The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-10
POLITICS AS EVIL,
:. IN: POSTAL B J ! SERVICE
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further recommendations of relief
measures are made. Commenting on
the dangers to- which these men are
subjected, he suggests: that, the gov
eminent continue clerks disabled in the
performance of their duty, on the rolls
at a proportion of the salary they were
receiving at: the date of injury, not
elemental TO the relief measures al /
ready provided. s1y, t + ~ 2.l; $
:. ' .*.s Up Ss.:>s Asks a Deputy.
The creation Of the office of deputy
postmaster general, to- be the ranking
master general, is recommended.
Need of agents to study the postal
systems Of other nations is emphasized.
Mr. CDrte1you reports that 27,794
women are. employed in the postal SER
vice. He says nothing; of their value.
OF this number, 253- are employed as
rural carriers. ::
:: The: work Of the postmaster at San.
Francisco in the trying days after the:
earthquake and fire and his employees
is praised
i, Attempts to use the mails to defraud
were severely dealt with during the
year just closed. Fraud orders num-
bering $50 were issued, which eclipses>
the figure OF the previous year by sew;
enty-one. Schemes Of almost every
conceivable variety were nipped.
- Burglaries on Increase.
The number Of burglaries of post
offices during the year was 1,802-a
notable increase over the previous year,
when the figure was 1851. In this mat
ter the postmaster general deplores the
weak federal laws, saying that .ofttimes,
the robbers arrested are turned over to-.
the state courts, as the sentences usu.
ally are more severe. .
!. eDclaring that the commission ap-
pointed by congress to investigate the
mail did not delves deep enough into
the matter, Mr.. Cortelyou ventures the
statement that "while nv impression
is very strong that we pay a great
deal too much for transportation. [
should not be warranted in making q,
recommendation based merely on such
an impression. IF the government is
mails, that fact should be determined.''
The government ownership of the
pneumatic tube systems used in the
mail service IS recommended.
Aids Postcard Craze. =
b Urgent need of the improvement of:
the foreign mail service is emphasized.
The unprecedented expansion of trade
and ]. foreign commerce justifies prompt
consideration Of an adequate. foreign.
service, Mr.. Cortelyou says. Expendi- ):
lures to this end seem fully warranted
also from the standpoint Of a proper ma
val establishment, inasmuch as the yes
sells performing service are so built as to
be readily converted into auxiliary cruis-
2ers. Favorable legislation on this subject
is urgently needed
Illustrated postcards yield perhaps
a greater proportion Of revenue than
any, class of mail matter, says Mr..
Cortelyou, and an important recemmen-
datlon on behalf Of the collectors is
made, as follows:
In order to crafty a widespread de-
mand on the part Of the general public
for permission to send written message
on a portion of the address side, so as to
keep the Illustrated side Of the card free
from disagreement, and following the
action of the principal countries of Eu-
rope, have ordered that from Oct. 81,
1906, post cards bearing written messages
upon the left half Of the front Of the
cards and otherwise conforming to the
provisions Of the postal convention re-
Gently concluded in Rome, mailed In for
eign countries and fully prepaid by post
age stamps, shall be delivered to address,
ees in the United States without addi-
tlonal charge for postage, and that on
and after March /, 1907, such cards shah
be admitted both to the international
and to the domestic malls Of this coun-
try and treated as postcards. s as
The postmaster general approves the
demand for postal note
Need Of reforms in the rules govern
recommendatio Of the copsnlission IN
.vestIgating this question being called
to the attention Of congress. 81
Mr.. Cortelyou united with the f.secre-
tary Of agriculture in asking an AIDE.
.auate appropriation for good roads,