The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-09-04
BUILDING aUF. fhE btREAU0RAeY

Regarding the recent postoffice reg
ulatiop and one of the effects the civil
service Is having on g6vethmentI Iem7
ployes,, the. fines UnionI makes ., the
following pertinent refharks.la On ,n....
The American citizen may be SUPP
posed to have accepted the fuFe by this
time that every good thing comesnto,
him by the special favor or the1 federal
government, but when Itc'sI proposed
to prescribe rest as a medicine some
cons liberation might be shownIthese
who are called by Gov. Marshall ,'the,
goatss.' TO- 1t is very much to he regret
ted that each of us is unable utp rest
absolutely every Sunday with a months
restyduIing the Year but when the
government begins to- confer blooms on
the favored We want to know, who are
to be included in the preferred list. H.
Irrfs now some years sinee'ithe re-,
pubHoan party and some " democrats
prescribed the civil serviceVnlaw as a,
necessity of good goVernmentJUwha
hasubeen given MS? Isrthe' attempt at
protection anything but delusion and
a snare? Under the shelter of this law
1t us still supposed by someL that ythe
offfeiah~is protected against political
bosses. that, preferment comes by merit,
ana precautions are OHeFeu IOE- Elf
fi9ncyc in. the. public service o. Take
the case of, a postal clerk; ne is ostenr
sibly under the protection of the law.
butr1the performance OF his duties iis
heuged in by lot OF minute prescripr
tions hwhioh remind us'tof nothing so
much as the caste ceremonies bytwhieh
some hope to push" theirs way into
heaven While the superior is content
inf ri 10 'Saf h hon IA n.
senee4becemes more desira BILE than his
company there Is no trouBls about im=
mediate discharge on any one of many
sechnicalities-he knows Ire e1aust keep
aaP. his. nolftieal payments just as,if no
AciVil service lazy protected him. 'us,
..~A postmaster presiding over anyoffiee
-of ths first. or second CLASS pgets. a fair
salary, but Is, capable or rendering SER
sNice to his party4his office isUfurnish-
ed for, him, But the poetmaster is re-
i quired to furnish all the necessities for
JtheDthiEd class office, and then the
, government, claims tile rettsrcpaid for
tthe, boxes-when hts Successor arrives
: that tpropertX, Is on His hands, except
by the favor OF another When a, man
u rents ther propertypS of another who
should get the money?
oceT The, law requires that"no employee of
Ltthe government shall be" required to
nilabor more than eight otoursv the reg
inlationss ot. the department. require tina
certain duties mist be performed. The
- postdnastereis given a certain force with
(which TO perform these duties with the
10 knowledge. from All e0hcerneduthat the
a>~opkh within the time set cannot be
y done by the, force given What hap
. spens2, There Is not aopostofice in the
where the statute is not brok-
. en- every day in tffe year. The fact /.
that the regulations OF the department
require the postmaster TO break the
law on peril of'dismissal. -. 30 49,.
Now, comes the order that ,ahe, mar
. who, rents box can get his mail, bur
1.-The man who does pnotn must wait til
Monday for hts letters IL a cuisines.
corporation so forced it's customers t.
pay. higher for regular service meref,
: by a declaration what would be said
We believe the American should res
more. but we are not sure that res
--sh9uld, be forced upon him. However
IL we are 10 be taxed that,tbe govern
ment employees may rest. we want tn
burden to fall on all equally, not oil
those least able to bear the burden.