The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
| MarSh. loo. and aas continued

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March, 1906, and has continued TO
the present.
There have been ceaseless; unau-
thorized and uncalled for alleged I'm
.yestigatlons.n There have been cease
less, unauthorized and uncalled for
ENQUIRIES" conducted among the
patrons Of the company, throughout
the country, harassing them in one
way or another until many discontin-
ued thel. patronage. The company
has in some part been prevented
from sending out it's mail matter by
reason Of assessing unlawful ana pro
hibitive rates upon it. In some part
1t has been forced to pay many thou
sands Of dollars to cover a rate sew
eral times the,lawful rate, in order
to get Its mail matter transmitted.
The company's officers have been
fraudulently indicted and spurious
suits have been brought to collect
alleged back postage, etc.
In many other ways the company
has been subjected to tyrannies and
expressions which cannot be de.
scrfbed in detail here, but which
broke its public faith and credit and
destroyed its business. United States
Senator Stone, In his speech on the
floor Of the Senate at the last session
of Congress characterized this ot1ctal
campaign as "war."
The company's powers Of resistance
proved greater than anticipated and
this caused the official campaign to
be long drawn out. The evidence will,
however, show that there was from
the first dogged determination to
leave nothing undone to the end Of
wrecking the company's business
During this war hundreds of thou
sands OF copies OF the company's
publications were, after being placed
in the mails and the lawful postage
paid, secretly seized and made away
with. Sometimes the copies were
secreted in the postofice. Some
times they were destroyed as waste
From the beginning, some portion 4l
both the outgoing magazine and
newspaper mail has never been az
lowed to reach the persons addressed
During the course of this war
the outgoing letter mail of the com
pany has been constantly interferet
with. Sometimes letters have beer
opened or tempered with. Frequent
lily It has been impossible to get me
Outgoing letters delivered to the ad
dresses. In other cases 1t required
number of letters to be sent to the
same person at the same address be
4 fore there was delivery of one. Il
some part the outgoing letter mail !
! neither delivered nor returned; \
simply disappears. In some part the
letter mail sent to the company by its
patrons is never delivered to 1t. This
lis shown by many complaints from
persons who state they had previous
lily written, but their letters had no
been received.
4 During the course of this war
many postmasters have assumed
whether under special instruction OF
not, it is not known, but in excess
Of their duty and authority, to ad
wise persons in their locality not tC
receive mail matter from the com
pany or not to patronize it or send
mail matter to It, because the com
pany is under the ban of the Post
office Department,
During THE course OF this "war'
Z postofice inspectors have been so
J llciting and encouraging persons tt
make complaints Of dissatisfaction OF
otherwise against the company.
4 Evidence of all foregoing matters
J. and many Others of a like nature
! will be submitted at the coming in
!, vestigation. The company has Ions
sought this opportunity. The wriLel
, will represent the company. The OF
4 fcials will also be represented ant
/ Twill have ample opportunity to show
! that their conduct was righteous ant
i|proper under this law,
| Now the special purpose OF this no
! lice is to call upon stockholders, sub
J scribers and readers of the Levi!
!. Publishing Company's publication t
write me at Washington, stating wha
their experiences have been, no mat
ter how far back, with the Postof
} fee Department at Washington, o.
with the Postoitce Inspectors, O.
J with other postmasters or with lette
!, carriers or with any other public off
J Gals in connection with their deal
ings with this company.
Postal officials are the servants 0
the people and the peoples laws, moi