The Winslow mail., 1912-03-30
DOINGS
at THE
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A congressman said: 81 have been
favorahly disposed towards Parcels
Post, but the ineficlency Of the Post
office Department is so evident that l
will not vote to add to it another army
and vast expenditure until we have a
more capable Postal administration. If
any private corporation had Depart
ment manager repeatedly making such
mistakes, it would not enlarge his au-
thority."
The Committee report says: "Final
| figures from the auditor show deficit
in the department for the fiscal year
1911 of 1927 ,845. "a instead of surplus
of $2l9,118.12.'' This trifiing mistake
of $4,000 06 was first pointed out by
the Rural Free Delivery News and it
was disciplined.
A railway labor official remarked:
eff the President of railway corpor-
alton were to mention to his directors
that the company should carry mer-
chandIse with charges regardless of
lenght of haul, they would suggest a
mental sanitarium." There is not a
! merchapt in Congress to ask for busi-
ness care in dealing with the peoples
money against playing politics.
Eight thousand people gave speaker
Clark a birthday ovation here March T.
John Patrick, farmer, arDayton,
Washington, says: II was in favor Of
Parcels Post but was induced into a
marriage by mail and have concluded
this is a delusion and snare"
Some oversure advocates are debat-
ing as to whom, if Parcels Post be in
stalled, eggs laid by hen passengers
will belong.
More than 1000 merchants in session
at Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 1928, as the
Southern Merchets Association, signed
remonstrances against Parcels Post.
The Chicago Daily News of February
29 printed dispatch from Washing
ton, viz: political significance was at
tached today to the series of conferen-
ces covering several hours which has
President Taft and julius Rosenwald
of Chicago, one of the most active and
one of the largest contributors to the
Taft movement. After the call at the
Taft headquart ers, Mr.. Rosenwald
went to the White House, where he held
the first of his conferences with the
President.
One report was that Mr.. Rosenwald
may take charge of the financial end
of the Taft campaign. Mr.. Rosenwald
is President of Sears Roebuck & Co.,
and in former campaigns in which he
literally. When the elevation of Char.
les Nagel to the Supreme bench was
talked of. Mr.. Rosenwald was looked
upon as the latter's successor in the
cabinet as Secretary of the Department
of Labor and Commerce."
Journals supported by advertising OF
retail mail-order houses and others
who ''farm the farmers" have urged
farmers to write congressman in behalf
of Parcels Post March Is The average
advocate begins by repeating John
Wanamaker, mail order magna1e, that
the only objections to Parcels Post are
the four principal express companies.
The retail mail-order house lobby
would indicate four great arguments in
it's favor: Sears Roebuck & Co, Mont
gomery Ward & Co, the combination
of welve big retail mail-order houses
of New York represented here; and
Larkin s. Co. The last-named firm has
just sent urgent kilograms to congress
/ men.
The Reverend Sam Small has been
heard from again, and has emerged
from his retreat to file charges against