Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-03
GEN. GRESHAM'S REPORT.
To be Completed at mn Early bay Sycc-
ulation as 10 It's Contents one
Cent Postage.

Washington, October 20. The post
mustcr-gcncral " busy With the lrep-
lHauon of his annual report, which, IL
IN understood, he viii he ready 10 suh.
init 10 the president next week. The
publication OF this document isAynited
with much interest Hs " Va expected
the pus,mastcrgcnerHl will suruost
some important new legislation Affect
the pus,al service. Persons who hnVe
Nshly Jumped TO the conclusion that
heunuse he has given diIiuent aud
thorough study TO the posml,teiogiaph
question, he VIII Recommend that tue
general government becumea telegraph
operator either by tho plir-
chase OF existing lines or
the building OF new onns,
are quito ns likely tn hc AZ not To he
disappointed. He has given no one a
right TO Say what lac win recommend
on That subject, on whether hn win snv
anything about it, II Ia prricetiy cor
tain that Judge Gresham viii neither
suggest non recommend any lepislntloD
concerning the constitutionhlity of
which lac has the least doubt IL n
easy and safe 10 predict that IN his re-
port he viii discuss the rflntiona OF
lottery schemes 10 the mails, aud will
probnbl suggest additional Legislation
II lac thinks uny ~ needed ia prevent
The mails FROM icing used by ndi-
viduais OF corporations tor purposes of
fraud. ~ IL not believed that hc will
indore the recommendation of tho
first assistant ppstnuster-g,neini that
The postage pn diop letters IN lrco-do-
livery cities be reduced 10 one cent.
This belief Is founded ln the
iAct That no experienced postal tiilclal
recommends u, So llr az known, and
ON the further ftrt thhl there ~ ne
aucl general public demand Tor reduo-
ton IN this case ~ there was for n re
ducliuu IN the rate Of lptfcr postage,
70 which Mr.. lintt0n, az well rs Tho
late pOstnnstci-ilG nerid Howe wits on-
posed. soon after the lnw for the re-
duction Of postage was approved lnst
spring, mupY petsnns WHO had OPP
posed the pn@nge of the measure az
pressed the opinion that II would Te-
suit In q deficiency for the asGul Year
ending june 80, lssl ofat least ~ pDD,
600, aud probably sl200Q,011, aud
were widely published. Data
are now available 10 ennble
a pretty fair test OF tho accuracy of
FAftn NHAAfAftAihs ftilf AliN AfAAHilN VI lh0-
rent postage viii bc glad W know that
i full examination indlcaleAa deiielen-
~ OF luss than s3,0DD,0jD on account of
Ito reduction, lhiHis very near tho
amount estimated Ivy the tliird assist
int pnstmnHtergeuernl last winter ns
.he probable deficiency. ihe indiea-
ions nre tlnl tliu sales Of stamps for
he current month VIII equal, III they
10 not exceed, during October. iss2,
lut, Of eonrse, The sales for this month
gill exceed The average Of the monthly
ulel for the remainder Of the hseal
iear.
rbc wording of the law of last
ession providing for Tho ren1Jurtmnt
II postWpsiera' salaries Oh the nov
,asis cost The government ab0it 9iND,-
'lD more than congress Intended, by
4 wing posmaeiciStiie Increased COM
FOR the period beginning
llarch ., Instead of making II date
rom July |. 1883. For this lfneon the
urplus revenues Of TIE pOstoiiiee ie-
hrtnent for the llst dsenl year " Bll
~ w'lis oDiy EbOut twlce ~ great rs
lr the year which ended June 80, 1859
mother canse probably contributed
Dmewliat Ia the end, and that Was
le falling of IN tales for thfet-eent
amps lD anticipation Of reduction.
hc estimates az salarlc4 OF post
iatcrs for the fiscal ycaf cnGing lnhu
J, 1851, amounts TO sl2,000,0p,