The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-12-16
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT..
Gratifying RepOrta.

The report Of the postmastergeneral
shows o most gratifying increase and
most efficient and progressive manage
ment Of the great business Of that depart
ment. The remarkable increase in 1ev-
enues, in the number Of postoftices and IA
the miles Of mail interchange, furnishes
another evidence Of the high state Of
prosperity which our people are enjoying.
New offices mean new bamlets and towns,
new routes mean the extension Of our Dor
der settlements, and increased revenues
mean active commerce. The postmaster
general reviews the whole period Of his
administration Of the Office and brings
some of his statistics down to the month
Of November last.
The Postal Revenues
have increased during tho last year nearly
IS, 100000. The deficit for the year ending
june 80, 1899, Is 9a4S, 941 less than the de-
fcieney Of the preceding year. The de-
f0iency of the present fiscal year, 1t Is
estimated, will be reduced to 81, 1929,
which will MOI only be extlnguished dur.
Ing the next fiscal ye9r,. but surplus Of
nearly 81 ,OOO, 900 should then be shown.
creased by $3.50 during the year; and dur
ing the past four years and up to Oct. %
Last, the total increase In the number Of Of
foes has been nearly 1000. The number
Of freq delivery Offices has been nearly
doubled In the past four years and the
number Of money order Offices more than
doubled In that time.
For three years ending June 80, 1892, the
postage revenues amounted TO 1871, ~, $50,
which was an increase ote59, 96S, 100 over the
revenue for the three years ending June
80, 1888, the increase during the last three
years being more than three and half
times great as the increase during the
year ending June 10, 1888.
The postmaster general has extended TO
the postof1ces In the larger cities, the
merit system Of promotion, introduced by
my direction, into tIho departments here,
and it has resulted Aere, as In the depart
ments, In Q large volume of work, and
that better done.
Our Merchant Marine.
An increasing torrent of American
travel to Europe has contributed vast
sum annually 70 tho dividends Of foreign
ship owners. The balance Of trade shown
by the books Of our custom houses has
been largely reduced, and In many years,
Sonsssns dra iSns&S'h' The Year is
only 1ss per can't. of our Imports
were brought in American ships A
wholesome change Of policy and having
SO much promise as 1t seems to me, was
begun BY the law of March 8, 1891. Under
this law contracts have bean made BY the
postmaster general for eleven mail
routes, the expenditure involved by thesC
contracts for tho next fiscal year
approximates S054. 1888. AZ one Of the
good results reached sixteen American
Slips & c g to m 's csssIEns tGSSS
have been built or contracted 4
be built In American Shipyards.
Tho estimated tonnage Of all steamships
required under existing contracts La 1885,
S04 land when the full service required b.
these contracts u established there will b
: fOrby-one mail steamers under the Amer
} lean Gag, With thO probability Of turtle
necessary additions IN the Brazilian ant
Argentine service. The contracts recent!
: In tho construction Of ave ships Of 1000
tons each, costing %, 900 900 or 10000. 900
and VIII odd, With the City Of New Yorl
, and the City Of Paris, to which the treAa
ury depaS EGhent wRs authorized BY leglSl0
lion aS tho Lass session to give America
FaHlSeFy, seven Of tha SWifteSt vessels upo
: The 80 70 our naval Fegetva-
/ Tho commissioner Of navigation state
: thSth very Large per cont Of our import
; iISh StASmahipS and theft connecting rat
a WAY0 IA Canada With view Of prOmot
Z inE thIS trade, especially in ten, iCanAd
) has imposed discriminating duty Of !
peP cent, ON tee and coffee brought int
l he dominion REom the United StAteS.
4 chs unequal contest betwean America
! inss without subsidy, or with diEhinlshe
= subsidies, and the English Canadian lin
, 10 which / have referred, Ia 70 continue,
? fhink we should ct least SEQ that q
q facilities for cust0ma entry and trRnspo
Z tatiOn across our territory are not suck
y 70 make the Canadian route favored on
and thRt tho discrimination as TO dutie
10 which have referred. Is met By III
discrimination ~ 70 the importation
these articlaS from Canada