The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-05
OUR MAIL SERVICE.
ANNUAL REPORT or PosTMAsTER
GENERAL WANAMAKER,

ne Touches Upon tho sunday Mail,
hatey orders win Foreign Countries.
ths free delivery System. Postal
Savings Hanks, Foreign Malls, Doubla
Postal Cards foF Return Answers and a
Posiofaee Museum,
WAsHm0roN, Nov aO,-The post
master generals report has been made
public Among the many suggestions
made ia o fourth assistant postmaster
general, 10 be In direct charge Of the
great divisions OF tho railway mall, the
foreign mail, tho money order office, tho
registry aud supplies divisions and tho
dead letter office, Tho person 10 nll
tho position should be tho best educated
postal man In the service at the postoiiloe
department, or In any Of the $4,000 post
offices throughout theoountFy, Ila sug,
gesla that there be twenty-alx postal dis
trleia ealahlialied by the postmaster
general according 20 population and tor
rltory, each Office In the district 10 be
visited NJ stated times and records made
and kept showing, first, tho capacity OF
the postmasteri second, his personal at,
tentlon 10 his dutleal third, the order and
discipline OF tho office and fourth, tho
growth Of tho business, with such other
matters ~ may be determined on, The
p0stmastea Of tho presidential olaaaea Ia
each district should he classified into
three grades, namelyi "a, 10 bs marked
"hlgheatN "B, marked "eXoellent, and
30" marked "iair' and all under tho
low mari, 70 be reported for such action
aa the department may deem proper TO
take, Those who receive tho highest
marking ought 70 be reported 10 the
proident torhonorable mention aud pro,
Torment
Sunday Mails.
Early IN tho present administration
the subject Of Sunday mail service was
brought l0ruihlY 10 tho attention Of tho
department through numerous lcltera
and memorials, A circular letter was
addressed 10 the poStmnatem nt 100 Of
the lnrgoHt poatoiilcea In tho country.
Repllca 10 the quorleR were received.
They show that aa u rule the alea OF
postage stamps and stamped pap0r ON
Bunday are comparatively nignlilcant,
and that the callers iOp mall matter on
that day comprise but very small pro.
portion Of tho patrons OF the poatoiilcea.
Tho letter carrier service In citleh ia con.
fined substantially 10 tho collection Of
matter 30 that II may mako tho earliest
dispatch, and 10 a brief accommodation
OF tho residenta Of the varioua routes by
the carriers VI the poatollcca,
The general tenor Of the nugRNatlona 40
10 the means and the mode OF reducing
Sunday work In the poatoillcca SCENE 20
be that no long 90 there II maintained q
railroad service on that day for the car.
riago OF malls there must b0 either q
corresponding local service for the hand
ling and treatment OF tho matter no car.
ried or quite q general delay OF such
matter, reuulting In considerable no.
oumulntlona for tho first buoineaa day Of
the week, aud In the consequent dc.
rangemont Of the business, both Of the
pogtoiiloea and their patrons, Tho sub.
jcot will continue to receive hia thought
tul consideration, and believes that the
government should, 90 far ~ possible,
make no requirements which viii pro.
hlbit its employee from tho enjoyment
OF day Of rest
Money orders with Foreign Countries.
An examination OF tho table giving
the number and amount Of tho money
order transactions with foreign countries
ahowot thatthe aggregate eamounlof money
orders igaucd In the United Statca for
payment In European countries largely
exceeds the aggregate amount OF money
orders ieSuOd IN those countries for pay
mont horo, For example, tho whole
amount Of money orders issued In this
country for payment In tho United
Kingdom was S5,il7, i0D,0b, and the
amount issued there for payment In the
United States was only SSB0,005p0, Tho
amount issued In this country for pny-
mont In Italy was 5000, lb6 90, and the
amount sent hero from the latter country
by money orders was S58,006,00 Tho
amount rcmittod 10 Sweden by money
orders was S7a8, 8,0O507, and the amount
received from Sweden was SM, ,d9l.li.
This great excess In tho amount Of
money orders Issued In tho United States
for payment In tho above mentioned
countries IN 10 DO accounted for by tho
fact that these money ordera represent
romittanocs sent by cmigranta from
those countries, residing here, 10 aid
their families and relatives at home, but
In gom0 instances these romittora sent
their money 10 DO deposited In govern
mont savings banlse, 10 there remain
until their return 10 their own country.
Tho Free Delivery syatom.
There are nj present d46 ofiloc9 that
accommodate the people with tho mails
at their doora. This Ia only about one
Myth OF tho number of nrcnldnnllnl OIL.