The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-28
MAIL UNSORTED
FOR "a HOURS +
EW0RDERSTANDS
Hotel Guests and Newspapers
Will Get Letters, but Gen.
eral Delivery Closed.
BIG FIRMS INDIGNANT.
Declare Whole Business Day
VIII BE Lost Under Post
master Generals Ruling.
BIG FIRMS INDIGNANT.

coincident with the announc enent
nom Washington that Postmaster-Jen-
aai Hitchcock has modified the no sun
dAy mail edict that reused 30 much IN
0Snation all over the country, comes
the announcement OF the war against
the whole measure to be started to-day
~ big mail-order firms and merchants
IN New York City.
Under the first Interpretation OF the
N3e, Inserted in the Appropriations act
~ Republican Leader James r. Mann
q chicago when no one seemed 10 ask
FOR H. no letter was to be delivered on
sunday unless II bore a special delivery
stamp. Hotels and apartment houses
which sent messengers for mail on Sun.
oay were to be denied access to lock-
boxes. In fact no boxes at all were to
be opened from II =. VI. Saturday nisht
until the opening hour OF the post-off,ce
Monday morning. No stamps could be
sod ana no deiiveriss made through tho
general delivery windows.
nut all outgoing mail would be al.
tended to and collections made as usual
rom the street boxes. No Sunday
papers could be obtained oven by call
Ing At the post-officcs IN towns, although
the papers had been delivered and were
sorted. ready for delivery.
To-day Republican Leader Mann de-
clares II was not his intention to dis
commodc business men and tie up the
organized system OF mall In transit. but
rather to give carriers a holiday. He
10 Willing TO modify tina law
From Washington Postmaster eral
Hitchcock. who has been busy answer
ing indignant complaints. issued a state
ment to-day after number Of con-
ferences with heads OF his department.
Under the new ruling lock box holi-
ere. hotel guests and newspapers will
got their mail. but the general delivery
window will not be opened Neither will
mall be assorted. locally. for twenty-fodr
hours. What goes IN the boxes Will
have been sorted up to midnight.
No provision 10 made for the big mail
order houses, whose managers to-day
declare that the $4,000 or more letters
several OF the Arms receive daily can
not be sorted on Monday morning ana
VIII entail the loss o. an entire business
day. These men are going after the law
hammer and tongs to see II they can
hiring abou, n. an,o.I
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this to say:
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IN sunday o.. aa,,,.e., -
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an sunaav ga ,.a..,a 49,, 81,
nat afYsot mi. mai !, .,n, =. -
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received I'M 10 m,d,trh, on ca,ur,, o..
lock boxes will no a,s,rIhu,ed >, ,h.
boxes and will ma .vaI,.h,o ., -
holders on sunday n. ,.r.,
As the nurpo.s n, IN. LAM w,,.,
was clearly enacte1 in The ,n,or.s, q,
employees. n to reduce as far a. NM.
ticable the amoun, NJ SUNDAY labor mn.
work of distr,but,ng sunday mali IN
lock boxes will be limited TO certain
Glasses Of mall that cannot be held un-
" Monday mvrning without serious In
convenience to the addresses. This
mall will Include that for newspapers
ana MOTEL guests The latter Is pecu-
hariy transient IN character ana should
not DO Delayed rus mail IKE the
speciai oenNerS mai "ii' oe so''eu OUT
AZ the Ounces o, uespa'en anu on the
railway mai trans IN oruer 10 sihpNiy
the work OF distributing II In the post
Olnces on BurTiay.
by the proposed changes IN the
method Of putting ND mall in the offices
AZ origin. and In TIA handling on the
..u-.v mali ,raipa 4, 4. he,iev.d ,h.,
1000. 60, .,s,rih, ,,on Gov ho ,r,a.
49, c,,a,.,' -. -
p. os '" "''" 'a' 'e''
worA IMAM is no" repuireu' mus 'ne
IaW can pe Hhpe 10 CONFER great orhe-
ms on postal employees without 'neon-
venience TO the pubic
Mr.. Hitchcock said nothing about the
Inconvenience to the public Of not being
tan cent ones that are good ON SUNDAY