The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-26
HYsrERIA VERSUS REASON

consumption because OF the intense
cold that drives him into snow hut:
where in no fresh air ir admitted
The anarchist overcomes his owr
end by the violence OF his methods
And to reduce this bigness to within
our own lesser considerations, fanatl
cism crops out at odd intervals ano
is sometimes accepted as logic be
fore due consideration Is given the
cause.
This is apropos of the movement
started yesterday by representative
of The Lords Day Alliance. whose
especial mission in Greeley is to deny
the S,179 people here the privilege
of securing their mail on Sunday
The reason given is that the post Of
fee employees should be allowed to
observe Sunday as day of rest and
worship.
Nothing is said of the men who
operate the engines that supply the
lights for the churches, or who run
the street cars, or the tired cooks
who prepare the extra big dinner on
Sunday, or the dozens of other occu-
pations that are recognized as being
necessary to the we'll being of the
greatest number.
The hue and cry is raised over the
few letter carriers who are compelled
to work from one and one half to
two and one half hours on Sunday
morning, accommodating several
thousand people to whom the daily
mail is important, and who take the
trouble to go to the post office after
it. No consideration is given the
fact that the mail comes in and must
be handled on Monday, II not given
out on Sunday.
After we have wept over the sad
plight of the carriers at the local
post office. let us consider the other
side.
II the petition is sent to Washing
ton to have closed the post office on
Sunday there will be no work done
there but the receiving of mail, the
shipping of mail. the dispatching of
special delivery letters and the keep
ing open the general delivery win
dow for one hour on Sunday morn
ing. To separate the general deliv-
cry letters for those who call it will
be necessary to examine every letter
that comes into the post office. Of
course these letters examined would
be distributed practically as soon as
they can be looked over, but this
would be wrong, according to the
petition. They would have to be
gone all over again ON Monday, but
this double work is not considered.
The absurdities are not accounted
when fervency is fervent enough and
little. If anything. is known OF the
real conditions.
Then. with much of the work now
done being attended to without bene- |
ficial result to the people at large .
and with much of it left to be done
over again on Monday, those who |
have been accustomed to getting
their mail on Sunday will not only
be denied that privilege, whether it
comes to them by carrier or in boxes,
will have to wait until several hours
later on Monday for the letters and |
papers to be distributed. Instead of !
the clerks beginning work at the |
usual time on Monday morning, they
will have to begin at least an hour
earlier and then will be from one to
two hours later than now in the
work of distribution. The carriers
will be loaded down with twice their
usual supply on Monday morning
and will be at least two hours later
IN making their rounds.
Estimates show that an average
Of 1000 persons who receive their
mail by carrier call at the post office
on Sunday morning to get what
comes In on that day. There are
1900 boxes in which the mail is
placed and at least 1000 of these
are emptied on Sunday. Two thous.
and persons who want mail bat
enough to go to the post office aftel
1t is a considerable percentage in /,
city OF less than 5000. many o
Who-n are children.
Important letters that may relat