Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-09

economically
Running Down the Rascals.
Tell me something of your crusade against the
fraudulent use of the mails?" ..-.. !-t
That is a big story in ITSELF" replied the post
master general "In brief, believe that we have
the people many millions of dollars by expos
ing the frauds which have been carried through
the mails and by detecting and Furnishing the swim
dlers. We have already sent many of these rascals
the penitentary and among them are some million
aires. We had a millionaire passing through WASH
ington few days ago his way to the state prison
of Georgia where he is to serve for term of three
years. We have an excellent at the head of
this business and have already exposed more than
400 cases. representing swndling operations that have
fiched from the pockets of unsuspectng people more
than $1,000 900. We intend to go with this,
and shall make it dangerous counterfeiting.
We also furnishing the men who have been trans
ferring stamps from one postofice to another to
pad the receipts and thereby raise the rank and
of the office"
Postal Savings.
What are you doing to the postal savings
banks?"
I'VE are organizing them now at the rate of fifty
week, and l believe they will rapidly extend to
carefully in order not excite hostility and to allow
the people and bankers to that such savings will
be for the good of themselves and the country. At
the beginning had appropriation of only $780,,
it takes good clerk to handle this business and
wrote to each postoce where introduced the sys-
tenn to put the best it had in charge and have
him devote himself almost entirely to it, AS result
have had trouble whatever. The LIST of last
December we had $4,000 deposit, and we now
have 100000.
The banks are taking especially we'll in the mining
towns of the far west; they patronzed largely by
the foreigners and they will keep millions of dollars
from going abroad; they will also bring many millions
that are now boarded into circulation and will do an
incaculable good to the country. We have some new
arrangements concerning them, which not used
In Europe or anywhere else; of is the GER
tihcate of deposit instead the bank book and 9TH
ers are things especially adapted to our needs"
MIR. HitchcoCk's Work Postmaster General
In closing my interview congratulated the post
master general on the wonderful success he has
In this great ofhce where many business have
failed In connection with this he said:
Il am proud of what has been done since I be-
came postmaster general, but l see that have
mad exceptional advantages most of the men who
held this place in the past You see l came IN as
II were' from the ranks. had been connected with
the machinery of the Office when was first assistant
postmaster general and had frequently taken charge
OF the whole business acting postmaster general
During that time had leisure than now and
came to know the leaks and disadvantages of the
system and had opportunity to make pans for its
improvement, After my appointment these plans
came into action. did not try to change the system
but only to cut out the red tape and TO remedy such
parts OF IL as were possible at the same time intro
ducng such business methods would better it, I
feel that We have done something in that we have
wiped out the deficit and in that we have ,ron.oSoS
the service in many ways. But this is only the bs
ginning. There are many other things we might do
and you may look forward better and better mail.
LOT lne tuture. FRANK G. CARPENTER,