Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-28
Gives Details Of the Condition Of
Of the Postal Service.
DEFICIT Is DECREASING
For Fiscal Year Just Closed Less Ihah
Three MiIIions-Hurai Free DeiiS-
cry Treated nj Length

Washington, d. c., Nov 27.--The
postmaster general has issued MS an
nual report, in which he says
II present the annual report OF the
postohice department for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1902 with the following
statement of the financial operations OF
the department for that year as COM
pared with the previous year:
Ordinary pos ,ooo
tai revenue slOs, 5Si, 77s, CT sil9,95S, 40
Receipts from
money or
ness -. 49,. 166S, $3.50. 20 1,SS9Sl7.S6
Other
sources a.. 430, 755.43 :. ....., 500
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Total receipts
from all . "a
sources =, Sill, 6Sl .3s SiSi,o4o'Vf''-o
Total eXpen-
dltures for -
the year :. 115,554, 92O.s 12i,7S5,007.O7
- -----s
Excess Of ex-
pendltures n,
overreceiptss 1928, 727,4S 5 29Sl,6i9SL
"A decrease in the deficit from the
previous fiscal year of ssS6,o7767'
POSTAL REDUCTIONS.
Deficits in the postal service are not
to be viewed with apprehension. III IS
the policy, whenever the postal receipts
exceed or come near the expenditures,
to extend postal facilities and cheaper
the cost OF the service to the public.
"The receipts In 1882 indicated such
healthy condition of the posal rev.
enue and expenditures as to induce
Congress TO distribute the dement's OF
the surplus among the people In the re-
duction OF letter postage from . cents
per half ounce to cents per ounce.
Inasmuch az the revenue received from
first class matter at the old rate OF 8
cents per half ounce was about Slo'ooo'-
| 000 the reduction OF postage to those
| writing letters was in the nelghporhoou
| OF 100000 :,
uhuel WY see,iains| va increased
cap ot ieIu0eu aanar,nnont yya a
Wclsn,s' ,ne pose'i', a,,.S,,' c.aated daf.
colnpei'eu w '1 a. ,sss go ohout a. zoo :
c cd w ,ene III ao'S e. ooo noo and from
| wv IN i'v. ,oas ~, sU,oV SoSc clancy grew
.hut eoa oon 80. d,',to1, 81, ,his tma
| 10 Sii,VVvsovv Du, ~ 70 nSaanor nosto ca.
| lhe penuhet tso, h ''at h,,, ,.onoted
| ny oiily aiue" 90 ,sa,so,,ai oop,,nnnica.
Wv. ,Ie =. hr,.S ~ sorr,,,rs 90 sacur.
t,o"s. ~ iie,puu w 20 iI,'.o,,,ra f,or,
the free lstr.'''n W. sta,ions
So I,,,,,r o. a,,thdr,sad Il, 1897 TN,
WHICH eoie, We sum ,ao aad h,,Ihs
Ia,es VI pos.ae ~ t,,,,. nna.boif
49, Wene ieuu L. ad,ead ,ha rote an COL
Sone,eSe ~ F,o,,, oo,,t so, ,,vo ounce,
| ,eeIt p" a,,, 90. nn,nd patas ~ nostae.
w erst aecond third and four class
W. 49,. ho,,o baao rad,,cad vet win ali
| . .teo dai,ions e. tha burden NJ the
,n ni ,he sieniacant fact remains that
| ~ dagctencies IN RECURRING nerlods
49, .rov,, smaller In their nercenta %
natatien 20 tho revenues
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| hOhAL FREE DHHi i1fi'
"Rural free delivery service has be-
come an established fact. Ii Is no longer
In the governmental stage. and undouht-
edlv Congress will continue to Increase
The annropriation for this service until
aIl the people of the country are reach
cd where II Is thickly enough settled
M warrant it, The estimates of the de-
nartment are TO the effect that the
available territory for this service en-
braces about 900. 900 square miles. or
one third of the counrry's area exclusive