1880 it cost
81 for every 92.5 cents received. ~ 9f1
The main cost above expenses of the
postal service has always been and now
s In the solid Democratic states. while
he Republican states have more than
'ald expenses. Of the postal revenues
in 1860 the southern states
aid only ~ per cent; the northern
tates paid % per cent. But of the ex-
lenses, 44.6 per cent. was spent in the
0uth, and 55.4 per cent. i'm the north.
nat Is, the north paid 70 per cent of the
enehts; while the south received 44.6
'er cent. OF the benefits, but only paid 81
er cent. OF the expenses. In 1850 the !
0uthern states paid only 38.5 per cent.
L their expenses, leaving 61.5 Der cent. Z
0 De paid for them mostly by the north:
7hlle the northern states paid 84.2 Der
ent. OF their expenses, leaving only i5.8 /,
er cent. to be paid from the general !
reasury.
In 1879, the north paid 81.6 per cent.
the revenues, and the south only 1874 /;
er cent: but the south used up Al Der
ent. OF the expenses, and the north only /,
o.9 per cent. The north paid 81.6 Der I
ent, and got the benefit of only 25.9 Der
ent. The south paid 1874 per cent. and
oI;the benefits of AL per cent.
UQQer Republican rule Oroaf iunnrovo J