The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-18

prosperity, by proper ECONOMY. 1t is confident.
ly anticipated that even the present low
rates, now az favorable as any country affords,
VIII De adequate q sustain the cost OF the serv-
ice The opeTf on and the use OF the postoflce
department Or the convenience end
BENEFIT OF PEOPLE
and the method by which they pay the charges
OF this useful arm OF their public service, so that
It be just and impartial, is OF less Importance to
them than the economical expenditures. than
the means they provide for its maintenance and
the due Improvement of its agency, SO that they
nay enjoy the highest usefulness. A proper
attention has been directed to the preventjpn OF
waste or extravaganza and good results appear
from the report to have alrea dy been accJm-
rlished.
/ approve the recommendation of the post
master general TO reduce the charges on domes-
tic money orders Of SIS aud less from eight to
I'VE cents. This change will materially aid
thoye OF our beople who most OF all avail Them
solves " this instrumentality. but to whom the
element on eheapness Is of the greatest impor-
lance. With this reduction the system would
still remain self supporting. The free delivery
system has been extended to ~nineseen additional
cities during the pear, and I7S now enjoy is
conveniences. Experience has commended it to
those who enjoy it's beTeats and further enlarge.
ment of it's facilities is du0ro other communities
70 which 1t is added. In SEe cities where 1t has
been established, taken together with the loctG
postage, IL exceeds its masntenance by nearly
al, 100000. The limit 70 whica this system -
now confined by law has been nearly reached,
and the reasons given justify it's extension. which
ts proposed.
OCEAN MAIL TRANSPORTATION.
IL was decided with my appreciation. after q
sufficient examination. 70 be ircxpedient to
contract for carrying our foreign mails gnder the
additional authority given bv the laxb congress.
The amount limised was inadequate 50 pay All
within the purview OF the law, the. fnll rate
OF % cents per mile, and 1t would have Seen I'M
just and unwise to have given some aujs denied
1t to others, nor could contracts have heeu let
under the law TO all ut a rate TO have thought
the aggregate within tho appropriation wislout
such practical arrangement OF terms as would
have violated IL. The rate of sea and inland
postage which was p~roffered under another gsat-
ute clearly appears 70 be . fair cnmpensarionssor
the desired service. being three times the psace
necessary 10 secure transportation by other vgs-
sells upon any route, and much beyond tfn
charges made to private persons for services nts
ess burdensora@ Some OF the steamship CONF
panies, upon the REFUSAL OF the postmaster gen.
eral to,attempt by the means provided the dis
tribution of the sum Appropriated as extra COM
pensRtion, withdrew the services OF theiT
vesseiss and thereby occasi0ned sliEht incon-
venience, though no considerable injury. The
mails have been dispatched by other means.
Whatever may be thought of the policy OF sub
sides of lines OK pubiic conveyance or travel. I
am satisfedthat it shouidh b. done under cover OF
an expenditure incident 70 the administration
OF a department, nor shoEld there be any uncer-
discretion left to- an -ecatfve officer as to it's
distribution. IL such gifts OF public money ere
to be ma e'forth purpose OF alGing anv enter
prise in the supposed Lerest OF the public, /
cannot but think that the amount to be paid
and the beneficiary mighcp better be determined
by congress than in any other war. Tne inter-
national congress- of dtleGates from the postal
union countries convened at Lisbon IN Portugal,
in February last. and after a session OF some
weeks, the delegates,signed a convention amend
atory of the present Iostai union convention, ir
some particulars designed to- advance It's pur.
poses. This additionanact has had my approval
and will be laid before you with department re.
ports. / approve tue recommendation OF the
postmaster general that another assistant be
nFnUiHQA fnF h1da nanAr n1pnT IL fnV1fR V0nI COH@
sideration to the severslother reaoEnnnendations
Iin,his report.