Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-27
ONE CENT POSTAGE
IN SIGHT, THINKS
HITCHCOCK
Department Great Business In
Stitution Says Postmaster
General; Prompt and Efficient
Service Desired,
Morning Journal Bureau,
6l3 Munsey Building,
Washlngton. y. O., Dec. 90. !

Washington, ID. Ca Dee. 20.
Postmaster General Hitchcock ex-
poets 20 see one-cent postage before
his term as postmaster general ex-
pires 1--WE have been working to
that end he said and / believe I
is in sight"
Mr.. Hitchcock regards the postof-
flee department. as great business
Institution, and while the interests of
the people win not require that il
should be run at a profit, he objects
most strenuously to operating II at
loss.
rThe introduction OF business
methods into the conduct Of postal
affairs he said, has resulted in
great economies II is difficult
task which conironts us. for, If we
reduce the service the patrons of the
office complain, and the clerks on
whom additional work is thrown are
displeased. The best scheme Is to in
crease the efficiency Of the service,
thereby stimulating the business and
increasing the revenues of the de-
partment.
"The postoffice department is most
anxious to avoid complaints, A man
drops a two-cent letter in the box, on
the carrying of which the postoffice
makes a profit of an infinitesimai
traction OF a cent If the letter goes
astray, the chances are that the
sender will make complaint Some
times these complaints cost as as
much as $50 10 investigate, or even
more. The time Of the clerks or the
postmaster or the postal inspectors
which is taken up, runs into money.
ut Is therefore greatly to cur adj
vantage to avoid complaints as tar
as possible by prompt and efficient
service. This also stimulates the use
OF the mails If q business man finds
he can use the mails and get suffi-
ciently prompt reply, he prefers the
mail to the telegraph or the long dis
lance telephone. TO this end we are
introducing wherever possible labor
saving devices, and are systematlzing
and expeditin2 the handling OF the
mails. III everything goes well we
will have the deficit wiped cut and
one-cent postage will follow.
Is II beneath the dignity OF q
United states senator to go back
nome and become the postmaster OF
his town? This is the momentous
question now confronting Senator
Warner of Missouri The senator IS
about to retire from the senate. OW-
ing TO the democratic clouds that low
cred over the" show me" state last
spring. the stnator concluded ne
would not rum again, and he VIII
quit the senate III March. next. Now,
there is talk of making him postmas-
ter of Kansas CITY. one of the liveliest
towns In the country.
such an appointment would not be
much oT demotion in point OF sal
AIRY. The Kansas City office pays
$4,000. as against the $500 he ~
getting as a United States senator
1t appears thdre are serious COM
plioations over the postoffice at Kan
sas city. The state republican organ
ization indorsed w J. Campbell
while warner supported his seere-
tary w D. c. Brown. The term OF
the incumbent expired about TWO
months ago. The fight has become
so hot between the aspirants that
some of the warmers friends have
suggested that he he named, and that
this would be good solution. The
senator's name is, accordinsly, being
considered at the White House
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Chinese 20 Cultivate Cotton.
Annoy Dee. 26.--Chinese are plan