Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09

against tie fraudulent use OF the mails?'
THAT Is big story in itself. replied
the Postmaster General In brief.
believe that We have saved tho people
many millions Of dollars by exposing the
frauds which have been carried on
through the mails and 0v detecting and
Furnishing the swindle-s. We have ~
ready sent manN Of these rascals to tAA
penitentiary, and among them are some
millinnaires- We had Il millionaire pass
Ing through Washington a few days sso
on his way to the state prison OF Geor-
sia. where be is TO serve for term OF
three years. We nave an excellent man
Al the head OF this business, and have
already exposed more than son cases.
representing Swindling operations that
have tlched from the pockets Of uHs,ls-
pecting people more than Sio0.oa1 0e0.
We intend 10 20 on with this. and We shall
make ii as dangerous as COGnterfeiting
We are also Furnishing the men who
have been transferring STAMPS from
one post Office to another 10 pad the
receipts and thereby raise the rank
and pay % the Office
What are YOU doing as 10 the postal
savings banks? ?"
we are organizing them now at the
rate Of fifty A week. ard | believe they
will rapidly extend 10 every part Of the
country. We have been moving carefully
n order 70 not excite hostility and 10 al
low the people and bankers 10 see that
such savings will lie for the good Of them
selves and the countr2. At tie beginning
We had an appropriation Of only 100000
and with that we started forty-eight
banks. You see il takes a good clerk To
handle this business and I wrote to each
post office where we introduced the sys-
tenn to put the best man il had N charge
and To have him devote himself almost
entirely TO il. Is a result we have had
no trouble whatever. The Isl Of last De-
cember we had $1,000 on deposit. and we
now have 100000,
'The banks are taking especially
well in the mining towns of the far
west. They are patronized largely
by the foreigners. and they will keep
millions of dollars from gong abroad
They will also bring many millions that
are now boarded into circulation. and
will do an incalculable good to the coun-
try. We have some new arrangements
concerning them which not used in
Europe or anywhere else. One Of these
is the certificate of deposit instead Of
the handbook. and others are things es-
pecially adapted TO our needs"
In closing my interview l congratulated
the Postmaster General on the wonder
ful success he has had in this great Of
fee, where 80 many business men have
failed. In connection with this he said
Il am proud of what has been done
since l became Postmaster General but
4
yantages over most Of the men wht held
this place in the past. You see, ! came
M. as il were from the ranks I had
been connected with the machinery OF
the office when ! was first assistant post
master general and had frequently taken
charge of the whole business acting
Postmaster General. During that time
/ had more leisure than now and l came
10 know the leaks and disadvantages OF
the system and had an opportunity 10
make plans for its Improvement. After
my appointment these plans came into
action I did not try to change the sys-
tenn but only TO cut out the red tape
and to remedy such parts OF il as were
possible al the same time introducing
such business methods as would better
IT. 7 feel that we have done something
in that we have wiped out the deficit and
in that we have improved the service in
many WAYS But this is only the begin
ming. There are many other things We
might do. and You may look forward 70
better and better mails for the future
FRANK g. CARPENTER.