The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-20
SUNDA4 MAIL SERVICE.
To Continue or Not to Continue, Dis
cussed by 1.-THE People"

CuSStu ny Inc FeoptS.
The Times Of April 5, speaking Of
the Sunday mail service, wants to
know what the people think about it,"
One thing we all know: In Barre,
every day in the week, we have an ex-
cellent all-round service. Under our
efficient postmaster every part is so
wisely managed as to give, as a
whole, the most perfect satisfaction.
Therefore the people are highly
pleased and think it wise to let well
enough alone. The Sunday service is
vital part. 1t should continue in
tact The people need it Without it,
they will feel wronged
Surprised at this TRADE against the
Sunday service, the people are asking,
where does it come from?
Not from the carriers, clerks, or
postmaster. No murmur Of complaint
from that source.
Nat from manufacturers, merchants
or laborers; they all enjoy the service.
Not from the unions. They may sec
ond the motion; they did not make it,,
Where, then, does this attempt to
close the windows on Sunday come
from? At bottom it is, of course,
purely religious. 1t springs from the
pulpit
But why should religion make bold
to NEEDLE with out postal service ?
That service is purely secular mat
ter of state II is the business of
Uncle Sam, not Of the pulpit Under
our red, white and blue church and
state are absolutely separate.
And the people here beg to remind
their religious friends that our Sun
day mail service is but an infinitessi-
mally small part of Sunday services
rendered by secular institutions over
the wide world
Think of the thousands of seamen
manning during all the hours of every
Sunday, all the vessels that float on the
high seas Would you stop this
work? Certainly not; if it is for the
public good
Think of the tens of thousands OF
trainmen running steam cars over all
the worlds railways, mo less Sunday
than any other day Would you stop
it No; it is for the public good.
Think Of the conductors and motor
men running all the world electric
cars all day every Sunday. Stop itH
No; it is for the public good.
Think of the great army OF telegraph
and telephone operators standing faith
fully at the post Of duty every Sun
day. Stop it? No; it is for the pub
lie good
Think of the innumerable policemen
all the principal streets Of
all the cities OF the world every Sun
day Stop it' No; it is for the pub
lie good
Think Of the $4,000 doctors in the
United States, and many times this
number in the rest of the world. visit
ing their patients as much Sunday as
any other day. Stop it, No; it is for
the public good
Think of all the ministers in the
world always doing the hardest part
of their work on Sunday. Stop il!
No; it is for the public good
Think of the half million autos in
the United States, and many times
that number in othe rcountries, regis
tering more miles on Sunday than on
any other day. Stop to No; it is
for the public good. Ministers ride in
them to attend funerals at distant
points, or to hold services in country
churches Deacons and church mem
bers galore ride in them for the bene-
fit OF body and soul These and all
Others riding IN them enjoy real
Sunday worship, blest by heavens
sweet sunshine and the airs life giving
oxygen
No! You don't object to any part
Of all this Sunday service spanning the
round earth. To shut it down would
be to shut down civilization and to
send the world backward, tumbling
head over heels into barbarism!
Why, then, stop the Sunday mail
service in Barre? The windows are
open but sixty minutes Compared
with the other world wide work. how
little. Why say yes" to
The more than continental duty, and
mo" to the merest trife? Why
strain at the gnat and swallow the
,amel?"
The people in this matter beg to
% guided by at least a tiny spark of
common sense. Thus guided, they say,
ct the good work go on. Open the
windows. II is for the public good
We all need it We all want it. II
lurt nobody. 1t benefits everybody.
The People.
WILLIAMSBURG.