Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-10

and Harvard, as he would prefer 10
have Il put. Hitchcock began ms
work with Cortelyou at the opening or
tho Roosevelt administration.
When the presidential election or
1904 came along. and Cortelyou was
transferred % the chairmanship OF
the Republican party the hrst assist
ant TO him was Hitchcock whom he
moved over from his place In the de-
partment Of commerce and labor
INTO THE POsTOFFICE.
Then another change came for Cor
telyou. II was TO be postmaster gem
eral Right away came his frst APP
pOintment. F. II. Hitchcock, frat as
sistant postmaster general.
After that the pair progress stop
ped. Hitchcock took hold OF the
postoffice work, and got absorbed IN
H. He became a great figure To the
eyes Of the postal clerks, much great
er than the other department ana
bureau heads. for he seemed 60 be
working for the men. The reclasslil-
cation accomplished a year ago, has
brought cheer To every corner on the
postal service, and the Postal CLERK
paper published by the men, declares
that the editor has found no postal
clerk 80 happy over the new law, as
Hitchcock himself. IL Is 90 make this
same law more effective, in allowing
il to meet abnormal conditions in the
matter OF wage scales, that Hitchcock
is now on his western trip
RoosEvELTs PLAN.
How about these western jaunts?"
was suggested 10 Gen, Hitchcock,
Roosevelt seems TO be sending us lot
Of his men this summer
YES" was the answer. and you OF
the west can thank Roosevelt for IT,
He is very enthusiastic about the
west He wants his department chiefs
to 20 out and see IL. and he encourages
every western trip. He knows your
country. and he is always willing 10
talk over plans to help build IL up. l
think il is his spirit. perneating his
working forces, that accounts Tor the
frequent excursions westward.
GROWTH Is RAPID.
on the postofice department Gen.
Hitchcock declared that il was grow
ing so rapidly in the west. that II was
almost impossible for the department
to keep pace with the increasing Dusl-
ness. you see," he said, the money
Is set aside for US "A year before we are
to use A." Then when We finally get
Ia the place where n Is available, the
department has grown until the funus
are entirely inadequate. Business Is
Increasing over 10 per cent "a year the
country over. and over 80 per cent
year I'm the west
WESTERN DISADVANTAGES.
And YOU. western people, he went
on ARE at a disadvantage in the mat
ter Of the postal service. as YOU are lh
so many things. Now from tho east
ern states the postmasters get down
10 washington right along. Ihey come
hi. make their wants known pound
away on them until they get a hearing
ana generally they get what they want
as they are able 20 ask for II ana eA-
plain the need. so 10 can be understood
"IIut out here the postmasters are
an a different basis with the depart
mant. We seldom or never see them,
and know little Of their needs beyond
yyhat we set our Of official communica-
tons. Why. I learned more through
nersopaI conversations ON TINS IMP
Than 1 would have been able 10 dls
out Of communications in o. year
General Hitchcock will leave THIS
evening FOR Nevada, whore be VIII meet
"A number Of postmasters before return
Ing east 10 60 10 work drafting pro-
posed amendment 10 the postal laws, on
he subject Of classihcations for ap-
normal wage conditions