The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-08
Creating the Postal De n cit.
In the President message will he
found these sentences.

In tho President message VIII he
found these sentences:
Tn. unrestricted manner IN which tire frank
ing privilege is now being used by the several
Federal services and nv Congress has laid II
open 70 serious sbusss Fac clearly established
through Investigations recently Instituted by IN.
DEPARTMENT while ~ hss been irrpossihl. with
out better control ~ fransinx tn determine the
enact expense IN toe Government ~ this pr,ctice
there be no doubt rhsrit annually reaches into
the millions During the Is.t year meth
eds Of accoun ting sirilar IN rhose ploysd In tn.
most progressv. ~ our business e-,abish-,-ntS
have been introduced IN the poetaI service. and
nothing has I'm p-ded the Department. plan.
m this regard -ne inrpossibiiry ot d.t-r ming
With any essetn-s- how far tie various -sr-n-..
of the postal service are Increased by the pr-ser,
unrestricted uSe OF me Thanking privilege
Coincidenr with the publication If
this confession Of ignorance regarding a
practice costing tha taxpayers millions
of dollars every year. tho United States
Post Office Department was engaged in
the distribution of a document that we'll
Illustrates the abu4AS n which the frank
ing privilege. ~ II now exists. is oren.
III 'flE-~tI'i - ll'''I
accurately in the sIbjoined letter. written
ON the official stat lonerv Of the National
Good Roads Association
TO TIVE EDITOR. r'nder Congressman Nor
oAS's frank AM srnding YOU copy ~ the CON
ervsssorai Record IN which had reprinted most
valuable good roads book vi IN chapters a. follows
Address by = \ DTLASo
Good Roads. ~ ArrHrn c. Jackson
The Yoakum Good Roads Party
Roads here AMI Abroad.
Road Building in Sev Jersey.
Rosd Building In Nsw Hampshire.
Road Building Ia Massachusetts
importance os Drainage
Economics Of Good Roads.
Road Building in Rhode Island and Connect:
cut
Road Building IN New YORK
-other Roads-cost Of Load Haui-O-E,niya.
ton and Coopers ton
History Of Road Making
Road Legislation.
-AppropVta tons Road Building In he south
west
VIII you not Sor- Of this really valuable
matter In suceessiv. issues of VOW paper. arc
send copies TO the ONCE Of mi. s>-ocisuon- "a,
50 doing you viii he NJ great service IN the gooi
roads movement. Sincerely your.
AErHrR e JACKSON President
CHICAGO November 1910
The object for which Congressman
MORGAN has obliGingly lent the rubber
reproduction Of his slgnatir" II an adj
mirable one. II appeals 10 all cla--.-- in
the country, from the urban dw"I.ar har-
assed by the increasing otr-t II living ~
the farm labor"r studying hi- smashed
and stalled wagon piled high with prod
nce ready for Transportation Vet th"r"
il no reason why an organization formed
10 hasten the dav of good roads. d.e-irabl"
as they are. should have NJ" privilege. If
free use Of the mails any NOR" than auy
other worthy society should hav"t
The method by which nnn-payrucn' ~
postage il obtained is EImpI" good
natursd member ~ Congress r. induced
70 have printed in RI. TOnJTCA-rpuG'
Rscor1 those documents the circulation
Of which IS regarded ~ Of important"
They ar" then reprinted in pamphlet
form and are entitled 10 carriage free
under the frank If any member ~ Part
Of the 'OHy vcsNor1i Rr"ord Their bulk
may be- -rnr, pr great The number 81
copies may b" many "r few The ObIrct
they are de- lgrrirr sNrvc may b.. parti-
San or non-r0'rr,l. HEY i.rg privileged
because ~ publication in 80 Congr~--
~iondi Reco-d ana ~ .rr... pf t.ir -isna-
tlIre 81 a R"rr'-''fprl.". OBJ =, nat .,r
OF the matte SEPT No. THIS nu. trough
tho malls large proportion - worthless
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