The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-25
BENEFITS OF POSTAL
TARIFF REVISION IRE
EXPL AINED BIZ EXPERT
Frederick C, Beach of Postal Progress League Gives Details
of What May Be Accomplished Reduce Big
Defict-0ppoSfon.

show a handsome profit besides for the
government.
THE people are entitled to the best.
surest and fastest delivery possible and
at the cheapest rate. The postal system
is now in a high state of efficiency and
everyone knows just what to expect when
they mail letter or package. 1t is go
ing through to its destination in the most
expeditions manner possible, and when
once mailed further worry is unneces-
sary.
The postal department is also more
easy of expansion resulting from a large
increase of business, as a-Eesult of the
unlimited resources of the government.
local corporation goes as far as is
possible under existing conditions. and
when expansion is necessary a general
regeneration and reorganization is neces-
Sey. With the United States govern
ment 1t is only matter of securing more
facilities, without regard to cost, divi-
dends or the opinion of conservative
stockholders. The rural free delivery sys-
TEN is a proof of this. Starting, as |
have said, as an experiment, there are
now 39,143 routes in operation, and there
has been on fuss or furry over the
growth. When new equipment was need
ed it was secured and nothing said.
Our proposition does not preclude the
possibility of cooperation with the ex-
press companies in that a shipment can
be received by US for delivery via ex-
press, or vice versa. on payment of the
delivery charges of the company effect
ing delivery"
Postal Savings Bank.
'"What do you think of the postal saw
ings bank idea?' he was asked.
Il believe in il thoroughly" was the
reply. 1T is a positive guarantee to the
depOsitor, especially the comparatively
poor man whose savings sometimes mean
a life of pTiVatiOn. against loss. The
United States government would of ne
rnC ho ha ind hn nj v7fc OR
them Even failure of a depository for
the funds would not make any difference
to the depositor. as there would still be
the governments absolute guarantee to
protect him.
In the event of a panic there would
be no clearing house certificates to be-
fiddle the mind Of the more ignorant.
The governments resources would en-
able some more satisfactory arrangement
to be made, and, if currency could not
be issued, there would still be United
States certificates OF deposit, amounting
in value to gold bond.
The question of abuses of the postal
service has another phase of which it
might be well to speak. 1t is true that
publishers. circulating libraries and SINH
lar concerns have been shipping tons of
matter through the mails at a rate of 1
cent per pound. The question was brought
up and discussed some time ago, but the
opposition proved so strong that it was
allowed to drop, and there seems, to my
mind. little chance that it will be TesuT-
rected for some time to come. The argu-
ment in favor of il was that much of
the so-called 1-cent-peT-pound matter was
in the shape of advertising, catalogues.
etc. Those in favor of it argued that
such mail matter brought forth response
in the form of first class mail matter
at the highest postal rate. thereby more
than equalizing the loss on the handling
of the lower class matter There the
question lies, and anyone with an opin-
ion is welcome to it. What L want to
see is a parcels post"