The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-11-28
posToFFIcE REVENUES INCREASE
The Free Business Done by the Depart
ment for Other Branches.


ment for Other Branches.
Washington, Nov 24.-Postmaster
General Wilson has made his first an
nual report to the president.
The receipts Of the postofiice depart
ment for the year ending June 3O 1895,
were $76,171, ,09O, and the expenditures
$50, $780, 172
1t is gratifying, says the report, that
a large portion of the deficiency oc-
CURED in the first quarter and that
revenues are increasing with returning
prosperity.
Mr.. Wilson estimates the revenue for
the year ending June 30, 1895, at $685.
793, ,120 and the expenditures at $94,S17,-
900, the difference to be made up by
congressional appropriations.
Speaking of the deficiency Mr.. Wilson
says: 1.-THE regular annual deficiency
in the revenues of the postal service,
emphasized as it appears to be by the
unusual amount of the deficiencies for
the past two years, may call forth COM
ment from those who believe the post
office department should be self-sustain-
ing. But it should be remembered that
the free business done by this depart
ment for other branches and depart
u
regular or cost rates, would more than
wipe out it's deficiencies"
The postmaster general refers to the
growth of the free delivery service and
says:
'I believe it is good policy for con-
gress and for this department to foster
the extension of this service by ju-
dicious appropriations and judicious ad-
ministration.
Concerning the abuses of second class
mail matter. Mr.. Wilson says: II car
add little to the reasons given by Post
master General Bissell and Postmaster
General Wannamaker for amendment
TO the law as to second class matter i'm
,,eratively needed to save the posta
service from enormous abuses and con
seouent enormous loss of revenues
which no regulations of the department
nor vatchfulness of it's officers car
guard against. l respectfully ana earn
estlv recommend to congress a careful
scrutiny into this abuse and such rem
edial legislation as shall be necessar.
and effective for it's correction.
TTpon another feature of second elias
matter. the postmaster general says
"The volume of second class matte
nassing through the mails increase
ranidly and has reached such propol
tions as to seriously retard the distrit
ution of mails in the larger postofiice
and railroad postoffices. The depart
mont, through its local reports, ha
repeatedly urged publishers to separal
their publications by states and route
where the quantity for any one stat
or territory is sufficient to JUSTIFY l
before sending them to the mailing o
zoos and has endeavored to show thel
that their own interests would be SUI
served thereby"
postmaster General Wilson says Il
civil service rules should be eXtend'
wherever practicable. He says: IL
magnitude and multiplicity OF its ous
ness operations, the perfection OF sc
vice which the people are learning
demand and expect of it, and the pi
pable truth that such operations @
he carried on and such perfect serNl
rendered only by men trained ana
pert. all these and many other reaso
can for such stability of tenure
alone can command or beget the requ
lite training, skill and enthusiasm 1
question of extending civil serN
methods to the selection Of fourth ca
nostmasters has naturally received
attention since have been at the he
of this department. But l DO not !
myself able to make, as yet, any