The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21

WI way or other he usually gets
his share of the appropria.
tions And he has not been neglected
recently. He is TO bcnefit bv the
finest rural mail service IN the world.
a machine that will be perfected to
the highest possible point in orde: to
give him his daily newspaper almost
as soon as his city uejghbor hears 1t
thump on his front porch
This intricate rural mail service
will rank second TO mono: It's cogs, the
gray.clad carriers. will serve Uncle
Sam from the highest point in Maine
on across the continent 10 Puget
Sound The lonely shcep-raiser IN
Texas Will have the same service that
Mr.. Ohio Farmer has.
Tucked neatly away in one corner
of the postoffice appropriation bill, at
the last regular session of congress,
was little item that read; For
pay of carriers and extension of rural
delivery, service, $42,'ooo9o inns
means that the family Of Mr.. Farmer,
numbering more than twenty million.
will soon benefit A great number of
new rural routes arc to be established,
and the rural mail carriers are to re-
ceive higher wages than before, The
increase in the appropriation over
last year is nearly S4,000,000, and
takes effect July |, 1911.
Vigilant Guardian.
Peter Voorhees, De Graw, fourth
assistant postmaster general and vigi.
liant guardian of the rural delivery
service. has had an eye TO business.
and has probably worked hardest for
the increase and extension Of this
branch of the postal service. Mr..
Farmer is not the only one who be.
lieves in the good of the rural mail
service, for he stands shoulder to
shoulder with De Graw in faith Also,
this selfsame De Graw is a friend of
the men who carry the mails, and it
is his idea to see that they are paid
a fair wage.
But Mr.. Farmer city neighbor asks
how he is benefited by the rural ser
vice. He also wants TO know how
it influences the value OF land. The
rural mail delivery is now costing the
country sl25,0on daily, so what will
il cost ultimatelv7 How many people
does il benefit and in what way do
they derive the benefit?
Mr.. Farmer, with the aid of De
Graw. is able to answer the questions.
They have already been answered in
such manner that congress allowed
The S4,00o.0O0 increase,
SoFSo YIoOpOoc3OOo-
Some surprising facts about the ser
vice were brought out upon inquiry.
For instance, more than 30 per cent
OF the manufacturing establishments
In the United States are located ont
side Of towns and cities and in the
country. They get their mail from
rural carriers. From calculations il
seems that rural delivery of mail saves
the American farmer more than $500,
100000 a year, this amount being
figured on the money each man would
have spent had he gone to town for
his mail.
Furthermore, Mr. Farmer may now
get his daily reports Of the live stock
and other markets, and is thus enabled
to obtain the highest prices for his
beef. pork and grain. Besides, thou
sands of agriculturists receive the
weather reports. In seasons in hay
cutting and harvest service Of this
kind is valuable.
Boosts Land Values.
The delivery of rural mail has
caused an advance In the selling prices
of American farms throughout the
country Of at least $3.50 100000 since
the inauguration Of the service in
1877. In many instances the value of
agricultural lands in rural delivery
regions has increased from % TO as
for it at this increased value. OF
course there has been other causes at
work In this increased price of land,
but on good authority it Is safe to
say the greatest cause leading to it
has been that of rural free delivery.
The people who receive the benefit
of the rural delivery service mum.