The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-14
10 IMPROVE The
POST lEiEIlCE \
Postmaster General Makes
Recommendations That
will Increase Its Eff
ciency
REVISION. Is NEEDED.

Al q .
DEPARTMENTS HAS NOT Eff
| FEcTED ALL DESIRABLE RE-
b FORMS. s.M
WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. 1905. I'm
cle Sans big Pcst-ofice Department
was conducted for the aaeal year Of 1865
al an expense Of s1e7 ,sss, ,1se.2s The
total receips for the year amounted to
/ sl52. .s1e, os5. 10. Thus the department
ended yhe twelve months with deficit
! Of $14.ST2, ,5s41s, while the de6ca for
the fiscal year Of 1904 wac bat ss.77s,-
4s2. SO.
! The annual report Of Postmaster. Gen.
sral Cortelyoa reviews the work Of the
dspagtment for the past year, gives in
detail the postal revenue and expendi-
tursa, discusses changes that have been
made In organization and in the method
Of appointing postmastses.
After referring to the fact that there
IS shortly to be celebrated the two hum
dredth anniversary of the birth of Ben
| iamir Franklin, who was for more
than twenty years Deputy Postmaster
General for the Colonies. the Postmaster
| General says =
/ What q contrast between the service
Of his day and that of the present times
From Is postofices in 1Tso, the year of
Franklin's death, the number is now es,
l31 from receipts of 1886 and expen-
ditnres of $50. .14o we have Advanced ID
the same period to .reesipts Of $l52 ,s26,-
| 5s5 and expenditures of $l6T. s99, ,189;
from 4 total force Of about 500 70 . total
force Of about ESQ .00o.
with the Introduction df rural freq
dslisery, as yet unfinished, and ether de-
tails Of postal dssslopnsnt ineomplets. it
| would seem to sbs ssAs. paft Of wisdom tS
| proceed consavasiseay Until the present
service is more nearly perfected. At
present the service should Bs improved
instead Of reducing the rates Of postage.
parcels post, postal savings depoeitor.
les, postal; telegraph and telephone and
kindred subjects.
J. = 8 y. I =
''It is sometimes said that the POST
ofdce Department should be seat-sustain-
| ing, Such condition would be crafty;
/ ing, but am less concerned about the
deficit than n about efficiency Of adj
ministration.
sThe estimates submitted for the SER
I vice TOR the fiscal year 19O6-7. while
| showing reduction of expenses where
Esever possible without impairment of
the service, are. based in general on the
belief that it Is poor economy not to
make adequate provision for proper de-
| yeIopment Of postal facilities to meet the
growing needs of all sections of the coun
try
Referring to the recent reorganization
Of the department the report says:
+ -While this comprehensive organiza-
tion has been accomplished in the de-
| partment proper, there still remain in the
| relations Of the department to the SER
| vice at large certain defects that can be
remedied only by legislative. action. The
postal service at large comprises more
than 100000 employes,s as against only
| /, 1,169 in the department at Washington.
s.The city OF New York is the great
distributing point for the international
mail service. With its rapid increase in
population and extension OF business it
makes unusual demands upon the postal
/ service, furnishing at the same, time
q proportionately large share Of receipts
.yTae department is giving careful com
sidefatipn TO plans FOR the improvement
| Of the service il New. York and other
! cities.
/ From the beginning investigations Of
the alleged operations through the mails
Of lotteries aad fraudulent enterprises
have been made by pest Office inspectors.
sgThs Possmasfer General is without
jurisdiction to Issue fraud orders savs
in cases IN which there is substantial
use Of the mails. HissautRority. in that
respect extends only to- lotteries ard sim
| liar enterprises and schemes for obtain
ing, money on property through the hasis
b. meahs Of false or Fraudulent preten-
ses The scheme must bs ones .fsF OBJ
tainins money Or property through the
mails in order to come within ire juris-
dicsion Of the departmelss.s.
Ths department now taksssshe initia-
/ tive in Large number Of cases iayolv-
iIg schemes to dcfraud:
tue year ended June 80, 1905,
frssd Aos..sfssh ha tie nszasbss of 207 were
/ Issued: or fSs1-~ fhan tpe<os sfAe nnxnhar