The age-herald., 1897-11-16

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 Some Needed Legislation
 The fourth assistant postmaster gen. eral recommended the following needed lsgisaation, indorsed by the postmaster general:
 f"That the statute relating to ba9l bonds be amended so as to make the bond a lien against the property sched uled therein. in order to guard against uhe transfer of such property with fraud ulent intent.
 That an amendment be enacted to extend the same punishment now pro- vided for postmasters to assistant post masters or clerks making false claims of cancellation.
 That articles found loose in the mails be sent to the office of the inspector in charge of the division in which such articles are found, for Identification with complaints of losses on file in his office; such articles to be held at division head quarters for one year, and if not iden- tIfied within that time to be forwarded to the dead letter office.
 -'That the inquiry division of the post offices In the larger cities where there is a. division headquarters be placed un- der the direction of the respective in- specbors, in charge of such division. This, I am satisfied. would result in saving much time, labor and expense.
 'qIhat an amendment be enacted malS- ing depredations of railway postal clerks a continuous offense, dn order to avoid the difficult task of proving in which particular district the offense was committed.
 That a similar provision making the offense continuous be extended to the use of the mails for what is known as the green goods fraud;" also. for the offense of sending obscene matter.
 That an increase of $30,000 be made to the allowance appropriated for mail depredationls ard postoffice inspectors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899.
 That appropriation be made for new edition cf the postal laws and regula- tions
 ''I'hat, in order to provide greater safe ty and security to letters sent in the registered mails, both foreign and do- nestle, a special stamped envelope of supe r1or material, of the denomination of 10 cents, be provided"
 Postal Savings Depository
 hS POSlAidSlCi dl COllCluueS report with an elaborate discussion of the postal savings depository. 'The es- tablishment of postal savings system would tend inevitably to the cultivation of thrift in a large class of people. Through i,s instrumentality those who have been fn1providert in little things and who have not dearned from experi- ence that money makes money, will be educated slowly burt surely to save surplus over and above their living ex- penses, to the end that a fund may be creased which will provide for them wh n sickness or old age overtakes them. In my judgment the establish ment of postal savings Repositories would tend to bet ter citizenship. If the masses of people were thrifty and saving in their habits, they would more likely be contented and happy; and if their hard-earned savings could be placed in the hands of the gov ernment, in the welfare of which they are all so deeply concerned, it is req sonaale to believe that they would come to batter realization of the duties win oh they owe to their country and conse- quently to each other" --<
 He then goes on to give suggestions as to its management, as gleaned from those of other countries. He also answers a great many objections to the system.