The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-30

Attention Is particularly called to a number Of Improvements in business methods of the department as tepdlug to its advantage and the saving of con- siderable amounts. Recommendation is again made for the creation of the position Of director of posts, al high salary, and who shall hold office dur ing good behavior the object being to have a continuity of policies for tho benefit Of the postal service and the people of the United States.
 The necessity for good roads ia point cd out in connection with the devel- opment Of the rural free delivery ser- vice It ls suggested that should con gress grant the department authority to utilize rural routes still further by the establishment Of a limited parcel post confined entirely to rural delivery routes, it would then he possible 10 earn additional revenue amounting 10 millions of dollars and al the same time benefit the farmer by enabling hlm to have merchandise delivered when ordered by telephone or postal card, which otherwise would not be purchased. "rho special parcel post :" says the postmaster general Twill en- able the farmers 10 have small parcels delivered at their gates to live better. and to obtain easily the necessities of life. .' Permission Is requested to es- tabllsh experlmentailv 8 limited par- eel post in not to exceed four counties in order to demonstrate the practical billty of the plan.
 The postmaster general again urges Legislation permitting the establishment of postal savings banks or Repositories in connection with postofT7ces.
 Experiments with stamp vending machines. says the postmaster general. are still being conducted, with every prospect that the defects which devel- oped in the preliminary tests will be overcome, These machines, it Is ex- pected by the department will add lm- mcasurably tO the public convenience.
 The campaign of education in the school houses in matters pertaining to the ordinary operation of the postal service, SD as to emphasize the import ! ance of careful addressing. the placing Of the name and address of the sender on envelopes, etc. is recommended to be continued, SO as to save hundreds Of ! thousands of letters and packages from going Co the dead letter office. each ! year, as is now the case.
 A marked improvement in the eflcl- ] ,F tr postmaster general which he says is l due to the policy Of retaining postmas- ters of all grades whose records have ] been satisfactory. He believes how cver that the appointments Of second and third class postmastcrs should lie with the postmaster general. as is now Che practice with fourth class offices. This he says, would reserve to the l President the appointment Of pOstmaR- ters at the more important offices and relieve him of a vast amount of routine work that Is a tax upon his time
 The postmaster general puts himself on record as being decidedly opposed to the law which prohibits tho estab- lshmcnt of postal stations more than five miles beyond the corporate limits of a city, although he says no such re. strictIon exists with reference to fhe extension of the free delivery service Tho department he declares, should not be placed In the position Of being able to deliver mail from door to door and at tho same time of being forbid
 den to supply the district so served
 with the other usual postal corvonI
 erces. The repeal of the law com. plancd of ie urged
 Recommendation ls again made tha