The Jasper news., 1907-11-21
WAR AGAINST CRIME
GOOD WORK DONE BY Postal
SERVICE.
Mighty Army Ever Engsged 10 asrv-
slnS and Protecting the .PpblIc1-
swlndIing Advertisements
Detected and barred.

HtaI f. IT.
Just how much OF it's amazing de-
yelopment. this vast country owes to
: Its postal service would take volumes
to tell. A mighty machine is this,
whose Spulsing IS felt. in every, home
and place of business, however re-.
mote, from Alaska to Florida. It Is
served by a mighty army of 1898
employees, strategically disposed in
some 10000 Offices, which handled last
year 1851 ,090,610 separate pieces OF
mall. q
1t is evident that to protect these
postal myriads, and to see that their
units are not used for fraudulentl pur.
poses, is the work of a Titar, ,who.t
however, looms unobtrusiyely as POST
master General George Won, La Meyer.
Crimes of all kinds conneeted with
thepost Office are published In q. jour.
nal never seen by the ordinary public
the, depreciation bulletin Of the. sery,.
Ice. which. must be read by every sol
der of the postal army under pain Of
fine. ''''-''f y y
Monday morning frequently brings
a startling wire to a state center
Post office robbed last night: -safe.
blown with guhcotton or 'nttroglycer-
in.@ An ,inspettofais .onf the spot ,as
fast as express teains wifi carry him..
And. a stringent inquiry. iss:begnns on
the srotr Occasionally suspicion falls
on an inside man. who, II convicted, is
taken before. the federal courts and
sentenced to at least three, years.
may mention here that every post Of
fee in the country is periodically over.
hauled by an expert and everything
from staff to stamps checked and
PASSED Cali we'll" And incidentally
all complaints against postmasters.
carriers and clerks are sifted. for
charges more or less well founded are
often laid against these for intoxica-
ton, laziness. lettering, carelessness
or downright dishonesty.
Ent the fraudulent use Of the mails
Through swindling advertisements is
vastly more difficult on account of
legal technicalities and flaws Of which
swindlers know SO well how to avail
themselves. John Hill, Jr., Of the Chi.
cago board of trade, estimates that
: every year the people of the United
States contribute the enormous sum
Of $100,000,000 to get-rich-quick and
safe investment" swindlers alone;
All classes are affected, from the
laundress to the lawyer, Clergyman
and merchant. There are victims In
the cities, on farms; ranches and plum
tations, and in every hamlet and little
village. For distance is swiftly
bridged by the United States mall and
the publics money flows freely end
quickly through that gigantic artery.
Only the other day an enterprisiug
seed" merchant was sentenced to a
years imprisonment and fine Of $780,
had for years been receiving gorgeous
colored catalogues from him and In
5 every case he announced the discovery
of rare and marvellous flower and he
agreed to send small quantity Of tho
precious seed for one dollar package,
In the first flush OF enthusiasm few
amateurs let such chance go by.
Even professional florists subscribed.
On each package was the usual trade
notice that no guarantee could be
given as to terminating power.
Much anxious watching, carefui
watering and wedding availed nothing.
however, and for the most part the
gardeners concluded their methods
were too crude for go exotic q flower.