Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-11
Tho z. z. D. Service.

patron OF one OIL the ruIdi iouleS'
who does not want her name mention
ed in connection with the matter.
writes to The Enquirer, to this effect:
81 see that your paper is soiicitous
about the matter Of putting loose PEN
nies in mail boxes to the Inconvenience
of the rural carriers. That Is all right,
but what are we to do about 1t, when
we want to communicate with friend
further along the route and the carrier
takes the letter on to Yorkv1lle and
brings 1t back the next day. ought
we not to have some kind OF redress
for the inconvenience to which we are
subjected?"
While this complaint is perfectly
proper, we would like to say that 1t
has no connection with the matter OF
leaving loose pennies in the mail box.
The letter would suggest that our cor
respondent feels justified in putting
the carrier to inconvenience, because
the carrier put her to inconvenience.
We are sure, however, that this Is not
the attitude of the writer Of the letter.
On the contrary, she merely seeks to
make the point that there is fault with
carriers as we'll as patrons, and she
wants to know If the patrons have not
some way of adjusting grievances, and
in this view Of the case, we. will make
a statement that will be Of value to
those VINO are interested.
The postoffice department expects
all Of its employees to be accommodate
ing and efficient. The rural route SER
vice is for the benefit Of the patrons,
not the carriers. The patrons must
treat the carriers with proper consid-
Grafton, and the carriers must treat the
patrons with proper consideration. OF
course, it frequently happens that car
riers make mistakes. They sometimes
leave one mans mail in another mans
box; they sometimes carry mail by and
bring it next day, and they make other
mistakes. If carrier should do any
thing to inconvenience a patron for
malice or revenge, and the postoffice
department could be convinced Of the
fact, that carrier would lose his job
so quick that he would hardly be able
to realize how 1t occurred, and he
would also be in danger Of further
punishment. However, the foregoing
Is only by way Of comment. The in
formation we started out to give is this:
The postoffice department looks care
fully after the efficiency Of all its en-
ployes, postmasters as well as rural
free delivery carriers, and any patron
who has complaint, should make that
complaint in writing. II the complaint
be against a rural carrier write it out
and send 1t to the postmaster at the
office from which his route starts. If
1t be against a postmaster, send 1t to
Washington. If the complaint be a
frivolous one, it will be ignored. If 1t
be meritorious, it will be investigated,
and proper relief will be forthcoming
at once. There is no occasion for any
soueamishness in this matter. The
government expects every postal en-
ploye to report every other postal en-
ploye for every dereliction, accidental or
otherwise and one postal employe who
fails to report a dereliction Of another.
when the same comes to his knowledge,
Is liable to discipline If the govern
ment finds it out But 1t Is very well
to remember that the government Is
reasonable in all things, and there
must be no malice in connection with
any report. The department is anx-
ious to correct abuses; but it does not
knowingly permit itself to be made
party for any play for even.'