Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-08
THE DOUGLAS
 FREE MAIL DELIVERY
 QUESTION PRESENTED
Public Expression Asked from
 the People of that City

Douglas. Ariz.. Sept. 7.-(Speciall-
 Probably no question which has ever been presented to the people of Douglas has received so much study and attention as that of free mail de livery. Every business man in the city seems to have formed an opinion, either for or against the proposition, from which it would be hard to move him. And, while the International American has not been able to see every one. the majority of those in terviewed unqualifiedly favor the in stallation of the service.
 Even a number of people doing busi- ness in the immediate vicinity of the postofiice were not slow to say that they believed the servire due to Doug las, calculated to benefit the city as a whole. and that it should be se- cured as quickly as all the require ments of the department could be met.
 c. H. Howe of the jewelry firm of Erickson 6 Howe, whose place of business is near the postoffice, and who, if any one should, might be ex- pected to be opposed to the system, declared himself as emphatically in favor of free delivery.
 q am inclined to believe that thel city as a whole will benefit by free delivery" he said Business does not consist in people being on the street. and the only advantage l have ever been able to see in pOstoffice delivery is that our show windows are seen oftener by the public than may be expected to be the case when free delivery is established. But that is not doing business. although it is an advertisement, and people are go- ! ing to come out into the streets just the same after the system i5 in vogue as at present, for nothing but bad weather will keep people in the house "Of course, the streets in this vicin ity will be quieter that at present, but that does not necessarily mean that business will be less. Again, this fact. even thougl it should result in small falling of of business. will be more than offset by the general advantage which will ao crue to the city by free delivery" George Hardiler, tLc Pullman cigar man. is located near the postoffice
 but he is in favor of the innovation. "I take 10 stock in the statement that free delivery will lessen business in this part Of the city" he said However. even if it should. I hope am public spirited enough to foTego some things of a personal nature ftI the good of Douglas, and I honestly believe that free delivery will prove Of more benefit to the town than any thing which has yet been established barring, of course. the smelters. which give life to the place. By all means let the city have free delivery, and We will have another advertisement which will add to the population and the general welfare of the city and the people"
 James Powell, the well-known real estate dealer, brought out a point ir speaking in favor of the institution which had been overlooked by others but which is of grelt importance. nj fecting as it does the home life ot the city.
 There is to my mind no valid Ob lection to be put up against free de livery" said MT. Powell.
 'I believe that the institution oi this service will not be at all detri mental to business, but even though lit should produce a falling of, this will not be fatal and will be notice able but for a short time. On the other hand. the delivery of mail al ones door is a modern luxury whict ey cry woman in the town will i'rize and it is the women who are most affected by this after all.
 At present a woman living across the town from the postofice must loss half a day in dressing for the street goin. to the postoffiCe and returning home. And then she may not get any
 mail If she does not go herself which may be urged as an argument against what I say, where is the harm to come from in taking the mail tc i herr"
 Councilman D. T. Dunlap. who was one of the members of the council to vote for the preparation of the ordi- nance numbering the houses, cited the | fact to show his favoritism to the movement.
 Having done that much" said Mir Dunlap. it would appear to me that 9 question as to my views was use less. However, I am studying the question fully at present and I do not care to make a further statement until that study is complete"
 J. 4 Miller. the second hand mer chant on G avenue, is another expo nent of the value of free mail delivery 10 Douglas.
 Tt is certainly odd to me that any business man should oppose the in-