The Delta independent., 1904-05-27
RAILWAYMA1LCLERR
ONE or THE DEsT Types a.
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Upon ne Faithful and ersess ~
tormancs ~ HE Duties ospsnA
ehs Welfare u MiItieRs-Tss Lltt0
~prssaatsd BY ths Public.

ehs welfare u MiItio0o-1Se Lltts
Apprssiatsd ty ths Public. u
The 1Qvay nall service has been
20 sxcsllsat he public are pcoss d
receive IT - . matter Of eoarse. Liz
ue hesd 10 given to Il, and Il thouKht
q at all. Il 10 nth unitsd realisS
don os Its magnitude o. it, sonnectios
Win he public veal Too great
1eoninsnes 10 givsa the hsro "bships
shs gun" and too little 10 said of the
man who gives the bsst years Of his
nfe Tor the mental. moral and material
esysSopossnt of tbs kind.
The duties of the railway postal
Shrk require high order Of dexter.
~ and skin. which not being giits
God given. are acquired by years Of
ontiring e4ort. His work - Tor the
cement Of svsryons. and In his We've
slI are 'svslsd to the same plane.
Through his hands pass the mes
eaSse of countless millions. ana
vhsehss Of city OF village. countins
souss o. farm. whether bearing fsil
ofs o. success. sUrrow or 10Y, they
speed tn their destination. Upop nj,
skill. ability and untiring eRorts do
pend. 70 . great extent. the success
OF all social. political and commercial
eoterprises. This may seem Q beoaS
assertion. but can you imagine the
eonditioo II the ten thousand postal
clerks Of this eounty were to rssign
IN bodyf Means Of eommunicatSos
would then b limited to the telegraph
ana telsphoas. and that they would
prove wholly Inadequate II apparent
TO the most casual observer. Chaos
would reign In the business world.
and the shock would b. felt to the
Semotest part Of the eivili1sd globe.
1t 10 pleasing. however. to b. -.
sured that no such event viii take
place. for whDs rsaiisins his power
ne 10 imbusd with the spirit Of pa.
triotism that 10 the Efs Of every true
American. The thought Of any other
action than devotion 70 duty never
enters bis mind.
The railway mail service has kent
pace with the nssds OF advancing
times. and 1t 70 the psoud boast Of The
postal clerk that he IL the agency
Through which this pace II and has
been kept: but the time has come
whsn. In spite Of the most heroic Il.
forts that nsn can put forth, they are
overwhelmed. And the tims 10 1t hasa
v1sn more attention mus b gives
or ~ Will reap the reward Of oar
nssisct- Ths attsntioa Of svsry bssi.
ness man should b called 70 this
branch of the public service. for they
are directly and intiDately concerned.
Upoa the railway postal clerk Dc.
psnss The success Of this inportans
SraAeA - the ec-srr Dsnt sAd Ais ~.
0oval vs.Ild destroy In Q day what II
bas taken ysars TO build. Il . dus to
bis adsiity that the work a this Won.
lsrfu! business has bsss carried oa to
almost psrfsctjoa. aad vhsa vs Coz.
elder the vsse quantity oe mail pro
1ueed II this country and The sapility
With which II u transported 70 Nc
destInatioa With slDost nathsaatieal
preeistoa By this rsaarkabls machine
q iissstbutsoa and Asii~ssy II 10 little
aA0rt Of aasvslosa. n each Of ths
eighty Dilitoas q Dsopas Il The
UAitsd oeAtss nail oas bsetsr O. pas>
esi DAY. ~ average b eight tAoss-
ss1 paekAsss 10 The postal clsrk-
ed tSis 10 eoassevaaivs-aaA The re.
eea shows that As makes oes mistake
-ab-sssAs one pssos Tor every tea
ehossand Aan1isA TAs businsss anl
osossssiocal worlds srs chaiisassd 70
show . record that even apoeoaehss
SAiA
Is this service there 10 no place tos
'shs sleepy. he si1sstsh or The iaAis.
sersaS" TIE ssssattal aisasst 10
aaAAood II the absoluss. sos The ose.
WArd show of manhood. but ths tnsss
eoasciousrss sss a pAysseai sersassA.
nsatal capabilities asd moral vustA.
fhsss, eospisd With the ''savsasisA
spsrit Of spplicatIon.- naks Q sod
eftissa asd . good postal clerk. Thsss
are coaeooitant. for be vho II . pos.
tai clerk 10 aad ought to b Q GOOD
citisen. He nust practice shoss viz.
tusa which make meo better In order
to Withstand the strain OF uarsnittins
asstai asd pAystcal haraship, a.l
dat 10 Aoss practice tAsa Ia svt
asacsd BY The record be has nads.
Upoa such - be rests the destiay
q this nation. His 70 . Hfs OF lusy.
Q life hat bsines sweet reward. . lts
that ss.oblss. . life that requires -
srxy, aisrtness and alslity: . ufs
that molds character. that sersastA-
ems Individuality aad nArts hin .
man sspants aAl 1istiacs froa ah
other nsa.-From IN address b. .. J.
Kern q The annual oonventioa Il tAe
Railway Postal clsrhs' Sssooiatiee Il
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