The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01

-Bu1 for this TOO liberal privilege.
am inclined to think the very few
really legitimate trade papers would
ever have bcsH admitted to the mails
as se.rnf-class matter
After commenting on the crest IN
crease in the mailing Of fraternal IN
surancs publications. as s-condciass
matter. and showing the enormous In
crease of them since the act Of congress
admitting them. Mfr. Bisseil suggests
the remedy in the following:
IF IL be the policy OF congress 10 COR
time the privileges Of sec~nd-clnss
rates 70 benevolent or frarernai so-ci-
eSies. then rse remedy would suggest
would be an amendment OF the Law
limiting this rate TO them and to le-
Climatic newspapers and legitimate
periodical magazines
II believe one years experience under
such limitations would demonstrate all
legitimate newspapers and period
Ieal magazines may BE- transmitted
through our mails from publishers into
the hands Of subscribers free OF all
cost
The postmaster general does not
favor the postal Telegraph. system ad-
yOcated by his predecessor. The condt-
tiOns OF this country, he says are
such as would enormously Increase the
large deficit he takes as example the
system in Great Britain, which IL
comparatively small territory, and
shows that tse postal telegraph en-
tails a total annual loss Of about g.
ODJJOc0- lie points out that In coun-
Try whore the territory ii so large the
cost Of q postal telegraph would far
exceed any possible receipts Or ben
eflts
Mr.. Blsseu gives the following daily
average business Of the department.
which shows the vastueas Of the pos
ral service:
Number OF nSflns Of post route run,
!. 100 800: number Of stamps nanufac-
turcd. s.:SS0.OfsD; number Of envelopes
manufactured. 10000; number OF
postal cards manufactured, 1-EtD.ODO;
number of pieces mailed, 15,10o,Us0;
number Of letters mailed. 100000;
number Of pieces Of mail matter dis
tributed and redistributed by railway
postal clerks, 27.lDpJyp; number Of
piNts-S handled In dead letter Office, d.
800: daily transactions in money order
business, s1.1oJ.DyO; daily expenses,
sys1, 100.
The postmaster general believes in
civil service In the poAtoftice depart
nent He says:
''lf the system has produced such
good results In the clerical force Of the
department. 1t tx reasonable TO in
uuire whether something Ike IT could
not be applied with advantage to the
lOwer ernde-s Of yr,stmasters. For more
than one generation the American I,ec-
pie have been trimmed to regard the
I,s,stofiic,. ns inseparatIe from the vary
ing fortunes Of the two great political
uartles. and IN sD1ne instances, even
az ie.,itimateIy following the vicissi-
tusies Of mere factions within party.
This faIlacy IL 10 be depiOred- The
intelligence 81 our people has long out
grown the notion that any one y,oliti-
cal party enjoys a monopoly OF admin
sstrative talent. The local pDstofiice IL
closely connected with the everyday
life Of tine people who patrOniz. IL,
and nothing il further from the prin-
,.ipleS Of home rule and majority rule
than to force any change whatever.
Yet tEiis II what happens and ~ bound
10 happen as long ~ the In,stofices re-
main IN the public mind and hence In
the pra,.fice Of the government assD-
ciated with politics.
''rhe postal service must either be
taken out Of the political field alto
seti.a.r and surrounded with the same
conditions which cDnduce to the health
~ q private business. Or be divided,
Tor administrative purpOses, Into two
sections. the one political and the
other non-p9litical. each under a sep-
arate head. 10 the executive authority
On the nDfi-poiitical side shall not be
required 10 give any Of his thought 10
the Improvement Of the postal sys-
tom"
Mr. BisselI refers to the bin now
PENDING In congress- 10 relieve the post
master general Of the responsibility
u post0ffice appointments. Comment
Ing upon this bill, the postmaster gen
cral saySs
"Whether such plan Ii, Or IL not,
the b<.s4t plan that can be devised, II H.
at Ieast the formulation Of a plan
which II entitled 10 the most earnest,
careful and Immediate consideration
and may become foundation upon
which to build. What Is earnestly dc
sired and what daily appears more N
necessity, IL legislation Of some kind
which viii insure an improvement
upon present methods"
Nr. BiaseIl closes his report with a
request that a new building b. pro-
yided for the pDestoffice department
He says interest ON the cost Of an adj
equats building would be less than
the amount q rent paid.
SeN Kind Of Charch.