The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-01-08
WAR AGAINST CRIME
GOOD WORK DONE sv POSTAL
SERVICE.
D. .''ty Army Ever Engaged In serv.
ing and Protecting the Public
SyflndIin9 Advertisements
Detected and Barred.

Just how much of its amazing de-
vclopment this vast country owes to
/ postal service would take volumes
- tell. A mighty machine is this,
vhcse pulsing is felt in every home
a,d place of business. however re-
mote, from Alaska to FLORIDA. 1t is
served by a mighty army Of 319,SSS
employees, strategically disposed In
some 10000 Offices, which handled last
year 1851, 090.610 separate pieces of
mail
1t Is evident that to protect these
postal myriads, and to see that their
units are not used for fraudulent pur-
poses, is the work of q Titan, who,
how ever. looms unobtrusively as Post.
master General George Won L. Meyer.
Crimes of all kinds connected with
the post ONCE are published in q jour.
nal never seen by the ordinary public
the depreciation bulletin Of the serv.
Ice, which must be. read by every SOL
der of the postal army under pain OF
fine. And. as you may suppose, the
work OF what l may call the secret
service of the post Office. Is immensely
interesting.
Monday morning frequently brings
a startling wire to state center
Post office robbed last night; safe
blown with guncotton or nitroglycer'
in" An inspector Is on the spot as
fast as express trains will carry him
And a stringent inquiry Is begun on
the spot. 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 stan to stamps checked and
passed "All we'll" And incidentally
all complaints against postmasters
carriers and clerks are sifted, fol-
charges more or less well founded are
often laid against these for intoxica
ton, laziness, lettering, carelessness
or downright dishonesty.
But 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 sun
of $100,000.00 to get-rich-quick ant
safe Investment swindlers alone
All classes are affected, from the
laundress to the lawyer, clergyman
and merchant. There are victims II
the cities. on farms, ranches and plan
tations. and in every hamlet and little
village. For distance is. swiftly
| bridged by the United States mail ant
the public's money flows freely ant
quickly through that gigantic artery.
Only the other day an enterprlsinf
= seed" merchant was sentenced to {
! years Imprisonment and fine of $500
| Amateur florists all over the countr,
had for years been receiving gorseou:
colored catalogues from him and II
! every case he announced the discover.
OF a rare AID marvellous flower and ht
dSIttu W scHu u Suldli uudulity VI tils
precious seed for one Collar package
In the first flush of enthusiasm few
! amateurs let such chance go by
| Even professional florists subscribed
On each package was the usual trad,
notice that no guarantee could b'
! given as to terminating power, but al
such notice Is quite usual in tht
trade few buyers baked.
Much anxious watching, careful
watering and wedding availed nothing
however, and for the most part thu
gardeners concluded their methods
were too crude for so exotic flower
A New York woman thought other
wise On receiving her packet sh'
took 1t to an expert and found tina
the priceless seed" of that wondrou
bloom consisted entirely OF palm lea
fans crushed into seedlike fragments
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