The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-20

enthusiasm OF the entire department
Following Is a portion OF his address
and right Instructive and entertaining
1t Is:
You arc the most slSillfui of the greatest
business III the world. and J. want to Tel
you something about the postal service
because / lud that Ipcn who are occupied
Intensely with one of It's branches very
rarely Know anything about what Is going
on IN the other parts OF the shop. And
want To call your attention TO 1t because
of this: 1t Is The history of the postal
service that 1t has It's time of flower and
bloom; II has reached one OF It's great
epochs: 1t reaches 1t always when the
deficit disappears. and the postmaster gen
erai said the other day that the det1cit
was gone. Now, n man to understand inc
postal service (Which is the greatest single
6nsinesa I'm the world must know some
ching OF Its past. He ought to be faith
ful to ats present In The exercise of his
part In the performance of duty. and nc
ought to be loyal to certain ideals In the
service, and to understand the Ideals Oh
service hc must understand Its past.
The postal service has grown wholly
from within: never from without. The
deficit was the best thing that ever hap
pened to this country. Ut came In lSS2.
Previous TO that the postal service of the
United States was q most ridiculous thing.
Mr.. Meigs. who was one OF the early
postmaster generals. absolutely cxcluded
books from the mail because 'ne shalp
corners rubbed the addresses OH en IN
gelopes. In ls2s a man by inc name VI
StcLean. from Ohio. was postmaster gen
erai. So well ne ran tho service that at
the end OF his term he had accumulated a
surplus-think OF it-of 100000. What
shouid ne 90 Win W why. ~ was Wy
great question OF maj DAY. WHAT shoula
they DO WIN the masn'hceht sun. u
N,onav u,6tc1, had cnpnn tn thu OOEtOffiCc
department.! ana congress oio q s.iais1
ching. II told MT. Mclean that ne 1hlent
ose that money TO perfect a system
Growth If tha Deficjt.
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men came .ne ochcle An,o lhe hssasia'
ena ~, u pecu,,ar way. livery aons' =.
man IN Washihgtoh swoopea uoMn 90
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spu,s ron gusluo". III nv 80
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wnicn Us sons~here W III Lux 'om'e..on
Al tnroush tne YVES. ~ Ieacneu out, ..ss'
Useless SILL .ou .,.. p.eeeu.ns Mo MI,
.ho aEterrlpie th'ns hapPeteu' MI. Mc-
lean Wes sncceeaeo py q man ny tne
1 s OF laTry. lrom Ncneochy. Barry
Was Wo"ueAlu iei'o"' n'a'i VI ii.s"
impulse ana patrlol,sm. When ola An
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Ca.ls ~ - NY ~ 10. lou.cs ou. NV ehe
(as congress sometimes does discover
lhings 10 its shorror) that the postmaster
general had this government In the hole
100000. iOh, how the congress whic had
got poo- Mr.. Barry to do this arose in
& Indignation and denounced him! What was
the result? A long investigation-an in
v~estigation that men have forgotten be-
Gauge In that day they printed fifteen
thousand copies of that investigation, and
there Is but one copy on earth today. In
tho library of congress-, and when / hunted
1t out; I was the first man to cut its leaves.
Lscnuld not find anybody that ever heard
0tstliat great scandal. They took it up
Che government did-and put In a man
BY the, name OF "Reminiscences Kendall, a
very remarkable man tn his day. and he
cAndidiy brought down the s~ervice-ccono-
mized. aud skinped. and stinted; and
what WIS the result! The express COM
panies Of the United States took away the
business OF the postal department. That
WIN 30 true II AoaA SuaI tne principal
hotels tne-New York anu Boston handled
more letters daily IN the way OF collection
and Distribution than did the postofficc at
Boston and New York. A man who was
found In Long ISLAND Sound. having fallen
overheard from one of the steamboats, in
1S44--a man travelling from Boston to New
York-was found to have had In his
clothes 247 letters that he was carrying to
friends.
Resuits Of False Ecororrv
nv reason of economy ana faIsa aoo-
nomv the nostal system wont dow M,
6own and down. II WAS ~ a ,o,u ahh ~
lEsa. In 1s+R III had herun 10 increas ca ~
Revenues. ard In 1SN IN. aoacit a,s,n.
scared. md there swas a hlossnnStha Fret
INV hostage. the frst ereat .ten IN tbis
svstcn. I,nmed1a telv nero fter tba ra,a
me stiu. increasinr ana thara hai,a ~
deH,cit tha cirv "a rr;er deii,,ar, ~ =
Serc5 hnrrow,ad Com an Gri.hnoo, 20 ~,
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nfygce and Delivered t,em nm Nc a nv 49, hoo,,
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encrea GOD a ratn IN 1s5a hw ,a,snn ~ Az
extensinns In 1Ss5 and ,sSs ths m,nnau NV
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