Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1910-11-12
MIR. Mauriu'S Address
To National Convention
of POstmasters.
CONTINUED from our last issue.

Finally the fair young maiden, whose
bright eyes and smiling face are like
sunbeams in whose young heart, the
sweet flower of love is in bloom, leaving
as fragrance, JOY. happiness and hope.
She feels that absence makes the heart
grow fonder and she longs for letter
from her loving Charley far away.
From the foregoing relations with the
public, we become aware of certain con-
ditions Of things, OF certain facts. which
are to be most faithfully and secretly
guarded and which therefore demand
our most careful attention. when engaged
in conversation. A single fact innocent
ly conveyed to another may be the cause
Of very serious complications which
sometimes end only before the tribunal
Of justice. Let US then be always mind,
full of the privacy of our office that We
may never break our pledge of secrecy.
Furthermore we should make ourselves
agreeable to the public. by respecting
everybody's views, political, religious or
any other. Let us avoid all unnecessary
discussions even on postal regulations
and when an argument arises as to a
certain law, let us politely refer our
patron to the rule under discussion and
let him see his own fault and acknow-
ledge it or else let him live in his pre-
sumed right, unmolested any further by
u.
Let US remember that no matter how
hard we work to please the public, we
may always expect adverse criticism.
prompted at times by sheer ignorance.
but more frequently by spirit of jeal-
ousy. However, this spirit of jealousy
shonld not be given too wide a range and
it is up to US to put limit to it and de-
fend our official reputation as hard as
we strive to render pleasant all our deal.
ings with our patrons. When we have
given the public broadly and amply
what it is entitled to. then and then
alone we can demand what is Ours. We
must not forget that like begets like and
that when we give our patrons respect
and consideration as ordered by onr CON-
mon sense and as prescribed further by
Sec. 273 Of the Postal Laws and Regula
tions. we will get respect in return. at
least from that portion OF the public from
whom respect is worth having.
It is indeed gratifying to US to know
that, thanks to the sitting of unworthy
postmasters. the personel OF the Post
Office Department today compares most
ia ,orably with that OF any other branch
of the Department. If we ramble in the
rural districts, we find in all the offices,
no matter how small. persons OF inte-
gritty, persons of high intelligence. per-
sons Of high repute in their respective
communities, filing the positions Of Post
masters, and however humble their
quarters may look, they are striving as
hard and for less compensation for the
good of the service and the welfare of
the public.
A brighter future awaits the postmsst-
ers, and it is safe to say that the time is
not far distant when the Department
and the exacting public will recognize
and know how to appreciate more and
more the good postmasters, and when
the public will discover that the post
masters are very powerful factors in the
upbuilding OF the commercial and social
relations of our great country.
Finally, brother postmasters. let US re-
solve to please the exacting public and
Just Government and, with the Postal
Laws and Regulations as our guiding
star l4et us do so in such a manner as to
maintain high standard of efficiency
and for ourselves the sweet satisfaction
Of duty well done. which will, at the same
time, make US worthy Of the public conf
dence and respect which we are always
prepared to reciprocate and thus bring
to closer and more pleasant relations
THE POSTMASTER AND THE PUB
LIC.'