Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-21

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eases In which any right ar title Is
claimed under the constitution, or any
statute or treaty of the United states,
whether the decision IN the court he-
low has been against the right or tlila
or in It's favor Both thcac measures
are In the Interest of Justice and
should be passed.
Post Ofiicc.
AZ the beginning OF the present ad-
miniatration In 1909 the postal service
was IN arrears To the extent Of siIs-
fig,T70.f7. IL was very much the
largest deficit on record. In the brief
space Of two years this has been turn-
ed into a surplus OF 100000. which
has been accomplished without cur
taiiment of the postal facilities. as may
be seen by the fact that there have
been established 3.Tfa new postonices;
delivery by carrier has been added 10
she service In iSG cities: 2.5lg new
rural routes nave been established.
covering 10000 miles; the force OF
postal employees has been Increased in
these two years by more than s.OOe.
had a substantial increase.
Fostai- savings System.
ON January 3. i9li. postal-sayinEs
Repositories were established expert
mentally In ~ states aud territories
After three months successful opcr-
alton the system was extended as rap
idly as feasible to the $500 post OH
ces OF the first, second, and third elias
ces constituting the presidential grade.
by the end OF the year practically all
of these will have been designated and
then the system viii be extended 90
all fourth-class post offices doing
mOney-ordcr business.
Ia selecting post liiices for deposit
tories consideration was given To the
efficiency of the postmasters and only
those offices where the ratings were
satisfactory to the department hava
been designated. Withholding cesig-
nation from postmaatcrs with unsatia-
factory ratings has had u salutary ef-
feet on the service.
The deposits have Kept pace with
the extension of the system. Amount
Ing 60 only s60,s52 at the end of the
first months operation In the cxper-
iinental offices. they Increased To t67a, :
SO by July. and now after / months
of operation have reached a total OF
81 1900. 600. This sum IN distributed
among 2,7iO banks and protected un-
der the law by bonds deposited with
the treasurer of tho United States.
Under the method adopted for the
conduct OF the system certificates are
counts with depositors are Kept by
the post offices instead of by the de-
partment. Compared with tho prac-
tlce In other countries OF entering de-
posita IN pass books aud keeping at
tbs central office a ledger account with
each depositor, the use ut the eerti-
licate has resulted In great economy
OF administration.
The dcpositors thus Tar number APP
proXimately 10000. They include 40
natlOnalitles native Americans largely
predomlnating and English and ital-
ians coming next
The first conversion of deposits into
United States bonds bearing interest
at the rate OF 2h per cent occurred
on July 1, 1911, the amount of depos-
i,s exchanged being fll,900, or "A iis-
Tie more than six pr cent of the total
outstanding certificates of deposit on
June 30. OF this Issue, bonds 10 the
value OF sG,ls0 were IN coupon form
and t3s.Ts0 In registered form.
T'urcei Post.
steps should be taken Immediately
for tho establishment OF a rural par.
Gel post. In the estimates ~ appropri-
ations needed for the maintenance OF
the postal service for the ensuing fis-
cal year an item Of tib0,00O has been
inserted to cover the preliminary ex-
pense Of establishing parcel poHt ON
rural mall routes. as well az 90 cover
an investigation having for It's object
tho fnaI establishment OF general
parcel post on all railway and steam
boat transportation routes. The de-
partment believes that after the in
itlal expense Of establishing the sys-
tenn are betrayed and the parcel post
N In full operation on the rural routes
Il VIII not only bring Ia snfiieieni rev.
cnue 10 meet is cost. but also q sur
plus that can be utilized IN paying the
expenses Of parcel post In the city
delivery service.
u Il hoped that congress- viii au-
Ithorlse the immediate establishment