Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-11
POSTMASTER GENERAL.
Encouraged Over Outlook for Postal
Savinos Rank and Parcels Pest.

Postmaster General Meyer. who has just
returned from the wHst, where he ad-
dressed gatherings of representative busl-
ness nan at Chicago and Milwaukee, Is
greatly encouraged over the outlook foT
establish ns a postal savings bank and a
. ap Ia~ceis post.
After voting at Hamilton. Mass, last
Tuesday. Mr. Meyer left there for Chi
cago Wednesday. arriving the next day
Isl in tim 10 hurry, lunchl IS, to tn
Hamilton Club, where he spoke before
gathering of about 100 business men In
the afternoon he inspected the post '-rc 3.
with Postmaster Campbell, and reports
that he found everything in adm rable
condition, an enormous amount Of bust
ness being done most syst matically.
In the evening" said Mr.. NJ ;yhr, i
a I nd dim r Civ ~ tn ma Strlal
Club in the new banquet ha OF til Audi
to .um Annex. and l may say that
found it the most beautiful room of the
sort which / have ever SEN in America.
The guests included bankers. merchants.
railway men and persons closely identified
with the great Industries. After my ad-
III SIS on ii par - post and poSta. saE-
ings bank, many Of the diners took occa-
sion to come and tell m that they had
hi herto b ZEN opposed to one Or ooth OF
the schemes, but that now, after the mat
ters had been explained to them. they
agreed that th9y would benefit the coun-
try. The bankers. esp ecialy y, favored the
posta savings bank. RAILING that by 1t
money which otherwise would be boarded
would be brought into circutat on by the
simplest means. the post office acting as
an Intern diary between the people and
the circulation of currency.
"A diff rent reception awaited me the
next day. when l lunched with the Asso-
citation of Commerce At the 1uncnPOQ
an official of large mail-order house
presided. and many of the guests w-ra
associated W tn the same business. Thes Z,
man said frankly that they were opposed
20 III" ru.a. pa c Is post, as it would
injurious to their business. This was not
y Eptct by ne. Tn rural pare Is pQs,
will benefit the country merchant; he will
purchase more stock, and the jobberS
and wholesalers will also profit by the
system 1t seems to me that the country
merchant has a right to live, and that
what wi ! benefit him is advantageous to
the country at large, even ayond the
question of convenience to his customers
AT Milwaukee | was guest at nner
1 wh1re about 100 business men were gath
cred. and l had an exp 9rience similar to
that at the Auditorium dinner in Chicago
many of the guests telling me that they
had been won over to belief in the ad-
Vahtag OF IN parcels posi- and the pos
al savings hank.
Il found the Milwaukee post Office a
| miniature of that in this city. W tn suf-
| ficient capacity to accommodate the prob
able growth of the next Ten years. Both
| in Chicago and Milwaukee l found the
postmasters enthusiastic and alert with a
| thorough grasp Of thi r duties
i am greatly encouraged over the out
10 Ii Tor pare Is pos. ana postal saw
ings bank. especially now that the bust
ness men are becoming convinced that
the proposed measures are mple and
eminently fair"