Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-04
unc-E SANS MAILS.
Report of the Postmaster-General
az Rusiness af the De2artment-POSts

ReDOrt % the POgtma8tef-GeueraA-
CA Business of the Department-fosta
Savings Banks Recommended.
WAsHINGTON, Nov. 2a-The annual report
If Pos. ma ster-GeDerai Wanamaker for the
fiscal year ended june 80. 1880, was made
public last night. In the administrative
methods Of the department itself he says
some changes for the better have been
made. new series of smaller stamps
criticised and Justly criticised at first, 30
far the twO-cent stamp was concerned
are now. 1t is believed, quite acceptable TO
the public Over 100000 have been saved
on the contract for postal cards. which,
though they were properly criticised az
first. were quickly brought up to the re-
quired stan dard by the contractor. Four
hundred thousand dollars have been saved
on the contract for stamped envelopes TWO
hDndred Thousand dollars or more las been
saved certain lettings OF cOntratt IS for
carrying the mails, and at the same time
the msi, routes have been extended all over
200 0D0 miles OC railway ano steamboat and
stage lines
The anti-lottery legislation has entaIled
much extra labor upon the inspectors
forco. but On che other hand the temptation
to thieving among employees OF the depart.
menS has been much dimin ished by the
same aneano. She past year has been made
Gerry disagreeable to the green goods"
swndleIs
Negotiations with the German authorities
looking to the establishment of post
Offices have been successful commission
of postmasters has examined 500 mod q q,
designs and suggestions on house letter
boxec To find something which, if univers-
ally adopted, would save n quarter part Of
the time oft carrier force of the depart
ment.
A few figures given illustrate how much
the business of the department has grown.
The gross revenue Is nearly S.. COG, 900 larger
than it ever was before Almost 5000 new
post offices. moro than in any one year be-
fore have been established upon the petit
ton CT communities which have needed
tE4. .I<- IT,. l. u
over 5,OOO. coo miles and the railroad mileage
over IL 100000. The railway postal clerks
have reduced the number OF piec es usually
sent tc the dead letter Office by 2,OO0, O3O.
The one idea hich has dominated the de-
partment this year is, Mr.. Wanamaker says,
20 mako mails go faster. more safely and
more frequently. He submits a few Illus
Uaeions of the enlarged service in the West.
In Afteen months i69 $50 miles of mall SER
, vice Sore added to the State of Washin 3 ton
alone Sour years ago the service was not
50 iaeGe by 200. 900 miles. In Wyoming in
fifteen months have been added about so 600
nileG or service. and i'm Idaho in fifteen
fnonthe about l6O 900 miles
Che POSTMASTER General says: "The swift
9se mail is not fastest enough In these days
zoe all Tho needs of commerce and social
correspondence. The conviction steadily
grows hpon chat the post office should
do moro Chan employ fast mails and stage
9oaches, and that the electric wires should
carry letters so that the people who pay In
postage rates the cost of the postal system
have riShs to the uSG of tho postal plants
means OF reducing the cost of tele-
gSaphc correspondence and for the instant
transmissioi9 OF postal money orders The
plan proposed for postal telegraph is
fam ieiaS 80 Shc public. If there Is better
ono Fs vils be quickly discovered and
adopted.S
Dnder 9hc hond "a New Plan of Postal
Savings Banks" ahe report saysi 81 recon-
mems Shat the Host- Office Department be-
z.I On Of iista fol yiro ho, q
un0cs regulations formulated by the Post
gnastes eSenera,, that the said banks be To-
gates az follows First, in States having nc
GAVE regulating savings banks; second, In
any other state upon petition of a consider
abh4 au9Abee os residents OF any one
sDc1ite. and, ehied, not more numerousIy
Sbap 01R Yost- oflice for every ten miles
~ Area 2h03 Che interest to be paid to
deposiSors shan be fixed by the Secretary OF
aho Tstasury at ehs, beginning of each veal
anN be oae half of per cent. less than the
aeornSe saas pni6 to dcpositors by private
SanksS chat all postal savings. received
0ishin State shall be plac ID on deposit
with the Rational banks of thst state on an
election. in such amounts and at such in
Geres9 as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
Srascribr. and qhae all such deposits be de
Shared by special cnactmene preferred
claims against the banks holding them"
The next question considered was that OF
Sotteres aai che mails. The subject was
treated briefly as follows: "The new act O
~
the recommendations of my last annual re-
pore. Che lottery companies not but
see that eheTe is to be no trifling evasioni
IN deaiNS wish them. The press has aided
the department by it's very general approx
al anG the public at large have seconded iti
9Iorts to make the law effective"
Copccrning the exclusio ion of 1.-The Kreutze
Sonata" qrons the mails the report, after re
Chewing che law on the subject ut length
Gays; 20 translation of question: BIZ
book was. as matter of fact. presented
some snonths since at the post office in
Sscet ern Gity for transmission in the mails
VI was held and referred to his departme emf
Che Assistant Attorney General. finding
indecent 0sdcr any deti ition of the word
issued an order excluding it. To exciud,
she book ves the simple duty of the deDart
aren2 cor myself, 1 never discuss the pol
icy or wisdom of break ing the law, and tn,
Officials OF Che Cost office Department d,
not
Che proGs Crom Shc foreign mail servic
during che scar was more than 81, OGO OOC
She compensation for transporting thi
anal paid to lines of steamers to Latin
AmeS gan countries. the Postmaster Genera
says, - inadequate. and he recommends tn
phsSaEe Of the subsidy bill now pending II
the House.
The number of Presidential postmaster
removed during the last two years was 7IC
G)f these 351 were removed on inspector re
ports any 500 for incompetency and othe
causes for the good vice." OF the latte
PIG had served four years or more. At fourt
class Offices the removals 200 in 1ss
and 6,0l1 In 1890 There were &c $50 appoin te
in tho same tine. Too appoin IN ants for tn
past year numbered IL 4t;S ana the removal
6.2I4 The number of pest Offices at the clos
of the asch year-June So lS9n-was g.. 40
The number CT new Offices established il
1899 was ;,236
The total expenditures of the service dur
lag the year vere SIC. 645. OS3, and the revenu
s6t 1928, leaving deficit OF $3.50, 3ot
Compared with the preceding fiscal yea
shere wac an increase of SAL $50 in revenu
and an increase of 1888. $50 in expenditures
Gho postmaster General favors one cen
postage. fle also thinks civil service com
petitlve onamin ations good. new post
Office building for New York is recon
Eaendod.
= Morrow Majority.
UaRTFoRD, Conn. Nov. eth
State Board of Canvassers. consisting O
ohG Secretary of State. the Treasure
cad Comptroller. met at the Capitol yes
&erday. The official canvass of the tota
NotS for Governor is as follows: Morris
D., 81, 664; Merwin. R, 63, 975; all others
S,662. This gives Morris 81 maiorit
ever all. He will be the next Governo
9s Connecticut.