The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-07


REPUBIcANs RULETHis SCR
8VicE HAS BEENSNuR
TTuRED.
EIExtract from remaEks fSHon.sJ.H.
SDaMdson, Of Wisconsins il Daily
ongresslonal Record. Aprn 20,
9o4
SHssFhe sl1biectS Of 5rlral free-delfvery
5sergfce US OF comynandtng inter-
SsaE8and sinnrortance-Intere because
acomparativel new proposition,
because Of the very
graat benef it confers on most
worfnYScIassof people
P~osfrnaster GeneraI Wanamaker in
recemmended the establish
ment ofthissserxice In threeSorffour
years folIosing@snaH appropriations
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and$the4
sygtem%Was neVer5gfven thorough
HiaI slintfl8ua President McKin1ey's
Observation-Disclosures when anumber
af routes Wer established and a.
thuroughStest made then each.
report submitted by the head
ohe PostoHce Department has
made special reference TO this SER
s8Yfcs.Ato#fts#d evelopment and to h
asssBegleits accruing q the people,
Its Isl bIishr nent.
Rostmaster GeneralSGary, in his an
nLal report.s5 IN speaking OF rural free.
deI5yery used the following Ian
you'd g diff1eult to point&to any
expendtture 81 public money
Which has been more generously ap-
SaHracfated blythe people or which has
tip15to heMan1ount expended. II ev-
ryHfnstaIlce the Introduction of the
erFicessghas resulted in an Increase
iD@theSsamotTnt OF mail matter hand
5eds#There fs.no doubt Of the desire,
here the system has been tried,
fhatSitsSslou1 be made permanent"
Postmaster General Smith. in re-
Terflng . this service, said:
ssThezbenefts accyIing from the ex-
tension ofspostal facilities to the ru-
araiacommunities may be summarized
foIIows
Increased postal5receipts. making
OF the new deliveries almost
Immediately se~1f-supporting.
Enhancement of the value of farm
85zands#reached by This service and
hektersprices obtained for farm prod
slctsthrouglr more%direct communi-
alton with the markets and prompt
er#informationSof their state.
Improved means Of travel, some
hnndreds Of miles Of country roads,
aryTS6IoIJrG{ n ~ yx-oe+a,, c+a+oc 1,o,-
fngssbeen@graded specifically in order
aobtain rural free delivery.
Higher ~educatinal influences,
SBFdader circu1ation Of HI means of
public adntel1igence,s and closer daily
$epntact@Withthe great world of activ-
I-tssextended ito the homes of hereto
fuTre Isolated rural comnunities.'
S&In 1900 the Postmaster General
of rural free delivery as fol
II
Z e extraordinary extension of ru-
i i free delivery during the past two
has proved to be the most sa-
Hen significant, and ~far-reaching
feature Of postal Development in re
&eent55tfmes.
Ins#19o1 the Postmaster General, in
speaking Of the service, said:
1.-THE policy of rural free delivery
iHo longer a subject Of serious dis
pute. It has unmistakeably vindi-
eafed itself by its fruits"
Fl 1902 he said:
Rural free delivery service has be-
rorne an established fact. 1t is no
org IN the experimental stage. and
undoubtedly Congress will continue TO
increase the appropriation for this
xsrYfce until all the people of the
5s4ountry are reached il is thickly
enough settled to warrant it"
ia 1900 PresidentsM Mckinley in his
message to Congress, in speaking of
= epostal service, used language as
follows:
9s:ssIts most striking new development
IstheSextenston of rural free delivery
This service ameliorates
+ Isolation of farm life, conduces Il
Observation-Disclosures and extends
fie Sdissemination ofgeneral inforna-
ton Experience thus far has tended
tn#aIIag the apprehension nat would
sbezso#expensive as to forbid its gen
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